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Scottish Sun
2 days ago
- Scottish Sun
Machine gun killer caused rammy behind bars after he was banned from playing goalie in prison team
He represented himself in court and admitted targeting a prison officer at HMP Shotts RED CARD Machine gun killer caused rammy behind bars after he was banned from playing goalie in prison team A MURDERER kicked off behind bars after he was banned from playing goalkeeper in a prison team. Samuel Petto, 45, claimed he attacked guard Tara Jackson after being red-carded from his role in the closed doors kick-about. He lunged towards Miss Jackson who had gone to his cell with nurses amid fears he had taken illicit substances. Petto appeared at Hamilton Sheriff Court and admitted targeting her at maximum security HMP Shotts, Lanarkshire. Fellow killers Mohamud Mohamud, 41, and Paul Watson, 39, also appeared to admit assaulting staff at the prison between May and October last year. Depute fiscal Jack Muir told the court Petto had become volatile in his cell. He said: "Prison officers attended at the cell of the accused along with NHS staff to check on the accused who was believed to be under the influence. "The complainer Jackson and another officer entered the cell and he became aggressive towards them and lunged towards the complainer and grabbed her by the belt and shirt. "The accused thereafter began to punch the prison officer on her face and head area and then pulled her to the ground which caused other staff to enter which allowed the complainer to leave the cell. "She suffered bruising on her left eye and the back of her head, pain and limpness to the right knee, cuts to her head and neck area and swelling to her right hand and wrist." Petto, who represented himself in court, claimed he had become angry after being told he was not allowed to play football. He said: "I'd organised the football and they were getting people for football but said I wasn't going. So I started shouting trying to get my door open so I could go and play because I'm the goalie. Ex-Arsenal starlet jailed over plot to smuggle £600k of cannabis into UK "They came back with nurses saying I was under the influence but I wasn't taking drugs. I just wanted to get to the football and then they all grabbed me and were trying to pull me by the head and that was when the other screws came in and this melee happened. "I don't know why I wasn't allowed to go to football." Watson lashed out at Miss Jackson in a separate incident while Mohamud assaulted guard Michael Corrigan during a trip to University Hospital Wishaw. Lorna Clark, defending Mohamud and Watson, said they had struggled with addiction behind bars and had no recollection of the incidents. Sheriff Louise Gallacher handed Petto a year while Mohamud and Watson were given six months. All were told the sentences would run alongside their current terms for murder. Petto murdered a woman in an explosion which he caused to cover up the killing of a flatmate in March 2003 and was jailed for a minimum of 18 years. Machine gun killer Mohamud, who previously boasted about having two X-Boxes in his cell, was jailed for 25 years after killing a drug gang rival in Edinburgh in 2013. Watson was jailed for 20 years after being convicted of murdering a man with a pitchfork and knife in 2014.
Winnipeg Free Press
28-04-2025
- Winnipeg Free Press
Report sheds light on dramatic hostage rescue
A report by the province's police watchdog says officers made a split-second decision to try to free a woman in a hostage-taking that ended with officers fatally shooting a man. Methamphetamine was found in the 52-year-old man's system, the Independent Investigation Unit of Manitoba said in a report released Monday. The shooting happened inside an apartment suite at 25 Furby St. on the afternoon of Dec. 28, 2023. The Winnipeg Police Service has previously said the man, whom they did not publicly identify, was a person of interest in the slaying of Delta, B.C., truck driver Farah Mohamud, 34. Mohamud's body was found in a suite on the fifth floor of the same apartment complex on Boxing Day 2023. The IIU report does not mention the slaying. Police outside 25 Furby on Dec. 28, 2023 (Free Press files) A 23-year-old man escaped the hostage situation via a balcony. A member of the WPS tactical support team convinced the hostage-taker to release a 33-year-old woman and a three-year-old child while talking to him for two hours through a hole in the door made by a police battering ram. The ram failed to knock the barricaded door down. Officers used a drone to monitor the man as he continued to hold a 19-year-old woman at knifepoint. At times, the man was pushing her body against the hole and threatening to kill her. The officer who negotiated the release of the two hostages told the IIU he was ready to shoot the man if he could, but the man was always holding the woman in front of him, with a knife to her throat. The man made various demands, including for a pack of cigarettes, and 'would start a countdown for when the task needed to be completed,' the report said. Police were authorized to try to rescue the woman if there was an opportunity. One officer watching the situation on a video monitor had