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Sunday, 29 July 2012
Saturday, 28 July 2012
Tulisa's Friend, 21, Shot Dead In Gangland Hit
Reece James, 21, a close friend of Tulisa Contostavlos has been shot dead in a reported gangland attack. The 21-year-old, who appeared with Tulisa in a video for rapper Nines, was shot in the head in a "pre-planned and targeted" hit, 100 miles from his home in London, reports the UK's Sun newspaper. Police found James' body in Boscombe, Bournemouth, at around 2.30am near where Somali drug gangs are said operate. A 22-year-old man was arrested. Reece was said to have been in the area with some friends for "a couple of months", though had filmed the video earlier this month with Tulisa and rapper Nines on the Church End Estate in Harlesden, North West London. The former N Dubz star caused controversy at the time, making a "C" symbol to the camera - the same sign that is used by Harlesden's notorious...
Thursday, 19 July 2012
Police scour biker club in connection with Saint John shooting
Police have returned to the scene of a fatal Saturday night shooting in the south end of Saint John. Their investigation remains centered on the neighbourhood surrounding the Bacchus Motorcycle Club, a property well-known to the Saint John police after they conducted a raid last year that netted large quantities of alcohol and cash. They were back at the club today and continued to search inside and outside the building in connection with the weekend shooting. Police responded to a report of shots fired around 8 p.m. Saturday. When they arrived they found the victim’s body at the corner of Pitt and Leinster Streets. The victim’s name has not been released but police say he and his attacker were known to one another. Yesterday, police arrested 50-year-old Matthew Thomas Foley...
Viv Graham Jnr: "I'm Proud But Haunted By My Murdered Father's Name"
The son of notorious Tyneside hardman Viv Graham has told how he wanted to change his name to escape the torment of his father’s legacy. Viv Jnr was four when his dad was gunned down in a gangland execution after leaving a pub in Wallsend on New Year’s Eve, 1993. Now 22, Viv Jnr told how his father's past has made him a "magnet for trouble", and he has been involved in several violent incidents. He spoke after he was spared jail at Newcastle Magistrates’ Court for assaulting two people, a man and a woman. Prosecutors told how in October 2011 he attacked Edward McKay and Terry Cave near the Gala Field Youth Centre in Newbiggin Hall, Newcastle. Defence lawyer Andrew O’Hanlon said he was a "troubled man" because he was "living in his father’s shadow". After he was handed a suspended six-week...
The son of notorious Tyneside gangster Viv Graham has been refused compensation for injuries he received when he was brutally attacked in the street by his father’s enemies.
Compensation Payout Because Of 'Ongoing Feud'Video: Viv Graham Jnr says he's a victim of his gangster father's pastViv Graham Jnr suffered a broken skull and was hospitalised when two men assaulted him with a metal pole.The 22-year-old, from High Spen, Gateshead, was told he would receive around £10,000 from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority (CICA) as a result.But Viv Jnr, whose father was murdered in a gangland execution in 1993, has received a letter from the CICA explaining that he will receive no payout because the attack was due to an "ongoing feud".Viv Jnr, who lives with his girlfriend Rebbeca Hebron, 28, and son Shay, five, said: "It’s not fair that I don’t get anything when the only reason I was attacked was because of my father’s reputation.”In May 2012 Sky Tyne and Wear...
Tuesday, 10 July 2012
Singapore plans changes to mandatory death penalty
Singapore is proposing changes to its mandatory death penalty for drug trafficking and murder in some cases. Under the proposed changes, the courts will have discretion in the sentencing of low-level drug couriers who co-operate with police. In murder cases, the mandatory death penalty will only apply when there is an intention to kill. Executions have been suspended since July 2011 as part of a year-long review. The legislation is expected to be introduced by the end of the year and death row convicts would be able to seek resentencing. The courts will have the discretion to either sentence the offender to death or life imprisonment with caning, instead of the mandatory death penalty, when ''two specific, tightly-defined conditions are met'', said Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean....
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