A YOUNG MAN, HIS FATHER AND SISTER WHERE HELD AT KNIFEPOINT IN
THEIR OWN HOME BY A LONG-TIME FAMILY FRIEND SEARCHING FOR DRUGS AND
MONEY, THE OLD BAILEY HEARD.
THE ATHERFOLD FAMILY HAD LIVE
A ROBBER LEFT A BETTING SHOP CLUTCHING NEARLY #2,000 FROM THE
TILL AFTER A FIRE - PROBABLY DELIBERATELY STARTED - BROKE OUT IN THE
FOYER.
THE ENSUING CONFUSION AT BOOKMAKERS WILLIAM HILL IN
A CROOKED BOOKEEPER WHO HELPED TO SUPPLY PHONEY ACCOUNTS SO HIS
CLIENT COULD GET A MORTGAGE ON A #400,000 STUD FARM WAS JAILED FOR
EIGHT MONTHS TODAY (MON).
DAVID LLOYD, WHO ONCE WORKED FOR
A SECRETARY DRENCHED HER 'FATHER-IN-LAW' WITH PETROL AND
THREW A LIGHTED MATCH AT HIM IN REVENGE FOR YEARS OF
'RUMOUR-MONGERING', THE OLD BAILEY HEARD ON THURSDAY.
MOTHER-OF-THREE VERO
BRISTOL SHOP-OWNER MICHAEL HARRIS RODGERS TODAY (TUES) WON HIS
APPEAL AGAINST CONVICTION FOR HANDLING STOLEN JEWELLERY.
INADMISSIBLE AND 'GROSSLY PREJUDICIAL' EVIDENCE WAS WRONGLY
PUT BEFOR
A MENTALLY DISADVANTAGED BOY WHO LOST HIS SELF-CONFIDENCE AFTER
TRIPPING OVER A TRENCH OUTSIDE HIS BRACKNELL, BERKS, HOME WAS AWARDED
#3,000 AT LONDON'S HIGH COURT.
APPROVING THE OUT-OF-COURT
A MAN WHO WAS RECOVERING IN HOSPITAL AFTER A SUCCESSFUL
OPERATION TOLD NURSES HE HAD DRUNK A BOTTLE OF LIQUID AIR FRESHNER,
AN INQUEST HEARD ON THURSDAY.
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TWO YOUNG WOMEN BROKE DOWN WEEPING IN THE PUBLIC GALLERY AS THEY
WATCHED THEIR DRUG DEALING MOTHER BEING LED OFF TO START A THREE
YEARS JAIL SENTENCE.
THE RESPECTABLE-LOOKING HOUSEWIFE WAS
A HAMPSHIRE MOTOR TRADER WHO CLAIMED THAT HE HAD RETURNED FROM
HOLIDAY TO FIND HIS BUSINESS IN TATTERS AND CREDITORS KNOCKING AT HIS
DOOR FOR DEBTS OF ALMOST A MILLION POUNDS LOST HIS CASE IN THE H
A HEROIN ADDICT WHO HAS SOUGHT TREATMENT TO BREAK HIS DEADLY
HABIT WALKED FREE FROM A COURT ON FRIDAY.
JOBLESS JOHN BAKER WAS GIVEN A RARE CHANCE WHEN A JUDGE AT
SOUTHWARK CROWN COURT PUT H