been given 'background information' that the man was previously involved in an earlier hostage-taking that had 'significantly injured the hostage.' When he saw the hostage-taker bend down to the ground, creating some separation from the woman, he told the rescue team to enter. Two officers said in prepared statements that they believed the man was going to harm his hostage. They both fired four to six rifle shots at the hostage-taker. A preliminary autopsy report found the man died at the scene from gunshot wounds to the head area, the IIU report said. The officer who became the primary negotiator once he arrived said he did not know about the sudden rescue attempt until it was underway. During Elections Get campaign news, insight, analysis and commentary delivered to your inbox during Canada's 2025 election. 'It is my view that, in the full consideration of the circumstances of this hostage-taking incident, the use of lethal force by the subject officers was authorized and justified by law,' IIU acting civilian director Bruce Sychuk wrote in the report. The woman officers rescued was held hostage for about five hours. She was interviewed twice by the IIU but did not recall many details about the incident, the report said, except that the man was angry at her for dropping her phone just before he was shot. The city's then-police chief told reporters at the time that officers did not know whether the man knew the hostages or how he might have known them, adding he was known to frequent the building. Danny Smyth also said the dead man had an 'extensive' criminal record for violence and weapons offences and was subject to several weapons prohibitions. fpcity@
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
US-Somali airstrike as battle rages for key town
The US and Somalia have carried out an airstrike against Islamist militants during a battle for control of a strategic central town, the government says. The "well-coordinated" strike on Adan Yabaal, north of the capital Mogadishu, came hours after al-Shabab raided the town which is used as a key launchpad for military operations. Among the 12 militants killed in the airstrike were several senior fighters from the al-Qaeda-linked group, the Somali information ministry said in a statement on X. The latest fighting comes amid fears of a jihadist resurgence in Somalia after growing militant attacks, including one that targeted President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's convoy last month. Al-Shabab, which controls large parts of southern and central Somalia, has been fighting the government for nearly 20 years. It seeks to overthrow the federal government and establish an Islamist state. The African Union-led peacekeeping force helped push the jihadists onto the defensive in 2022 and 2023, but the group remains a big threat despite numerous military operations against it. The Somali government insists the group has been weakened. The airstrike late on Wednesday by Somali armed forces and the US Africa Command (Africom) "aimed to neutralize the threat posed" by militants, the information ministry said. "The targeted strike hit a site used by the militants as a gathering and hideout," it said, adding: "Importantly there were no civilian casualties." Adan Yabaal, in the Middle Shabelle region, was seized by al-Shabab in 2016 before being recaptured by government forces in 2022. Heavy fighting broke out early on Wednesday after al-Shabab fighters raided the town, using heavy explosives. Later the group said it had captured the town. Two local residents told AFP news agency that militants had taken control of Adan Yabaal. The government did not say who was currently in control of the town. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud visited the town last month and met military commanders, underscoring its strategic significance in the fight against the militants. In a separate incident, the national army said it killed at least 35 fighters near the city of Baidoa on Thursday, after they attempted to attack an army base there, the ministry said. President Mohamud has downplayed the al-Shabab advances, saying that occasional battlefield setbacks were inevitable. He has maintained that his government was determined to defeat the militants. 'Jersey was my doctor after Somalia imprisonment' The men in sarongs taking on al-Shabab militants Outrage in Somalia after man says he married missing eight-year-old Why Trump is on the warpath in Somalia Go to for more news from the African continent. Follow us on Twitter @BBCAfrica, on Facebook at BBC Africa or on Instagram at bbcafrica Africa Daily Focus on Africa
Yahoo
17-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
US-Somali airstrike as battle rages for key town
