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
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is being persecuted by Donald Trump because of the President’s ‘considerable personal antipathy’ to Barack Obama, a professor of peace studies told his extradition hearing in London today. Professor Paul Rogers called Assange’s prosecution politically motivated, and said his political opinions put him in the ‘crosshairs’ of the Trump administration. Assange, 49, … Read more
The mother of a black man who died after he was restrained by officers has told an inquest he had a fear of police as he had been ‘mistreated’ and Tasered in the past. Kevin Clarke died in police custody at Lewisham Hospital in March 2018, following an incident in the Polsted Road area of … Read more
Teenager, 17, joined neo-Nazi group Feuerkrieg Division after online ‘test’ where he expressed hatred for Jews and discussed making ammunition that could ‘smash heads’, court hears Court hears teenager tried to join group ‘that believes mass shootings are good’ Unnamed 17-year-old said he wanted to provoke a race war, prosecution alleges The defendant has already … Read more
Heartwarming moment 11-week-old baby who was born deaf hears the voices of his parents for the first time after having hearing aids fitted Tiffany Wroe, 29, shared the video of her 11-week-old son Saul on Facebook She lives with husband John, 44, in Nairobi, Kenya, but is from Manchester Young Saul was born with moderate … Read more
Drunk British Airways passenger stroked bare leg of woman sitting next to him with his foot and elbow forcing her to go and hide in toilet, court hears Amerjit Singh Cheema, 43, boarded BA flight from Mumbai to London in January He allegedly stroked a woman’s leg with his barefoot ahead of boarding a plane … Read more
Waitress, 19, who became obsessed with how many likes her selfies got on social media hanged herself while on the phone to her best friend Chloe Davison died at her home in Lanchester, County Durham last December She had been on the phone to her best friend Lauren Askew moments earlier Months later health workers called … Read more
Failed asylum seeker used two FAKE identities so he could live in UK illegally for 20 years, court hears Ali Hussain Karim, 47, should have been sent back to Iraq after arriving in 1999 Instead, he set up two false identities with passports and driving licences in UK Police caught up with him in June this … Read more
A husband flew into a rage and strangled his wife to death before hanging himself while their two-year-old son slept in his cot, an inquest has heard. Kiril Nemcev, 32, attacked his wife Lana Nemceva, 33, after they argued about her mother moving in with them. The couple’s lodger then made the grisly discovery when … Read more