Clumsy street robber who stole a phone and left his own phone at the scene jailed for over three years

A 30 year old street robber, Mark Mick of Highbury New Park, Islington, who stole a phone, but left his own phone at the scene has been jailed. Mick was sentenced to three years and four months imprisonment at Wood Green Crown Court on Monday, June 27.
The court heard how at 11:50pm on 21 December 2015, the victim, a 30 year-old woman, was walking along Clissold Crescent N16 while using her mobile phone when she was approached from behind by Mick riding a pedal cycle.

Mick grabbed her phone by snatching it out of her hands and put the phone into the hooded top that he was wearing. However, she grabbed hold of the robber in an attempt to get her mobile phone back. 

Mick then punched the victim on the side of the head. The punch knocked her backwards, but during the struggle the suspect dropped his own personal mobile phone. He made off leaving his own phone behind. The victim was not seriously injured, but was left in pain from the blow she had received.

Officers attended the scene and they began immediate enquiries on the mobile phone dropped by the suspect. As a result of their work, enquires began to find Mick. On 3 March 2016, he was arrested in Colindale.

An identity parade was conducted and the victim picked out Mark Mick as being the person who had robbed her. Mick was subsequently charged with the robbery and pleaded guilty. xxxDetective Constable Scott Johnson of Hackney CID, said:

"Mick robbed a lone woman and used violence to carry out the theft. Thankfully he left his own phone at the scene and we were able to indentify him as a suspect and arrest him. With the assistance of the victim we were able gather all the necessary evidence to charge him and I would like to thank her for her support and courage in bringing this man to justice.

Source: Metropolitan Police

50 Cent arrested for using indecent language during concert in St. Kitts

Rapper 50 Cent was arrested early Sunday morning following his performance at the St Kitts Music festival on the Island of St. Kitts on Saturday. According to reports, 50, was arrested in his dressing room at the Warner Park stadium and taken to the Basseterre police station where he charged with making use of Indecent Language. That's supposedly him being bailed at the station...

50 was performing on the former British Caribbean colony of about 40,000 people, and began cursing on stage. Meanwhile, there's a law that makes it a misdemeanor to use profanity in public. 

 

His bodyguard Bajar Walter who was slapped with the same charge was also charged with obstruction.

 

The police said that 50 Cent was cooperative, but Walter was not pleased and attempted to intervene. The two were granted bail in the amount of EC$5000 (One EC dollar =US$0.37 cents) each with two sureties. Both men will appear in court on Monday, June 27.

According to media reports, prior to taking the stage, the police advised Jackson’s manager about the country’s laws concerning the use of indecent language and indicated that they would be obliged to arrest him if he broke the law.

Yvonne Jegede reveals how a beauty pageant organizer wanted her & other judges to crown his candidate

Actress Yvonne Jegede revealed how a beauty pageant organizer wanted her (Cheif Judge) and some Judges of the pageant which took place in Delta State yesterday, to cheat other contestants by picking his own personal candidate. She and the others personally decided to stand their ground by crowning who they felt deserved it more. This angered the organizer identified as IK and he has now refused to pay for her hotel bills and buy her return ticket back to Lagos as promised. See her post regarding the issue after the cut.

Texas mom killed by police after she shoots dead her own two daughters

A 42 year old Houston woman, Christy Sheats  fatally shot her two daughters, 22 year old Taylor Sheats and 17 year old Madison Sheats, when a family dispute moved from their home in a quiet subdivision in suburban Katy, Texas onto the street.



Madison with her mum

The Police were called around 5pm on Friday but by the time they got there, Christy Sheats was found standing near the bodies of her two daughters still holding the gun. Madison was pronounced dead on the scene, while Taylor was airlifted to Texas Medical Center in Houston in critical condition on Friday, where she later died on Saturday morning.


When the Police responded to the crime scene, they asked the mother several times to drop her weapon but she refused and ended up getting killed by the responding police officer. 

The husband and father was home at the time, but he was not injured. He was later taken to a hospital because he was distraught.

'It was a family argument that turned into a shooting. But we're still trying to put the pieces together,' Sheriff Nehls told the Houston Chronicle. 'Right now, all we can do is try to pray for the father and the husband so he can try to work through this.'

No details on what started the argument was made available.


