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BBC News
10 minutes ago
- BBC News
Harvey Willgoose murder accused 'does not remember' fatal stabbing
A 15-year-old school boy accused of murdering a fellow pupil has said he does not remember the fatal teenager is on trial at Sheffield Crown Court for the murder of Harvey Willgoose, also 15, at All Saints Catholic High School in Sheffield in evidence the defendant, who cannot be named due to his age, denied he had worked himself "up into a rage", saying his memory of what happened stopped "just before I stabbed him".The court has heard the boy admits manslaughter and possession of a knife on school premises but denies murder. On Thursday, prosecutor Richard Thyne KC, took the boy through CCTV footage of the moment he stabbed Harvey twice in the chest, sometimes playing it in slow asked him: "Are you saying that you don't remember any of that?"The boy, who was giving evidence for a sixth day in his trial, said: "Yes."Mr Thyne said: "The prosecution case is that you had not lost control of your actions."The defendant replied: "Well, I did lose control."The prosecutor then asked him if he had "worked yourself up into a rage about Harvey".The boy said: "I didn't get myself worked up over Harvey." Mr Thyne said: "The prosecution case is what you can see there is controlled aggression by you. What do you say about that?The defendant replied: "There wasn't control."The prosecutor said: "When you stabbed Harvey in the chest, in that moment you intended either to kill him or cause him really serious harm. What do you say about that?"The boy told the jury: "No, I didn't."Mr Thyne said: "Having seen now what you did, what kind of harm do you think you intended?"He replied: "I didn't intend no harm to him."Mr Thyne said: "Are you saying that you can't remember the stabbing as you don't want to tell the jury the real answer?"The boy said: "No." Earlier in the trial, All Saints' headteacher Sean Pender described how the defendant said "I'm not right in the head" shortly after the being questioned on Thursday, the boy told the jury that this was not right and he had said "my head's not right" to Mr Thyne said: "Are you trying to twist things now?" and the boy said: "No."The prosecutor pointed out that, according to Mr Pender, the defendant told the head that he had stabbed Harvey twice but now he could not boy said: "It was in the moment and it was, like, three minutes after I stabbed him."When Mr Thyne put to him that "you intended to cause him really serious harm", the defendant said: "I didn't intend nothing."He said: "I didn't deliberately stab him." At the beginning of the trial, Gul Nawaz Hussain KC, defending, said: "[The defendant] did not set out to kill or seriously hurt anyone."The defence say [his] actions that day were the end result of a long period of bullying, poor treatment and violence, things that built one upon another until he lost control and did tragically what we've all seen."The trial continues. Listen to highlights from South Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North
Daily Mail
4 hours ago
- Daily Mail
Sharon Beshenivksy gang look-out who served just 11 years of life sentence over PC's killing is sent back to prison for breaking release rules
An armed robber jailed for life for the notorious killing of PC Sharon Beshenivsky has been recalled to prison for breaching the terms of his release licence, MailOnline has learned. Gang lookout Faisal Razzaq was given a life sentence in 2007 and told he must serve at least 11 years when he was found guilty of manslaughter at Newcastle Crown Court. Razzaq, 43, was a key member of the gang who took part in the bungled armed robbery in Bradford on November 18 2005 that led to the death of PC Beshenivsky. Her colleague, Pc Teresa Milburn, was also gunned down in the street and seriously wounded as the robbers escaped with just £5,000. MailOnline can reveal that Razzaq, of Forest Gate, east London, was recalled to prison in September last year after breaching licence conditions. It is not known what rules he broke. PC Beshenivsky was shot outside the Universal Express travel agency in Bradford, west Yorkshire. Razzaq was a lookout for the gang alongside his older brother Hassan, who was also found guilty of manslaughter and jailed for 20-years. Faisal Razzaq was given a life sentence in 2007 and told he must serve at least 11 years when he was found guilty of manslaughter at Newcastle Crown Court The brothers were cleared of murder at the same trial. Newcastle Crown Court was told that Razzaq had conducted a reconnaissance trip from London on November 13 2005, five days before the fatal shooting. He drove Piran Ditta Khan - the man known as uncle Pete, 'the architect of the robbery', who went on the run after the murder - first to Bradford and then to the house in Leeds where his brother Faisal was staying. The brothers were also found guilty of robbery and a series of firearms offences. Faisal Razzaq had seven-and-a-half-years added to his sentence in June 2007 for possession of firearms in 2004. He was on bail for this offence when the murder took place. The mastermind of the robbery, Piran Ditta Khan, fled to Pakistan and was arrested on 14 January 2020. On 4 April 2024 he was found guilty of murder and on 10 May 2024, at Leeds Crown Court, he was sentenced to life, with a minimum term of 40 years. Muzzaker Shah and Yusuf Jama, were sentenced to life in prison with minimum terms of 35 years in 2006 for the murder of PC Beshenivsky, robbery and firearms offences. Speaking at the