The US and Somalia have carried out an airstrike against Islamist militants during a battle for control of a strategic central town, the government says. The "well-coordinated" strike on Adan Yabaal, north of the capital Mogadishu, came hours after al-Shabab raided the town which is used as a key launchpad for military operations. Among the 12 militants killed in the airstrike were several senior fighters from the al-Qaeda-linked group, the Somali information ministry said in a statement on X. The latest fighting comes amid fears of a jihadist resurgence in Somalia after growing militant attacks, including one that targeted President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's convoy last month. Al-Shabab, which controls large parts of southern and central Somalia, has been fighting the government for nearly 20 years. It seeks to overthrow the federal government and establish an Islamist state. The African Union-led peacekeeping force helped push the jihadists onto the defensive in 2022 and 2023, but the group remains a big threat despite numerous military operations against it. The Somali government insists the group has been weakened. The airstrike late on Wednesday by Somali armed forces and the US Africa Command (Africom) "aimed to neutralize the threat posed" by militants, the information ministry said. "The targeted strike hit a site used by the militants as a gathering and hideout," it said, adding: "Importantly there were no civilian casualties." Adan Yabaal, in the Middle Shabelle region, was seized by al-Shabab in 2016 before being recaptured by government forces in 2022. Heavy fighting broke out early on Wednesday after al-Shabab fighters raided the town, using heavy explosives. Later the group said it had captured the town. Two local residents told AFP news agency that militants had taken control of Adan Yabaal. The government did not say who was currently in control of the town. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud visited the town last month and met military commanders, underscoring its strategic significance in the fight against the militants. In a separate incident, the national army said it killed at least 35 fighters near the city of Baidoa on Thursday, after they attempted to attack an army base there, the ministry said. President Mohamud has downplayed the al-Shabab advances, saying that occasional battlefield setbacks were inevitable. He has maintained that his government was determined to defeat the militants. 'Jersey was my doctor after Somalia imprisonment' The men in sarongs taking on al-Shabab militants Outrage in Somalia after man says he married missing eight-year-old Why Trump is on the warpath in Somalia Go to for more news from the African continent. Follow us on Twitter @BBCAfrica, on Facebook at BBC Africa or on Instagram at bbcafrica Africa Daily Focus on Africa
BBC News
17-04-2025
- Politics
- BBC News
Adan Yabaal fighting: Somali-US airstrike in battle with al-Shabab
The US and Somalia have carried out an airstrike against Islamist militants during a battle for control of a strategic central town, the government "well-coordinated" strike on Adan Yabaal, north of the capital Mogadishu, came hours after al-Shabab raided the town which is used as a key launchpad for military operations. Among the 12 militants killed in the airstrike were several senior fighters from the al-Qaeda-linked group, the Somali information ministry said in a statement on X. The latest fighting comes amid fears of a jihadist resurgence in Somalia after growing militant attacks, including one that targeted President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's convoy last month. Al-Shabab, which controls large parts of southern and central Somalia, has been fighting the government for nearly 20 years. It seeks to overthrow the federal government and establish an Islamist state. The African Union-led peacekeeping force helped push the jihadists onto the defensive in 2022 and 2023, but the group remains a big threat despite numerous military operations against Somali government insists the group has been airstrike late on Wednesday by Somali armed forces and the US Africa Command (Africom) "aimed to neutralize the threat posed" by militants, the information ministry said. "The targeted strike hit a site used by the militants as a gathering and hideout," it said, adding: "Importantly there were no civilian casualties."Adan Yabaal, in the Middle Shabelle region, was seized by al-Shabab in 2016 before being recaptured by government forces in fighting broke out early on Wednesday after al-Shabab fighters raided the town, using heavy explosives. Later the group said it had captured the town. Two local residents told AFP news agency that militants had taken control of Adan Yabaal. The government did not say who was currently in control of the town. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud visited the town last month and met military commanders, underscoring its strategic significance in the fight against the a separate incident, the national army said it killed at least 35 fighters near the city of Baidoa on Thursday, after they attempted to attack an army base there, the ministry Mohamud has downplayed the al-Shabab advances, saying that occasional battlefield setbacks were inevitable. He has maintained that his government was determined to defeat the militants. More BBC stories on Somalia: 'Jersey was my doctor after Somalia imprisonment'The men in sarongs taking on al-Shabab militantsOutrage in Somalia after man says he married missing eight-year-oldWhy Trump is on the warpath in Somalia Go to for more news from the African us on Twitter @BBCAfrica, on Facebook at BBC Africa or on Instagram at bbcafrica
