Family’s Chow Chow-cross Teddy mauled 12-day-old boy to death while mother was on toilet and father was outside with another child, inquest hears Elon, who was just 12-days-old, was mauled to death by the dog in Doncaster Mother Abigail Ellis had been in the bathroom when the Elon was savaged Father Stephen Joynes was playing outside … Read more
Donald Trump ‘offered WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange a win-win deal to avoid extradition to US if he revealed source of the hacking of Democratic party emails’, court hears Jennifer Robinson, one Assange’s lawyer’s, made statement at Old Bailey today She recalled a meeting with two Trump allies in Ecuadorian embassy in 2017 She claimed they … Read more
The death of a talented 18-year-old student, who had saved a boy’s life just weeks earlier, was ‘most likely’ related to taking laughing gas, an inquest has heard. Rory Wai, from Wivenhoe, Essex, was found unresponsive in his bedroom by his brother William, on the evening of August 6 last year. Just weeks before his … Read more
Uber boss blames ‘gang of sophisticated fraudsters’ after 14,000 trips were made by bogus drivers, court hears as taxi app appeals TfL’s refusal to renew its operating licence Uber boss Jamie Heywood said company was ‘transparent’ and ‘open’ with TfL He said Uber was trying to work out how unauthorised drivers exploited system Mr Heywood … Read more
Retired vicar, 85, ‘pawed at married curate’ after leaping at her ‘like a rabbit out of rabbit hole’, court hears The 85-year-old told the trainee, ‘I really miss having cuddles’ while stroking her hair, a court heard Jurors at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard that Reverend Geraint Hughes, hugged and attempted to kiss the married woman … Read more
Ex-vicar, 85, ‘pawed at married curate’ after leaping at her ‘like a rabbit out of rabbit hole’, court hears The 85-year-old told the trainee, ‘I really miss having cuddles’ while stroking her hair, a court heard Jurors at Merthyr Tydfil Crown Court heard that Reverend Geraint Hughes, hugged and attempted to kiss the married woman The … Read more
One of the victims of the Manchester Arena bombing was trying for a baby and had begun choosing baby names, the inquiry has been told. Kelly Brewster, 32, had started making a list of baby names on her phone and had an offer accepted on a new home on the morning of the attack in … Read more
Uber makes London a ‘safer place’, a court has heard as the taxi app battles against TfL for its licence to be renewed. The ride hailing app, which first operated in London in 2012, has admitted ‘mistakes were made’ in the identity fraud scandal that allowed 24 bogus drivers to take 14,000 rides in the UK capital. … Read more
Schoolgirl, 16, who was found dead in her bedroom had taken cocaine and a painkiller, inquest hears as her heartbroken father pays tribute to his ‘gentle’ and ‘beautiful’ daughter Ellesse Potter, 16, was found dead in her room by her mother’s partner in 2018 She had spent the evening before applying fake tan at home … Read more
A retired police chief took his own life after he became ‘paranoid and neurotic’ while under coronavirus quarantine to protect his family, an inquest has heard. James Connelly-Webster, 58, was found dead in a chalet at the bottom of his garden in Crackington Haven, Bude on April 1 after self-isolating there when he began to display symptoms … Read more