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Landmark court case considers whether to decriminalise street prostitution
By Tara Carey Today, the High Court is considering a case challenging the criminalisation and continued punishment of prostituted women, brought forward by several women who were pimped into prostitution as teenagers. If successful, the case will bring an end to the shameful practice of labelling and punishing victims of abuse and exploitation for something that was in a large part done to them. The effect of prostitution-specific records on women regarding jobs, housing and family life is excessively disproportionate...
Killer strangled teen to death in violent snuff movie fantasy sex game before wrapping her in cling film
A thug has been found guilty of murdering a teenage girl by strangling her as part of his "snuff movie fantasy" before stashing her body in a clingfilm-covered wardrobe. Evil Ashley Foster, 24, had only been released from prison three days before he throttled 17-year-old Megan Bills to death during a sick sex game. The church-going teenager's body was found badly decomposed at a hostel for former lags in Brierley Hill, West Mids., on May 3 last year. Jobless Foster...
An I.S loyalist showed beheading videos to children to persuade them to join the cause while he plotted a terror attack, a court heard
An Islamic State loyalist showed beheading videos to children to persuade them to join the cause while he plotted a terror attack, a court heard today (tues). Umar Haque, 25, showed the videos to pupils and later had youngsters at a mosque carry out violent role play against the police, it was said. He is accused of planning an attack in London, with potential targets including Big Ben, the Queen's guards, Heathrow, the City of London, Westfield shopping centres, Transport...
May isn’t only one struggling at Number 10…Injured fox spotted limping outside Downing Street
A poor fox limped past 10 Downing Street looking for help - in the middle of the day. The injured critter, which is normally nocturnal, hobbled past the PM's home just before Amber Rudd emerged on Tuesday lunchtime. London, January 16 2018. A fox limps past the Prime Minister's office at 10 Downing Street as cabinet ministers meet inside. Photographer Paul Davey, who spotted the sad-looking creature, said: "He hobbled past once, and then came back the other way. "He...
Teen yobs who beat homeless Romanian man to death because it was “funny” jailed for life
Two teenagers who beat to death a homeless man to death because "it was funny" have been jailed for life for the "senseless act of mindless brutality." Alex Macdonald and Charlie White, both 19, and Jimmy Buckley, 20, beat 21-year-old Razvan Sirbu to death near the tent where he lived in a Kent beauty spot. The trio attacked the Romanian after coming across him late at night on May 6 in Tovil, Kent, where he lived in woodland. Mr Sirbu's...
Multimillionaire landlord who imposed a “no coloureds” ban is suing YouTuber with just £100 to his name
A multimillionaire landlord who imposed a "no coloureds" ban is suing a YouTuber with just £100 to his name - under the Malicious Communications Act. Property mogul Fergus Wilson, 69, has taken YouTuber Danny Hyde, 29, to court after he published a video claiming the landlord was "coming across as racist". Wilson banned 'coloureds' from renting his properties last year because of curry smells and also refused to rent to plumbers, single parents and nobody under 18. The landlord who...
A stalker obsessed with BBC Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis who bombarded her with creepy letters is jailed for more than three years
An ex-university friend of BBC Newsnight's Emily Maitlis has been jailed for more than three years after bombarding her with sinister letters - warning her "I will not relent". Edward Vines, 47, re-started his 27-year campaign of harassment despite a restraining order banning him from contacting the journalist or her relatives. He had previously sent mother-of-two Ms Maitlis three letters from his prison cell after he was jailed for three years in 2016 over his stalking. When he was released...
Security firm that worked on House of Cards accuses Kevin Spacey of racism
A security company boss has accused disgraced actor Kevin Spacey of racism towards his predominantly black employees while on the set of House of Cards. Earl Blue, 51, boss of VIP Protective Services, was hired by Knight Takes King Productions to manage on-set security during season one filming of the Netflix series in 2012. He claims Spacey, who played lead character Frank Underwood in House of Cards as well as directing it, refused to acknowledge or shake hands with black...
Shocking pictures of 22-year-old woman lying in agony on hospital floor after beds crisis
These shocking pictures show a 22-year-old woman lying in agony on the floor of A&E for more than FIVE HOURS because of the NHS crisis. Kyra Dew was rushed to hospital after she collapsed at home but was told she would have to wait for a bed to become available. Kyra, who suffers with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS), was struck down following complications from an operation last month. While recovering at home in Leominster, Herefordshire, she started suffering stabbing pains...