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Telegraph
08-08-2025
- Telegraph
Mother jailed for ‘stealing son's blood'
A Minnesota mother who extracted her nine-year-old son's blood to treat his two siblings for non-existent medical conditions was sentenced to 39 years in jail. Jordan Nicole Borders, 34, was convicted of attempted first-degree murder, three counts of child torture, three counts of stalking, and four counts of theft by false representation in June. Borders was first suspected of wrongdoing when hospital workers monitoring her son observed a drastic decline in his haemoglobin levels. She accused the hospital of taking too much blood but her other children – an eight-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy – said they saw their mother often take their brother's blood. One of the children said their mother told them to flush their sibling's blood down the toilet. The nine-year-old told investigators that his mother kept drawing his blood, which made him feel 'sick-sleepy'. Children forced to wear casts Investigators found that Borders had diagnosed her two other children as suffering from brittle bone disease. They were forced to wear casts and neck braces, despite suffering from no injuries Prosecutors allege the 11-year-old boy was forced to wear casts, made from material which his mother had stolen from a doctor's office, for two years. Police officers, searching the family home in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, found syringes and material to make casts. During the trial the children laid bare the abuse they faced. They would be made to stand out in the cold with no clothes, denied food and faced regular death threats from their mother. The nine-year-old told investigators he never felt safe and was forced to sleep on the floor. He was forced to stay in a wheelchair whenever his father came home, he added. 'Most heinous crimes' 'Borders' crimes are some of the most heinous and agonising I have seen in my time as attorney general,' Keith Ellison, Minnesota attorney general said. He added: 'The facts we proved in court are nothing short of horrifying. It strains the imagination and breaks my heart into pieces to think about the torture and anguish — physical, mental, and emotional — that Borders inflicted on her own children.' Borders received more than $18,000 from the state of Minnesota after lying about her son's medical condition. She is also estimated to have been awarded more than $35,000 from non-profit organisations. Judge Patricia Aanes said Borders had abused her position of trust and acted with 'particular cruelty'.
Fox News
25-07-2025
- Fox News
Hospital workers who blocked ICE arrests now face federal charges
Fox News chief correspondent Jonathan Hunt reports on hospital workers now facing federal charges after allegedly interfering with ICE's attempt to arrest an illegal migrant.
BBC News
02-07-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Epsom and St Helier hospital cleaners and porters vote to strike
More than 200 hospital cleaners and porters could strike over NHS equality at a Surrey hospital 258 NHS facilities workers at St Helier and Epsom Hospital Trust are being balloted over demands for full equality with their hospital ballot closes on 12 August, with potential strike dates announced later that trust said the workers recently received a 5.3% pay rise, backdated to April. The workers, most of whom are from migrant and minority ethnic backgrounds, are NHS employees but are allegedly denied the NHS's national pay system, terms and trade union United Voices of the World claims they were not given the standard NHS contracts and remain on inferior terms, getting lower pay and missing out on benefits such as paid sick leave from day one, enhanced nights and weekend pay as well as lower pension contributions 'Open to engaging' An Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals spokesperson said: "Our porters and cleaners and everyone who works in our trusts are hugely valued and respected colleagues, and we were pleased to recently announce a pay rise of up to 5.3% backdated to April."When colleagues were brought in-house in 2021 they received improved pay and conditions compared to their private contracts, including the London living wage."We understand their concerns and remain open to engaging with our colleagues and their unions." Petros Elia, UVW General Secretary said: "These workers are as much a part of the NHS as any doctor, nurse, or administrator. They kept our hospitals running during the pandemic, yet in 2025 they're still treated as second-class NHS employees."This two-tier system is degrading, demoralising and discriminatory. It sends a message that their labour matters less, and their lives matter less. And it must end." The trade union argues pay has been frozen and it is now formally moving toward strike action after the CEO and Board of Trustees refused to enter negotiations, reports the Local Democracy Reporting workers such as cleaners, porters and caterers were brought in-house in 2021 and released from private contracts.
