A GANG OF GLUE-SNIFFING TEENAGERS WIELDING AN AXE, PADLOCK AND CHAIN,
METAL PIPING AND A KNIFE STORMED A BATTERSEA FLAT IN A MIDNIGHT RAID
AN OLD BAILEY COURT HEARD TODAY (FRIDAY).
THE EIGHT YOUN
CENTRAL NEWS SERVICE, PRESS ROOM, CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT, OLD BAILEY,
LONDON, EC4 TEL: O1-236-O116.
(CRIMINAL APPEAL COURT) OCTOBER 6, 1987/AVM.
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A MANOR PARK, EAST LONDON,
A MAFIA PLOT TO FLOOD BRITAIN WITH THE PROCEEDS OF ORGANIZED
CRIME WAS SMASHED WHEN FOUR MEN WERE JAILED AT THE OLD BAILEY ON
FRIDAY.
SCOTLAND YARD DETECTIVES SWOOPED TO ARREST A TEAM
A YOUNG FASHION DESIGNER TOLD THE JURY HOW SHE BECAME THE RAPIST'S
SECOND VICTIM.
WEEPING IN THE WITNESS BOX, THE 25-YEAR-OLD WOMAN SHE HAD 'NO
DOUBT AT ALL' THAT THE MAN IN THE DOCK WAS HE
A RETIRED SEWER SPECIALIST TODAY (MON) WON MORE THAN #18,000
FROM A LONDON COUNCIL FOR A BACK INJURY WHICH COST HIM HIS JOB.
REGINALD MCDONALD'S 30 YEARS SERVICE WITH THE LONDON BOROUGH OF
A MAN ACUSED OF MURDERING HIS LOVER'S FLATMATE WAS ACQUITTED
BY AN OLD BAILEY JURY ON FRIDAY.
TERRENCE EDWARDS, 27, INSISTED DURING POLICE INVESTIGATIONS
AND AT HIS TRIAL THAT HE HAD NOT BEEN IN
A FORMER GUARDSMAN WHO WAS JAILED FOR ARSON HAD SERVED IN THE
FALKLANDS WAR BUT LEFT THE ARMY BECAUSE HE DIDN'T LIKE VIOLENCE.
HE BECAME INVOLVED IN A 'FEUD SITUATION WITH HIS
NEI
A BOLTON ALCOHOLIC EMPLOYED BY THE POLICE ANSWERING 999 CALLS
WAS NEARLY FIVE TIMES OVER THE LIMIT WHEN HER RECKLESS DRIVING KILLED
A 6I-YEAR-OLD SALE CYCLIST, THE APPEAL COURT IN LONDON HEARD.
HAULING HALF HUNDRED WEIGHT SACKS OF POTATOES WAS ALL IN A DAYS
WORK FOR STRATFORD MARKET PORTER CHRISTOPHER BREWER, UNTIL ONE WINDY
MORNING WHEN HE ENDED UP WITH SEVERAL BROKEN BONES IN HIS FACE.
TIME'S UP FOR THE SPRAY PAINTING AND CAR REPAIR BUSINESS THAT
GAINED 18 MONTHS GRACE WHEN BROMLEY BOROUGH COUNCIL SERVED THEM
NOTICE TO QUIT ONE DAY LATE.
AT THE HIGH COURT IN LONDON ON WEDN
