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The Guardian
07-04-2025
- The Guardian
Brazil judge used false name for 23 years: Edward Albert Lancelot Dodd Canterbury Caterham Wickfield
Police in the Brazilian state of São Paulo have uncovered that a judge spent 23 years working under a false identity – and a distinctly British one. Born José Eduardo Franco dos Reis – a name fairly typical in a country once colonised by Portugal – he entered law school and served for over two decades as a judge using the false name Edward Albert Lancelot Dodd Canterbury Caterham Wickfield. In 1995, having just passed the public examination to become a judge, Wickfield claimed in interview with a Brazilian newspaper that he was the son of English aristocrats, born in Brazil but raised in the UK until the age of 25. What police and public prosecutors are now calling a fraud was only recently discovered and came to the public's attention following a piece by news outlet G1. Since then, Brazilians have been left stunned, trying to grasp how a judge could sustain such an elaborate deception for so long, especially with such an unusual name. In October, identifying himself as Wickfield, he visited a government office in São Paulo to renew his ID card. All his documents listed his 'British' names, but the birth certificate registration number matched that of a Brazilian man named dos Reis. When police cross-checked the data – and fingerprints – they confirmed it was the same individual. According to what is known so far, dos Reis began presenting himself as Wickfield in the early 1980s. Police say he falsified his birth certificate, entered the University of São Paulo's law school and began working as a judge in 1995, remaining on the bench until his retirement in 2018. When police uncovered the alleged fraud, he was summoned for questioning. This time identifying himself as dos Reis, he claimed that Wickfield was his twin brother, given up for adoption as a child to a noble British couple. He gave no further explanation for the names, though a piece by the Folha de S Paulo newspaper noted that they appear inspired by literature – such as the Round Table's Lancelot or Mr Wickfield, the lawyer in Charles Dickens' David Copperfield. A public prosecutor charged dos Reis with identity fraud and using false documents. Court officers have been unable to locate him, so he has yet to be formally summoned to respond. Last Friday, the São Paulo Court decided to suspend his pension payments as a retired judge – in February alone, he received R$166,413.94 ($28,324.15).
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Nearly 200 Jacksonville seniors citizens struggle without hot water for days at senior living facility
Action News Jax is working to get answers for seniors who say they are living without hot water. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] 'The water is very, very cold here in the building,' said Senior citizen Pat Conlin. That's because for Pat Conlin, this senior living facility, The Towers of Jacksonville, has been without hot water for days. Mary Wickfield has the same complaint. 'Days and days of having to brush your teeth, wash your face, and clean important areas with cold water,' Wickfield said. The residents shared with us that management told them the building's boiler broke down stopping the hot water. Management sent out a letter stating that the part to fix it is being shipped from Tennessee. They also mentioned that hot water should return sometime on Monday. But they said that doesn't help right now. 'I put a pot on the stove, made some hot water, and took care of the most important parts,' Wickfield said. According to its website, the building opened in 1972 and is for low and fixed-income seniors 62 years of age and older. Rents are subsidized by the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Steve Appleby has been living in the facility for over eight years. He said this is not the first time he's experienced hot water outages. 'For the last six months, there have been frequent boiler outages. I finally broke down and washed my hair in the sink with water I had to boil on the stove because I couldn't stand it anymore, according to Appleby. I emailed the owner of the building we emailed RetriRetirement Housing Foundation, a non-profit organization of 198 communities in 29 states, but never heard back. As for Conlin, he says that residents 'haven't heard anything more from management.' We went to speak with the property manager, but they left 10 minutes after we arrived, however, we tried getting in further contact. We have not heard back at this time. We will let you know their response on air and online. [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
