May 23, 2013
VINCI: MERCY COP CLEARED OF DRIVING CHARGECORBY
A police officer who crashed into a car while while heading to an emergency wept as he had his sentence for driving without due care overturned today (thurs).
PC Giancarlo Vinci, 25, was driving an emergency response transit van to a serious incident when he clipped another woman's car after she pulled out in front of him without indicating.
Vinci, who was driving five miles above the 30mph limit, with his siren sounding and lights flashing, was unable to stop and also hit a traffic signal.
The crash took place at the junction of Chepstow Road and Talbot Road in Bayswater, west London, on July 9 last year, Southwark Crown Court heard.
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May 23, 2013
 GABRIEL: 60 YEARS FOR GANGSTERS WHO KILLED INNOCENT TEENTULSE HILL, CAMBERWELL, SOUTH LONDON
Two gang members who gunned down an innocent teenager after mistaking him for a rival were jailed for a total of at least 60 years today (Thurs).
Student Nana Darko-Frempong, 18, was blasted in the stomach and face just for being 'in the wrong place at the wrong time'.
His killers were members of the notorious Roadside Gs street gang, based in Camberwell, south London.
They assumed he was a member of the rival TN1 - or Trust No One - clan because he lived on an estate in that gang's Tulse Hill heartland.
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May 23, 2013
 HAUGH: 'HAIRY BOLLOCKS' ABUSE NURSE FACES ANXIOUS WAITRIPON, NORTH YORKS
A nurse accused of telling a colleague to 'kiss my hairy b******s' when she challenged him about skiving off to watch a Lost DVD faces an anxious wait over his future.
Alan Haugh allegedly spent over an hour viewing the hit series when he should have been out making home visits to dementia patients at Ripon and District Community Hospital in North Yorkshire.
Haugh left care assistants feeling 'threatened and intimidated' with a series of lewd outbursts, the Nursing and Midwifery Council heard.
Support worker Amanda Jackson was working an evening shift with Haugh when he allegedly neglected his duties.
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May 23, 2013
 VINCI:CRASH COP WEEPS AS SENTENCE IS OVERTURNEDCORBY, NORTHANTS; BAYSWATER, WEST LONDON
A police officer who crashed into a car while while heading to an emergency wept as he had his sentence for driving without due care overturned today (thurs).
PC Giancarlo Vinci, 25, was driving an emergency response transit van to a serious incident when he clipped another woman's car after she pulled out in front of him without indicating.
Vinci, who was driving five miles above the 30mph limit, with his siren sounding and lights flashing, was unable to stop and also hit a traffic signal.
The crash took place at the junction of Chepstow Road and Talbot Road in Bayswater, west London, on July 9 last year, Southwark Crown Court heard.
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May 23, 2013
 HACENE-CHAOUCH: TAXI TOUT FACES JAIL FOR RAPING PASSENGERCENTRAL LONDON; HACKNEY, EAST LONDON; CATFORD, SOUTHEAST LONDON
An unlicensed taxi driver who raped a drunken woman after driving her home is facing years behind bars today (Thurs) - nine years after he was cleared of an identical attack.
Mohamed Hacene-Chaouch, 46, took advantage of the reveller as she headed home from a night out in central London.
The woman, an American professional in her 20s, had been at a birthday party with friends in Soho.
By the time Hacene-Chaouch picked her up on Tottenham Court Road she was slipping in and out of consciousness.
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May 23, 2013
 STONE:CELEBRITY DANCER WHO BEAT LOVER TOLD TO TACKLE DRINK PROBLEMMARYLEBONE, CENTRAL LONDON; NORTHAMTON
A former Celebrity Big Brother star, who has danced alongside Britney Spears, was ordered to tackle his drinking problem today (Thurs) after he was found guilty of throttling his girlfriend.
Andrew Stone, 40, snapped after 26-year-old Claudia Cersosimo told him she did not want to chat about music he was playing as she lay in bed at his central London pad.
Stone entered the Big Brother house in January last year, competing alongside celebrities including film star Michael Madsen and EastEnder Natalie Cassidy.
The former West End dancer who shot to fame in 2010 on hit Sky reality TV show Pineapple Dance Studios had drunk 'four or five' double vodkas before attacking Ms Cersosimo.
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May 23, 2013
 QUEEN MOTHER'S LAST TREASURER DIED AFTER FALLING OUTSIDE RITZHAMMERSMITH, WEST LONDON
The Queen Mother's last treasurer suffered fatal head injuries after he fell crossing the road outside the Ritz hotel, a court heard.
The honourable Nicholas Assheton turned his ankle and crashed to the ground after stepping in front of traffic without looking.
When a silver Jaguar driver slammed on the brakes to avoid hitting the 78-year-old, he turned on his weak ankle and fell backwards into the road.
Ritz doormen and passers-by rushed to his aid, but Mr Assheton, who managed the finances of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother for four years until her dead in 2002, suffered a brain haemorrhage in the fall.
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May 23, 2013
 PINTO:31 YEARS EACH FOR KILLERS OF DAVE COURTNEY'S STEPSONGREENWICH, PLUMSTEAD, SOUTHEAST LONDON
Two killers who carried out a 'cold blooded execution' to settle a gangland feud in the family of celebrity gangster Dave Courtney have each been jailed for a minimum of 31 years.
Genson Courtney, 22, the stepson of the author and bit part actor, was shot through the eye by uncle David Pinto, 33, and Robert Bleach, 45, outside his girlfriend's flat.
The victim had been threatening his uncle and Pinto decided to eliminate him first.
Mr Courtney was gunned down outside his girlfriend's flat in Greenwich from a range of three feet.
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May 23, 2013
 BORNMANN:DANGER GP BLAMES OUT OF HOURS SERVICES FOR WORKLOADHAMPSHIRE
A locum GP accused of putting patients at risk by working 'dangerously long' shifts blamed out-of-hours services for his excessive workload, a hearing was told.
Dr Volker Bornmann clocked on for a total 13-hour overnight stretches for up to 24 straight days.
The German-born medic put in the hours at different organisations covering various locations and continued to work excessively despite being warned about the risks.
He was made subject to an investigation by the Hampshire PCT after failing to spot potentially fatal pregnancy complications, the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service in Manchester heard.
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May 23, 2013
 SANTOS:ROYAL BODYGUARDS EXPENSES PAID ON NO QUESTIONS ASKED BASISHITHER GREEN, SOUTHEAST LONDON
A police worker accused of leaking secrets about Royal bodyguards to a newspaper told a court officers' expense claims went through on a 'no questions asked' basis.
Jairo dos Santos, 29, received £32,000 after selling confidential details about more than 2,700 members of the Met's Protection Command, who protect VIPs including the Queen and the Prime Minister, jurors heard.
Dos Santos enlisted the help of PR guru Max Clifford to spark a bidding war between the Mail on Sunday and the now-defunct News of the World in July 2010, Southwark Crown Court heard.
He emailed his partner joking about how he felt like James Bond as he he dished out the top secret information, prosecutors claim.
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May 23, 2013
 WHYLIE:MODEL USED FAKE NAME TO GET DISCOUNT FOR 'MALLET TOE' SURGERYBRENTFORD, MIDDSX
A model accused of using stolen credit card details to pay for £5,000 worth of toe surgery told jurors she only gave a fake name to the clinic to get a discount.
Denise Whylie, 38, admitted giving the details before booking herself in for surgery for the disorder known as 'Mallet Toe.'
But she said she had only done so because a man had offered to pay for her surgery through his uncle, who worked in the plastic surgery business.
He told her she needed to pretend to be his niece to qualify, and she should tell the surgery her name was Denise Stephens.
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