Doncaster woman charged with husband's knife murder

Alan White, 49, was pronounced dead in hospital after he was stabbed in the abdomen at the house on Bond Street, Rossington, on Sunday night.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-16274197

Christian pastor swindles taxpayer out of £2.6m exploiting illegal immigrants to build his property empire

-Isaac William involved his wife and three children in the scam

-Two daughters worked in a bank where they laundered money to Dubai and Pakistan

-He covered the fraud as 'charitable work' but HMRC couldn't find evidence that it actually happened

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2076093/Christian-pastor-swindles-taxpayer-2-6m-exploiting-illegal-immigrants-build-property-empire.html

Amish girl, 15, dies after being shot in the head while driving buggy home from Christmas party

An Amish girl was mysteriously gunned down while she was driving her horse and cart home from a Christmas party on Thursday night.

Rachel Yoder, 15, from Ohio, was found in a pool of blood outside her home in Fredericksburg by her brother.

At first her family thought that she had fallen from the buggy but when she arrived at hospital, a bullet was found lodged in her head. She died the next day.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2076431/Amish-girl-Rachel-Yoder-15-shot-dead-way-home-Christmas-party.html

Neighbour films nurse beating dog to death… and posts it online when police refuse to prosecute

The woman who is filming should also be prosecuted, seeing as she did nothing to stop that fucking bitch... Eye for an eye I say!

A Brazilian nurse who was caught on camera repeatedly attacking a dog, which later died of its injuries, has gone into hiding after the video was published on YouTube.

The disturbing video of Camila de Moura abusing the Yorkshire Terrier in front of her 18-month-old daughter was taken by a neighbour living in the same apartment block in Formosa, Brazil.

She originally handed it over to the local police, but posted it online after becoming frustrated that the authorities had not arrested de Moura and were not going to pursue the case.



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2076522/YouTube-video-nurse-Camila-Moura-beating-dog-death.html

Man, 71, drives 225 miles with his dead wife in the passenger seat

An elderly man drove for 225 miles with the body of his dead wife beside him in the passenger seat.

The Canadian couple were returning home early from a holiday in Oregon after the 75-year-old woman had begun experiencing health problems.

But she died during the journey close to the town of Pasco, Washington.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2076531/Man-drives-225-miles-dead-wife-passenger-seat.html

Teenage model, 16, killed herself under train 'after boy cancelled their cinema date' by text message

A teenage model killed herself under a train after a text from a boy cancelling a date at the cinema, an inquest heard today.

Gabrielle Joseph, 16, told friends on Facebook: 'I am going to kill myself tonight' after being upset when the date fell through.

Gabrielle - known as Gabby when she modelled for top fashion chain Hollister - was left 'distressed' after receiving a message cancelling the date at 8.15pm.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2076557/Model-Gabby-Joesph-16-killed-train-boy-cancelled-cinema-date.html

TV stunt features presenters eating EACH OTHER

Bunch of whiny pussies of the media exaggerating and making big deal out of nothing... Meat is meat, period

Two Dutch TV presenters are set to make history with a macabre broadcast stunt.

Each presenter has eaten the flesh of the other - and the disgusting meal will be broadcast on their show.

Dennis Storm and Valerio Zeno both underwent surgery to have a small piece of muscle removed.

They then fried each other's meat and ate it in front of a studio audience.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2076245/TV-presenters-push-boundaries-taste-filmed-eating-EACH-OTHER.html

Teen charged in woman's murder

FORT- MCMURRAY, ALTA. - A 16-year-old was charged Thursday with murder in the Nov. 26 death of a 31-year-old woman in her home.

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/12/18/teen-charged-in-womans-murder

'Evil' dad who raped daughter jailed

A Far North man has been jailed for 11 years after he was found guilty of raping and indecently assaulting his daughter.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10774104

Man killed girlfriend's dog

Police say 19-year-old Kimar Fraser took his girlfriend's dog to a remote wooded area and killed it on November 28th.

http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/crime/cops-man-killed-girlfriends-dog

Man killed roommate, self

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said a man killed his roommate at their home in northeast Charlotte early Sunday and then barricaded himself in the shed of a nearby home before fatally shooting himself.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/12/19/2860385/police-man-killed-roommate-self.html

'Joyridrers' kill pregnant sheep in Kent field

A farmer has said he is devastated by the deaths of 15 sheep, some of them heavily pregnant, after they were hit by a vehicle in a Kent field.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16250808

'Black Panther' Donald Neilson dies

Donald Neilson, the multiple murderer known as the Black Panther, has died, the Ministry of Justice has said.

