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HEALEY: TEENS CAGED OVER DECAPITATION ATTEMPT

BOREHAMWOOD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HERTFORDSHIRE; LOUGHTON, THEYDON BOIS, ESSEX;

Two 'merciless' thugs who tried to execute a disabled teenager by chopping his head off with an axe were jailed for a total of more than 36 years today (Thurs).

Jamie Healey, 23, pinned 17-year-old Luke Demetriou to his bed while Ronald Dwyer, 22, rained down eight blows on his head.

The carefully planned attack, on the first day of the 2010 World Cup, came at the culmination of a long-standing feud between Dwyer's father Terry and Mr Demetriou's family.

The victim, who was born without his right hand and right food, cowered under the bed then tried to protect himself by raising his hand, Snaresbrook Crown Court.

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Expert Peter Faulding tried to find out whether or not MI6 spy Gareth Williams could have climbed into a sports bag in a bath by attempting the feat himself. The problem is the bag was locked when the spook was found. One witnesses said even escapologist Harry Houdini would struggle to get into a holdall and lock it.

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May 17, 2012

HAJI: ANGER MANAGEMENT FOR MUSEUM ABUSE MAN

KENSINGTON, WEST LONDON; WEST NORWOOD, SOUTH LONDON

A foul-mouthed yob who hurled a barrage of abuse at a Natural History Museum boss has been ordered to pay his victim compensation.

Mohamed Haji bombarded house manager Malcolm Armstrong with insults while visiting the world-famous attraction with a YMCA group from Wimbledon, south London.

The 21-year-old branded him a 'paedo' and 'motherf**ker', while parents walked by with their children, and school groups looked on at the commotion.

A museum alarm had been triggered momenets earlier by the group's rowdy behaviour, City of London magistrates heard.

During the episode, Haji also spat at Mr Armstrong and threw a can of Red Bull at him, before being escorted out of the building by security.

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May 17, 2012

HASSAN:BLACKBERRY MUGGER TARGETED TWO TEENS IN ONE DAY

BARKING, EAST HAM, EAST LONDON

A mugger who stole Blackberry handsets from two teenagers on the same day is facing jail.

Dean Hassan, 20, robbed 18-year-old Mark Russell and a 15-year-old in Bennetts Castle Lane, Barking, east London on February 7 this year.

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May 17, 2012

COVENTRY: MAN CLEARED OF KNIFING HALF BROTHER IN HEART

BARKING, ESSEX

A man accused of stabbing his half-brother in the heart after a drink-fuelled row over women walked free after insisting it was an accident.

Luke Coventry, 27, was alleged to have attacked Roy Marquis with a kitchen knife before saying: 'I should have finished him off'.

Coventry, together with Mr Marquis, 42, and their half-brother, Jack Milburn, 21, had travelled to East Ham to get a haircut the previous day, Snaresbrook Crown Court heard.

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May 17, 2012

PHIRI: SKIVING NURSE LEFT PATIENT COVERED IN VOMIT

SHEFFIELD

A senior nurse left a dementia sufferer unconscious and covered in vomit after she skipped work early, a hearing was told.

Angela Phiri allegedly knew the female patient had been unwell and needed urgent treatment when she left her shift at Northfields Nursing Home, Sheffield.

Night shift nurse Alyna White, who took over from Ms Phiri on April 17 2009, phoned for an ambulance on finding the woman, referred to as Patient B, lying in bed covered in vomit at around 7.30pm.

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