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Sunday World
20-05-2025
- Sunday World
Arrest warrant issued for jockey ‘in hiding' over drug debt
Oran Brown was convicted in court after being caught with over €11,000 worth of drugs A Judge has ordered an arrest warrant to be issued for a Co Donegal horse-racing jockey who is 'in hiding' over a drug debt after he failed to complete a community service order. Oran Brown was convicted in court after being caught with over €11,000 worth of drugs at his home in June, 2020. In 2023, the Lifford sportsman was ordered to do 240 hours of community service after Gardai raided his home and found drugs and cash. Last month, Donegal Circuit Court heard that he has been unable to undertake that part of his sentence. The case was adjourned to today to see if Brown could be contacted to explain why he had not undertaken the community service in lieu of the prison sentence. Brown's barrister, Mr Peter Nolan explained that his client has been in hiding over a drug debt. 'Oran Brown has an individual looking for him to pay a drug debt. 'He is in hiding. He can't comply with the community service order as he is in fear of third parties,' he said. The case was brought back before the court by the Probation Service due to Brown's non-compliance with the order. The case was mentioned again today but the Probation Service told the court that they had made 'numerous efforts' to contact Brown but had still not heard back from him. A spokesperson for the service said they had tried to reach the accused by phone and had sent him letters since last November but had still not heard back from him. They also confirmed that Brown had not completed ANY of the 240 community service hours imposed in lieu of time in jail. Judge John Aylmer said he was satisfied that Brown was aware of the order and issued a warrant. Previously, Brown was sentenced to a three-and-half-year term in prison, which was suspended for three and a half years, for the possession of cannabis for the purpose of selling or supplying to others. He was also ordered to complete 240 hours of community service in lieu of 6 months in prison on a charge of the unlawful possession of cocaine. Gardai, armed with a search warrant, swooped on Brown's home at Collate, Lifford on June 25, 2020. Detectives seized €8,668 worth of cannabis and cocaine with a street value of €2,504.81. Some of the cannabis was found in deal bags. A Zopiclone tablet, valued at €2, was also located in the raid. A grinder, weighing scales and a quantity of Ziploc bags were also found. Quantities of Diazepam and Xanax were found in a Tommy Hilfiger bag in the property while gardai observed a line of suspected cocaine on top of a dresser. A quantity of cocaine was found inside a safe, which also contained €7,225 and £2,480 sterling in cash. Brown was searched and a cylinder containing cannabis and a grinder was located on his person. Almost £9,000 in cash was found inside a safe and, after being arrested, Brown told Gardai he 'smoked a lot of weed and sniffed cocaine'. He added: "I won't lie, I sold a few bags of weed too." Brown said the cash was given to him by his parents and grandparents for his birthday the month before. He refused to give gardai the PIN for his mobile phone as he said there was 'stuff on the phone' that he didn't want them to see. Detective Garda Michelle Kelly said gardai were unable to access data from the phone as the PIN was not provided. In court in 2023, Mr Nolan said his client, who he said was a 'conditional apprentice' at the time, began taking cocaine 'to keep the weight stabilised'. 'Stupidity led him to these circumstances,' Mr Nolan said. At the time of sentencing Judge Aylmer said 'It was clear from all the paraphernalia found on the premises that there was a significant amount of dealing going on. 'This is an unusual case where he deserves a second chance. It is with some hesitation, but it is a case that it may be dealt with better on a non-custodial basis given all of the features."
