Convictions of ‘Stansted 15,’ who stopped deportations, overturned

The ‘Stansted 15’ protesters who stormed the airport to ground a flight deporting 25 criminals to Africa crowed today after their convictions were overturned by Court of Appeal judges – because it ruled they were wrongly charged as terrorists. The group cut through the Essex airport’s perimeter fence in March 2017 and took smiling selfies … Read more

‘Stansted 15’ protesters who stopped deportation flight have convictions overturned

‘Stansted 15’ protesters who stopped a flight trying to deport 60 criminals to Africa have convictions overturned by the Court of Appeal Group cut through airport’s perimeter fence and locked themselves together  767 jet transporting people from UK detention centres for repatriation to Africa  Were convicted in December 2018 before all 15 avoided jail in … Read more

Rapper performs wheelie after manslaughter conviction for Holby City actor’s daughter is overturned

A rapper who filmed a Holby City actor’s daughter while she died of a drug overdose has been filmed performing a wheelie on an e-scooter after his manslaughter conviction was overturned. Ceon Broughton, 31, can be seen performing a trick on the scooter and hanging out with a friend in a post on social media … Read more

Man marries his own mother-in-law after divorcing his wife and getting 500-year-old law overturned

Man marries his own mother-in-law after divorcing his wife of eight years and getting 500-year-old law overturned Clive Blunden, 65, and Brenda, 77, from Warrington, officially tied knot in 2007  Pair planned to marry in 1997, but Clive was arrested due to ‘lawful impediment’  He campaigned for the law to be changed and it was … Read more

Rapper’s conviction for killing Holby City actor’s daughter Louella Fletcher-Michie is overturned

A rapper jailed for killing the daughter of a Holby City actor with party drugs saw his manslaughter conviction quashed at the Court of Appeal today. Ceon Broughton, 31, supplied John Michie’s daughter Louella Fletcher-Michie, who was his girlfriend, with the hallucinogenic intoxicant 2-CP at Bestival in Dorset. But his conviction was overturned after his … Read more

Rapper has his conviction overturned for killing woman with party drugs

Rapper has his conviction overturned for killing Holby City actor’s daughter with party drugs at Bestival By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 11:17 BST, 18 August 2020 | Updated: 11:17 BST, 18 August 2020 Rapper Ceon Broughton has had his conviction for the manslaughter of his girlfriend Louella Fletcher-Michie, who died after taking the drug … Read more

The black train guard who overturned ban on non-white BR staff

The family of a train guard who overturned a ban on non-white staff at British Railways in the 1960s has said his contribution to UK race relations should be taught in schools. Asquith Xavier applied for a promotion that would see him move from Marylebone Station to Euston in 1966, a shift that would boost … Read more

Doting father of 14-week-old ‘miracle baby’ dies after his canoe overturned on lake 

Doting father of 14-week-old ‘miracle baby’ dies after his canoe overturned on lake Mark Hill, 40, died in a canoe accident on Saturday at Amberswood Lake, Wigan His canoe overturned and the 40-year-old got into some trouble in the water  Mr Hill leaves behind a fiancé, Lisa Heavey, and a 14-week-old ‘miracle baby’ son His … Read more

Manchester City WIN appeal against Champions League ban: FFP breach overturned by CAS

Manchester City have won their battle with UEFA and their European ban has been lifted. The Premier League club were banned from European football for two years in February after UEFA found they had committed ‘serious breaches’ of its Financial Fair Play regulations. City, adamant that they had done nothing wrong, appealed to the Court of … Read more

More than 80% of fines for driving in bus lanes are overturned on appeal

The bus lane bandits! More than 80% of fines for driving in bus lanes are overturned on appeal as councils are accused of turning roads into ‘money-making traps’ Figures show up to 86% of fines for driving in bus lanes are overturned on appeal In Doncaster 526 of 658 drivers who appealed were let off in … Read more