Re: Miscellaneous Criminal Cases

**Freedom** Sun 05 Feb 2017, 10:17 am

Another one I've not heard of. I love the tabloid jargon "shacked up with a new lover".

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/mystery-death-of-british-millionaire-killed-by-black-widow-deepens-as-it-emerges-body-had-organs-missing/ar-AAmCI4U?li=BBoPWjQ&ocid=mailsignout

Andrew Mon 06 Feb 2017, 12:49 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4195878/Stefano-Brizzi-dead-jail.html

A man who strangled a police officer to death before attempting to dissolve the body in acid has been found dead in prison.

Stefano Brizzi murder PC Gordon Semple at his south London flat after meeting him on gay dating app Grindr.

An England and Wales Prison Service spokesperson said:'HMP Belmarsh prisoner Stefano Brizzi died in custody on Sunday 5 February.

'As with all deaths in custody there will be an independent investigation by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman.'

**Freedom** Mon 06 Feb 2017, 12:57 pm

I'll hazard a guess that this was not due to natural causes.

There's unlikely to be too many people upset at this news.

Andrew Mon 06 Feb 2017, 3:41 pm

http://globalnews.ca/news/3195801/douglas-garland-triple-murder-trial-monday-second-week/

Snipped:

An expert cadaver dog was the focus of the sixth day of testimony as Douglas Garland‘s triple-murder trial entered its second week.

Garland, 56, is charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of five-year-old Nathan O’Brien and his grandparents, Alvin and Kathy Liknes.

Nathan, Alvin and Kathy were last seen alive June 29, 2014.

Sully, a 10-year-old yellow Labrador Retriever, was taken to the Garland property on multiple occasions to pinpoint areas of interest to police officers. The dog used his sense of smell, considered to be 40 times that of humans.

Court heard he was first taken to the farm on July 5, 2014—six days after Nathan and the Liknes’ disappeared.

His handlers testified his behaviours indicated human remains in three spots on the farm.

Sally sat to indicate one discovery on the southwest corner near the south fire pit.

“Immediately he showed an immense amount of interest around that pile in that corner,” Sully’s handler Const. Darcy Williams said.

When the dog went to the area near the burn barrel and wood chipper, Williams said he “sat facing the burn barrel, beside the barrel.”

The dog put his nose to the ground and walked back and forth “frantically” at the third location—between the green house and one of the outbuildings.

“I’d never seen anything like this from him before,” Williams said.

Andrew Tue 14 Feb 2017, 7:00 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4224374/Mother-murdered-19-day-old-son-jailed-life.html

A mother who murdered her 19-day-old baby son with a blow to the head and tried to cover her tracks by lying that he had fallen was has been sentenced to life in prison.

Nicola Brown, 43, will have to serve a minimum of 14 and a half years for the fatal attack on her baby son Jake Young after subjecting him to a catalogue of abuse.

Andrew Thu 16 Feb 2017, 11:36 am

This tragic one was discussed here somewhere but not sure where... Anyway, just in the news again:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4230390/Teenage-girl-15-denies-murdering-Katie-Rough.html

Andrew Fri 17 Feb 2017, 12:47 pm

Was just reading this one:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4234386/Man-hid-girlfriend-s-body-airing-cupboard.html

Man, 43, hid his dead girlfriend’s body in an airing cupboard but she wasn’t found until her family reported her missing over a year later
Andrew Reade hid the body of Victoria Cherry in an airing cupboard in Bolton
He pleaded guilty to concealing her body for 15 months at Bolton Crown Court
Neighbours revealed their horror and recalled a 'strange smell' in the house

**Freedom** Fri 17 Feb 2017, 12:55 pm

There are a couple of posts about this one on the previous page.

An odd case indeed - it isn't yet known how she died so he was only charged with hiding the body.

Andrew Sat 18 Feb 2017, 5:19 pm

Was just reading this bizarre article about the lottery:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4237740/Rapist-s-2-5million-Lotto-win-probably-fraudulent.html

**Freedom** Sat 18 Feb 2017, 5:50 pm

Bizarre indeed. There have been similar cases where people have tried (and failed) to claim a payout on a dodgy ticket so I don't know how this one was allowed.

Here is one who didn't get away with it.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3419584/Lottery-claim-Grandmother-trial-theft.html

Andrew Mon 20 Feb 2017, 8:53 am

Was just reading this one:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4241094/Nadine-Haag-dead-Sydney-suicide-note-family-investigation.html

What happened to Nadine? Mystery surrounds death of woman found with slashed wrists next to a note saying 'he did it'
Family plead for answers almost eight years after Nadine Haag was found dead
The mother-of-one was found with slashed wrists next to a suicide note in 2009
But a separate hand-written note saying 'he did it' was also found in bathroom
Her death was ruled suicide, but the family believe her ex-partner is responsible
A coronial investigation has since overturned the police ruling it was suicide
With no new information, the family is pleading for answers from the community

Andrew Tue 21 Feb 2017, 8:30 am

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4244502/UK-woman-faces-trial-burial-husband-Portugal.html

A British woman has been arrested for burying her dead husband in her garden in Portugal after telling her children he was dead on Facebook.
Piano teacher Louise Khan, from Lochgelly, Fife, was arrested after the remains of Alyn Pennycook were found earlier this month on the remote farm where they lived near Guarda in Portugal.
Mr Pennycook, a 59-year-old from Scotland, is believed to have died of cancer.
His daughter has claimed that Miss Khan, 46, broke the news to her on Facebook with a 'quick message' saying: 'Oh yes, your father died...'

