Saturday, June 28, 2014
Irish man gives his mammy a big surprise
Nicola Nolan and her younger brother Stephen had a big surprise for their mother on the beach at Rush, County Dublin earlier this week.
Stephen, who has been living in Australia, had told his mother that he wouldn’t be able to make it home in time for a family wedding via a YouTube video.
In it he says: “Unfortunately I won’t make it home for the wedding, but if I start swimming now maybe I’ll get there on time”. Stephen then ran off into the sea. Nicola had driven their mother down to the beach at Rush to show her the video. As the video finishes, this happens.
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In it he says: “Unfortunately I won’t make it home for the wedding, but if I start swimming now maybe I’ll get there on time”. Stephen then ran off into the sea. Nicola had driven their mother down to the beach at Rush to show her the video. As the video finishes, this happens.
YouTube link.
Man smashed shop window to steal bird costume before wearing it to bar down the road
A man used a brick to shatter the window of a costume shop, took a bird costume and wore it to a bar down the street in Kansas City's Crossroads District on Thursday night, Kansas City police said.
Patrons at the Cashew bar where the man was spotted wearing the bird costume, said the man struggled with police as he was taken into custody. "It was just bizarre," one bar patron visiting Kansas City from Canada said.
"We came in and there was a guy sitting at the bar, and he was in a really weird bird feather costume, and we didn't think too much of it, he was really quiet.
"And the next thing we know, five cops show up and they go to arrest him, they handcuff him, he fights them a little bit, and they just drag him out and take him away." The man was placed in an ambulance and checked out before being taken away. Police placed the costume back inside the costume shop as they left the scene.
With news video.
Patrons at the Cashew bar where the man was spotted wearing the bird costume, said the man struggled with police as he was taken into custody. "It was just bizarre," one bar patron visiting Kansas City from Canada said.
"We came in and there was a guy sitting at the bar, and he was in a really weird bird feather costume, and we didn't think too much of it, he was really quiet.
"And the next thing we know, five cops show up and they go to arrest him, they handcuff him, he fights them a little bit, and they just drag him out and take him away." The man was placed in an ambulance and checked out before being taken away. Police placed the costume back inside the costume shop as they left the scene.
With news video.
Small pet fox found to have been gnawing on body after couple discovered dead in home
Police are investigating after two people were found dead on the southeast side of Indianapolis last Friday afternoon.
A male and female were found in a garage apartment at around 1:30pm, officials with the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said.
Police said the male and female, identified as Gabrielle Beard and Adrian Leveille, were believed to be in their 20s. Authorities said the female had no visible signs of trauma, but the male did.
Police did not suspect foul play, but the cause of death would not be known until an autopsy was performed. Indianapolis Animal Care and Control picked up a small fox from the home.
Investigators believed the pair had been dead for more than 24 hours and the fox had started to gnaw on the remains of at least one of the victims. The young couple had captured the fox in the wild and were trying to tame it and house-break it, neighbours said. The fox was taken to a Department of Natural Resources rehab facility and DNR officials will determine the fate of the fox.
With news video.
Police said the male and female, identified as Gabrielle Beard and Adrian Leveille, were believed to be in their 20s. Authorities said the female had no visible signs of trauma, but the male did.
Police did not suspect foul play, but the cause of death would not be known until an autopsy was performed. Indianapolis Animal Care and Control picked up a small fox from the home.
Investigators believed the pair had been dead for more than 24 hours and the fox had started to gnaw on the remains of at least one of the victims. The young couple had captured the fox in the wild and were trying to tame it and house-break it, neighbours said. The fox was taken to a Department of Natural Resources rehab facility and DNR officials will determine the fate of the fox.
With news video.
Dad arrested after his eight-year-old son skipped church to play
A father from Blanchester, Ohio, has been charged with child endangering after his 8-year-old son skipped church to play.
"It's ridiculous to me that I was arrested for this," Jeffrey Williamson says.
He says he lost his job when the story appeared in the local paper.
It also could put him in jail for six months.
The trouble started when a bus from the Woodville Baptist Church came to pick up 8-year-old Justin and his siblings, Williamson said.
"My kids run in the house in the living room here and tell me, 'Hey, Dad, the church van's here. We're leaving. We're going on to church,' " Williamson said. "I said, 'OK.' " Williamson said he didn't know Justin didn't get on the bus. "He just wanted to go play in the neighbourhood," he said. Justin ended up at the Family Dollar store about half a mile from home. Blanchester police were called. They say Justin didn't know where he lived, and it was only after talking to a customer that they learned his address.
