Diego Maradona investigation hears carers crushed sleeping pills into his beer

Diego Maradona’s carer crushed sleeping pills into his beer so he wasn’t a nuisance at night and he was given alcohol on-demand at 9am in the months before he died, investigators in Argentina are told Ongoing prosecution probe into Diego Maradona’s death has heard about his battles with alcohol during the final months of his … Read more

London firefighter who hanged himself was not being ‘bullied’ as the only BAME member, inquest hears

The colleagues of a junior firefighter who took his own life did not think he was being bullied, an inquest has heard. Jaden Francois-Esprit, 21, was found hanged at his home in Wapping, east London, in August 2020 despite no previous history of mental health issues.    The inquest heard the firefighter felt he was being bullied … Read more

Touching moment deaf three-month-old baby hears mother sing a lullaby for the first time

The adorable moment a deaf three-month-old baby hears her mother singing a favourite lullaby for the first time has been caught on camera.    Baby Olivia Ervin, from Pennsylvania, was born in November and confirmed deaf a month later after she failed two hearing tests.  Olivia’s mum Edrea Kemp, 28, says her daughter weighed just 4lbs 2oz … Read more

Controversial Cambridge debate hears accusation Winston Churchill was a ‘white supremacist’ 

Professor Kehinde Andrews Kehinde Andrews earned a PhD in sociology and cultural studies from the University of Birmingham in 2011 and is now a professor of black studies in the school of social sciences at Birmingham City University.  The professor caused fury on Good Morning Britain in 2018 when he claimed Sir Winston Churchill was a ‘clear racist’ … Read more

Binman, 47, ‘bludgeoned lover, 52, to death with plastic tray during drunken row’, trial hears

A binman told police he bludgeoned his partner to death with a plastic tray during a drunken row in lockdown, a court heard.    Wayne Morris, 47, also sent harrowing text messages days after battering Ruth Brown, 52, at her home in Bognor, West Sussex, at the beginning of April last year, Lewes Crown Court in … Read more

Teenage couple who died in fireball crash were not wearing seat-belts, inquest hears

A newlywed teenage couple were caught on camera moments before they died in a fireball crash while fleeing from police on the wrong side of a busy duel carriageway in west London. Patrick McDonagh, 19, and his pregnant wife Shauna, 18, were killed when their silver Renault Mégane hit a coach and burst into flames on … Read more

Intelligence Corps sergeant, 42, forced himself on young private on ski trip, court martial hears

A British Army intelligence expert allegedly begged a young female private for a ‘goodnight snog,’ as he forced himself on her after walking back from a Jagerbomb-fuelled party on a ski trip, a court martial has heard. Warrant Officer Paul Tate is said to have backed the female soldier against a minibus and warned her … Read more

Oscar Pistorius could be freed from jail two years EARLY due to legal blunder, court hears 

Oscar Pistorius could be freed from jail two years EARLY due to legal blunder, court hears Judges admitted his sentence has not been backdated far enough to when he was first convicted of murder meaning he could be paroled 18 months earlier Former gold-medallist sprinter has already served 506 days of his prison term This … Read more

McDonald’s worker, 21, was crushed to death by landslide in freak accident in Wales, inquest hears

McDonald’s worker, 21, was crushed to death by landslide in freak accident after stepping off bus to watch rescue workers clearing up storm debris on country road in Wales, inquest hears Corey Sharpling, 21, stopped to watch emergency workers in Cwmduan, Wales  They were moving a tree as Storm Callum wreaked havoc in October 2018 … Read more

Woman, 28, ‘stabbed to death by her jealous ex’ wanted to flee to Spain to escape him, court hears 

A cruise line worker allegedly stabbed to death by her jealous ex-boyfriend wanted to flee to Spain to escape him after he ‘trashed’ her house, a court heard today. Cristina Ortiz-Lozano was killed in a ‘frenzied’ attack after being followed home from a Tinder date with another man by spurned lover Abdelaziz El Yechioui Ourzat, … Read more