Source: Houston Chronicle/NY Daily News

Prison is too good for Vaso's killer says mother of student killed by Nigerian Uche Ejimonye

The mother of a student stabbed to death for teasing a friend about his looks said the "cold-blooded" killer should never be released from prison.

The accused Uche Ejimonye, 20, faces being sentenced to life today, June 23, by the Old Bailey after he was convicted of murdering Vaso Kakko, 17, in Holloway.

The court heard he slashed the teenager’s throat last November before plunging the blade into his back in revenge after being called "meathead" and teased for not having a girlfriend.

Vaso’s mother Zhaneta, 49, told the Standard:

 "That monster was a cold-blooded, professional killer. He should never be released from jail."

                                                                Uche Ejimonye

Ejimonye left his victim to bleed to death in a communal garden and fled to Bognor Regis, where he was arrested a week later.

Ms Kakko attended all seven days of the trial but fled the court in tears when her son’s killer acted out the moment he “sliced him” in the witness box.
She described Vaso, an ex-pupil at St Mary Magdalene Academy who was taking a business apprenticeship while working as an estate agent, as “a hard-working, perfect boy” with ambitions to work in the City. At her home in Newington Green, with she lives with eldest son Bruno, 25, and where the walls are covered with photographs of the boy she lost. 

"Prison is too good for Vaso’s killer" the devastated mother said. "He’s still breathing, he’s still alive and his family can still visit him. I had to bury my son. We only have pictures. My son wasn’t given a chance to grow up. Half of me died with him, the other half is with Bruno."

She disputed Ejimonye’s claims in court that he was acting in self-defence, saying: 

"It was horrible to see and they tried to ruin my son’s good name. I thanked God the jury saw through his lies and came back saying guilty."

Ms Kakko moved to the UK from Greece when Vaso was four and said tougher action is needed to end the plague of knife crime.

"There needs to be stronger sentencing for people found with knives but it’s too late for my son." she said.

Source: Evening Standard

Chris Brown's manager sues him, says singer beat him to a pulp

Read the report from TMZ below..

Chris Brown has more legal woes ... the guy he hired to rehabilitate his image after the Rihanna beating is now suing Chris for allegedly doing the same to him. Mike G claims he was hired in 2012 not only to change Brown's image but to get him out of debt and off drugs. Mike G says he did well by Chris, who had a resurgence in popularity.

Things allegedly turned bad last month, but Mike G claims without provocation, Brown took him in a room, brutally attacked him with repeated punches to the face and neck, which landed him in the ER.
The lawsuit claims Brown, rather than being remorseful, began mocking Mike G on social media and bragging to friends about the beating. Mike G says Brown had the audacity to tell people working on his tour, if they got out of line he'd beat them just like he beat Mike G.

Mike G says Brown's rage was drug-fueled and the suit mention concern for retaliation from Brown's "gang member friends."
Mike G's attorney, Patty Glaser, tells TMZ, "We did everything we could to resolve this in a non-public way to avoid damage to Chris Brown. Regrettably, as outlined in our complaint, Chris Brown has proven to be his own worst enemy."

Update: 

11:00 AM PT: Chris just responded to the lawsuit in an Instagram video, claiming he fired Mike G for stealing money from him. Mike G's lawyer says that's not true and they will be adding a defamation claim to the lawsuit.

Nigerian Army and Police release joint statement on the clash between members of the two security force over rice distribution in Borno

Earlier yesterday, some Army Officers and Police officers exchanged gunshots at the Borno state government House over the distribution of rice meant for some Internally Displaced People in the state. Both security agencies have released a joint statement addressing the matter. Read the joint statement below:

In the morning hours of today, Thursday, June 23, 2016, there was an unfortunate fracas between a soldier and a policeman around the office of the Deputy Governor over a disagreement which led to the unfortunate shooting of a policeman on his foot. The policeman is responding to treatment and has been visited by the theatre commander, operation Lafiya Dole, Major General LEO Irabor and the Commissioner of Police, Borno State Command, Aminchi Baraya, both of whom went together to sympathize with the policeman.