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"That's definitely totally, totally untrue," Justin's father said. "He knows his way around this whole neighbourhood right here." Williamson said Blanchester police showed up at his door with Justin. "I told the cop he goes out in the neighbourhood and plays every day with all the other kids," Williamson said. "There's a million kids around here that play. I know the parents. The parents know me." The officer was still at the Williamson house when the church van dropped off the other Williamson children.
"The next thing you know, he comes up to me and he says, 'You're under arrest.' My kids start crying their eyes out wondering why I'm getting arrested," Williamson said. Williamson lost his job at McDonald's after the story was on the front page of the paper. He has found other work, but the experience left a bad taste in his mouth and gave his kids a lasting impression. "Every time that we leave in our car or drive down the street or something like that, every time they see a cop in Blanchester, they freak out and say, 'Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, are they going to arrest you?' " he said. Justin was grounded. His father is due in Clinton County Municipal Court on July 15.
"My kids run in the house in the living room here and tell me, 'Hey, Dad, the church van's here. We're leaving. We're going on to church,' " Williamson said. "I said, 'OK.' " Williamson said he didn't know Justin didn't get on the bus. "He just wanted to go play in the neighbourhood," he said. Justin ended up at the Family Dollar store about half a mile from home. Blanchester police were called. They say Justin didn't know where he lived, and it was only after talking to a customer that they learned his address.
YouTube link.
"That's definitely totally, totally untrue," Justin's father said. "He knows his way around this whole neighbourhood right here." Williamson said Blanchester police showed up at his door with Justin. "I told the cop he goes out in the neighbourhood and plays every day with all the other kids," Williamson said. "There's a million kids around here that play. I know the parents. The parents know me." The officer was still at the Williamson house when the church van dropped off the other Williamson children.
"The next thing you know, he comes up to me and he says, 'You're under arrest.' My kids start crying their eyes out wondering why I'm getting arrested," Williamson said. Williamson lost his job at McDonald's after the story was on the front page of the paper. He has found other work, but the experience left a bad taste in his mouth and gave his kids a lasting impression. "Every time that we leave in our car or drive down the street or something like that, every time they see a cop in Blanchester, they freak out and say, 'Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, are they going to arrest you?' " he said. Justin was grounded. His father is due in Clinton County Municipal Court on July 15.
Climber had to be airlifted off mountain after his boots were stolen
An unfortunate climber had to be rescued by helicopter 4,000 metres (13,000 feet) up on the slopes of Mont Blanc in the French Alps on Monday after a thief stole his walking boots.
Most of the time climbers who have to be airlifted off Europe's highest mountain have suffered a serious injury, but that wasn't the case for the unfortunate mountaineer.
The climber found himself within a few hundred metres of the summit of the famous Alpine peak, but was to forced to call in mountain rescue services because someone had stolen his walking boots, police have said. Mountain rescue authorities from Chamonix, on Mont Blanc, came to the man's aid as he was left helpless at the Gouter refuge.
"When we find people in that situation, we extract them by helicopter. We don't leave them in their socks. It's pretty dangerous," explained mountain rescue chief Jean-Baptiste Estachy. The Gouter refuge is on the route used by most climbers as they ascend Mont Blanc. The return requires several hours walking through snow down into the valley.
Most of the time climbers who have to be airlifted off Europe's highest mountain have suffered a serious injury, but that wasn't the case for the unfortunate mountaineer.
The climber found himself within a few hundred metres of the summit of the famous Alpine peak, but was to forced to call in mountain rescue services because someone had stolen his walking boots, police have said. Mountain rescue authorities from Chamonix, on Mont Blanc, came to the man's aid as he was left helpless at the Gouter refuge.
"When we find people in that situation, we extract them by helicopter. We don't leave them in their socks. It's pretty dangerous," explained mountain rescue chief Jean-Baptiste Estachy. The Gouter refuge is on the route used by most climbers as they ascend Mont Blanc. The return requires several hours walking through snow down into the valley.
Burglar had stolen goods stolen when he went back for more
A burglar raided a town centre pub only to have his ill-gotten gains stolen by two other thieves while he went back for more.
David Douglas Greaves, 43, made off with two cash tills and three plasma TVs from The Railway pub in Accrington, Lancashire.
However, Greaves soon fell victim to thieves himself after the items were stolen from a neighbouring car park where he had stashed them while he went back for more, Burnley Crown Court heard.
Stephen Parker, prosecuting, told the court how local CCTV showed Greaves with a ‘look of confusion’ when he came back out and found the items missing.
