THE MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING A KINGSTON BIRTHDAY BOY
DURING HIS 21ST BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS HAS TOLD AN OLD BAILEY JURY HE
DID LIE TO POLICE - BUT DID NOT CARRY OUT THE BRUTAL STABBING.
A 'COURAGEOUS' HEAD-ON TACKLE TWO MINUTES BEFORE THE END OF A
RUGBY GAME LEFT A BOY PERMANENTLY DISABLED, THE HIGH COURT HEARD.
AND SIMON VAN OPPEN, 24, IS SUING HIS FORMER SCHOOL - BEDFORD - FOR
A LEADING BLACK COMMUNITY LEADER FLEECED MORE THAN #400,000 FROM
CHARITABLE GRANTS TO BUY HIMSELF A RETIREMENT HOME IN THE SUN, A
COURT HEARD TODAY (MON).
AND THE MAIN VICTIM OF ASHTON GIBSO
A WOMAN WHO CLAIMED THAT A PAIR OF MAGNIFICENT DIAMOND EARRINGS
WERE RIPPED OFF HER AT GUN POINT BY A JEWELLER LOST HER CASE IN THE
HIGH COURT TODAY.
DEPUTY JUDGE MR GRAEME HAMILTON QC CONDEMN
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EC4, TEL: O1-236-O116.
(CRIMINAL APPEAL COURT, APRIL 15, 1988/AVM/BM).
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A 'MUMMY'S BOY', WHO STRANGLED TO DEATH HIS DOMINEERING 79
YEAR OLD MOTHER WAS JAILED FOR LIFE - BECAUSE NO HOSPITAL BED WAS
AVAILABLE FOR HIM.
THE OLD BAILEY HEARD THAT ADRIAN TAYLOR W
THE MASTERMIND BEHIND A MASSIVE MILITARY-STYLE OPERATION TO
CASH STOLEN DHSS BENEFIT BOOKS WITH A FACE-VALUE OF MORE THAN
#200,000 HAS BEEN JAILED FOR FOUR YEARS.
CROOKED GENIUS GERARD CREE
A SCHOOLGIRL VIRGIN RECITED SHAKESPEARE DURING A THREE
HOUR KNIFEPOINT RAPE ORDEAL AS HER UNSUSPECTING PARENTS SLEPT IN THE
ROOM NEXT DOOR, AN OLD BAILEY JURY HEARD YESTERDAY (MON).
THE CHILDREN OF A DRILLER WORKING IN A LANCASHIRE QUARRY WHO
DIED WHEN HIS RIG COLLAPSED HAVE BEEN AWARDED #75,000 COMPENSATION AT
THE HIGH COURT IN LONDON.
ANTHONY COWIN, 31, WAS KILLED IN
