Broken Britain
Million pound London moped phone robbing gang face trial
A gang of moped raiders armed with hammers, knives and a gun stole £1 million worth of mobile phones and tablets in 17 raids on stores across London, a court heard. The gang of young men allegedly raided Three Mobile shops where they would smash their way in with a battering ram, break into the stock room and swipe the latest handsets, before escaping on waiting mopeds. Security guards placed in some stores overnight by the mobile company were brutally...
Senior clergyman who took nearly 600 images of men in public toilets on his phone…spared jail
A senior clergyman who took nearly 600 images of men in public toilets on his phone was spared jail. The Very Reverend Martin Thrower, 56, was given four months in jail suspended for two years after being caught filming a teenage boy in a shopping centre toilet. Police found the married priest's photos on his phone but he denied having a sexual fetish with men in toilets. The grey-haired rector of the village of Hadleigh with Layham and Shelley in...
Graphic designer jailed for downloading 40,000 indecent images of children
A graphic designer who amassed more than 40,000 indecent images of children has been jailed - after he sent pictures to an undercover detective in a police sting. Warped Lee Elmore, 40, also had movies of a woman having sex with a dog and admitted to downloading indecent material for a decade. A court heard the dad-of-one told an undercover officer that he had had sex with a minor once "but wanted to do it again soon". Police discovered his...
Bizarre photo of a dead FOX strung up on a garden gate
Police are investigating after a snared dead fox was bizarrely left strung up on garden gate in broad daylight. Locals claim the homeowner caught the vixen in a snare trap set in his back garden to "catch rabbits to eat" - and then hung it at the roadside. Animal activists were alerted to the bloodied body of the female fox - allegedly with a snare through its mouth - and took it down on Friday. Now police in Minster-on-Sea on...
ACID ATTACK – Moped muggers throw acid in man’s face as try to steal his luxury watch near Harrods
A man had acid thrown into his face by two thugs on a moped who attempted to steal his luxury watch near Harrods last night. The robbers sprayed the corrosive substance at the 47-year-old man near the famous department store as he was walking down a quiet street lined with terraced houses. The moment that acid is thrown into a man's face caught on CCTV. His two assailants were waiting at traffic lights when they rode up to the man...
Stranger attacks frail 82-year-old on her own doorstep leaving her black & blue
A 82-year-old woman was left bloodied after she was badly beaten and strangled with her dog lead in an unprovoked attack. Catherine Smith first spotted her attacker a woman as she took her dog for a walk in her mobility scooter in a nature garden in south London. As she headed home she saw her attacker sitting on the wall outside her home and was asked "where's Tracey?" Ms Smith told the woman she did not know who Tracey was...
Child sex dolls sold on Amazon and E-Bay
Life-like child sex dolls are being sold through Amazon and eBay to British paedophiles who use them as a 'companion' to satisfy their sick desires. The dolls, worth between £800 to over £1,000, feature the body of a young child between six and ten-years-old and sneak past border force officers because they are labelled as 'manikins or 'models'. Hundreds are feared to have made it into Britain and in many cases paedophiles buy children's clothing including school uniforms in preparation...
Man charged with first rape of 14-year-old girl who was raped twice in separate attacks
A man has been charged after a 14-year-old girl was raped twice at a train station - in SEPARATE attacks. Khurram Rahi, 27, of Smethwick, West Mids., will appear at Birmingham Magistrates' court on Monday morning (31/07). A 34-year-old man from the Birmingham area who was also arrested on suspicion of rape, has been released under police investigation whilst enquiries continue. The men were arrested in connection to the first rape and police are still appealing for information about the...
WOMBLES OF DISMALAND – Swamped Wimbledon park looks like Banksy’s Dismaland after flooded by burst water main
A playground has been left looking like Banksy's 'Dismaland' after a broken water main left it under water for over three weeks. Dad-of-three Joe Coville said the park in posh Wimbledon now resembles the art installation of a broken down, dilapidated theme park created by the street artist in Weston-super-Mare. He said it looks like a swamp despite workmen digging a metre-deep hole to fix the leak. Joe Covill at the playground in Wimbledon where a broken water main has...