He said: “The CCTV showed the defendant emerging from the pub removing two cash tills, going back inside and coming back out with three plasma televisions wrapped in bags. He left them on a car park before going back into the pub. While he does so, two people see some of these items and make off with the defendant’s swag. The police aren’t convinced they were acting as a group by the look of confusion on the defendant’s face.” The incident happened shortly after 7am on Friday, May 23. Mr Parker told the court how landlord Tony Shirley heard banging from upstairs and when he came down into the pub noticed various items were missing.
He went into the back alley and saw Greaves wearing a high-visibility jacket walking down the street with a stolen bottle of Benedictine liqueur, the court heard. Mr Shirley called police and followed Greaves until they arrived and arrested him. Greaves was found to be wearing a backpack containing screwdrivers, a hammer, chisels and a spanner. Mr Parker told the court all the stolen items were recovered. Philip Holden, defending, said Greaves said he had not broken his way into the pub and said he had the backpack of tools on him as he was ‘going to do some work elsewhere’.
He said: “He’s an unusual character. He is really rather an intelligent man but is really in the grips of alcoholism. He badly needs help.” Mr Parker said the two men who had taken the items had admitted theft and had previously been dealt with. After the hearing, the Crown Prosecution Service said the matter had been dealt with by use of a police resolution. Greaves, who pleaded guilty to one count of burglary, has spent one month in custody on remand. He was committed to prison for nine months, suspended for 12 months with a 12-month supervision requirement, a nine-month alcohol treatment requirement and ordered to pay a £100 victim surcharge.
He said: “The CCTV showed the defendant emerging from the pub removing two cash tills, going back inside and coming back out with three plasma televisions wrapped in bags. He left them on a car park before going back into the pub. While he does so, two people see some of these items and make off with the defendant’s swag. The police aren’t convinced they were acting as a group by the look of confusion on the defendant’s face.” The incident happened shortly after 7am on Friday, May 23. Mr Parker told the court how landlord Tony Shirley heard banging from upstairs and when he came down into the pub noticed various items were missing.
He went into the back alley and saw Greaves wearing a high-visibility jacket walking down the street with a stolen bottle of Benedictine liqueur, the court heard. Mr Shirley called police and followed Greaves until they arrived and arrested him. Greaves was found to be wearing a backpack containing screwdrivers, a hammer, chisels and a spanner. Mr Parker told the court all the stolen items were recovered. Philip Holden, defending, said Greaves said he had not broken his way into the pub and said he had the backpack of tools on him as he was ‘going to do some work elsewhere’.
He said: “He’s an unusual character. He is really rather an intelligent man but is really in the grips of alcoholism. He badly needs help.” Mr Parker said the two men who had taken the items had admitted theft and had previously been dealt with. After the hearing, the Crown Prosecution Service said the matter had been dealt with by use of a police resolution. Greaves, who pleaded guilty to one count of burglary, has spent one month in custody on remand. He was committed to prison for nine months, suspended for 12 months with a 12-month supervision requirement, a nine-month alcohol treatment requirement and ordered to pay a £100 victim surcharge.
Woman's stubbed toe on 'keep off the grass' sign left man with £27,000 legal bill
A man has been handed a £27,000 legal bill after a woman stubbed her toe on a “please do not park on the grass” sign outside his house.
Former professional footballer Malcolm White claimed he did not erect the sign.
But Lincoln County Court heard that the warning to motorists, on a road where people often park on the verges, was put up by him on Meadow Lane in South Hykeham.
Mr White will now have to pay from his own pocket because his insurance company will not cover him.
And it was a disputed statement from his wife Valerie that led to the court finding against Mr White for an incident that left a 40-year- old mother with a deformed toe. Emma Grady was collecting her daughter from South Hykeham Primary School at 6pm on Monday, November 12 2012 when she tripped on the sign. Miss Grady claimed she tripped in the dark, exposing a rusty nail which partially ripped off the toenail on her left big toe. Her nail took six months to grow back but is now deformed and difficult to cut, the court was told.
Mr White, 73, denied he had put the signs on the grass and claimed they had been there for “a long time”. The court heard he thought “nothing of them and mowed around them”. But in a phone call with Miss Grady’s lawyer Katherine Trafford, whose contents were read out at court, the judge heard that Mrs White said her husband put the signs up as a favour for everyone else on the lane. The wife later denied saying this. In a statement, Patrick Tedstone, solicitor for the Whites, said: “It’s a sad day for Mal and Val. They are leaving the village this week after more than 30 very, very happy years, to be closer to family.
