A 16-year-old boy who described himself in a TikTok video as a “serial rapist” has been sentenced after raping three teenage girls and sexually assaulting a fourth. In what police described as “heinous” crimes, the boy used social media to contact the girls – who were between 13 and 15 – and convinced them to meet him, before sexually assaulting them. He was sentenced at Salisbury Crown Court on Friday to eight years to be spent firstly at a secure training centre and then at a young offender’s institution. He cannot be named for legal reasons. Det. Con Dan England...
Trump Administration Releases Files On Martin Luther King Jr
US President Donald Trump’s administration has released a trove of records on the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, including FBI surveillance files on the civil rights leader. A court-imposed order had kept the documents, totalling 230,000 pages, blocked from public view since 1977. Prominent members of King’s family had opposed the release. A statement from his two living children condemned “any attempts to misuse these documents in ways intended to undermine our father’s legacy”. King, a Baptist minister, was shot in Memphis on 4 April 1968, at age 39. James Earl Ray, a career criminal, pleaded guilty to the...
Father Arrested In New York In Death Of 9-Year-Old Daughter He Had Reported Missing
A man whose 9-year-old daughter was found dead in a wooded pond after he reported that she had been abducted while they were they were vacationing in upstate New York was charged Monday with murder. Luciano Frattolin, 45, of Montreal is charged with murdering and concealing the corpse of his daughter, Melina Frattolin, according to New York State Police. A not guilty plea was entered on his behalf at his arraignment Monday, according to court officials. The public defender’s office assigned to defend Frattolin did not immediately respond to phone and email requests for comment from The Associated Press. This undated booking...
Mountain Lion Bites 4-Year-Old On Popular Olympic National Park Trail, Injuring Child
A mountain lion bit a 4-year-old who was walking with their family over the weekend on a popular trail in Olympic National Park in Washington state, park officials said Monday. The child was injured during Sunday’s attack and flown to a trauma center in Seattle for treatment, according to a statement from the National Park Service. The attack by a mountain lion fitted with a tracking collar was near an overlook on Hurricane Ridge, a popular mountain area with expansive views. The attack was reported to rangers around 3:15 p.m. on Sunday and paramedics and park staff traveled to the...
‘The Cosby Show’ Star Malcolm-Jamal Warner Died At 54 From An Accidental Drowning,
Malcolm Jamal Warner aka Theo from the Cosby show, also known from the Malcolm & Eddie show and more passed away at the age of 54 following an accidental drowning off the coast of Costa Rica. The Judicial Investigation Department said Warner drowned Sunday afternoon on a beach on Costa Rica’s Caribbean coast while swimming at Playa Cocles in Limon province when a current pulled him deeper into the ocean. “He was rescued by people on the beach,” the department’s initial report said, but first responders from Costa Rica’s Red Cross found him without vital signs and he was taken...
Court Sentences Mother To 15 Years In Prison For Violently Shaking Baby To Death
A mother has been jailed for 15 years after causing the death of her baby daughter by violently shaking her. Melissa Wilband’s four-month-old baby Lexi died in April 2020 at Bristol Children’s Hospital. Wilband, 28 and from Newent in the Forest of Dean, denied killing her daughter, but jurors found her guilty of manslaughter following a four-week trial at Bristol Crown Court in April. Her behaviour was described by police as “despicable”, and she was described as a “habitual liar”. Tests revealed Lexi suffered bleeding on her brain, likely caused by being violently shaken, both recently and on at least one earlier...
Ongoing Trial Of A 71-Year-Old That Kills Her Husband With Samurai Sword
A woman killed her husband with a samurai sword “stabbing and slicing him” more than 50 times before replacing the sword in its sheath on a stand, a court heard. Joanna Rowland-Stuart, 71, was arrested and originally charged with murdering her husband Andrew Rowland-Stuart, 70, after he was pronounced dead at their home in Lavender Street in Brighton on 27 May 2024. At Lewes Crown Court on Monday, the jury heard that Ms Rowland-Stuart, who has been deemed unfit to plead, told police she had acted in self defence. Jurors heard that Ms Rowland-Stuart, who is transgender, married Mr Rowland...