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Vegan child who had meat thrown at him in lunch breaks found hanged
A 12-year-old school boy who was bullied for being a vegan went home and hanged himself, an inquest heard. Louie Tom Fenton, 12, was found hanging in his family bathroom on January 19. He had endured years of bullying because of his veganism and had meat thrown at him during his lunch break, Hertfordshire Coroner's Court in Hatfield heard yesterday (thu). His mother, Catherine Fenton, wrote a letter to the court about the bullying he suffered. She wrote: "He had been...
Cup made from the top of a human SKULL to be sold at auction
A drinking cup made from the top part of a HUMAN SKULL is expected to sell for around £1,000. The unusual vessel has links to Lord Byron after it was dug up by a gardener in the grounds of Newstead Abbey, the poet’s Nottinghamshire home. It is claimed Lord Byron took a fancy to it and he sent it to be polished and mounted for use as a drinking vessel. The skull drinking cup has a silver coloured metal rim...
Postman fined for helping an old lady cross the road
A postman was wrongly slapped with a £110 fine after parking his delivery van for ten minutes – while helping a little old lady cross the road. Kind postie David Welland, 31, helped an elderly resident while delivering letters on his route. But he was gobsmacked when a council fined him £50 for parking in a controlled zone – despite postmen being allowed to park delivery vehicles without facing a ticket. And when David appealed the fine, Barnet Council, in...
One of the last Battle of Britain pilots honoured at his funeral with Spitfire flypast
One of the last Spitfire pilots from the Battle of Britain was honoured at his funeral with a fitting flypast of the iconic aircraft. Squadron Leader Nigel Rose shot down four German planes and also survived being attacked by a Messerschmitt 110 over the Channel during World War Two. Despite the dogfight he managed to return to RAF Westhampnett and landed without any brakes, flaps or radio. Funeral of Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot Nigel Rose. Eigon Church, Llanigon. A...
Fair Cop ? – Facebook page of police driving badly gets taken down TWICE
Red-faced police got a Facebook page which blasted the driving and parking habits of officers taken down TWICE after claiming they were being 'victimised', it was claimed today. The 'Unmarked police cars of Cambridgeshire' page was set up by traffic vigilantes to shame police for what it said was their poor parking and bad driving. It has more than 2,000 followers and receives up to 125 videos a week of officers acting like they are 'above the law'. The site...
CCTV: Man may be left blind after horrifying acid attack outside London bar
A reveller could be left blind in one eye after a thug threw 'acid' in his face during an argument outside a bar. The suspect tried to sell two men laughing gas canisters but when they declined they exchanged heated words. The 26-year-old victim was with friends on a night out in Old Street when they were approached by the man outside table tennis bar, Bounce, in east London on Sunday. At around 5.25am, the two men came across the...
Bragging machete attacker who posted selfies from prison has Facebook page taken down by Ministry of Justice
A muscle-bound thug serving 11 years for a savage machete attack has had his Facebook page removed - for posting SELFIES from his cell. Bragging Martin Grant, 27, was jailed in May after nearly severing a man's hand in a drugs row. He smuggled a phone into his cell and in the four months since has posted numerous grinning selfies to his Facebook page showing off his bulging muscles. Martin Grant facebook post shows him smiling for prison selfies. Grant...
Dad jailed for running over a teacher while taking his kid to school
A crazed dad mowed down a teacher and nearly hit two children – as he was picking up his own child on the SCHOOL RUN. Rainier Schoeman, 22, sent the terrified teacher flying over the bonnet of his Volkswagen and almost knocked two kids off their bikes. He was picking up his child from The Winston Churchill School, in Woking, Surrey, when he stopped to speak to a teacher who was stood at the car park entrance. The teacher then...
16-year-old girl quizzed by detectives on suspicion of attempted murder after school welfare officer stabbed
A 16-year-old girl was today (mon) being quizzed by detectives on suspicion of attempted murder after a school welfare officer was stabbed with a kitchen knife. Police swooped on Winterton Community Academy in Winterton, North Lincs., this morning after reports of the stabbing just as the school day was starting. A 61-year-old woman, who works as a welfare officer at the school rated as 'Good' in its last Ofsted inspection, was rushed to hospital with stab wounds. Her injuries are...