The 75-year-old died on Sunday after being taken from Norwich Prison to hospital with breathing difficulties.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-16242235

'The Black Panther': Profile of killer Donald Neilson

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16243850

Caught on CCTV: Killer pictured walking down the road with 13-inch knife he had just used to murder his girlfriend

This is the chilling moment a killer high on drink and drugs strolled down the street clutching the 13-inch knife he had just used to murder his girlfriend.

Addict Martin Shaw stabbed mother-of-one Danielle Thomson 20 times in the chest in a frenzied attack at their home in Chaddesden, Derbyshire.

He then threw a duvet over the 22-year-old and walked out holding the murder weapon, saying he had 'left her for dead', according to bystanders.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2076080/Killer-Martin-Shaw-pictured-13-inch-knife-hes-just-used-murder-girlfriend.html

He oppressed, starved and had them shot for 16 years but N Koreans mourn death of Kim Jong Il... as West fears show of strength from rogue nuclear state

-Kim Jong Il died on a train on Saturday morning from a heart attack

-Came into power in 1994, succeeding his father, Kim Il Sung

-Third son, Kim Jong Un, unveiled as successor in September 2010

-His uncle Jang Song Thaek expected to rule behind the scenes as he trains on the job

-South Korean and Japanese militaries on 'high alert'

-North Korea today test-fires short-range missile on eastern coast

-Fears of behind-the-scenes power struggle which could destabilise region

-Funeral planned for December 28 in capital of Pyongyang

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075987/Kim-Jong-Il-dead-North-Korea-mourn-West-fear-rogue-nuclear-state.html

Fantômas - The Director's Cut Live: A New Year Revolution

Setlist:
01. The Godfather
02. Night of the Hunter
03. Cape Fear
04. Experiment in Terror
05. One Step Beyond
06. Rosemary's Baby
07. The Devil Rides Out
08. Spider Baby
09. The Omen (Ave Satani)
10. Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer
11. Vendetta
12. Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion
13. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
14. Der Golem
15. Charade
16. Intermission
17. Simply Beautiful
18. Chariot Choogle

Two more suspected in brutal farm murders

The elderly couple, 69 year-old dairy farmer Torgny Antby and his 71-year-old wife Inger, were found dead after failing to turn up for their afternoon performance with the local choir.

The 69 year-old man died from repeated blows to the head with a hard object, while the 71 year-old woman was strangled.

http://www.thelocal.se/37996/20111217/

Teen arrested for killing birds in Concord

In five incidents since October, an estimated 24 geese and ducks have been killed with pellets or small-caliber bullets in Newhall Park and Willow Pass Park.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/18/BAEV1MDTDQ.DTL

Man shot for not being drug dealer

New Haven, Conn. (WTNH) - A man was shot in New Haven on Saturday morning after telling the alleged shooters that he was not a drug dealer.

http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/crime/man-shot-for-not-being-drug-dealer

Four dead, 49 missing in Russian oil rig disaster

At least four people died and 49 were missing on Sunday after an oil rig capsized and sank in icy seas in Russia's far east in the country's second major water disaster since July.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-18/four-dead-49-missing-in-russian-oil-rig-disaster/3737352

Families shocked to find 'hate mail' claiming their Christmas lights honour 'Pagan Sun-God'

A group homeowners on one street with Christmas decorations have received an anonymous note saying the lights honour the 'Pagan Sun-God.'

The residents in Hudsonville, Michigan, were baffled by the notes which were attached to their mailboxes on Wednesday night.

The note said the lights have nothing to do with the birth of Jesus, according to ABC News affiliate WZZM.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075680/Residents-shocked-hate-mail-claiming-Christmas-lights-honour-Pagan-Sun-God.html

Female protesters brutally beaten with metal poles as vicious soldiers drag girls through streets by their hair in day of shame

After being viciously beaten by a 10-strong mob of Egyptian male soldiers, this woman lies helplessly on the ground as her shirt is ripped from her body and a man kicks her with full force in her exposed chest.

Moments earlier she had been struck countless times in the head and body with metal batons, not content with the brutal beating delivered by his fellow soldier, one man stamped on her head repeatedly.

She feebly tried to shield her head from the relentless blows with her hands.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075683/The-brave-women-Middle-East-Female-protesters-brutally-beaten-metal-poles-vicious-soldiers-drag-girls-streets-hair-day-shame.html

Moment brutal killer trapped woman in elevator and doused her in gasoline... seconds later she burned to death screaming in agony

A woman has been burned to death by a man who doused her with a flammable liquid and set her alight in an elevator.

