Abandoning babies becoming a worldwide trend....Newborn dumped in a drain in Alicante

A 26-year-old mother has been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after her newborn baby was found abandoned in a drain under a block of flats in Alicante.
The two-day-old boy was found wrapped in plastic bags with his umbilical cord still intact. He had been left for up to 40 hours in a manhole where the building’s drains converged.
The baby was found alive by a neighbour who alerted firefighters to what he thought was a meowing cat trapped inside the drains at around 2am on Sunday, according to the Interior Ministry.
The baby, who weighed 4.6lbs, suffered a broken arm and some other injuries and is said to be in a serious but not life-threatening condition in a hospital.

 According to police investigation, the young woman whom lived in the block of flats, had been admitted to Alicante’s General Hospital on June 21 where she told medical staff she had suffered a 'miscarriage'.
When police arrived at the hospital to question her, the mother told officers that she had tried to get rid of the baby but had not had enough money to pay for an abortion.
A police statement said the mother was under arrest and that an investigation was under way to try and discover whether she acted alone, or if a third party could have been involved.

Discovery: The baby was found in drains under this building in Alicante

South Yorkshire - 'Noisy white-robed religious sect' keeps residents awake with prayers and chanting at 5.30am in the woods

The Barnsley housing estate community of South Yorkshire has been left tired and stressed after being woken at 5.30am by a white robed religious sect praying and chanting in woodland behind their homes.



Loud: Residents on a Barnsley housing estate have complained about the early-morning noise made by a white robed religious sect Friday Apostles

The robed individuals are Learnard Radzokota and his Christian group the Friday Apostles, and they regularly go into the trees to pray and chant at 5.30am.

Now some residents of New Lodge estate have written to Yorkshire Housing, Mr Radzokota's landlord, to complain about the disturbance.

Mr Radzokota, 54, who lives on the estate, said most people wanted to understand more about the Friday Apostles when they were revealed as the mystery worshippers.

But, he added: 'However others just wrote letters to Yorkshire Housing saying because of the praying in the wood, and at our house, we need to be removed from our accommodation.'




Early risers: Friday Apostles worshipers led by Learnard Radzokota known as Father Isaiah, far left, pray in woodland behind a Barnsley estate

Mr Radzokota, known as Father Isaiah, said the group didn’t really have a choice but to pray outdoors, because they have no building to worship in.

'As we do no not have a permanent place to worship in Barnsley, we sometimes carry our our early morning prayers in the wilderness.

'In Africa, all out church members carry out their services in the open space, commonly called wilderness, because by praying in the wilderness we are close to nature and God,' he said.

Celia Casham, of Yorkshire Housing, said it firmly supports the right of people to worship the way they choose.

She said: 'However, it was brought to our attention that religious meetings hosted by Mr Radzokota, at his home, had been causing a level of noise which has affected his neighbours at various times of the day.

'We are keen to work with Mr Radzokota and his neighbours to find a compromise which suits both parties.

'We have been trying to help Mr Radzokota find a more suitable venue for his religious meetings such as a local community centre or church hall.'
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Mother is found guilty of torturing her toddler son, who was discovered with 37 separate injuries, to death

Rebecca Shuttleworth, 25, subjected son Keanu Williams to horrific abuse and left him to die before calling emergency services 48 hours later, Birmingham Crown Court heard.
At the start of the trial, prosecutor Christopher Hotten QC told the jury Keanu's injuries, catalogued for the jury in harrowing detail in a set of body diagrams, were not an 'isolated event' but had been the culmination of a long period of abuse. Shuttleworth faces a mandatory life sentence after being convicted of murder and will be sentenced tomorrow.

Former Italian PM Berlusconi sentenced to 7 years in jail and banned from politics for life after being found guilty of paying underage teenager for sex

• Berlusconi found guilty of paying a teenager for sex at 'bunga bunga' parties
• He was sentenced to seven in prison and given lifetime ban from politics
• But he may never serve any jail time if he gets verdict overturned on appeal 
• Ex-premier recently found guilty of tax fraud which his lawyers are appealing

 

By Associated Press

Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi was today sentenced to seven years in prison and banned from public office for life after being found guilty of paying a teenager for sex.

