May 20, 2013
 LEWIS: BURGER KING DEATH ACCUSED CLEAREDWOOD GREEN, NORTH LONDON; BARKING, ESSEX
A teenager who stabbed a man to death in a mass brawl at Burger King was cleared of all charges today (MON) after claiming self defence.
Daniel Lewis, 19, was said to have murdered 23 year-old Pelivan Zekaj after clashing with a rival group of Albanians at a cinema screening of Taken 2.
The victim collapsed with a fatal wound to the heart and died minutes later at the scene in Wood Green shopping mall in north London.
Lewis was arrested five days later and told police that Mr Zekaj was injured with his own knife during a struggle.
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May 20, 2013
 ALI: STUDENT LOAN FRAUDSTERS BLEW £370K ON HOLIDAYS AND BLINGSHADWELL, EAST LONDON; TOTTENHAM, NORTH LONDON
Two fraudsters fleeced the Student Loans Company out of £370,000 before blowing the lot on exotic holidays and Rolex watches.
Mustafa Ali, 22, and Daniel Buchanan, 31, also splashed out on designer trainers and enjoyed nights out clubbing after submitting scores of bogus applications for student credit.
Ali used his ill-gotten gains to jet to Dubai, Florida and New York, while he and Buchanan both indulged their love of designer watches.
The pair obtained and supplied fake A Level exam certificates for potential undergraduates before applying for the loans on their behalf, Southwark Crown Court heard.
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May 20, 2013
 DELIJAH: CELEB BIG BROTHER KILLER GUILTYBARNESHURST, KENT; WALTHAMSTOW, EAST LONDON
A masked robber who killed an elderly businessman after he stepped outside his home to avoid watching Celebrity Big Brother is facing years behind bars today (MON).
Gezim Delijah, 41, ambushed Ted Syrad, 64, as the older man smoked a cigarette in his garden before forcing him back inside, tying him up and demanding he hand over cash.
Mr Syrad only left his bungalow so his wife Anne, 62, could watch the Channel 5 reality show in peace.
Delijah and an accomplice, who spoke with an Irish accent but has never been traced, bound the couple with duct tape before beating them while they ransacked the property for valuables.
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May 20, 2013
 SANTOS: POLICE WORKER FELT LIKE 007 AS HE LEAKED ROYAL SECRETSHITHER GREEN, SOUTHEAST LONDON
A greedy police worker joked that he felt like James Bond as he leaked secrets about Royal bodyguards to PR guru Max Clifford, a court heard today (mon).
Jairo Dos Santos, 29, made £32,000 flogging details of more than 2,700 expenses claims made by members of the Met's Protection Command to the Mail on Sunday, it is alleged.
He is accused of endangering the officers, responsible for guarding the Queen, senior Royals, and the Prime Minister, in a bid to clear his debts after losing his job.
Dos Santos hired Clifford to spark a bidding war between the Mail on Sunday and the News of The World in July 2010, Southwark Crown Court was told.
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May 20, 2013
SOHRAB:BUPA NURSE FAILED TO TELL FAMILY ABOUT DEMENTIA PATIENT'S FALLBLACKBURN, LANCS
A nurse who forgot to tell a dementia patient's family about an injury she sustained during a fall at a BUPA home has been handed a two year caution order.
Nazia Sohrab was aware of a large purple bruise on the back of the elderly woman's head and then failed to do anything about it, the Nursing and Midwifery Council found.
Sohrab was working on the Dementia Unit at the Old Gates Care Home, Blackburn, Lancashire, when she was informed of the patient's fall in May 2011.
A care assistant told Sohrab about the bruise but she did not tell the patient's family about the incident.
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May 20, 2013
BEVERIDGE: 'IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT', VET TELLS OWNER OF DEAD CATWIRRAL
A 'patronising' vet told a distraught animal lover if she had been a better owner her cat would not have died, a tribunal heard today (Mon).
Ian Beveridge initially told Lisa Simpson her beloved pet 'Blu' was very sick when she had passed away, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons heard.
When Ms Simpson turned up at Beveridge's Merseyside practice the vet allegedly said it was her 'all her fault' that 'Blu' was dead.
Beveridge is also accused of failing to deal with a dog named Holly as an emergency patient and then not treating her owners with 'courtesy and respect'.
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May 20, 2013
BARTHA: ROMANIAN DOCTOR CAUGHT DRINK-DRIVING ON WAY HOMEWOLVERHAMPTON
A Romanian doctor was caught more than three times over the legal drink driving limit just half an hour after she finished work, a hearing was told today (Mon).
Dr Ileana Bartha was stopped by police less than eight miles away from the New Cross Hospital, Wolverhampton, after an officer spotted the front wheel 'hanging off' her car.
Sergeant Mark Roger, of the Staffordshire Police, stopped the medic's vehicle and spotted two empty vodka bottles and an almost empty bottle of brandy in the passenger side footwell.
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May 20, 2013
 BIDACE: COUPLE SHOT IN 'CLINICAL COLD-BLOODED EXECUTION'WEST EALING; WEST BROMPTON; HAYES
A gunman executed a father and tried to murder his disabled partner to stop her identifying the killer, a court heard today (MON).
Daniel Bidace-Anthony, 30, forced 32 year-old Dothan Gordon to kneel in his own living room before blasting him in the head, it is claimed.
He then went upstairs to kill Mr Gordon's partner Amy Ashitey, a wheelchair-bound double amputee, but was thwarted when his gun jammed on the third shot, jurors heard.
Amy, 28, survived a bullet wound to the shoulder and was able to tell police she recognised the gunman as a man called 'Indian'.
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May 20, 2013
 GRAHAM:FUGITIVE SEX TOURIST JAILED FOR ABUSING ORPHAN IN CAMBODIABOURNEMOUTH, DORSET
A sex tourist who spent six years on the run after being caught abusing an orphan in Cambodia was jailed for 21 months today (MON).
David Graham, 47, was first arrested after charity workers spotted him groping the 14 year-old boy in Pnomh Penh during a holiday in April 2006.
The child, who was living on the streets, later revealed he had been paid 6000 Riel - or just under £1.
Graham, from Bournemouth, Dorset, was arrested on his return to the UK but failed to answer bail four months later and started a new life running a fish and chip shop in France.
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May 20, 2013
 AKHTAR:NURSE WHEELED STROKE VICTIM OUT OF HOME IN NIGHT DRESSBURNLEY, LANCS
A nurse wheeled a stroke victim out of a home in just her nightdress as punishment for not taking her medication, a hearing was told today. (Mon)
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, it was claimed.
After the fall Akhtar allegedly told her: 'You have done this to yourself, you have put yourself on the floor, you can do more than you are letting on.'
Healthcare assistant Christian Bateman told the Nursing and Midwifery Council how 'Resident D' was left outside by Akhtar in just her pyjamas and slippers after she refused to take her medication.
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May 20, 2013
 BAMGBELU:JUDGE FREES FRAUD NURSE AND PRAISES HER FIRST CLASS CAREILFORD, ROMFORD, DAGENHAM, ESSEX
A Nigerian nurse who used forged documents to work illegally for seven years was spared jail by a judge who praised her 'first-class' care.
Toyin Bamgbelu, 46, also used a bogus driving licence to claim taxpayers' cash while studying at London's South Bank University.
After falsely claiming to be Dutch national Johanna Schiessl she was paid a £13,180 bursary, and received child care payments of £26,400 for her two-year-old son.
Bamgbelu then began working for NHS Professionals in 2004, providing a forged passport, also in the name of Ms Schiessl, to persuade bosses she had a right to work in the UK.
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