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Man charged with murder after woman's body found
A man has been charged with murder after a woman was found dead at an industrial estate in Smethwick. Shara Miller, aged 41, was found off Woodburn Road just after 06:10 BST on Monday and confirmed dead at the scene. Police said a forensic post mortem had revealed that she died as a result of strangulation. West Midlands Police said Tanveer Singh, 31, from West Bromwich, was arrested on Tuesday and charged with Ms Miller's murder on Wednesday evening. He has been remanded to appear before Wolverhampton Magistrates' Court on Thursday. Two other men have been released with no further action. The force said they believed Ms Miller had been killed in the early hours of the morning at the location where her body was discovered. West Midlands Police is continuing to ask the public for any information surrounding her movements before 01:00 BST. Det Ch Insp Alastair Orencas said: "This charge is a significant development in our investigation which remains very much ongoing. "Our focus is on getting justice for Shara and her loved ones, and it's important that anyone with information which could help us comes forward. "We've been carrying out enquiries in and around Soho Road, Birmingham, where it's understood she was involved in sex work, and we really want to hear from anyone who may have seen Shara on Sunday evening or early Monday morning." The force said it had increased patrols in the area where Ms Miller was found, and around Soho Road as reassurance. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram. Related internet links West Midlands Police
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Central Park Conservancy calls on NYC to end horse-drawn carriages in park
NEW YORK — The nonprofit organization that manages Central Park in concert with New York City has come out in support of a ban on the iconic horse-drawn carriages that operate in the park. 'We do not take this position lightly, but with visitation to the Park growing to record levels, we feel strongly that banning horse carriages has become a matter of public health and safety for Park visitors,' conservancy head Elizabeth Smith said in a letter Tuesday to Mayor Adams and City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams. 'It has also become increasingly evident that the 68 carriages licensed to operate in the Park inflict enormous damage to its Drives, to the detriment of the Park's other, 42 million users,' she wrote. There are 68 carriages currently authorized by the city, and roughly 200 licensed horses, according to a spokeswoman for the Transport Workers Union's Local 100, which represents roughly 200 drivers and stable-hands. John Samuelsen, TWU's international president, called the conservancy's claims bunk. 'Conservancy President Elizabeth W. Smith's claim that slow-moving horse carriages pose a threat to public safety is absolutely ridiculous,' Samuelsen said in a statement. 'The Conservancy has failed miserably to manage the swarming hordes of unlicensed and illegally motorized pedicabs, e-bikes and electric scooters that pose the real threat.' 'The corporate aristocrats at the Central Park Conservancy are now outrageously supporting a measure that would throw about 200 blue-collar workers in the carriage-horse tourism industry out of work, with no regard for how they will pay their rents, mortgages, send their kids to college, put food on the table or meet other expenses,' the union boss added. Samuelsen reiterated the union's call for putting a stable in the park that would keep horses off of city streets, and accused the conservancy of 'desecrating the park's storied history' by proposing an end to horse-drawn carriage rides. Animal rights advocates have been lobbying to ban carriage horses from operating in Central Park for years — an effort that took on greater momentum after a horse named Ryder collapsed on a Midtown street in 2022. Carriage driver Ian McKeever was acquitted last month of charges he overworked and tortured Ryder in the months leading up to the equine's death. The hot-button issued reignited anew last week after Lady, a 15-year-old carriage horse, died on the street on Aug. 5 while returning to her stable in Hell's Kitchen. Christina Hansen, a carriage horse driver and TWU shop steward for the industry, reported that a necropsy determined Lady likely died from 'an aortic rupture' caused by a small tumor on her adrenal gland. In addition, Conservancy President Smith wrote in her letter that the nonprofit is also throwing its support behind 'Ryder's Law,' a proposal that has been before the City Council since 2022. If passed, the law would ban additional carriage horse licenses and increase regulation of existing carriage horses. 'We believe the bill offers a balanced path forward and would urge the Council to hold a hearing and vote on the bill, and for the (Adams) administration to support its passage,' Smith wrote. 'We are not experts on animal welfare and will leave those arguments to others, but we are experts on the Park,' she added. Smith cited two instances of carriage horses getting loose in Central Park as evidence that the creatures constitute a public safety risk. Smith also cited the wear and tear from horseshoes on the park's drives, plus the presence of manure. 