Morocco World
19-05-2025
- Politics
- Morocco World
Algerian Spy Ring Behind Amir DZ Kidnapping Exposed
Doha – France's anti-terrorism authorities have uncovered a complex Algerian intelligence operation on French soil. Four more suspects were indicted Friday in the kidnapping of Algerian opposition figure Amir Boukhors, known as Amir DZ. According to exclusive revelations by L'Express, French investigators have identified three Algerian spies who allegedly orchestrated the operation. The French magazine, citing two sources close to the case, reported that local criminals from Pontault-Combault were hired to execute the abduction. The opposition influencer was kidnapped on April 29, 2024, near his home in Val-de-Marne. A commando team posing as police officers intercepted him around 11:30 p.m. They transported him to a waste disposal site in Pontault-Combault where four additional accomplices were waiting. Boukhors was forcibly drugged with Zopiclone, a powerful sedative found later in his bloodstream. He woke up in a prefabricated building around 10 a.m. the next morning, guarded by two women who had been paid €1,000 each. An anti-terrorism French judge's investigation reveals a shocking conclusion. The kidnapping aimed to forcibly transfer the influencer to Algeria via Spain, where a 20-year prison sentence awaited him. This mirrors the attempted abduction of dissident Hichem Aboud on October 17, 2024, in Barcelona. Three-tier operation structure Investigators from France's DGSI (internal intelligence) and the Paris criminal brigade believe three types of actors participated in this extraordinary operation: Algerian officials, intermediaries, and hired muscle. The scheme was carefully structured to avoid direct links between Algerian authorities and the kidnappers. In addition to S.R., an Algerian consular agent already in custody, two Algerian diplomats played key roles. According to police, they are actually a non-commissioned officer and an officer of the DGDSE, Algeria's foreign intelligence services. S.S. worked at the Algerian embassy in Paris under diplomatic cover as first secretary. He is suspected of actively participating by surveilling Amir Boukhors multiple times. His phone pinged near the influencer's car when a tracking device was likely installed. The money trail provides damning evidence. On the night of April 29-30, S.S. withdrew €2,000 from an ATM in eastern Paris at 2:19 a.m.—exactly matching the amount promised to the two 'guards,' according to Boukhors' police statements. Telephone location data places the suspects at strategic locations. The two officials' phones pinged at the Créteil consulate, along with K.S.M. and S.L., two men with criminal records now indicted and imprisoned alongside the consular agent. Later that night, several suspects' phones registered near the Pontault-Combault waste site. Recruited criminals and escape Among the newly indicted men, at least one belongs to the Romani community of Pontault-Combault. Amir Boukhors formally identified him as the man who handcuffed him on the night of the abduction. These 'muscle men' reportedly acted not out of ideology but for substantial payment. Boukhors was eventually released in a forest during the night of April 30 to May 1. Hours after the influencer's release, S.R. boarded a flight from Orly to Algiers. When he returned to France in April 2025, investigators arrested him after noticing he had once again approached Boukhors' residence. Diplomatic espionage network The investigation has exposed a broader intelligence operation. H.B., deputy consul in Créteil, allegedly recruited and manipulated two French civil servants at the Ministry of Finance and the French Immigration Office (OFII) to obtain addresses of Algerian political refugees in France, including Amir Boukhors. The Finance Ministry official, previously awarded the internal security medal in 2017, was initially recruited through 'friendship' before being subjected to blackmail. This official then convinced a department head at OFII to collaborate with Algerian intelligence services. Legal actions and diplomatic crisis The French judge has qualified the operation as an 'association of terrorist criminals.' According to the investigating judge, the kidnapping aimed to send an intimidation message to all Algerian opposition figures. Attorney Eric Plouvier, representing Amir DZ, has requested an international arrest warrant against S.S. from the National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor's Office (PNAT). The two diplomats implicated as intelligence officers reportedly left France months ago. The arrests have intensified the diplomatic crisis between Paris and Algiers. Denying any involvement in Amir DZ's kidnapping, the Tebboune regime retaliated by expelling 12 French agents from Algeria. France applied the same measure in return. The crisis escalated further when Algeria demanded the immediate repatriation of fifteen additional French agents on Sunday, May 11. Ongoing investigation Several aspects of the case remain unresolved. At least four commando members have not yet been arrested. A source close to the case claims one of the 'muscle men' has previously been convicted of homicide. The investigation raises a troubling question: how high in the Algerian power structure was this 'terrorist' operation approved? In September 2024, General Rochdi Fethi Moussaoui, who was DGDSE station chief in Paris at the time of the events, was promoted to DGDSE director in Algiers by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune. He has since maintained he 'was not aware' of the unprecedented aggression. This case lays bare the ruthless and brazen infiltration of Algerian intelligence services deep into French territory, sending shockwaves through diplomatic circles and exposing the regime's relentless pursuit of silencing critics at any cost. The shocking operation shows Algeria's desperate willingness to violate international law, sovereign borders, and diplomatic protocols in its vicious campaign to crush opposition voices, no matter where they seek refuge. This flagrant state-sponsored terrorism demonstrates the Algerian regime's paranoid obsession with eliminating dissent, weaponizing diplomatic missions as fronts for violent abductions, and trampling on France's national security with complete disregard for consequences—a stark warning that no political exile is beyond the reach of Algiers' vindictive grasp.
