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CELAIRE:FOOTBALLER GETS DOUBLE LIFE SENTENCE AFTER DOUBLE JEOPARDY KILLING

SYDENHAM, CROYDON, S LONDON; MAIDSTONE, KENT.

A footballer who admitted killing his ex-girlfriend seven years after he was cleared by a jury has been given a double life sentence.

Mario Celaire, 31, became the first person to be convicted of a crime for which a jury had found him not guilty when he admitted the manslaughter of Cassandra McDermott, 19, in 2001.

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   July 03, 2009

SARWAR: ALLEGED BOMB MAKER WAS JUST A 'BUMBLING GOPHER'

cnl_assad_sarwar_copy11.jpgEAST LONDON; HIGH WYCOMBE BUCKS; STOKE NEWINGTON, NORTH LONDON: The alleged bombmaker in a plot to blow up transatlantic jets was 'bumbling gopher' incapable of making a viable explosive device, a court heard today (Fri).

Assad Sarwar, 29, is said to be the 'chemist and quartermaster' in a British terror cell planning to murder hundreds of passengers on board flights to the United States and Canada.
 
   July 03, 2009

REID: DENTIST FACES WAIT AS MISCONDUCT HEARING IS ADJOURNED

cnl_s_reid.jpgHAMILTON, LANARKSHIRE; A dentist accused of failing to tackle a woman's chronic gum disease for years faces an anxious wait after his misconduct hearing ran out of time today (Fri).

Stephen Reid saw the patient 90 times in seven years but she ended up having all her lower teeth pulled out, the General Dental Council heard.
   July 03, 2009
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   July 03, 2009

BROWN:TEEN HOODIES GUILTY OF RANSACKING COUPLE'S HOME

HACKNEY, E LONDON.

Two teenage hoodies who kicked down a couple's front door and ransacked their home at Christmas are facing jail today (fri).

Lemar Brown, 18, and Jamal Gordon, 17, threatened Thomas Mayers and girlfriend Charley Munro with a baseball bat and a crow bar during the terrifying raid.

Ben Kinsella's friends run off after the brother of Eastenders actress Brooke is stabbed. Ben staggers away with a bloodstained shirt. He meets up with his friends and manages to walk around the corner before he collapses and dies.



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