'The Conservancy is deeply familiar with the history of Central Park and are often the first to raise our voice to protect it from intrusions that detract from that history,' Smith wrote. 'But our paramount concern is for the health and safety of the people who love the Park, and it is in their name that we respectfully request that we turn the page on horse carriages, just as other major cities across the globe already have.' Asked to respond to the letter, a City Hall spokesman said Mayor Eric Adams was 'heartbroken' by last week's death of a carriage horse, and had tasked First Deputy Mayor Randy Mastro with meeting advocates and industry representatives in the coming days. '[W]e're dedicated to finding a better path forward to prevent tragedies like the one that happened last week,' Zachary Nosanchuk said in a statement. 'We are working diligently to bring stakeholders to the table to keep our parks, animals and all New Yorkers safe.' _____ (With Chris Sommerfeldt.) _____
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Bryan Kohberger is being held in solitary confinement at Idaho prison as other inmates plotted to make him ‘miserable' ahead of his arrival
Bryan Kohberger, who pleaded guilty to killing four University of Idaho students, is being held in solitary confinement after his fellow inmates planned to make him 'miserable.' Kohberger, a 30-year-old former PhD criminology student, was sentenced to life behind bars — without the possibility of parole — after he broke into a Moscow home and stabbed four students to death in November 2022. He's being held at the Idaho Maximum Security Institution in the 'J block,' a long-term restrictive housing unit, records show. Kohberger was moved to the restrictive unit after complaining about his fellow inmates, who have been terrorizing him, NewsNation reported. They've shouted at him through the air ducts at all hours of the day to prevent him from sleeping or thinking to himself, the outlet reported. 'We are aware of Kohberger's complaints about what he considers taunting,' a spokesperson for the prison told The Independent in a statement. 'Incarcerated individuals commonly communicate with each other in prison. Bryan Kohberger is housed alone in a cell, and IDOC security staff maintain a safe and orderly environment for all individuals in our custody.' The Independent has reached out to Kohberger's lawyer for more information. 'The good news is the inmates apparently were waiting for him,' Chris McDonough, a retired homicide detective who now serves as the director of the Cold Case Foundation, told NewsNation. 'They are now making his life absolutely miserable. They're utilizing the vent system. They're kicking the doors. They're taunting him. And they're basically torturing him through using psychology,' he said. 'And my goodness, he's complaining.' The unit boasts single-person cells, restricts outdoor recreation time to just one hour per day and allows inmates to shower every other day, the prion spokesperson said. All 'J block' prisoners are moved in restraints and have have access to religious services, communication through JPay, and can place commissary orders. The convicted murderer is no longer in harm's way, but is still complaining to guards, the former detective said. 'The guards at this point, all the most they can do is write it down or tell him, 'Hey, there's nothing we can do. You're not in physical harm,'' McDonough told the outlet. 'They're under obligation to basically protect him, right? But in this particular situation, he's in an isolation situation. Those around him can't get to him physically,' he said. 'So, they've come up, again, a way of circumventing what the rules may be. Communications are a no-no within the prison. Inmates are extremely creative.' 'J Block' can house up to 128 individuals and includes populations in general population protective custody, long-term restrictive housing, and death row, the prison spokesperson said. 'It's really a prison within a prison. However, the disadvantage that he's at, is that there's not a whole bunch of room where they can start moving other inmates around,' he said. 'So what they wanna do is keep him in protective custody right now until he goes through the process.' Kohberger hasn't revealed his motive behind the killings of Kaylee Goncalves, 21, Madison Mogen, 21, Xana Kernodle, 20, and Ethan Chapin, 20. Prosecutors have admitted there's no known connection between Kohberger and the victims. He accepted a plea deal — admitting to the quadruple murders in exchange for prosecutors' dropping the death penalty — last month, putting an end to any hopes of a trial, which was scheduled to begin in August. Families were divided over the plea deal. Loved ones of Goncalves and Kernodle expressed disappointment over the lack of a trial. 'This ain't justice, no judge presided, no jury weighed the truth,' Goncalves' family wrote in a statement. 'Thompson robbed us of our day in court. No negotiations, no jury of our peers, not even the pretense of cooperation and fairness.' Kernodle's father told The New York Times that he does 'not agree' with the plea deal, and said he is 'disappointed in the prosecutors' decision.' But loved ones of Chapin and Mogen supported the move. 'While we know there are some who do not support it, we ask that they respect our belief that this is the best outcome,' Mogen's family said in a statement. 'We now embark on a path of hope and healing.'