Berlusconi, 76, paid an underage Moroccan teenager for sex and then tried to cover it up with phone calls to police when she was arrested for alleged theft. Berlusconi and the woman had denied having had sex.

Prosecutors were seeking a six-year jail term for underage sex and abuse of power but a Milan court today handed him a longer sentence of seven years.

Berlusconi was also given a lifetime ban from politics after the former Prime Minister was found guilty today.

But the verdict can be appealed twice before the sentence becomes final, which could take months, or even years.

This means the former Premier will not have to spend any time in jail unless he loses his court appeals.

Berlusconi holds no official post in the current Italian government, but remains influential in the uneasy cross-party coalition that emerged after inconclusive February elections.

The charges against the billionaire media mogul stem from his infamous 'bunga bunga' parties in 2010 at his mansion near Milan, where he wined and dined beautiful young women while he was premier.

He says the dinner parties were elegant soirees; prosecutors say they were sex-fuelled parties that women were paid to attend.

Neither Berlusconi nor the woman at the centre of the case, Karima el-Mahroug, better known by her nickname Ruby the Heart Breaker, have given evidence.

Ms El-Mahroug was called by the defence but failed to show on a couple of occasions, delaying the trial. Berlusconi's team eventually dropped her from the witness list.



Questioned: Karima El Mahrough appeared in court in a previous trial in Milan. But Berlusconi's team eventually dropped her from the witness list after she failed to show on a couple of occasions in the current trial

She did appear in the separate trial of three Berlusconi aides charged with procuring prostitutes for the parties.

She told that court that Berlusconi's disco featured aspiring showgirls dressed as sexy nuns and nurses performing striptease acts, and that one woman even dressed up as president Barack Obama.

Berlusconi was not in court as the three female judges began deliberating his fate - or today when the final verdict was delivered.

Asked if Berlusconi was optimistic, defence lawyer Piero Longo previously said outside the court that he was a 'realist'.

Berlusconi frequently has railed against Milan prosecutors and judges, accusing them of mounting politically motivated cases against him.



Karima el-Mahroug took the witness stand in the trial of three former Berlusconi aides charged with recruiting her and other women for prostitution

Ms El-Mahroug, now 20, said in the earlier trial that she attended about a half-dozen parties at Berlusconi's villa, and that after each, Berlusconi handed her an envelope with up to 3,000 euros (£2,560).

She said she later received 30,000 euros cash from the then-premier paid through an intermediary - money that she told Berlusconi she wanted to use to open a beauty salon, despite having no formal training.

She was 17 at the time of the alleged encounters but passed herself off as being 24. She also claimed she was related to then-Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

Berlusconi's lawyers argued that he - thinking she was Mubarak's niece - called police after she was detained in a bid to avoid a diplomatic incident.

Ms El-Mahroug denied that Berlusconi had ever given her 5 million euros.

She said she told acquaintances and even her father that she was going to receive such a large sum 'as a boast,' but that it was a lie to make her seem more important.

The verdict comes on the heels of Berlusconi's tax-fraud conviction, which along with a four-year prison sentence and five-year ban on public office, have been upheld on a first appeal.

The tax-fraud case is heading to Italy's highest court for a final appeal after Berlusconi's defence failed to derail it last week at the constitutional court.

Berlusconi, who has been tried numerous times relating to his business dealings, has been convicted in other cases at the trial level.

But those convictions have always either been overturned on appeal or the statute of limitations ran out before Italy's high court could have its say.

The sex-for-hire case is the first involving his personal conduct.



Hearing: From right are Judges Carmen D'Elia, Giulia Turri, and Orsolina De Cristofaro who today told a Milan court the verdict against Silvio Berlusconi


 

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