By way of background from the Permanent Secretary, Government House and Security, Mr Ahmed Sanda, the Borno State Government had on Sunday, June 19, 2019 began the distribution of rice to internally displaced persons living in the host communities of Maiduguri and Jere metropolis. The distribution was meant to take place at 28 wards of the two local government areas unfortunately, when the exercise was launched in old Maiduguri ward for Jere local government area and at Shehuri north ward for Maiduguri on Sunday, hoodlums overpowered the committee in both instances and made away with many bags of the rice meant for the displaced persons.

As a result, officials tasked with the distribution shifted the exercise to two premises around the office of the Deputy Governor outside the Government House in order to ensure security of the food items while beneficiaries were identified and issued with allocation notes to give them access to the distribution centers. The exercise had gone smoothly since Sunday with some wards covered, until the unfortunate development today, Thursday. 

The Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force in Maiduguri jointly condemn this unfortunate incident which was quickly brought under full control within minutes.

The Army and the Police are jointly investigating the cause of the fracas with a view to ensuring that anyone found culpable amongst the security men are made to face disciplinary measures in line with laid down rules of the Nigerian Armed Forces. Findings and measures taken will be brought to public knowledge as soon as possible.

The Army and the police operating in Borno assure the general public that they will continue to collaborate and work together towards their ongoing counter insurgency and civil security efforts that have led to the emerging peace in Borno State.

The Army and the Police commands in Borno State call on all personnel to exercise restraint in the cause of their duties and should strive to respect one another and work together to secure innocent citizens and maintain peace.

Signed Col SB Kumapayi
Commander, 7 Division Garrison Operation Lafiya Dole
&
Aminchi Samaila Baraya
Commissioner of Police Borno State Command

Angry cop kills girlfriend and ex-girlfiend before turning the gun on himself

A police constable killed his girlfriend and ex-girlfriend and then turned his gun on himself, Daily Sun SA, reports.

Robbie Raburabu, a spokesman for the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, said the trouble started when the constable’s ex-girlfriend, 23-year-old Leah Mahlangu-Magwala (pictured), visited his neighbour in Bronkhorstspruit, Gauteng on Thursday June 16.

Leah then learned that the constable, who cannot be named as his family has not yet been informed of his death, had a new girlfriend, Buhle Mabena (18).

"Mahlangu-Magwala went to his house for a while before returning to the neighbour’s house. Shortly after her visit they heard the constable and Mabena arguing," said Raburabu.

During the argument a gun went off. The neighbour and Mahlangu-Magwala rushed over to see what had happened.

"When they got there they saw Mabena had been shot in her face. The constable then opened the door and grabbed Mahlangu-Magwala. He shot her in the chest," said Raburabu.

The constable then shot himself in the head. He was found with his service pistol in his hand. All three victims died on the scene.

- DailySun SA

Actress Selma Blair carried off plane on stretcher after screaming 'he burns my private parts

American film, television, and theater actress, Selma Blair, was carried off on a stretcher while on first class on a plane with her son for exhibiting strange behaviour after reportedly mixing medication with wine.

The Anger Management star was forcibly removed from the Delta flight when it arrived in Los Angeles after the concerned pilot got in touch with air control to report her behaviour, which included her shouting 'he burns my private parts'.

 

Witnesses at the scene claimed the 43-year-old, who was travelling with her young son Arthur, had been sitting in first class drinking wine, when she appeared to mix something in the glass, reportedly medication.

“He burns my private parts. He won’t let me eat or drink,” the actress who recently played Kris Jenner in the FX miniseries “The People v. O.J. Simpson,” allegedly said.

“He beats me. He’s going to kill me,” she said, according to TMZ.

The Delta airlines pilot reportedly called ahead to let airport officials know a passenger was in distress and medical personnel took Blair to a nearby hospital.

Jay Z wears bulletproof vest to basketball game

On Thursday night, Jay Z went to the NBA Finals with his wife, Beyonce. While she showed off a lot of cleavage, Jay Z covered up big time...he wore a bulletproof vest under his black sweat top....

Tamera Mowry and her daughter Ariah rock matching head wrap in beautiful new photo

Actress and The Real Co host Tamera Mowry shared this beautiful photo of herself and adorable mini me daughter.