The unidentified attacker - reportedly the woman's ex-boyfriend - was waiting outside the elevator in a Brooklyn, New York apartment block for Delores Gillespie, 64, to return to home.

As the elevator doors opened, he sprayed the unsuspecting woman with a flammable liquid, lit a rag in a bottle - a Molotov cocktail - and set her on fire, according to New York police.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075668/Delores-Gillespie-Woman-doused-flammable-liquid-set-alight-elevator-Brooklyn-New-York.html

Re-Animator (1985)

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Husband blindfolds his wife.... and then chops off her fingers to stop her studying for a degree

A jealous husband is facing life in prison after chopping off his wife's fingers because she began studying for a degree without his permission.

Rafiqul Islam, 30, blindfolded his wife Hawa Akhter, 21, and taped her mouth, telling her he was going to give her a surprise present.

Instead he made her hold out her hand and cut off all five fingers. One of his relatives then threw Ms Akhter's fingers in the dustbin to ensure doctors could not reattach them.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075435/Husband-chops-wifes-fingers-stop-studying-degree.html

Infant, two children and boyfriend are dead after mother massacres family in tiny farm town

A family of five is dead after a woman gunned down her infant, her two children and her boyfriend before turning the gun on herself in a tiny Illinois farm town.
A neighbor who come outside when she heard the gunshots watched in horror as the woman wrapped her infant daughter in a blanket on the ground in the backyard of her home.

When the neighbor asked if she was alright, the mother responded: 'No, everything is not OK,' then bent down and shot the baby at point-blank range, according to reports.

The woman, whose name was not released, had apparently already killed her boyfriend and her son inside the house, as well as shooting her other young daughter in the backyard.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075391/Town-100-shock-family-including-baby-young-children-shot-dead.html

Dutch Catholic sex abuse scandal exposed as inquiry says up to 20,000 were victims

Up to 20,000 children were sexually abused by 800 Roman Catholic priests or lay workers in the Netherlands since 1945, an independent inquiry has estimated.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/netherlands/8961076/Dutch-Catholic-sex-abuse-scandal-exposed-as-inquiry-says-up-to-20000-were-victims.html

‘Mommy and Daddy beat me’: 6-year-old

The boy had a severely swollen arm, bruises on his face and a large gash under his chin. When the homeowners asked him how he came to be injured, the boy said “Mommy and Daddy beat me.”

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/12/16/mommy-and-daddy-beat-me-6-year-old

Grisly find lifts veil on Mexico's student organisations

Mexicans got a rare glimpse into the violence within student organisations at many of Mexico's universities yesterday, after five bodies were found buried at one group's headquarters in the western city of Guadalajara.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10773709

Germany Rehabilitates Its Persecuted 'Witches'

Tortured and burned at the stake by the tens of thousands, Germany's alleged witches have been largely forgotten. But thanks to efforts by a small group of activists, a number of German cities have begun absolving women, men and children who were wrongly accused of causing plagues, storms and bad harvests.

http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,804288,00.html

Aomori man arrested for allegedly beating 6-year-old son to death

The suspect—identified as Hiroyuki Kudo—is accused of beating his son about the face and stomach repeatedly at their home in Hamadate between Dec 11 and Dec 15, Fuji TV quoted police as saying. Kudo called police just after 2 p.m. on Thursday and admitted killing his son, but gave no motive.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/aomori-man-arrested-for-allegedly-beating-6-year-old-son-to-death

7 killed after truck drives into restaurant

YINCHUAN - Seven people were killed on Wednesday afternoon after a truck drove into a restaurant in Delong county, northwestern Ningxia Hui autonomous region, said local police.

http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-12/15/content_14273098.htm

Mondo Cane (1962)

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Three dead and two critical after gunman went round office shooting at colleagues

One of the dead was discovered inside the building and another victim died en route to a hospital.

The gunman shot himself and no gunfire was exchanged after officers arrived.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075384/Two-workers-critical-utility-company-shooting-rampage-left-dead.html

Man dies in horrific accident after getting stuck in food grinder at hummus plant

A food factory worker died Friday after his arm became caught in a grinder.

Daniel Callazo, 28, was working at hummus manufacturer Tribe Mediterranean in Massachusetts when police were called in just after 1am, pronouncing him dead at the scene.

Mr Callazo's body was taken to a nearby hospital.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075390/Death-hummus-Man-dies-getting-stuck-grinder-hummus-plant.html

Nine-year-old boy dies after choking on a MEATBALL in school because staff 'didn't know what to do'

A nine-year-old boy died after choking on a meatball in his school lunch as staff members unable to save the child.

