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Two care home residents, a woman in her 80s and another in her 90s, died a day after the crash.
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Three hurt in Highland crash involving stolen car
Three people have been taken to hospital and a dog has died after a crash involving a stolen car in the services were called to the collision on the A96 at Newton of Petty, near Inverness, at about 08: 50-year-old female driver of a red Vauxhall Corsa and a 74-year-old passenger of a black Volvo XC60 have been flown to hospital in Aberdeen. The Volvo's male driver, 74, was taken by road ambulance to said the Corsa had earlier been reported stolen from the Buckie area in Moray. Police said the dog had been in the road at the scene remains closed while crash investigations are carried Ewan Calder said: "Our inquiries into the crash and the events leading up to it are ongoing."I'm appealing for anyone who was in the area at the time and saw what happened, or saw the vehicles prior to the collision, to contact us. "I'd also ask drivers with dashcams to review their footage and bring anything of significance to our attention."
Daily Mail
32 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
Man convicted of attempting to kidnap girlfriend's husband during botched hijack attempt - as she is cleared of involvement
A mother accused of attempting to kidnap her own husband walked free from court today - while the lover she was on trial with was convicted of the offence. Gary Leggate was chased by a masked Daniel Algar, 41, after he hid in the victim's car as part of the botched kidnap attempt, a court heard. Jurors heard Algar was having an affair with Mr Leggate's wife, Lucy Leggate, 36, when the attempted botched kidnap took place in September 2022. Prosecutors alleged Mrs Leggate helped in the planning by providing Algar with a spare key for her husband's car and disclosing his movements. But the jury cleared the mother-of-four of any involvement and found her not guilty of attempted kidnap. Algar, of Spalding, Lincolnshire, was convicted of the same charge and granted conditional bail ahead of his sentencing in August. The trial judge, Judge James House KC, warned Algar 'to expect a custodial sentence' and told him 'to put his affairs in order.' Judge House also asked for 'observations' on what were the possible outcomes of Algar's plan. 'Whatever they were they caused considerable fear to the victim in this case,' Judge House added. The court heard police were called to the incident on the A52, near Boston, shortly after 10pm on 22 September 2022. Jurors heard Mr Leggate had just left work at the nearby Reflex Labels printers plant in Swineshead without realising Algar had hidden in the rear seat of his car. A witness described how the car stopped suddenly on the wrong side of the A52 before Mr Leggate and a man wearing a mask both got out of the vehicle. The man 'appeared to run after' Mr Leggate before changing direction. In her statement, which was read out in court, she said she was 'immediately concerned' for Mr Leggate and had asked him if he was ok, to which he replied 'someone was in my car'. 'He was in a right state,' the court was told. Mr Leggate told the witness he knew the masked man was having an affair with his wife, and named him as 'Dan from Spalding.' The court heard Mr Leggate had become aware that his wife was having an affair with Algar around two months earlier but had suspicions for much of 2022. Jurors heard a phone belonging to Mrs Leggate made a 42 minute call to Algar which began at 9.27pm on 22 September and ended just before Mr Leggate reported the hijack. The prosecution said Algar had been searching how to use the automatic answer facility on his phone and the call had been arranged as a 'sham' to deceive the police into believing he was at home in Spalding. But Mrs Leggate failed to mention the 42 minute call when police spoke to her A few hours after the attempted kidnap and said she last spoke to Algar at 9pm when he asked about her, Gary and the family. Mrs Leggate, of Fishtoft, Lincolnshie, chose not to give evidence during her trial alongside Algar at Lincoln Crown Court. Prosecution barrister Luc Chignell argued both defendants 'shared a motive' even if he could not speculate about the 'end game' or who was the mastermind behind the plan. Mr Chignell added: 'If ultimately they wanted to set up away from Gary.' But the jury cleared Mrs Leggate of any involvement after four hours of deliberations. In the witness box Algar denied being the masked man in the car and claimed Gary Leggate had plotted a 'vendetta' against him because of the affair he was having with Lucy. But addressing the jury Mr Chignell argued Algar was trying to spin a conspiracy theory similar to those surrounding the moon landing or Elvis Presley's death. 'One of the great mysteries of this case is what Daniel Algar was going to do if Gary Leggate complied with him,' Mr Chignell added. Chris Jeyes, defending Algar, suggested Mr Leggate might have been seeking revenge after discovering the affair had resumed in September. 'If it was a competition for the affections of the girl then Mr Algar was winning,' Mr Jeyes stated. During his evidence Algar was asked if his case was that Mr Leggate had made the hijacking up and that nothing had happened? Mr Algar claimed: 'Yes, I believe so.' But after being shown footage from the car park at Mr Leggate's place of work Algar accepted it did appear to show another person getting into his vehicle before he left work. Algar conceded that he had a 'distinctive' Yorkshire accent which the prosecution said was recognised by Mr Leggate after the masked man spoke to him in his car. Jurors heard Mr Leggate also became aware of a 'musty, smoky' smell and during his evidence Algar confirmed that he was a smoker. Algar also conceded the boots worn by the hooded figure in the car park appeared to be similar to his work boots. But Algar insisted the person shown in the footage had different facial features to him. When asked if Mr Leggate had done a good job in finding someone to look like him Algar insisted: 'It would appear so.'
