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July 2, 2008

News Roundup.

Filed under: Uncategorized

Just a few things that caught my eye and made me wonder what sort of society we live in…..

From the BBC News site…

Three Welsh Politicians raped

Three members of the Welsh assembly have disclosed in a questionnaire they were sent by one of their colleagues that they have been raped.

None of the three reported the rape, and neither did another AM who was a victim of domestic abuse.

Suffolk Killer refused right to appeal

He claimed he was unable to receive a fair trial in Ipswich, and his legal team did not advise him correctly when he took the stand in his own defence.

But a judge has written to Wright, refusing his appeal, saying the trial was fair and his defence did their job.

167 rescued in Human Traffiking operation

Women captured by human traffickers can be forced to have sex with up to 40 men a day by violent pimps, police said.

Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said: "Human trafficking is a despicable crime, perpetrated by organised criminal gangs whose business is to make money from human misery.

Football boss denies assault.

The co-owner of Birmingham City Football Club has "categorically denied" sexually assaulting a 25-year-old woman in Essex.

Schoolboy, 17, jailed for child abuse

David Callum, 17, from Alloa, was given 14 months for the attack on the child in her bedroom after being left to babysit her for just over an hour.

Body found.

A man has been arrested after the body of a woman was discovered at a property on Tyneside.

Woman dies after stabbing

Dee Willis, 28, was taken to hospital suffering a stab wound to the upper body but was pronounced dead shortly after midnight on Wednesday.

 

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