Jonathan Jewth, a New York Bronx student, died on Wednesday, nine days after falling to the lunchroom floor in a choking fit.

His devastated mother Khemwati Jewth has hit out at the school for failing to perform the necessary first aid on her dying son.

She told the New York Daily News: 'If something had been done differently, my son would've been alive today.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075369/Nine-year-old-boy-dies-choking-MEATBALL-school-staff-didnt-know-do.html

Thousands of birds make crash landing in Utah

Thousands of migratory birds are dead or injured after they apparently mistook a Wal-Mart parking lot, football fields, highways and other areas of southern Utah for bodies of water and plummeted to the ground.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/12/14/national/a072218S48.DTL&tsp=1

Typhoon hits Philippines killing nearly 180

MANILA (Reuters) - A typhoon hit the southern Philippines triggering flash floods and landslides that killed nearly 180 people and forced about 100,000 from their homes, government and army officials said Saturday.

http://news.yahoo.com/typhoon-hits-southern-philippines-kills-25-people-041502640.html

Four dead in Alta. roadside murder-suicide

CLARSEHOLM, ALTA. - Two elite athletes from Prince Edward Island were among three people gunned down in a roadside bloodbath Thursday on the side of a busy highway in southern Alberta.

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/12/15/rcmp-probe-multiple-murders-along-alberta-highway

'One in five US women raped'

The study, compiled by the US Centres for Disease Control in Atlanta, offered a disturbing glimpse into the private lives of women in America, particularly to abuse within relationships that often went unreported.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/article.cfm?c_id=30&objectid=10773710

Man Sought For Beating Pregnant Girlfriend, Killing Fetus

ADELANTO, Calif. (KTLA) -- The search is on for a man suspected of beating a pregnant woman and killing her 20-week old fetus.

San Bernardino County sheriff's deputies found the woman unconscious after a reported domestic disturbance with her boyfriend, 23-year old Willie Davis Hines.

The 24-year-old woman was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition with severe head injuries.

At the hospital doctors discovered the woman's 20-week-old fetus had died.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-pregnant-fetus-killed-suspect-sought,0,2386324.story

Man wields light saber, use of force lands him in jail

When officers arrived, they attempted to take the suspect into custody but he repeatedly swung the light saber at them and yelled incoherently. One officer tased the suspect, but he remained unfazed. The second officer also tased the man, but he used the light saber to break one of the taser's wires.


Officers then were able to get the man on the ground and place him into custody. He was then transported to a hospital for a mental evaluation.

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/kcpq-man-wields-light-saber-use-of-force-lands-him-in-jail-20111215,0,5848076.story

Independence man headed to prison for killing son’s stepfather

Larry K. Wilson claims his son told him he had been the victim of abuse. Instead of picking up a phone and calling police, Wilson picked up a .357-magnum.

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/12/14/3320005/independence-man-headed-to-prison.html

Man held for dropping 1-yr-old son from 10th floor apartment

TOKYO — A baby survived a 10-floor fall virtually unscathed after being deliberately dropped by his father from their apartment in Tokyo’s Koto Ward on Thursday, reports said.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/man-arrested-for-dropping-1-year-old-son-from-10th-floor-of-apartment

Woman caught by lift's closing doors, dragged to death

NEW YORK (AP) - A woman was killed when her foot or leg became caught in a lift's closing doors, New York City fire officials said on Wednesday.

http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_745187.html

Norman Fraser jailed for killing Michelle McCue

A killer who left his victim lying in his living room to go to watch the Champions League final on TV has been jailed for at least 16 years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-16215282

Man jailed for suffocating girlfriend with plastic bag

A man who suffocated his girlfriend by putting a plastic bag over her head has been jailed for 10 years.

The body of Beata Slomiana, 33, was found at her home in Ballards Lane, Finchley, north London, in September last year, 10 days after she died.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-16220256

Nigeria attack on Kano air force school

Gunmen have attacked a military-run secondary school near Kano in northern Nigeria, killing four people, hospital sources say.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16221763

Dad jailed for beating son to death

A Brisbane court has heard a man killed his toddler son by beating him in the head with a jug cord and then leaving him unattended in his room for several hours.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-16/dad-jailed-for-beating-son-to-death/3735224

Stepfather admits he savagely beat stepdaughter, two, because 'she needed to toughen up' - and her mother did nothing to stop it

A Pennsylvania man admitted repeatedly punching, suffocating, dropping and kicking his wife's 2-year-old daughter because he believed the girl was a spoiled princess who needed to be toughened up.

