Author: Caroline Davies
Author: Caroline Davies Writes for: Guardian News feed: Web links: Author ranking: 128 Number of articles found: 20 |
No charges against three arrested over academic's suicide
Source: Guardian - Date: 7:12 PM 16th Aug 2010
Three people who were arrested over the suicide of an academic who suffered from multiple sclerosis will not be prosecuted, the Crown Prosecution Service announced today. Caroline Loder, 48, known as Cari, took her own life at her Surrey home last summer after living with the . . . .
Smuggler who hid cocaine in rum bottle jailed for 20 years after it killed unwitting drinker
Source: Guardian - Date: 9:03 PM 11th Aug 2010
A smuggler has been jailed for 20 years for the manslaughter of a taxi driver who died after unwittingly drinking a shot of rum from a bottle heavily laced with cocaine. Lascell Malcolm's death was the tragic culmination of a chain of coincidences after the bottle of Bounty Rum . . . .
Life for hitman hired by husband to murder ex-wife for fortune in her will
Source: Guardian - Date: 5:11 PM 11th Aug 2010
A hitman who flew from Thailand to murder a frail Surrey woman on behalf of her former husband was told today that he was likely to spend the rest of his life behind bars. Paul Cryne, a former bodyguard originally from Manchester, believed he would get away with the "perfect . . . .
Traffic police chief condemns speed camera budget cuts
Source: Guardian - Date: 6:55 PM 9th Aug 2010
Cuts to funding for speed cameras by the government will put lives at risk and undo years of road safety progress, Britain's chief traffic policeman warned yesterday. Mick Giannasi, the chief constable of Gwent who speaks on roads for the Association of Chief Police Officers, . . . .
Vicar convicted of conducting hundreds of fake weddings at local parish church
Source: Guardian - Date: 6:55 PM 29th Jul 2010
The brides' outfits were borrowed, the bouquets garage-bought. Happy couples beamed for the camera, then minutes later went their separate ways. It was the same scene, week after week. Little did passersby suspect they were witnessing not the joyful union of two people in love, . . . .
Vicar convicted over hundreds of fake marriages at East Sussex parish church
Source: Guardian - Date: 3:32 PM 29th Jul 2010
A vicar has been convicted of conducting hundreds of fake marriage ceremonies at his East Sussex church to enable illegal African immigrants to gain residency in Britain. The Rev Alex Brown, 61, presided over 360 sham marriages where penniless East Europeans, with rights to . . . .
Four robbers convicted over £40m Graff diamond heist
Source: Guardian - Date: 4:39 PM 6th Jul 2010
Four robbers face jail after being convicted of taking part in the £40m Graff diamonds heist, as a jury was discharged today following 15 days' deliberation. Soloman Beyene, 25, of Marylebone, and Clinton Mogg, 43, of Bournemouth, were convicted of conspiracy to rob at . . . .
Lynn Redgrave – Georgy Girl of the 60s – dies of cancer
Source: Guardian - Date: 8:30 PM 3rd May 2010
Lynn Redgrave, who has died in New York, aged 67. Photograph: Evan Agostini/AP Actor Lynn Redgrave, the sister of Vanessa Redgrave, has died aged 67 after a lengthy battle with cancer, just one month after the death of her brother Corin. Her son Ben and daughters Pema and . . . .
Kidnapped five-year-old Sahil Saeed back in UK
Source: Guardian - Date: 7:00 AM 19th Mar 2010
Sahil Saeed (L), the five-year-old British boy kidnapped in Pakistan arrives back at the family home in Shaw, Oldham to be greeted by his mother Akila Naqqash. Photograph: Andrew Yates/AFP/Getty Images Sahil Saeed, the five-year-old British boy freed by kidnappers in . . . .
Lost opportunities: how daughters' rape torment went unchecked
Source: Guardian - Date: 8:59 PM 10th Mar 2010
He was a father who was out of control, with a family around him too scared to come forward and explain what was going on. The fear he engendered was total – but according to the report published today – an executive summary of a serious case review – there were clues that . . . .
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