Anti-shutdown protester Piers Corbyn was targeted by Scotland Yard’s undercover police for nearly two decades, a public inquiry heard yesterday. The older brother of former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was the main organiser for squatting groups in London between 1972 and 1982. Mr Corbyn, 73, helped to organise the All London Squatters Federation, the Squatters … Read more
Vietnamese migrants who suffocated to death in Essex lorry left slash marks after trying to battle their way out with a metal pole, court hears The temperature inside the lorry trailer reached 38.5C, the Old Bailey has heard Migrants inside the container attempted to smash the door open to get air The people smuggling trial … Read more
A drunk BUPA doctor was arrested as she tried to drive home from a 9am patient clinic following an evening celebrating her son’s promotion, a medical tribunal heard. Consultant Radiologist Dr Margaret Phelan, 67, attended a private hospital in Kensington, west London for a series of consultations despite still being intoxicated from the night before. The mother-of-three … Read more
A drunk BUPA doctor was arrested as she tried to drive home from a 9am patient clinic following an evening celebrating her son’s promotion, a medical tribunal heard. Consultant Radiologist Dr Margaret Phelan, 67, attended a private hospital in Kensington, west London for a series of consultations despite still being intoxicated from the night before. The mother-of-three … Read more
An RAF serviceman was found hanged in his barracks after worrying about having his first child with his ex-girlfriend, a coroner has heard. Luke Neeson, 25, had been socialising with his colleagues at The Eagle Public House in Oxfordshire on Boxing Day when he started saying he was ‘anxious’ about becoming a first-time father. He … Read more
A lone man was left ‘looking for his friends’ in northern France the day before 39 Vietnamese people were found dead in the back of a lorry, a court has heard. Truck driver Eamonn Harrison, 23, allegedly picked up the migrants in his trailer before dropping it off at the port of Zeebrugge in Belgium … Read more
Ex-Wasps rugby player, 69, was stabbed to death in the street by knifeman after confrontation as he walked home from pub in London, court hears Allan Isichei, 69, had been enjoying a bottle of beer when he was stabbed Inner London Crown Court heard words were exchanged with nearby man Accused Gurjeet Lall, 36, has denied … Read more
Dennis Kellond, 88, pictured was killed in his home in Godstone, Surrey, in April 25 this year, a court heard A callous thief who killed a great-grandfather in a bungled burglary left the pensioner in a pool of his own blood before using his phone to call drug dealers, a court heard. Dennis Kellond was … Read more
JCB worker, 53, who was driven to drink by being furloughed was found dead at foot of the stairs by his wife after suffering cardiac arrest triggered by excess alcohol, inquest hears Craig Batkin, 53, collapsed at his home in Stoke-on-Trent on May 17 He had been furloughed for two months by JCB digger company His … Read more
JCB worker, 53, who was driven to drink by being furloughed was found dead at foot of the stairs by his wife after suffering cardiac arrest triggered by excess alcohol, inquest hears Craig Batkin, 53, collapsed at his home in Stoke-on-Trent on May 17 He had been furloughed for two months by JCB digger company His … Read more