Twenty-five-year-old Brandon Bishop pleaded guilty Wednesday to aggravated assault for a series of assaults from March until May.

Police say the abuse was reported by a great aunt who noticed the girl was limping and missing clumps of hair.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074804/Brandon-Bishop-stepfather-admits-savagely-beat-stepdaughter-princess-needed-toughen-up.html

Woman blames family's misfortune on Princess the Poodle who was 'possessed by the devil'

A New York woman claims her home got more than it agreed to when they brought an adopted toy poodle into their home that was demon possessed.

Olga Horvat, a certified Lumia Science Color Therapist and writer of a bookParanormal Pooch writes that her pure-bred dog Princess brought with her a string of bad luck on her home and family.

'We had her for four months -- May through September in 2006 -- and she didn't want to eat, sleep and she couldn't be trained to learn simple commands,' Mrs Horvat told the Huffington Post's Weird News.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074876/Woman-blames-familys-misfortune-Princess-Poodle-possessed-devil.html

Boy, 10, dies and girl, 13, in critical condition after shooting themselves at their homes

A ten-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl who shot themselves may have intentionally pulled the trigger, police said today.

Kameron Asgari, ten, died from his injuries on Tuesday and the girl, who has not been identified, was left in a critical condition in a separate incident nine hours later.

Both are believed to have found the weapons at their homes in Las Vegas, Nevada.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074884/Boy-10-dies-girl-13-critical-condition-shoot-home.html

Baby, who slipped through doctor's hands seconds after delivery, dies

A newborn baby’s fall to the floor immediately after delivery caused bleeding on the infant’s brain and a bruise to his scalp but did not cause his death, according to a coroner.

The baby’s father, Martin Aguirre, said his son slid out of the doctor’s hands on to the ground during delivery on Tuesday at University of Colorado Hospital. The child's mother has not been named.

Coroner Monica Broncucia-Jordan ruled this week that death was not caused by the fall but by a genetic condition.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074909/Baby-slipped-doctors-hands-delivery-dies.html

Father wanted for abduction of daughters and murder of wife commits suicide in motel

The father who was on the run with his daughters after he murdered his ex-wife committed suicide in the motel police surrounded him in.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075048/Anthony-Trapp-wanted-abduction-daughters-murder-wife-hotel.html

Strident atheist intellectual, author and journalist Christopher Hitchens dies, aged 62, after battle with cancer

-Even after diagnosis he maintained his atheism: 'No evidence or argument has yet been presented which would change my mind. But I like surprises'

-In a debate with Tony Blair last year over religion he likened God to a 'celestial dictatorship, a kind of divine North Korea

-His editor at Vanity Fair: 'Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from, dare I say, God'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074866/Christopher-Hitchens-dead-Writer-dies-aged-62.html

The Ruiner by Philipp Banken

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Virgin Mary billboard sparks outrage in New Zealand

A church billboard showing a shocked Virgin Mary gasping as she examines a pregnancy testing kit has sparked outrage in New Zealand.

A caption competition on the church's website has already drawn some questionable responses.

Suggestions include "Yay! I hope it's a girl," "Now, which way to the abortion clinic?" and "If I say I'm a virgin, mum and dad won't kill me."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/newzealand/8957667/Virgin-Mary-billboard-sparks-outrage-in-New-Zealand.html

Prostitute 'bites penis off client'

In the bedroom, a dispute broke out after Mr Shumba allegedly refused to pay Miss Marimbo for her services, magistrate Florence Nago heard.

Miss Marimo then bit the end off Mr Shumba's organ, leaving him bleeding profusely, before spitting it out in her garden.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zimbabwe/8956236/Prostitute-bites-penis-off-client.html

Creep gets 72 years in rape of girlfriend’s 11-yr.-old daughter

A sicko convicted of repeatedly raping his girlfriend's 11-year-old daughter will rot in prison after a Brooklyn judge sentenced him to 72 years behind bars.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/creep-72-years-rape-girlfriend-11-yr-old-daughter-article-1.991923

Witches accused of extortion for spells

BUCHAREST, Romania — Two self-professed witches were detained in Romania on blackmail and extortion charges on Wednesday in a high-profile case involving a TV star and reportedly other public figures.

http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2011/12/14/20111214witches-accused-extortion-spells.html

Attorney convicted of stealing from dead friend

(12-14) 15:04 PST EL CERRITO -- A New York attorney pleaded guilty to stealing more than $1 million from the Swiss bank account of a dead family friend from the Bay Area, federal prosecutors said Wednesday.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/15/BAC31MCJ97.DTL

Elizabeth Donnelly admits mother's Preston stab killing

A Preston woman was stabbed to death by her mentally ill daughter, just days after she had refused to let her be taken into care, a court has heard.

