The family of an elderly woman who died weeks after being attacked by a female robber has blasted the 30-month prison sentence - branding it "a final insult". Danielle O'Neill pretended she was a police officer to persuade Philomena Keane, 75, to open the front door of her flat in Coventry at 4am on June 27, 2015. O'Neill, 31, punched Mrs Keane, who wore an oxygen mask, in the face before ransacking the property. Mrs Keane suffered a stroke...
A former Army medic who tried to save a man's life after a road crash posted this emotional video moments later - begging people to learn CPR. Tearful Richard Howman, 41, was on his way to work when he came across a horror smash at a crossroads involving a motorcyclist and a tractor. He battled to save the life of dad-of-two Shaun Morgan as he lay in the road but tragically he motorcyclist died at the scene in Priddy, Somerset....
A meat supplier mixed cheap horsemeat with beef before flogging the 'horsebeef' to unsuspecting manufacturers of ready meals and burgers for supermarkets and caterers, a court heard. London-based businessman Andronicos Sideras is accused of buying cheap cuts of horse then fraudulently selling it as '100% beef' for vast profits. The allegations relate to the 2013 'horse meat scandal' which rocked Europe after tests on hundreds of beef products revealed traces of undeclared horse meat. Thousands of items were pulled from...
The parents of a woman murdered by a "monster" say the original police investigation was a "disgrace" and the coroner's inquest was a "sham". Robert Trigg, 52, was jailed for life today for the murder of Susan Nicholson, 52, in 2011, and the manslaughter of another girlfriend Caroline Devlin, 35, in 2006. In court today Caroline's youngest son youngest son Brandyn McKenna described Trigg as a "monster". Both deaths at the time were ruled as non-suspicious with Coroner Michael...
A disabled woman says she was punched in the head for cruising around town on her bright pink mobility scooter - that is decorated with gemstones. Sarah Chelsom, who glammed-up her scooter with diamantes and rhinestones simply to make her neighbours' smile, says she was punched in back of the head as she rode around her home estate. Flamboyant Sarah, 51, from South Northwood, south London, is calling for more bobbies on the beat after she was left frightened...
A troupe of Zulu Warriors on a UK tour got lost and turned up at the wrong address 200 miles away - because of post-code cock-up. The nine-strong Lions of Zululand were mid-way through a six month tour of the UK when they were booked to perform at a school in London. However due to a blunder over the address, they turned up un-announced at a school in Welton near Hull, East Yorks, 200 miles away, Despite the blunder,...
This is the moment a heroic lorry driver saved a driver's life and avoided a pile-up on a main road. Russell Dagless, 53, has won a top award after he used his HGV to trap the driver's van against a central reservation and gave him first aid after he saw him slump over the wheel. The dashcam footage taken by another lorry driver shows the quick thinking father-of-one positioning his trailer in front of the van as it was bouncing...
Two dozy agency workers have been suspended after they were pictured appearing to be ASLEEP in the lounge of a care home. It is believed that the women, wearing their uniforms, napped for nearly three hours while they should have been looking after elderly people and dementia sufferers. One of the women is pictured with her feet up on a stool while the other is slumped in a chair with her head to the side. The pair, who were...
A council is being sued by a tenant because he can't do his washing - after 8PM. Steve Norman took action when the opening hours at a communal laundry in a housing development changed without notice. The facility, with two washing machines and two tumble dryers, had been open round the clock, seven days a week. But in March a housing officer suddenly announced it was being closed overnight from 8pm to 8am and only open five days a...
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