MICHAEL FORD, 47, WAS LED TO THE CELLS AT THE OLD BAILEY
ON THURSDAY TO BEGIN A LIFE SENTENCE FOR THE GRUESOME MURDER OF A
MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN.
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prison.
AN OLD BAILEY JUDGE ON MONDAY REFUSED TO ALLOW A 15-YEAR-OLD
GIRL TO GIVE HER EVIDENCE FROM A BEHIND A SCREEN THAT WOULD SHIELD
HER FROM THE VIEW OF HER ALLEGED SEX ATTACKER.
JUDGE WICK
LAWYERS DIDN'T MINCE THEIR WORDS IN LONDON'S HIGH COURT TODAY
(WED) WHEN THEY ACCUSED A CLAIMANT OF MALINGERING AS HE SAT IN THE
WITNESS BOX ENCASED IN A METAL CORSET AND A SURGICAL NECK BRACE WIT
AN UNQUALIFIED TEACHER WHO INDECENTLY ASSAULTED LITTLE GIRLS IN
FRONT OF A WHOLE CLASS OF CHILDREN AT A PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOL WERE
HE TAUGHT HAS BEEN JAILED FOR SIX MONTHS.
PERVERTED DAV
A CARPENTER WHO FELL 21 FEET THROUGH A ROOF WHILE WORKING ON
DIDCOT RAILWAY STATION HAS LAUNCHED AN #84,000 BATTLE FOR
COMPENSATION.
LONDON'S HIGH COURT HEARD TODAY, TUESDAY, MR KEVIN SMITH, WH
A FOUR-MAN GANG WHO STAGED SCOTLAND'S BIGGEST EVER
CANNABIS SMUGGLING OPERATION WERE JAILED FOR A TOTAL OF 43 YEARS
TODAY (TUES).
THE THREE SCOTSMAN AND ONE DUTCH CITIZEN WERE PART OF A
MASSI
A YOUNG MAN WHO BLAMED A MOTORIST FOR WRECKING HIS CHANCES OF
BECOMING A COMPANY DIRECTOR WON OVER #20,000 DAMAGES TODAY.
BUT A HIGH COURT JUDGE DID NOT ACCEPT THAT 23-YEAR-OLD IAN
SEATH WAS M
A TEENAGER WHO SPENT AN EVENING DRINKING WITH A FRIEND AND TAKING
DRUGS DIED 24 HOURS AFTER BEING ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL, LONDON'S HIGH
COURT HEARD.
SIMEON COLLINS, 17, WAS ADMITTED TO ST BARTH
A CONVICTED RAPIST HAD UNLAWFUL SEX WITH A 12-YEAR-OLD
GIRL JUST THREE DAYS AFTER HIS RELEASE FROM JAIL, THE OLD BAILEY
HEARD ON FRIDAY.
CYPRIOT HUSNU IBRAHIM, 39, WAS SENTENCED TO SEVEN
