A YOUNG COUPLE BECAME SO DEPRESSED WITH THE APPALLING CONDITIONS
AT THEIR BATTERSEA COUNCIL FLAT THAT THEY SET FIRE TO IT IN AN
ATTEMPT TO GET REHOUSED.
BUT, THE OLD BAILEY HEARD ON WEDNESDA
AN EAST LONDON MAN WAS TODAY CLEARED OF HAVING A FLICK KNIFE AND
A STOLEN COLT .45 TARGET PISTOL.
AN OLD BAILEY JURY ACQUITTED RICHARD TERENCE WIGZELL, 39, OF
HAVING AN OFFENSIVE WEAPON, HAN
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JULY 29, 1987
BIRTHDAY 1
A HOUSEWIFE TOOK A FATAL OVERDOSE OF
A DESPERATE ROBBER WHO GOT AWAY WITH OVER #400 FROM A WEST
LONDON CHINA SHOP, TURNED HIMSELF OVER TO SURPRISED POLICE OFFICERS
AFTER 'BECOMING FRIGHTENED OF HIMSELF'.
AND AT SOUTHWARK C
A MAN WHO HAD LOST MOST OF HIS TEETH CHOKED TO DEATH AFTER TRYING
TO SWALLOW HIS FOOD WHOLE.
PATHOLOGIST DR JEANETTE MCFARLANE TOLD SOUTHWARK CORONERS COURT
LINDSAY CROSBIE, 39, HAD ALMOST NO
A ROAD ACCIDENT RUINED A YOUNG NURSE'S CHANCE OF A CAREER JUST
FIVE WEEKS AFTER SHE QUALIFIED, LONDON'S HIGH COURT HEARD TODAY
FRIDAY.
CAROLINE PEACH OF THEALE, BERKSHIRE SUFFERED SERIOUS BA
A TOTTENHAM WOMAN'S LOVE FOR HER VIOLENT LIVE-IN-LOVER
LED HER INTO A SICKENING WORLD OF CRIME AND DECEPTION, A COURT
HEARD.
THREATENED WITH VIOLENCE ATTRACTIVE 23-YEAR-OLD CHARMAIN
D
A 'DEVOTED' AND 'DESPERATE' FATHER WAS SO WORRIED HIS SEVERLY
MENTALLY HANDICAPPED SON WOULD SUFFER THE HARDSHIP OF UNEMPLOYMENT,
HE TURNED TO CRIME.
THE TRAGIC STORY SO MOVED A JUDGE TO
WHILE 28 YEAR OLD SUSAN FLEMMING WAS REGULARLY VISITING HER
LOVER IN PRISON SHE WAS ALSO HELPING HERSELF TO THE MONEY IN HIS
BANK, A COURT HEARD ON MONDAY.
AS THE BOYFRIEND BEGAN A FOUR
WOULD-BE DRUG DEALER GLEN MORGAN WAS CAUGHT RED-HANDED
WITH NEARLY A POUND OF CANNABIS RESIN WHEN POLICE SWOOPED ON HIS
FULHAM SQUAT.
AS THE OFFICERS BURST INTO A BEDROOM MORGAN, 24, 'WAS SE