Daily Mail
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Maine mom sees twin toddlers killed by hit and run driver eight years after she saw son, 5, die in waterfall horror
A Maine mother lost her twin boys after an SUV slammed into all three of them, just years after losing her first son in a freak boating accident. Mollie Egold is being forced to cope with the death of her sons Bradley and Noah, two, after witnessing their older brother William, drown in a river at age five. Egold, 33, was pushing her two-year-old toddlers in a stroller on a street near their home in Albion on July 11, when they were struck from behind by a white Hyundai, WGME reported. Bradley was pronounced dead at the scene. Egold and Noah were rushed to a hospital in Portland. Despite doctors' best efforts, Noah was determined to be brain dead on July 13, according to a GoFundMe set up for the family by a friend. Two days later on July 15, he was taken off life support after doctors determined that he still had no brain activity. The twins' grandmother, Martha Collins, described the harrowing moment she arrived home with Egold's other son to find her daughter and the boys lying stricken on the ground. 'He tried so hard to save that baby,' Collins said through tears of a passerby who attempted CPR. 'All of a sudden, I saw them put the blanket over Bradley's face. And that was it for me. I knew he was gone.' Egold, also injured in the collision, has already undergone two surgeries already for her multiple broken bones. Collins said Egold is lucky to still be alive. 'She's broken. She's crying,' she said of her daughter. 'My pastor at my church has made sure that every single day, there's people up there sitting with her and visiting with her.' Police say the driver of the Hyundai who callously struck the family of three was under the influence and fled the scene. Police later arrested 44-year-old Benjamin Lancaster, identifying him as the man behind the wheel. New court documents obtained by WGME reveal that Lancaster tried to tell police that his girlfriend was actually the one driving. But security camera footage in police affidavits appear to disprove that. A picture of the car about three miles before the crash shows the vehicle in pristine condition. Police say he was the one in the driver's seat at this time. Another image shows the same car with a massive dent in the front end driving on Main Street in Albion. Police say he was still driving the car. Lancaster remains in the Kennebec County Jail after being charged with manslaughter, operating under the influence causing serious bodily injury, leaving the scene of an accident causing death and leaving the scene of an accident causing serious bodily injury. Collins added Noah was still breathing immediately after the crash despite two fractures in the back of his skull. 'His eyes were open looking right at me. He knew I was there,' she said. 'I think I prayed without stopping for the last four days. I wanted that baby to live.' Collins was outraged at the man who allegedly killed both of her grandsons. 'He took away our babies. He took away our life, our family,' she said. 'That man should be charged with murder, not manslaughter. This is murder. He murdered my babies.' Egold is unfortunately no stranger to tragedy. She lost her first son, William, in 2017 when he was five years old. The two were in a canoe together on a river in North Vassalboro and the current looked calm at first. Suddenly, the speed of the water picked up and the canoe was sent over a waterfall, which led to both Egold and William being ejected from the boat. William got caught in debris underwater but Egold managed to free him before they were thrown over a second waterfall. William died hours later in the hospital.
