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A DRIVING INSTRUCTOR, BADLY INJURED IN A ROAD ACCIDENT, TODAY
RECEIVED DAMAGES IN EXCESS OF
VALUABLE ART BOOKS WERE STOLEN BY A MAN WITH A GAMBLING HABIT,
A COURT HEARD.
ROY FAITH RAIDED THE BOOKSHELVES OF HARROD'S, WATERSTONE'S AND
THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM TO FINANCE HIS HAB
A PENNILESS PORTER ENJOYED A CHAMPAGNE LIFE STYLE IN A STRING OF
TOP LONDON HOTELS BY POSING AS THE ILLEGITIMATE SON OF
MULTI-MILLIONAIRE ARMS DEALER ADNAN KHASHOGGI, A COURT HEARD TODAY
(MON).
A MAN SMASHED HIS WIFE OVER THE HEAD WITH A HAMMER, FRACTURING
HER SKULL, DURING A TRIAL RECONCILLIATION, THE OLD BAILEY HEARD.
BARBARA COOKE, 45, WAS SO BADLY INJURED DURING THE JANUARY
A CLEANING LADY SUFFERING FROM RECURRING BACKACHE SINCE
SLIPPING ON STAIRS AT COUNCIL PREMISES HAS WON HER BID FOR
COMPENSATION.
MRS IRENE WINTER, 45, OF (61) ST. JAMES ROAD, MITCHAM, SURRE
A PENSIONER TODAY (FRI) WON A LEGAL BATTLE TO GAG NOISY
NEIGHBOURS WHO KEPT HER AWAKE AT NIGHT HAMMERING AND THROWING OUT
FURNITURE.
JEAN BERYL LILLIAN SAINSBURY, OF DURRELS HOUSE, W
A 20-YEAR-OLD STUDENT LOCKED AN 'INNOCENT' VIRGIN IN HIS
BRIXTON FLAT AND RAPED HER, AFTER THREATENING HER WITH LIVE ELECTRIC
WIRES, THE OLD BAILEY HEARD TODAY (MON).
OPENING THE CASE,
MAN WHO TRIED TO STRANGLE A POLICEMAN AFTER A PUB BRAWL HAS
LOST HIS APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION FOR ASSAULT.
ROWDY PAUL THOMAS, 30, WAS TOLD TO LEAVE THE CHESTERFIELD ARMS
PUB BECAUSE HE WAS
A 21-YEAR-OLD BRADFORD MAN WHO TOOK A CAR WITHOUT THE OWNER'S
CONSENT, DROVE WHILE DISQUALIFIED AND BREACHED PROBATION HAS HAD HIS
THREE-YEAR YOUTH CUSTODY TERM HALVED.
PAUL GARY MERCER OF
EXPERIENCED PARACHUTIST MARTIN EVANS WAS IMPALED ON A TRACTOR'S
BUCKET SPIKES WHEN HIS 13TH JUMP WITH A NEW TYPE OF CHUTE WENT
HORRIFYINGLY WRONG.
THE PRONGS PIERCED HIS RIGHT BUTTOCK CAUSING