Andrew Tue 21 Feb 2017, 10:40 pm

Will stick this one here rather than on the latest news related stuff:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4247004/The-key-characters-Shannon-Matthews-case.html

The title:

Wallowing in self pity, the mother who faked her own daughter's kidnap

dannii Wed 22 Feb 2017, 12:18 am

There is a documentary about Shannon on CH5 next tuesday.

Andrew Wed 22 Feb 2017, 11:23 am

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4248422/Missing-woman-s-family-hope-killer-s-garden-provides-clues.html

**Freedom** Thu 23 Feb 2017, 6:45 pm

I've heard about the disappearance and murder of this little lad but I don't think I knew of all his father's achievements since then.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walsh_(television_host)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Adam_Walsh

Andrew Sat 25 Feb 2017, 6:59 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4259786/Girlfriend-British-dead-UFO-conspiracy-theorist-police.html

'Girlfriend' of British UFO conspiracy theorist, 39, who died after throwing up two litres of black liquid is questioned by police
Conspiracy theorist Max Spiers was found dead on a sofa in Poland, July 2016
Spiers, who was fit and healthy, was said to have vomited two litres of black fluid
He died while staying with writer Monika Duval who is being quizzed by police
It was released Spiers died from natural causes but no post-mortem took place

No post-mortem...... Natural causes...... scratch

bluebell Wed 01 Mar 2017, 12:15 pm

Another decent sentence thank goodness. This is the guy who hid a child in a hole in the wall, behind his fridge. Wicked, evil man.

Probably doesn't need a thread, but don't know where to put it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-39126878
Redcar paedophile Michael Dunn jailed for 27 years

Andrew Wed 01 Mar 2017, 12:23 pm

Not heard about that one before. How horrific.

Hope he never gets released again and ends his days behind bars.

chrissie Wed 01 Mar 2017, 12:36 pm

Absolutely horrific!!

bluebell Wed 01 Mar 2017, 2:05 pm

bluebell wrote:Another decent sentence thank goodness. This is the guy who hid a child in a hole in the wall, behind his fridge. Wicked, evil man.

Probably doesn't need a thread, but don't know where to put it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tees-39126878
Redcar paedophile Michael Dunn jailed for 27 years

Quoting my own post just to add this bit from the BBC report. The whole thing re police is absolutely shocking, these are children, the most vulnerable of society. I am so angry.

He also groomed and sexually assaulted another vulnerable under-age girl in the 1990s, giving her alcohol and cigarettes.
She told her mother what happened but when police investigated, Dunn got witnesses to lie and the victim was told her complaint was not going any further.

Andrew Thu 02 Mar 2017, 11:19 am

I was reading about this one the other week. A bit more on the story has been released:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4274514/MoD-officials-arrested-Gibraltar-Airport-stand-off.html

Senior British MoD officials 'were trying to protect serviceman accused of child porn offences', prompting astonishing runway standoff with RAF plane in Gibraltar, police claim
Three officials have been arrested on suspicion of hindering an investigation
Hundreds of people were stranded for nearly two hours during the stand-off
Sources said police were denied entry to the MoD barracks on the Rock
It is not clear where the serviceman is, but he is thought to be in Gibraltar

Andrew Thu 02 Mar 2017, 11:46 am

http://portugalresident.com/human-remains-discovered-beside-aljezur-ruin

... About 20km from Luz.

Probably not though.

PMR Fri 03 Mar 2017, 9:05 am

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-39139893
The IPCC have been quite damning over this. Poppi will get a second inquest in summer, let's hope it's better than the first,stunningly brief one

Andrew Fri 03 Mar 2017, 12:31 pm

Andrew wrote:http://portugalresident.com/human-remains-discovered-beside-aljezur-ruin

... About 20km from Luz.

Probably not though.

http://portugalresident.com/aljezur-bones-%E2%80%9Ca-woman%E2%80%9D-says-pj-as-forensics-now-probe-age

The mysterious bones discovered in a remote site near a ruined farm in the Aljezur hillside recently have been recovered by judicial police forensic experts and are now being tested for their age.

As a spokesman explained: “They could be six months old, six years or even 60. We don’t have the answers yet”.

All police appear to be sure of this far is that the bones belong to a woman.

As to any missing women in the area, our PJ source said this is not yet a matter under investigation.

“First we have to discover whether these are recent bones”, he explained. “Once we have that information, investigation into missing people may then go ahead”.

The bones were discovered at an abandoned farmstead by a man herding sheep who communicated his discovery to Aljezur’s archeological association, undertaking excavations at a site “around a kilometre” away (click here).

natasha.donn@algarveresident.com

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