Speeding Porsche driver, 53, is spared jail after killing cyclist when he lost control of his £50,000 car while doing 55mph in a 40mph zone David McSkimming, 53, killed cyclist in tragic collision days before Christmas He received a suspended six-month prison sentence in Birmingham yesterday The victim, Anthony Satterthwaite, 51, died at the scene and had to … Read more
£1m lottery winner and his brothers beat car wash boss unconscious with a baseball bat and drove him out of Welsh town over ‘damage to his Audi’ – but is SPARED jail Jacob Hodge stormed the car wash with twin Joshua, 29, and brother Jamie, 31 They attacked the owner Bahroz Saeed at the garage … Read more
Hit-and-run drunk driver who left victim for dead is spared jail… after offering to pay him £10,000 Engineer Stephen Andrews, 41, crashed into taxi driver Inam Ulhaq at 50mph He had drunk three pints of lager and lemonade plus whisky before driving Andrews then hid at a friend’s house before contacting police 12 hours later He … Read more
British holidaymakers in France could be spared quarantine for now despite a surge in coronavirus cases. A review due to be completed today is expected to keep France on the list of countries that are exempted from the UK’s 14-day isolation rules. However, the Netherlands and Malta are at risk of being taken off the … Read more
British 28-stone conman, 74, is spared jail because he is so fat prison staff would struggle to get him out of bed A judge at Southampton Crown Court said jail staff would struggle to get 28-stone Barry Beardall out of bed in the morning Judge Henry said the 74-year-old’s size and ill-health, meant he would … Read more
America is willing to drop the threat of the death penalty in order to put the British ‘ISIS Beatles’ on trial, it was reported last night. El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are accused of belonging to a four-man execution cell in Syria named after the band by their captives. Elsheikh and Kotey also have admitted their … Read more
A 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard has been spared jail after being found guilty of accessory to 5,230 murders. Bruno Dey was handed a two-year suspended sentence on Thursday by a court in Hamburg. In what could be one of the last such cases involving surviving Nazi guards, Dey was convicted for his role … Read more
World’s sports stars are spared quarantine to save the ‘crown jewels’ of Britain’s summer – including Champions League Football, British Masters Golf tournament and international cricket Britain has excused sports players from having to quarantine after foreign travel This means golf stars such as Tiger Woods can play in the British Masters International cricket events … Read more
Ministers have been sent a list of 45 countries to prioritise for quarantine-free ‘air bridges’, it emerged last night. Airlines drew up the index last week at the request of the Government amid mounting fury over ‘unenforceable’ plans for a 14-day quarantine imposed on all arrivals. The list, agreed by airlines including British Airways, Easyjet … Read more
Howell Hughes (pictured) was driving his Fiat Panda when it hit 66-year-old Brian Griffiths at a petrol station in Swansea A 91-year-old driver who crushed a university lecturer to death with his car when he accidentally pressed the accelerator instead of the brake has been spared jail. Howell Hughes was behind the wheel of his … Read more