Colorado mum rescues her 5 year old son from the jaws of a Lion

On Friday evening, a Colorado woman who had left her 5 year old son and his older brother playing outside their home near the resort town of Aspen, ran out to her front yard when she heard her 5 year old son screaming and what she saw was terrifying. She saw a mountain lion hunched over her son and biting him.
The woman ran towards the lion, yanked away one of its paws and saw her son's whole head in its mouth. 
She fought the Lion relentlessly and was able to pry its jaw open and get her son out of its mouth.

"She was able to pry the cat's jaws open," Pitkin County Sheriff's Deputy Michael Buglione said. "She's a hero."

The boy suffered deep cuts to his head, face and neck and was flown to a Denver hospital, while the mother suffered scratches on her leg and bite marks on her hand authorities said. She was treated and released.

"The boy was completely under the cat," Buglione told The Aspen Times.
The mother grabbed the lion's mouth and pried it open, freeing the boy who was also trying to free himself from the Lion. She then picked him up and ran away, the deputy said.

The boy's father had just returned from running an errand when he saw the commotion, he jumped in the car with his wife and son and called 911 as they sped to the Aspen hospital. The child was flown to Children's Hospital in Denver in fair condition.

The mountain lion was estimated to be about 2 years old and was not fully grown.
Buglione said:

"It wasn't a big cat,"  "Had it been a 110-pound lion, which I've seen around here, this would have been a much different story."

Wildlife officials killed two mountain lions in the area within several hours of the attack. The animals were being examined to determine if they were hungry, diseased or just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

The lion in that incident, described as a small, yearling male, was tracked and killed. 



Source: The Aspen Times

The internet reacts to news of Taylor Swift's breakup with hilarious memes and sceptical tweets

Taylor Swift's presumed new boo, Tom Hiddleston, is said to have sent her flowers and gotten in touch immediately he heard of her split with Calvin Harris but the internet is not convinced their relationship is all it seems. Predictably, the memes and tweets are rolling in. 

Woman gives birth on board Saudi airline forcing the New York bound flight to land in London

A Boeing 777 plane was forced to make an emergency landing en route from Jeddah, in Saudi Arabia, to New York's JFK airport when it was forced to divert to London, yesterday, June 15, when a woman went into labour. 


The pilots of the Saudi Arabian Airlines plane declared an emergency while flying over Northern Ireland, the Mail Online reported.

Flight tracking radar shows that an emergency was declared while the plane was flying over Northern Ireland. The flight tracking website Air Live reported at 10:47 BST that "a woman is giving birth" on board flight SV21.
It had traveled over northern England before flying over Northern Ireland. However, it turned around over Ireland and started travelling towards Wales.

Pictures of the cabin crew holding the baby have gone viral on social media and have been widely shared. The mother and baby were taken to hospital following the birth. 

A Saudi Arabian Airlines officer confirmed the mid-flight birth, saying that "a happy event forced the Jeddah-New York plane to land in London".

Abdul Rahman Al Fahad said that the passenger was in her seventh month and had a report that allowed her to board the plane.

"Both the mother and the baby girl are doing fine," Al Fahad said, quoted by Saudi daily Okaz on Thursday, June 16.

Source: Air Live, Mail Online/Lyca Dilse

Joachim Low apologises for his ball-sniffing antics

The Germany coach who trended on social media for all the wrong reasons has apologised for his unhygienic behavior. Speaking at a press conference ahead of his side's match against Poland on Thursday night, he said:

'I'm sorry for it. When you're full of adrenalin, things happen that you don't perceive. I saw the images the next day. Of course you do something unconscious now and then. I'm trying to behave differently from now on.'

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge sign condolence book at U.S. Embassy London for the victims of Orlando shooting

The Duke and Duchess this morning offered their condolences for the victims of the terrible attack on Orlando's Pulse nightclub, signing a book of condolence at the U.S. Embassy London. 

The book was signed in front of a flag presented to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by the Kaleidoscope Trust, who work to uphold the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people internationally.

Source: Kensington Palace/U.S. Embassy London

Footballer Samuel Eto'o marries long-term partner, Georgette Tra Lou in Italy

Cameroonian professional footballer, former Barcelona and Chelsea striker, Samuel Eto'o got married today to his long-term partner and mother of his two children, Georgette Tra Lou in a stunning ceremony that took place in Stezzano, Italy. 

Photo of Kanye West 13 years ago

Left is a photo of Kanye West in 2003 and right is his photo in 2016.