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RODGERS: BRIGHTON FOOTBALLERS CLEARED OF SEX ASSAULT

BRIGHTON; BOURNEMOUTH; ST LEONARDS, EAST SUSSEX

Four footballers including the son of Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers sobbed today (Fri) as they were cleared of taking pictures of themselves sexually assaulting a 'wannabe WAG'.

Anton Rodgers, 20, and his Brighton teammates Lewis Dunk, George Barker, both 21, and Steve Cook, 22, were accused of humiliating the 19 year-old woman after she fell asleep in their hotel room.

The reserve players, who were celebrating a local cup final victory, took snaps of themselves exposing themselves next to her unconscious body.

She claimed to have discovered the pictures on Rodgers' phone after waking up the next morning to find her bra removed and her short pink skirt pulled up to her waist.

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City trader son of UKIP leader Nigel Farage escaped with a caution after he was arrested for being being drunk and disorderly in central London. Thomas Farage was due to be prosecuted, but walked free after accepting the police warning.

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May 24, 2013

VAN GELDER: ROCHDALE DRUGS GANG GET ALMOST 100 YEARS

ROCHDALE/OLDHAM

Ten members of an international drug gang were jailed for a total of 92 and a half years today (Fri) after importing millions of pounds worth of ecstasy, amphetamines and cannabis into the country disguised as tinned fruit.

The smugglers operated out of Rochdale but shipped large quantities of drugs on pallets from Holland with an estimated street value of up to £4.5 million a time, Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court heard.

Led by Jason Seale, 45, they were involved in commercial drug dealing in and around Rochdale as well as supplying other groups around the country in Liverpool, Leeds and Scotland.

The gang sourced ecstasy, amphetamines and cannabis from Dutch contacts
Edwin 'Egg' Gorley, 47, and Theodorus Van Gelder, 54.

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May 24, 2013

EARL: COP GUILTY OF SEXUAL ASSAULT

SITTINGBOURNE, KENT

A disgraced Metropolitan Police detective who sexually assaulted two women while on duty is facing jail.

Detective Constable Clifford Earl, 57, tried to kiss and grope one woman in her 30s after she reported her 12-year-old son’s bicycle had been stolen.

The attack was carried out in front of the boy at her home in Peckham, southeast London, between July 6 and 13, 2011.

Two months later Earl fondled another woman's breasts while interviewing her at her home in Sydenham, south east London, on September 6, 2011.

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May 24, 2013

AHMED: BROTHERS DENY PLOTTING TO ATTEND TERROR TRAINING CAMP

BRADFORD

Two brothers denied plotting to attend a terrorist training camp when they appeared at the Old Bailey today (Fri).

Muhammed Naeem Ahmed, 19, and Muhammed Saeed Ahmed, 20, were allegedly planning to study at an extremist facility in Pakistan.

The pair are also said to have been hoarding Al Qaeda manuals on a string of computers and portable hard drives.

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May 24, 2013

AKHTAR: NURSE STRUCK OFF FOR 'PUNISHING' STROKE VICTIM

BURNLEY, LANCS

A nurse who wheeled a stroke victim out of a home in just her nightdress as punishment for not taking her medication was struck off today. (Thu)

Bilquees Akhtar also scolded the woman after she fell out her wheelchair and failed to adequately check her for injuries at the Grove Care Home in Burnley, Lancs.

After the fall Akhtar told her: 'You have done this to yourself, you have put yourself on the floor, you can do more than you are letting on.'

The woman, referred to as 'Resident D', was also left outside by Akhtar in just her pyjamas and slippers after she banged on furniture and refused to take her tablets.

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