UNDERTAKER JHAMES SHACKLETON, WHO USED STOLEN COFFINS TO
PROVIDE CUT-PRICE FUNERALS FOR THE UNEMPLOYED, RECEIVED A NINE MONTH
SUSPENDED JAIL SENTENCE TODAY (MON).
SHACKLETON, WHO CLAIMS HE
A TEENAGE TRAIN FANATIC SLASHED A SCHOOLBOY AS 'PUNISHMENT'
FOR PLAYING ON THE TRACKS, A COURT HEARD ON FRIDAY.
GARY BREWER, 17, WAS 'IN LOVE WITH THE RAILWAYS,' THE OLD
BAILEY WAS TOL
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SHOW OFF 1.
A TEENAGER WAS SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS DETENTION AT THE
OLD BAILEY ON
FOUR MEN WHO ALLEGEDLY FOUGHT A BLOODY STREET BATTLE MAY FACE A
RETRIAL AFTER A JURY FAILED ON WEDNESDAY TO REACH VERDICTS ON AFFRAY,
WOUNDING AND OFFENSIVE WEAPONS CHARGES.
IT WAS ALLEGED
A WOMAN WHO WAS DEPRESSED ABOUT HAVING TO LEAVE HER
SON-IN-LAW'S HOUSE TOOK AN OVERDOSE OF PILLS, AN INQUEST HEARD
ON FRIDAY.
MARIE ADAMS, 63, OF COUNTY GATE, ELTHAM, HAD BEEN
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TWO ALLEGED COCAINE DEALERS WALKED FREE FROM COURT AFTER
A JURY HEARD THEY WERE SET UP BY A TOP SCOTLAND YARD DETECTIVE.
MICHAEL WEST AND JAMES O'LOUGHLIN WERE CLEARED OF TWO
CHARGES OF POSSESS
AN ARSONIST WAS SAVED FROM AN IMMEDIATE JAIL SENTENCE AFTER
MAKING A LAST MINUTE PLEA TO AN OLD BAILEY JUDGE ON WEDNESDAY.
DAVID GUSCOTT, 30, WHO ADMITTED SETTING FIRE TO HIS THIRD
F
A GLOBE-TROTTING EVANAGLIST DRUGGED THE CHOCOLATE DRINK OF
PRETTY GIRLS TO SATISFY HIS SEXUAL APPETITITE, THE OLD BAILEY HEARD
ON THURSDAY.
THE 57-YEAR-OLD SOUTH AFRICAN-BORN PREACHER
A MINI-CAB DRIVER TRAPPED THREE TEEENAGE HOODLUMS WHEN HE
AGREED TO TAKE THEM IN HIS CAB - KNOWING THEY PLANNED TO ROB HIM
AT KNIFEPOINT.
WHEN THE THREE WALKED INTO THE OFFICE OF BARRIER CARS
PECKHAM MAN PATRICK O'GRADY WHO BATTERED HIS FRIEND TO DEATH
DURING A DRUNKEN QUARREL WAS JAILED FOR SEVEN YEARS AT THE OLD BAILEY
ON FRIDAY.
O'GRADY WAS CLEARED OF MURDER BUT CONVICTED OF THE