Time Business News
18-05-2025
- Health
- Time Business News
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Telegraph
05-05-2025
- Health
- Telegraph
The haunting reality of a mental breakdown, by a woman who survived
Recently, while working with a group of psychiatrists and emergency mental-health workers, I heard uncanny echoes of The Episode, Mary Ann Kenny's meticulous and frightening book about her breakdown and its aftermath. The language they were using, in talking about how Britain treats – or fails to treat – mental illness, could have come straight from Kenny's account. 'It's chaos,' one psychiatrist told me. Three nodded agreement. One of them prefers to work with homeless people than practice on overwhelmed wards. 'It's too mad,' he explained, to face waves of patients whom the system wants quickly processed – meaning: medicated and back on the street. 'We're getting hit with 'productivity',' said a mental-health social worker. 'We're supposed to be seeing more, discharging more – it's completely counter-productive.' Now, if that's what it's like being a psychiatrist or case-worker, imagine being the patient. Mary Ann Kenny is a high-flying Irish academic and mother of two. The sudden death of her beloved husband, their boys' father, afflicts her with terrible grief. That soul-deep devastation leads her to doctors, who first prescribe sleeping pills (Zopiclone), then Xanax, then the anti-depressant sertraline. But the sertraline causes 'excruciating and persistent burning' under her skin. Kenny fights crippled cognitive processing, and the rampaging terrors of depression. Her prescriptions are changed, and increased: venlafaxine plus clonazepam, then added olanzapine, plus bupropion. The questions from the mental-health services become more insistent. 'Do you have thoughts of suicide?' 'Any plans to kill yourself?' 'How about harming others, and your kids in particular?' These three forces – the depression; the drugs, which plunge her into a paranoid mist of confusion; the attitudes of the clinicians – bring about an acute crisis. Kenny becomes convinced that she has poisoned her children with her medication, and she's finally taken into a psychiatric hospital, where she will spend the next 12 weeks. Stories of mental collapse are, tragically, not uncommon, and always filled with pain. They thus set any writer a stiff challenge – but it's one to which Kenny rises magnificently here. The Episode is written in beautifully honest prose, and illuminated throughout by something rare and invaluable: the notes kept by those who dealt with her. Some of those records show how kind individuals can be. Of Kenny's heroic mother, who's with her every hellish step of the way, a doctor writes: 'Very well at 90 years of age, a charming and wonderful lady.' Others expose the medical system itself, and the damage its obduracy, insensitivity and mechanical processes wreak on those it's meant to help: 'Blunted affect. Poor self-care, dirty nails, looks poorly nourished, tired. Spent long periods laying in bed staring at the ceiling.' You can find dozens of these shattered figures, awash in drugs and paranoia, in our psychiatric wards today. Kenny is given no meaningful counselling, let alone the expert clinical psychotherapy she now realises she needed. Branded 'non-compliant' for missing a dose of medication, she's criminally neglected, under the very eyes and noses of the staff, when she develops chronic constipation she is too ashamed to admit. 'Fetor of urine evident in her bedroom,' says her patient record. No one investigates or helps. 'I know I have myself,' Kenny concludes, and it becomes a mantra of her recovery. With the help of therapy, she returns to her family and successful career, and now publishes this gripping and important book, speaking up about her experiences and advocating for change. But no one should have to survive mistreatment as Kenny does, and as many like her – including me – have and do. Many sufferers' lives become battles to cope with the effects of inadequate or absent care. Kenny was in the Irish mental-health system, but this differs little from our NHS version. Here in Britain, it shames us that a fifth of psychiatric-ward patients are readmitted within six months. It isn't our clinicians' fault that this crisis continues to worsen, and it will not be solved by politicians blaming over-diagnosis. The problem is the system itself, which reaches for pills in the absence of therapy, and sees sufferers as defective rather than in need. Saving it is conceptually straightforward. Currently, psychiatrists are being pushed to become 'medication reviewers' – dispensing more meds in shorter appointments. We need the opposite: longer, slower appointments with psychiatrists, drawing on their therapeutic training and ability to understand individual needs. But where are the politicians and clinicians of influence who will give them to us?
