A SELF EMPLOYED BUILDER WHO HAD BEEN GOING UP AND DOWN
LADDERS FOR YEARS LOST HIS BALANCE AND PLUNGED TO HIS DEATH, AN
INQUEST HEARD.
FREDERICK MERRILL, 65, WHO LIVED AT LIMPSTONE GARDENS, P
AREAS: SYDENHAM, STREATHAM, STAPLEHURST (KENT)
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A RAPIST WHO BROKE INTO A YOUNG WOMAN'S FLAT AS SHE SLEPT AND
SUBJECTED HER TO A TERRIFYING SEX ATTACK, WAS JAILED FOR 12 YEARS
AT THE OLD BAILEY ON MONDAY.
SANDBLASTER STEVEN THOMAS, 26,
A 'DESPERATE' MUSICIAN WHO TURNED AN IMITATION GUN ON A
TAXI DRIVER WEPT AS HE WAS JAILED FOR 18 MONTHS AT THE OLD BAILEY ON
FRIDAY.
ANDREW WRIGHT MANAGED TO GET RID OF HIS IMITATION G
A NIGHT OUT WITH FRIENDS ENDED IN HORROR FOR A TEENAGER WHEN A
DRINK AND DRUG CRAZED YOUTH SLASHED HIS THROAT.
LUCKILY, JULIAN HOWELL, WHO NEEDED 15 STITCHES TO HIS WOUNDS,
SURVIVED THE VICI
THE GLOVES WERE OFF TODAY (FRI) IN LONDON'S HIGH COURT AS BOXING
PROMOTER MICKEY DUFF WON THE FIRST ROUND IN HIS BATTLE TO STAGE A
FIGHT FEATURING A WHITE SOUTH AFRICAN BOXING STAR.
BUT THE
AN ENRAGED DRUNK TRIED TO ATTACK HIS TERRIFIED EX-WIFE WITH A
KITCHEN KNIFE, WHILE SHE AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN BARRICADED
THEMSELVES IN THE LOUNGE, AN OLD BAILEY COURT HEARD ON FRIDAY.
AFTER
A PLASTERER WHO INJURED HIS BACK AFTER SLIPPING ON A PLANK
OF WOOD RECEIVED #2,000 FROM HIS FORMER EMPLOYERS AT THE HIGH COURT.
GERALD ANDERSON, 58, OF SILVERMERE ROAD, CATFORD, WAS CARRYING
A 52-YEAR-OLD MAN'S DECOMPOSING BODY WAS ONLY DISCOVERED
AFTER THE LONDON ELECTRICITY BOARD TRIED TO TAKE HIM TO COURT FOR NOT
PAYING HIS BILL.
THE LOCAL LEB GOT A NASTY SHOCK WHEN THEY D
AN OLD BAILEY JUDGE'S BAN ON PICTURE-TAKING OUTSIDE THE
COURTS YESTERDAY (FRI) RESULTED IN A PRESS ASSOCIATION PHOTOGRAPHER
BEING BOUND OVER TO KEEP THE PEACE
AND THE STAR NEWSPAPER WILL
