Consultant, 57, sues healthcare chain for £2.7m after being accused of sexually assaulting a nurse

A senior hospital consultant is suing one of Britain’s biggest private healthcare chains for £2.7million after he was accused of sexually assaulting a nurse by commenting on her ‘lovely biscuits’.  Vascular surgeon Simon Payne was suspended and later barred from working at Spire Healthcare over the alleged incident, in which he is said to have … Read more

Consultant, 57, sues healthcare chain for £2.7m after being accused of sexually assaulting a nurse

A senior hospital consultant is suing one of Britain’s biggest private healthcare chains for £2.7million after he was accused of sexually assaulting a nurse by commenting on her ‘lovely biscuits’.  Vascular surgeon Simon Payne was suspended and later barred from working at Spire Healthcare over the alleged incident, in which he is said to have … Read more

Police hunt man for assaulting pensioner, 78, in Harlesden

Moment man breaks pensioner’s ribs in ‘brutal’ attack at launderette before telling the victim it was a ’joke’ as police launch new appeal to find him The 78-year-old man was attacked in a launderette in Harlesden on June 6, 2020 A man in his late 20s or early 30s assaulted the elderly man without warning  … Read more

City insurance executive avoids jail after assaulting girlfriend

A City insurance executive has avoided jail after he grabbed his ‘petrified’ girlfriend by her throat and lifted her onto her tiptoes in a row outside his £1.6million west London flat. Howard James Burnell, 62, was convicted of assaulting his then-girlfriend Mary Phillips in the doorway of his flat in Richmond, where they both lived, after … Read more

Coronavirus Scotland: Three people are charged with assaulting police

Three people have been charged with assaulting police after officers entered a family’s home because they were told there were ‘too many people inside’. Two police officers knocked on a door in Aberdeen at 11.20pm on Wednesday after a member of the public reported a breach of coronavirus restrictions. Gatherings are banned in the UK … Read more

Coronavirus Scotland: Three people are charged with assaulting police

Three people have been charged with assaulting police after officers entered a family’s home because they were told there were ‘too many people inside’. Two police officers knocked on a door in Aberdeen at 11.20pm on Wednesday after a member of the public reported a breach of coronavirus restrictions. Gatherings are banned in the UK … Read more

Man avoids jail after making girlfriend take lie detector test before assaulting her

A violent and controlling boyfriend condemned his long suffering girlfriend to take a lie detector test to prove she was not cheating on him. Ben Halpin, 34 was so convinced Sandra Newton was having an affair he would delete male friends from her phone contacts and log into her Facebook account to check up on … Read more

Man avoids jail after making girlfriend take lie detector test before assaulting her

A violent and controlling boyfriend condemned his long suffering girlfriend to take a lie detector test to prove she was not cheating on him. Ben Halpin, 34 was so convinced Sandra Newton was having an affair he would delete male friends from her phone contacts and log into her Facebook account to check up on … Read more

Mother, 32, branded ‘worst mum ever’ avoids jail for assaulting her own daughters

A mother of three branded ‘the worst mum ever’ is to be electronically tagged over Christmas after she hit her young daughters during a family holiday to Cornwall. Hayley Wejs, 32, slammed one of her children aged ten against a car window and punched the other aged 13 in the face after the girls complained … Read more

Mother, 32, branded ‘worst mum ever’ avoids jail for assaulting her own daughters

A mother of three branded ‘the worst mum ever’ is to be electronically tagged over Christmas after she hit her young daughters during a family holiday to Cornwall. Hayley Wejs, 32, slammed one of her children aged ten against a car window and punched the other aged 13 in the face after the girls complained … Read more