Author: Tom Pugh
Author: Tom Pugh Writes for: Independent, Scotsman News feed: Web links: Author ranking: 154 Number of articles found: 16 |
Vicar jailed over sham marriages
Source: Independent - Date: 12:54 PM 6th Sep 2010
A Church of England vicar was jailed for four years today for his part in Britain's biggest sham marriage fraud to help hundreds of illegal immigrants stay in Britain. The Reverend Alex Brown, 61, abused his position to marry hundreds of desperate African men . . . .
Vicar to be sentenced over sham marriages
Source: Independent - Date: 5:59 AM 6th Sep 2010
A Church of England vicar will be sentenced today for his role in Britain's biggest sham marriage racket. The Reverend Alex Brown, 61, abused his position to preside over the marriages of hundreds of Africans desperate to stay in the UK to hard-up eastern . . . .
Man jailed for infecting teenager with HIV
Source: Independent - Date: 3:21 PM 31st Aug 2010
A 31-year-old man was jailed today after infecting a young woman with HIV. Nicholas Richards, of Saffron Way, Sittingbourne, Kent, pleaded guilty to grievous bodily harm after knowingly exposing the 19-year-old to the virus in June 2008. Police said . . . .
Sham marriages on 'unprecedented scale'
Source: Independent - Date: 2:09 PM 29th Jul 2010
The scale of the sham marriages was on an unprecedented scale involving "classic exploitation" of foreign nationals desperate to stay in the UK, investigators said. Cash-strapped Eastern Europeans were promised sums of up to £3,000 to marry Africans to help . . . .
Male model arrested in shooting probe
Source: Independent - Date: 11:17 AM 20th Jul 2010
A boy of 17 who claimed to have turned his back on a life of crime to pursue a career as a top fashion model has been arrested following a shooting, it emerged today. Korrel Kennedy was one of three people held after a 20-year-old woman suffered a small . . . .
Church pays out to woman sedated as child
Source: Independent - Date: 8:25 AM 8th Jul 2010
The Church of England has paid "substantial" damages to a woman who claimed she was heavily sedated during her time at a children's home, it was disclosed today. Teresa Cooper, 43, accepted the out-of-court settlement from church authorities after alleging . . . .
Man jailed over 'depraved' child porn collection
Source: Independent - Date: 1:40 PM 5th Jul 2010
A 39-year-old man who built up and shared a library of depraved images of child abuse was jailed for more than seven years today. A judge said former hospital storeroom assistant Mark Hough's addiction to child pornography amounted to a "serious . . . .
Fourteen pupils hurt in school bus crash
Source: Independent - Date: 11:00 PM 7th Jun 2010
Fourteen children were taken to hospital after their coach crashed on a roundabout near Folkestone during a school trip. The accident happened on the A20 in Kent at 9.45am yesterday as the vehicle was carrying 41 children and eight adult passengers from Guston Church of . . . .
Schoolchildren hurt as bus hits roundabout
Source: Independent - Date: 2:32 PM 7th Jun 2010
Twelve schoolchildren were taken to hospital today after their coach ended up on a roundabout as they headed on a seaside day-trip. The accident happened on the A20 in Kent at 9.45am as the vehicle was carrying 41 children and eight adult passengers from Guston . . . .
£4m cocaine seized from lorry at docks
Source: Independent - Date: 12:13 PM 1st Apr 2010
Cocaine with an estimated street value of £4 million has been seized from a lorry, the UK Border Agency (UKBA) said today. Lorry driver Antanas Adomeckis, 50, was charged with drug smuggling after being arrested at the inward freight controls at Eastern Docks . . . .
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