Sleepwalking Woman Not Guilty of Smothering Mother
A woman has been cleared by the court after she was accused of trying to smother her mother with a pillow as she slept. Donna Sheppard- Saunders denied trying to murder Pamela Sheppard in the bedroom they shared in Sussex. The trial was heard in Lewes Crown Court, where the court was told that Ms Sheppard-Saunders put a pillow over her mother’s head while she was sleepwalking.
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Abandoned Boys Escape Drowning
Two young children were found on a beach, struggling against an incoming tide, while their mother left them to go shopping. The boys were found on a sandbank at an islet off Hilbre island, near West Kirby. Some members of their family were found searching for the children further up the beach.
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Man Dies of Electrocution at Marquee
A worker died from electrocution at Sudley Castle in Gloucestershire after making contact with an overhead cable while working on a marquee at the site. The victim was Mr Krysztof Wiecek, aged 45 from Poland. An inquest in to what happened has revealed that the foreman in charge of erecting the marquee failed to implement a new risk assessment when the cables were spotted and instead continued with a generic assessment.
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A two-year-old boy has been killed after seemingly climbing over a safety barrier and being run over by a roller coaster at a funfair. The funfair was taking place at Ducketts Common in Turnpike lane in North London.
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Falling Heating Duct Injures 14 Children
Fourteen children have been injured as a result of a heating duct collapsing in a hall full of children taking exams. Of the fourteen, four suffered serious neck, head or back injuries but fortunately none of the injuries were thought to be life threatening. The incident occurred in the sports hall of Minster college on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent where 150 pupils were taking exams.
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Glasgow Stab Victim in Stable Condition
A 29 year old man has been seriously injured after being attacked and stabbed multiple times following a fight in Glasgow. His condition is stable but serious after the incident occurred on Saturday evening. Police are treating the attack as attempted murder and are conducting door to door enquiries and reviewing CCTV footage in an attempt to indentify the attacker(s). They have made a plea for anybody with any information regarding the event to come forward urgently. They suspect that the people involved in the fight were in their 20s.
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Police Chasing Leads on Hit-and-Run Driver
A boy of has been killed in a hit-and-run incident in Bristol. Police have identified Hannah Saaf as the owner of the vehicle, a white Ford Focus, but have yet to identify whether she was driving the vehicle at the time and are keen to speak to her urgently to help their investigations. The victim was Sam Riddall, aged 11, who was on his way home from church when the incident occurred. According to BBC News, witnesses allege that the vehicle mounted the kerb and drove in to a group of pedestrians, with skid marks on the road giving an indication of how events unfolded. Sam became trapped underneath the vehicle when it went on to the pavement.
A man has died after getting involved in separating a fight between two dogs in Blackpool. The victim was bitten by both animals in a house in Reads Avenue on Friday evening. The dogs, which were both German Shepherds, were owned by the person with whom the victim shared the property. Both dogs have since been destroyed under the direction of the owner.
Dutch Monarchy Drive Man Crazy
The Royal Family in the UK is a subject that offers an array of opinions across Britain but it is unlikely that many would think of mowing them down to voice their dissent towards them. Not so in the Netherlands, where an open-topped bus carrying Queen Beatrix and members of her family was targeted by a Dutch driver with a strong dislike of the monarchy.
Appeal Brings Compensation for Family of Stabbed Murder Victim
The family of a murder victim in Sunderland have been awarded compensation at the third time of asking after Kevin Johnson, 22, was stabbed outside his house in May 2007 after he confronted three teenagers. According to the BBC website, Mr Johnson’s family were awarded £5,500 after earlier bids for compensation were turned down by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) on the grounds that Mr Johnson should have stayed inside his home.