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
DOWNING 14
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.
FREDR
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(CRIMINAL APPEAL COURT, FEBRUARY 5, 1988/AVM.)
FRAUD 1
A 27-YE
A TRAINEE MANAGER WAS TWO-THIRDS TO BLAME FOR A ROAD CRASH IN
WHICH HIS MOTORBIKE COLLIDED WITH A CAR, A HIGH COURT JUDGE RULED.
MARTIN COURT, AGED 25, WAS WORKING HIS WAY UP TO BEING A
BRAN
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DECEMBER 16, 1988
OLD BAILEY/LA(JW)
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THE JURY HEARD THE LITTLE BOY WAS BLOW
A STREATHAM MAN WAS THREATENED WITH SCISSORS IN A TERRIFYING
SEVEN-MONTH BLACKMAIL ORDEAL, THE OLD BAILEY HEARD.
VINESH GONDHALEKER, AGED 19, WAS 'SO PETRIFIED' OF HIS ATTACKER
THAT HE DID
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JANUARY 28 1988.
HOUSE 1
A
AN ELDERLY TECHNICIAN WAS TRAGICALLY BLINDED IN ONE EYE WHEN A
SHARP FRAGMENT OF AN INDUSTRIAL CUTTING MACHINE FLEW INTO HIS FACE
THE HIGH COURT HEARD YESTERDAY, TUESDAY.
THE HORRIFIC ACCIDEN
A PLUCKY COUNTER CLERK FOILED A BANK ROBBERY BY TELLING AN ARMED
ROBBER HE WOULD HAVE TO 'JOIN ANOTHER QUEUE' BECAUSE SHE HAD CLOSED
HER TILL, THE OLD BAILEY HEARD.
HALIFAX BUILDING SOCIETY
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(CRIMINAL APPEAL COURT) FEBRUARY 2, 1988/AVM.
WOUND 1
A 3O-YE