“They are very disappointed with the judgement and with the costs, too, but they will respect the judge’s decision. They wish everyone in the village well.” District Judge Chris Cooper said: “This case comes down to whether or not Mr and Mrs White or Mrs Trafford is telling the truth. It is clear that the claimant suffered sizable injury after the accident. I am satisfied that it happened in the way that she said it did and she stubbed her toe on the offending sign. I am also satisfied that the signs caused a public nuisance. A pedestrian does not have to look at their feet when going about their business.” District Judge Cooper awarded Miss Grady £2,541.35 in damages. Mr White was ordered to pay £24,874.39 costs.
And it was a disputed statement from his wife Valerie that led to the court finding against Mr White for an incident that left a 40-year- old mother with a deformed toe. Emma Grady was collecting her daughter from South Hykeham Primary School at 6pm on Monday, November 12 2012 when she tripped on the sign. Miss Grady claimed she tripped in the dark, exposing a rusty nail which partially ripped off the toenail on her left big toe. Her nail took six months to grow back but is now deformed and difficult to cut, the court was told.
Mr White, 73, denied he had put the signs on the grass and claimed they had been there for “a long time”. The court heard he thought “nothing of them and mowed around them”. But in a phone call with Miss Grady’s lawyer Katherine Trafford, whose contents were read out at court, the judge heard that Mrs White said her husband put the signs up as a favour for everyone else on the lane. The wife later denied saying this. In a statement, Patrick Tedstone, solicitor for the Whites, said: “It’s a sad day for Mal and Val. They are leaving the village this week after more than 30 very, very happy years, to be closer to family.
“They are very disappointed with the judgement and with the costs, too, but they will respect the judge’s decision. They wish everyone in the village well.” District Judge Chris Cooper said: “This case comes down to whether or not Mr and Mrs White or Mrs Trafford is telling the truth. It is clear that the claimant suffered sizable injury after the accident. I am satisfied that it happened in the way that she said it did and she stubbed her toe on the offending sign. I am also satisfied that the signs caused a public nuisance. A pedestrian does not have to look at their feet when going about their business.” District Judge Cooper awarded Miss Grady £2,541.35 in damages. Mr White was ordered to pay £24,874.39 costs.
Couple married using jelly rings following burglary
A couple tied the knot using jelly sweets as rings after their own wedding jewellery was stolen two days before the ceremony.
Burglars took the rings from Natalie Norris-Lee and husband David's home in Kingsley, Northampton on Friday night.
Mrs Norris-Lee, 39, said they were going to buy cheap replacements but instead opted for Haribo jelly rings.
The couple had left their front door unlocked for their son after going to bed. "We have two massive dogs which sleep in the hallway so I usually felt it was fine," Mrs Norris-Lee said. Unfortunately the dogs had been put in kennels and the burglars found the couple's rings and other personal items in the kitchen ready to be taken to the wedding venue the next day. "They must have thought they had hit the jackpot," she said.
"The most mortifying thing was they also took Dave's late mother's jewellery and irreplaceable photographs." Mrs Norris-Lee and her husband, 43, decided against buying cheap wedding bands as temporary replacements. "We'd spent so much time choosing our wedding rings, it didn't seem right to have some other gold bands blessed," she said. "I just said to Dave I'd rather use Haribo sweets, so we did."
The jelly rings were blessed at St Laurence's Church, Meriden, where Mr Norris's mother's funeral was held earlier this year. "The vicar was lovely about it, and happy to bless the sweets, but when they started to melt onto our fingers I had to ask if it was OK to eat them now." The couple plan to buy new rings after their honeymoon. Mrs Norris-Lee said: "We had a theft, married each other using Haribo, the band was late and there was a fire at the hotel, but we were not going to let anything spoil what was a wonderful day."
The couple had left their front door unlocked for their son after going to bed. "We have two massive dogs which sleep in the hallway so I usually felt it was fine," Mrs Norris-Lee said. Unfortunately the dogs had been put in kennels and the burglars found the couple's rings and other personal items in the kitchen ready to be taken to the wedding venue the next day. "They must have thought they had hit the jackpot," she said.
"The most mortifying thing was they also took Dave's late mother's jewellery and irreplaceable photographs." Mrs Norris-Lee and her husband, 43, decided against buying cheap wedding bands as temporary replacements. "We'd spent so much time choosing our wedding rings, it didn't seem right to have some other gold bands blessed," she said. "I just said to Dave I'd rather use Haribo sweets, so we did."
The jelly rings were blessed at St Laurence's Church, Meriden, where Mr Norris's mother's funeral was held earlier this year. "The vicar was lovely about it, and happy to bless the sweets, but when they started to melt onto our fingers I had to ask if it was OK to eat them now." The couple plan to buy new rings after their honeymoon. Mrs Norris-Lee said: "We had a theft, married each other using Haribo, the band was late and there was a fire at the hotel, but we were not going to let anything spoil what was a wonderful day."
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