Valerie Donnelly, 62, was found with 80 stab and slash wounds at her home in Preesall Road, Ashton, on 25 March.

Her daughter, Elizabeth Donnelly, 27, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at Preston Crown Court.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-16199736

James Gethen used baseball bat to beat mother to death

A boy beat his mother to death with a baseball bat and told his sister "I hope she's dead", a court has heard.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-16204340

Kimberley Hainey guilty of murdering toddler son Declan

A woman has been convicted of murdering her toddler son, whose decomposed and mummified body was found at their rubbish-strewn home in Renfrewshire.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-16199260

SS killer Heinrich Boere begins jail term at 90

A 90-year-old man has begun a life sentence for shooting dead three Dutch civilians when he was a member of a Nazi SS hit squad during World War II.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16204994

Teenage girl whose lies left one man in prison and another savagely beaten up gets off with an £80 fixed penalty notice

A teenage girl whose false rape allegation led to an innocent man being beaten up and another man sent to jail was let off by police with just an £80 fixed penalty notice.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074339/Cry-rape-slap-wrist-Teenage-girl-lies-left-man-prison-savagely-beaten-gets-80-fixed-penalty-notice.html

Police catch 12-year-old burglar after finding his math homework left at the scene

A 12-year-old upstate New York boy may be wishing that his dog ate his homework.

Police in the village of Liberty say they used math homework to track down a boy suspected of breaking into an auction house Saturday night, according to the Times Herald-Record of Middletown.

Police say they were tipped off after finding the homework with the suspect's name written on it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074297/Police-catch-12-year-old-burglar-finding-math-homework-left-scene.html

Boy, 3, in serious condition after angry ape escapes from zoo enclosure and attacks him

A three-year-old boy is in a critical condition after being attacked by an angry gibbon at a zoo in Malaysia, it has today emerged.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074513/Boy-3-condition-angry-ape-escapes-zoo-enclosure-attacks-him.html

Elderly couple shot dead in their $1million home

A wealthy couple who were shot dead at their million-dollar home has shocked residents of the suburban cul-de-sac who said there hasn't been a murder there in nine years.

Real estate developer John Magee, 69, and Geraldine Magee, 67, were found dead at their home by their daughter in Andover, Boston, shortly before 9.30am yesterday.

Though police say they have no person of interest or suspects in the case, they told neighbours not to be concerned for their safety.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074561/Elderly-couple-John-Geraldine-Magee-shot-dead-1m-Boston-home.html

Supergran? No, I'm just a mad old woman with a handbag, says Ann, who foiled an armed gang

The gang had pulled up on motorbikes and were smashing their way into a jeweller’s in Northampton town centre with sledgehammers when Ann ran across the road and started bashing them.

Extraordinary footage of her sprinting across a road in her bright red coat before launching her attack has been screened around the world and has had hundreds of thousands of hits on YouTube.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1356155/Supergran-Ann-Timson-foiled-armed-gang-handbag-says-shes-just-mad.html

Drunk father 'kills driver in 100mph SUV crash before shooting good samaritan' (all the while with his toddler twins strapped in back seat)

-Thomas Lester Harper, 27, of Arlington, Texas, arrested

-'Crashed into two cars then sped off and into pickup'

-That driver was killed and it caused eight-vehicle wreck

-Harper 'shot man who walked up to side of his SUV'

-Twin toddlers in Harper's SUV 'suffered minor injuries'

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074541/Thomas-Lester-Harper-Father-crashes-SUV-killing-fatally-shoots-man-outside-vehicle.html

Boy, 2, drowned in neighbour's garden pond after 'going to look at the fishes'

A two-year-old boy drowned in a neighbour's garden after wandering from his family's home to 'look at the fishes', an inquest heard.

Billy Griffin slipped out of parent's house unnoticed in Chickerell, near Weymouth, Dorset, while his mother was greeting friends who had come to visit.

The toddler walked through the garden gate accidentally left open by one of his siblings and made his way to the pond to look at the fish, as he had done previously with his mother Sarah.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074536/Billy-Griffin-2-drowned-neighbours-garden-pond-going-look-fishes.html

'Let's pray together': The heart-breaking plea by kidnapped college student to her captors - just minutes before they executed her

McNeil said in court that from the beginning of the ordeal, she begged her attackers not to kill her.

