Broken Britain
Vegan child who had meat thrown at him in lunch breaks found hanged
A 12-year-old school boy who was bullied for being a vegan went home and hanged himself, an inquest heard. Louie Tom Fenton, 12, was found hanging in his family bathroom on January 19. He had endured years of bullying because of his veganism and had meat thrown at him during his lunch break, Hertfordshire Coroner's Court in Hatfield heard yesterday (thu). His mother, Catherine Fenton, wrote a letter to the court about the bullying he suffered. She wrote: "He had been...
Postman fined for helping an old lady cross the road
A postman was wrongly slapped with a £110 fine after parking his delivery van for ten minutes – while helping a little old lady cross the road. Kind postie David Welland, 31, helped an elderly resident while delivering letters on his route. But he was gobsmacked when a council fined him £50 for parking in a controlled zone – despite postmen being allowed to park delivery vehicles without facing a ticket. And when David appealed the fine, Barnet Council, in...
CCTV: Man may be left blind after horrifying acid attack outside London bar
A reveller could be left blind in one eye after a thug threw 'acid' in his face during an argument outside a bar. The suspect tried to sell two men laughing gas canisters but when they declined they exchanged heated words. The 26-year-old victim was with friends on a night out in Old Street when they were approached by the man outside table tennis bar, Bounce, in east London on Sunday. At around 5.25am, the two men came across the...
Bragging machete attacker who posted selfies from prison has Facebook page taken down by Ministry of Justice
A muscle-bound thug serving 11 years for a savage machete attack has had his Facebook page removed - for posting SELFIES from his cell. Bragging Martin Grant, 27, was jailed in May after nearly severing a man's hand in a drugs row. He smuggled a phone into his cell and in the four months since has posted numerous grinning selfies to his Facebook page showing off his bulging muscles. Martin Grant facebook post shows him smiling for prison selfies. Grant...
Dad jailed for running over a teacher while taking his kid to school
A crazed dad mowed down a teacher and nearly hit two children – as he was picking up his own child on the SCHOOL RUN. Rainier Schoeman, 22, sent the terrified teacher flying over the bonnet of his Volkswagen and almost knocked two kids off their bikes. He was picking up his child from The Winston Churchill School, in Woking, Surrey, when he stopped to speak to a teacher who was stood at the car park entrance. The teacher then...
16-year-old girl quizzed by detectives on suspicion of attempted murder after school welfare officer stabbed
A 16-year-old girl was today (mon) being quizzed by detectives on suspicion of attempted murder after a school welfare officer was stabbed with a kitchen knife. Police swooped on Winterton Community Academy in Winterton, North Lincs., this morning after reports of the stabbing just as the school day was starting. A 61-year-old woman, who works as a welfare officer at the school rated as 'Good' in its last Ofsted inspection, was rushed to hospital with stab wounds. Her injuries are...
Mercedes driver smashed through wall into River Thames at 80mph before abandoning his motor
A Mercedes driver had a lucky escape when he ploughed his luxury motor through a wall into a RIVER – before abandoning the car. The expensive German motor’s front end plunged into the River Thames, leaving the windscreen smashed. Pictures taken at the scene show the flash motor with the driver’s door swung open, as neighbours described how the owner walked away and abandoned it near the railway station in Oxford at around 6pm on Friday (22/9). Residents said the...
Sex offender snared by paedophile hunters in Westminster outside Houses of Parliament
This video captures the moment a sex offender is snared by paedophile hunters - outside the Houses of Parliament. Ashley Emery, 44, exchanged explicit messages with someone he thought was a 15-year-old girl and then arranged to meet in the centre of London. The production manager and amateur football coach took a day off work and travelled an hour from his home in Middlesex to meet the fictional child. But he was actually conversing with two 'paedophile hunters' - vigilantes...
Soldiers accused of being members of banned ‘Neo Nazi’ group remanded
Two squaddies and a civilian accused of being members of a banned neo-Nazi group were told they will face trial next year when they appeared at the Old Bailey. Lance Corporal Mikko Vehvilainen, 32, Private Mark Barrett, 24, and civilian Alexander Deakin, 22, were allegedly part of National Action. The far-right group was outlawed last December on the grounds it is 'virulently racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic'. The three men are all charged with membership of a proscribed organisation, alleging they...