BUSINESSMAN PETER DE SAVARY HAS WON LIBEL DAMAGES OVER A STORY
IN THE NOW DEFUNCT LONDON DAILY NEWS WHICH WRONGLY IMPLIED THAT HE
AND TWO COMPANIES WERE INVOLVED IN FRAUD.
IN FACT IT IS CLEAR T
A PORN-MERCHANT WHO TURNED INTO A DRUG DEALER AND PREYED ON
HELPLESS ADDICTS WAS JAILED FOR FOUR YEARS AT SOUTHWARK CROWN COURT.
EVEN AFTER POLICE ARRESTED MALTESE-BORN PHILLIP VELLA IN HIS
AN OFF-DUTY POLICE CONSTABLE HAD WELL ABOVE THE PERMITTED
AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL IN HIS BODY WHEN HE COLLIDED WITH A MOTORCYCLIST
AND CAUSED HIS DEATH, AN OLD BAILEY JURY HEARD ON FRIDAY.
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A CAR CHASE TURNED INTO AN UGLY STREET FIGHT WHEN FRIENDS AND
FAMILY OF A RUN-AWAY VAN DRIVER TRIED TO STOP HIM BEING ARRESTED, A
COURT HEARD.
POLICE OFFICERS WERE ALLEGEDLY ATTACKED AS THEY
CENTRAL NEWS, PRESS ROOM, CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, OLD BAILEY, LONDON
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A PRETTY FAIRHAIRED GIRL, WHO ALLEGES SHE WAS THE FIRST
IN A CASE A JUDGE DESCRIBED TODAY AS 'ONE OF THE SHORTEST EVER'
AT THE OLD BAILEY, A MAN WAS ACQUITTED OF POSSESSING AN IMITATION
FIREARM.
IN FACT THE JURY TOOK TWO HOURS - LONGER THAN THE W
A MAN ACTING 'UNDER ENORMOUS PROVOCATION' KIDNAPPED HIS WIFE'S
LOVER TO 'TEACH HIM A LESSON' AN OLD BAILEY JUDGE HEARD TODAY (FRI).
COMPANY DIRECTOR STEVEN MORRIS, 37, TRICKED JULIAN KAYE IN
Criminal Appeal Court, March 8, 1988: David Elmes of Shrewsbury, whose
reckless driving caused death of David Johnson, has #1,5OO fine halved
and driving ban cut from five years to two.
ONE OF THE OLDEST SEX ATTACKERS EVER WAS JAILED AT THE OLD
BAILEY ON FRIDAY FOR TRYING TO RAPE AN 80-YEAR-OLD WIDOW.
PATRICK SPRATT, 71, LAUNCHED A TERRIFYING ATTACK AFTER
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A DRUNKEN WOMAN WAS SO ANGRY WHEN HER EX-BOYFRIEND REFUSED
TO ANSWER HIS DOOR AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING THAT SHE SET LIGHT
TO THE PREMISES AN OLD BAILEY JUDGE HEARD WEDNESDAY.
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