He said: 'Before she even got shot, she was saying let's pray together.'
But despite her pleas, Miss Carson was shot four times with a .25 calibre pistol.

Then came a blast from a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun to her right temple, leaving a large gaping wound to her head and the hand she used to try and shield herself.

Orange County District Attorney Jim Woodall said the final shot was 'instantly fatal.'

Her body was left where she fell, in the middle of a residential street near the university..

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074232/Eve-Carson-trial-Kidnapped-UNC-student-president-wanted-pray-murder.html

Toxic liquor kills 36 in eastern India

At least 36 people died after consuming toxic home-made liquor in an eastern Indian state, officials said on Wednesday.

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/toxic-liquor-kills-36-in-eastern-india-20111215-1ovat.html

Italian author kills two Senegalese men

Florence was in mourning Wednesday after an Italian far-right author shot dead two Senegalese men and wounded three others before killing himself in a daylight shooting spree that prompted outpourings of grief.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/florence-mourning-racist-killing-spree-032818726.html

Mexican troops kill 11 gunmen near US border

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican soldiers battled suspected drug cartel members just south of the Texas border, killing 11 gunmen, the army said Monday. One soldier was reported wounded.

http://news.yahoo.com/mexican-troops-kill-11-gunmen-near-us-border-155951948.html

Texas, 4, strangled by 10-year-old boy: police

A 10-year-old child was behind the death of 4-year-old Texas in Ljungby in south central Sweden, according to police who on Wednesday announced that that the crime has been solved.

http://www.thelocal.se/37934/20111214/

Father jailed for rape of young daughters

Follo district court found the man guilty of several counts of rape and sexual assault perpetrated in 2005 against his then 12-year-old and 5-year-old daughters, newspaper Dagbladet reports.

http://www.thelocal.no/page/view/father-jailed-for-rape-of-young-daughters

Old people's home fire kills six

A fire that broke out in an old people's home in the southern French city of Marseille on Wednesday killed six people, police said in a statement.

http://www.thelocal.fr/2025/20111214/

Couple 'devastated' after pet cat killed by 27 hunting dogsCouple 'devastated' after pet cat killed by 27 hunting dogs

A couple have been left devastated after their beloved pet cat was savaged and killed by a group of hunting party hounds.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/8956283/Couple-devastated-after-pet-cat-killed-by-27-hunting-dogs.html

Trucker sentenced to 6 years in case of bondage sex death, burned body in Mississippi

BAY ST. LOUIS, Miss. — A truck driver claims his prostitute fiancee suffocated as they celebrated their engagement with a meth and bondage sex party. Then he drove from California to Mississippi with the corpse in the cab of his 18-wheeler and set fire to the truck — with himself and the body inside.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/trucker-expected-to-plead-guilty-in-case-of-bondage-sex-death-burned-body/2011/12/12/gIQAavF8pO_story.html

Motorcyclist dies in grisly accident on Highway 290

Around 2:30 this morning, eyewitnesses say a motorcycle rider was going 100 miles per hour when he ran into the back of a pickup. He was thrown off his bike before he was run over by a car and then dragged. The driver of that car says the slick conditions on the freeway didn't allow enough time to avoid hitting the motorcyclist.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8466344

Man accused of throwing child against wall

According to authorities, Diaz was inside an apartment in northwest Harris County when he began screaming and kicking a family dog. When a 12-year-old confronted Diaz and told him to stop hitting the dog, Diaz allegedly grabbed the boy with his hands and threw him against the wall.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=8465780

Burlingame man, 64, charged with killing roommate

Hoffman repeatedly hit Consentino in the back of the head with a blunt instrument, fracturing his skull, said San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe. Hoffman then covered the body with blankets, placed an air freshener in the apartment to cover the smell of the decomposing body and moved out, authorities said.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/14/BA5T1MBT9I.DTL

Ore. man pleads not guilty in deaths of wife, kids

Jordan Criado, 51, appeared by video from jail in Jackson County Circuit Court in Medford.

