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Fantasist who nearly mowed down cyclist after fitting car with fake police siren spared jail
An ex-army medic who nearly ran over a cyclist while driving with fake police lights and a siren on his car to avoid a traffic jam has walked free from court. Martin Chapman, 36, was caught on CCTV dangerously weaving through traffic and driving on the wrong side of the road in his Vauxhall Astra. He fitted his car with flashing blue lights and a siren to skip rush hour traffic on Cliftonville Road, Northampton, on July 6 last year....
Animal rescue charity slammed for putting severed limbs in a charity shop window for Halloween
Horrified locals were stunned after an animal rescue charity shop revealed a gruesome Halloween display - complete with bloody severed limbs. Krzysztof Darewicz, 32, spotted the 'very violent' display at a PDSA shop - despite the charity promoting animal welfare. He says he thought the display in West Ealing, west London, was 'a bit ironic and weird' and blasted it for being 'tasteless and wrong'. Krzysztof, who lives in the area, was walking home when he spotted the horrific display....
Man went drinking then went home & stabbed his housemate to death & chopped off the victim’s PENIS
A man went drinking then went home and stabbed his housemate to death - and chopped off the victim's PENIS, a court heard. Jeffrey Barry, 56, went to two bars and consumed a litre of rum before he stabbed Kamil Ahmed 25 times at their home. CCTV footage at the flats from the night of Ahmed's killing captured Barry leaving the Bristol flat in the early evening on July 6, 2016. He spent several hours drinking at Charlie's Bar in...
11-year-old boy has started a charity project to collect new socks and underwear for the homeless
An inspirational 11-year-old boy has started a charity project to collect new socks and underwear for the homeless. Joe Cox had noticed a growing number of rough sleepers while walking around in his neighbourhood of Leith, Edinburgh. His simple idea, which he has dubbed Socks for the Street, has touched the hearts of people around the world through a Facebook appeal. Joe has even convinced his school Leith Primary to be a drop-off point for people’s donations. Joseph Cox, 11,...
Terrified young orangutan rescued from being boarded up in wooden crate.
Conservationists have released photos and video of the rescue of a young female orangutan found boarded up in a wooden crate in a village in West Borneo. The infant, thought to be about three years old, had been found by a local man from Banyu Abang Village, Teluk Batang Districk, Kayong Utara Regency. He claimed to have found the orangutan on his farmland, not far from a palm oil plantation. The villager, known as Bahtiar, kept the orangutan for about...
Watch – Shocking footage shows twenty-man mass brawl after violence erupts outside magistrates court
This is the shocking moment a broad daylight mass brawl involving 20 people erupted in the street outside a magistrates court building. Dramatic phone footage shows punches and kicks being traded between the group - with one elderly man even wading into the fight to use his walking stick as a weapon. The melee is believed to have started after a victim and his relatives were let out at the same time as the defendants following a case at Birmingham...
A Syrian refugee who came to England last year has won a prestigious poetry awards
A young Syrian refugee who only came to England last year has won one of the country's most prestigious poetry awards. Amineh Abou Kerech, 13, could not even speak English before her family arrived in the UK in 2016 after four years of exile in Egypt. But now the teenager has been commended with the prestigious national Betjeman Poetry Prize for a vivid poem that remembers the country she loved as a young child. Oxford Spires Academy student Amineh Abou...
Eleven Bedroom Home Up For Sale For £795,000 – With It’s Very Own Magistrate Court And Jail Cell
A fascinating family home with its own MAGISTRATES' COURT has been put on the market for £795,000. The Old Court is a 150-year-old Grade II Listed home with 11 bedrooms and stunning Victorian period features. And as the name suggests it was, for more than 100 years, the courthouse in Temple Cloud, south of Bristol. On the first floor is a stunning 800 sq/ft courtroom, with vaulted ceiling, which is now used as a grand entertaining room. There is a...
Anxious Parents Speak Out Over Worry For Son Who Faces Three Years In UAE Jail For Accidentally Touching Man’s Hip
The parents of a Brit arrested in Dubai for accidentally touching another man's hip to avoid bumping into him have warned others to stay away from the country. Jamie Harron is facing three years in a UAE jail for "public indecency" after he placed his hand on a man so they did not bump and spill their drinks. And as his trial approaches Jamie's mother Patricia says she cannot even sleep out of worry for her son - and his...