He is accused of stabbing his wife, 30-year-old Tabasha Paige-Criado, and two of the children, and setting multiple fires in the small single-story house in Medford last July.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2011/12/13/state/n111500S74.DTL

Pair charged with murder over Birmingham boy's death

A man and a woman from Birmingham have been charged with the murder of a two-year-old child.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-16186236

Man convicted for wearing jeans to work

A taxi driver has been convicted and ordered by a court to pay more than $1,400 for wearing jeans to work.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-14/jeans-work-taxi-driver-court-conviction/3731254

Rock fans have heads shaved and get 'cleansed' in river in Islamic law crackdown

-65 youths have been sent to a police school in Indonesia's Aceh province to receive mental and spiritual guidance for ten days

-Only then are they are allowed to return home

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2073990/Rock-fans-heads-shaved-cleansed-river-Islamic-law-crackdown.html

First picture of crazed gunman who hurled hand grenades at Christmas shoppers as police find body of cleaner he tried to rape dumped in his cannabis shed

-Killer named as Nordine Amrani, convicted sex attacker and drug dealer

-Death toll rises to six, with 125 seriously injured

-Victims: 18-month-old girl, two boys (15 and 17), 75-year-old woman

-Cleaner killed with 'a bullet in her head'

-Amrani killed himself with revolver at end of rampage

-Rocket launcher, AK47 and Kalashnikov found at his home

-Left cash and love note for nurse girlfriend, reportedly called Perrin Balon

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2073578/Belgium-attacks-Liege-gunman-Nordine-Amrani-pictured-police-body-shed.html

Student died after being bitten by snake

A British student training to become a safari park guide in South Africa died after being bitten by a snake at a college where there was no venom antidote, an inquest heard today.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8953838/Student-died-after-being-bitten-by-snake.html

Fifteen children killed in Chinese bus crash

Fifteen primary school children have been killed when the bus they were travelling in rolled into a river, authorities in eastern China said.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8952542/Fifteen-children-killed-in-Chinese-bus-crash.html

Truck ploughs into crowd killing ten

A truck transporting sand spun out of control and killed at least 10 people in Alagoas in Brazil's northeast.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/8947627/Brazil-Truck-ploughs-into-crowd-killing-ten.html

Students allegedly chained, beaten by clerics

KARACHI - Police in the Pakistani city of Karachi have rescued 54 students from the basement of an Islamic seminary, or madrassa, where they said they were kept in chains by clerics, beaten and barely fed.

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/12/13/students-allegedly-chained-beaten-by-clerics

4 U.S. soldier killed in helicopter crash at Joint Base Lewis-McChord

Four U.S. soldiers were killed when two Army helicopters crashed during a training exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Wash., Monday night, the military confirmed.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/4-u-s-soldier-killed-helicopter-crash-joint-base-lewis-mcchord-article-1.990674

Man confesses to double murder on Facebook before killing himself

An Indiana man confessed to killing his teenage ex-girlfriend and her male pal in a chilling Facebook message before turning the gun on himself, police said Sunday.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/man-confesses-double-murder-facebook-killing-article-1.990689

Husband admits killing his Alzheimer's suffering wife because he could not cope with her illness

A husband who could not cope with his wife's Alzheimer's disease has admitted killing her.

Malcolm Bearden from Wellington, Somerset, lost control after being driven to the end of his tether in trying to nurse his wife Margaret, 78, as she became increasingly ill.

Bearden, 79, denied killing his wife but admitted manslaughter due to a loss of control.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2073291/Husband-admits-killing-Alzheimers-suffering-wife-cope-disease.html

Pregnant at 13, a mother at 14... then killed at 17 by her drug addict boyfriend

-Callum Wilcocks, 19, said 'he just exploded' after his girlfriend's repeated taunting

-Kelsey Shaw also told Wilcocks their three-year-old daughter wasn't his

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2073217/Callum-Wilcocks-jailed-strangling-Kelsey-Shaw-confessed-affair.html

Four people killed and at least 64 injured as three men hurl hand grenades at Christmas market in Belgian city of Liege

An armed gang was still on the loose today after killing up to four people with grenades and guns in an apparently random attack on a Christmas market in the Belgian city of Liege.

It is widely reported that one attacker has died.

Men, women and children fled down the streets of the city centre - some still carrying shopping bags - as ambulances and police descended on the area.

Belgian media are reporting that 64 people have also been injured.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2073578/Belgium-grenade-attack-Explosion-Liege-kills-2-people-injures-15.html

The father who slaughtered his wife and two sons, nine and one... then calmly 'washed his car' before killing himself

-Richard Smith stabbed his wife and sons Ben, nine, and Aaron, one

-He died of smoke inhalation after setting fire to a bedroom where the bodies were found

-Police believe family died in the early hours of Saturday morning
Nobody is being sought in connection with the deaths

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2072921/Father-kills-sons-wife-takes-life.html

NYPD cop Peter Figoski shot & killed by robber in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn

A highly decorated NYPD officer was shot in the head and killed as he confronted a robber in Brooklyn Monday morning, police said.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/shot-face-robbery-cypress-hills-cops-article-1.990216