murder trial, PC Milburn said:'[We] didn't have a chance,' adding that her colleague 'stopped in terror' when she saw the gunman as she approached the door and was shot in the chest at point blank range before collapsing to the floor with an immediately fatal injury. Pc Beshenivsky was shot in the chest and killed on her youngest daughter's fourth birthday. She was the first woman police officer to be shot dead on duty since WPC Yvonne Fletcher was gunned down outside the Libyan embassy in London on April 17, 1984. A spokesperson for HM Prison and Probation Service said: 'As this case shows, we do not hesitate to send offenders back to prison if they break the rules.' In line with parole regulations, Razzaq had a hearing in November 2024 to consider whether the Probation Service had followed procedure and made the right decision. Unusually, a single member of the Parole Board made the decision to uphold Razzaq's licence recall based solely on a reading of documentation about his return to jail and also time subsequently spent behind bars. A spokesperson for the Parole Board said:'We can confirm that a panel of the Parole Board refused the release of Faisal Razzaq following a paper review. The panel also refused to recommend a move to open prison. 'Parole Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public if released and whether that risk is manageable in the community. 'A panel will carefully examine a huge range of evidence, including details of the original crime, and any evidence of behaviour change, as well as explore the harm done and impact the crime has had on the victims. 'Parole reviews are undertaken thoroughly and with extreme care. Protecting the public is our number one priority. 'Under current legislation he will be eligible for a further review in due course. The date of the next review will be set by the Ministry of Justice.' Razzaq caused outrage after he was first released in 2017 by celebrating with a Facebook post that read: 'Guess who's back?' He later caused further offence when it emerged In April 2024 that he was now getting around in a £20,000 Mercedes C-Class. When asked then if he felt any remorse for the death of 38-year-old PC Beshenivsky he said: 'Who told you I live here? Go away.'
South China Morning Post
4 hours ago
- Health
- South China Morning Post
Hong Kong doctor convicted in fatal liposuction case wins appeal
A Hong Kong doctor involved in a fatal liposuction procedure in a beauty centre in 2014 has won an appeal against her manslaughter conviction. The Court of Appeal on Thursday cleared Dr Vanessa Kwan Hau-chi of the charge and set aside her six-year jail sentence , after her lawyer argued that the trial judge, in her instructions to the jury, failed to highlight uncertainties over the cause of the patient's death. The 42-year-old defendant was accused of breaching her duty of care to dance instructor Josephine Lee Kar-ying, who underwent her second liposuction procedure to have fat on her back removed at the Regrowth Hair Transplant Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui on June 26, 2014. Kwan was banned from practice indefinitely by the Medical Council following the incident. Lee, who weighed 113.5kg (250lbs) before treatment, never regained consciousness after she was heavily sedated for the procedure. The 32-year-old was certified dead in hospital the same day. Her cause of death could not be ascertained, but a medical expert ruled out an overdose of anaesthetics, trauma, haemorrhage and infection.
News.com.au
8 hours ago
- News.com.au
Taser cop Kristian White to learn fate after prosecutors' push for harsher sentence over Clare Nowland's manslaughter
A policeman who avoided jail after fatally tasering a nursing home resident could be handed a harsher sentence as soon as next week. Senior Constable Kristian White, now 35, was found guilty of manslaughter of 95-year-old Clare Nowland after he was called to Yallambee Lodge nursing home in Cooma in the state's south on May 17, 2023. White was sentenced to a two-year community order and 425 hours of community service, but the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is appealing the sentence. The judgment will be given on July 30. Mrs Nowland was described as being a 'very aggressive' resident who was holding two knives by a nurse, but was holding only one knife and a penlight when White found her sitting in an office after 5am. He repeatedly told her to drop the blade during a confrontation that lasted less than three minutes. When she failed to drop it, White said 'bugger it' before tasering her: Ms Nowland died in hospital days later. White was found guilty of Mrs Nowland's manslaughter in November last year following a NSW Supreme Court trial. White is expected to learn whether prosecutors were successful in their bid to impose a harsher sentence on him, with the matter listed for judgment in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal (CCA). Cop didn't give Ms Nowland 'any real chance' The DPP's case hinges on four grounds of appeal, including the sentencing judge made several errors by assuming both parties agreed White honestly believed his conduct was necessary, in his assessment of objective seriousness, and in finding that general deterrence had 'little or no role' or only a 'minor' role to play in White's sentence. The sentence is 'manifestly inadequate', the final ground claims. Crown Prosecutor Sally Dowling SC last month argued White did not give Ms Nowland – clearly vulnerable and disoriented – any 'real chance to avoid being tasered'. Footage of the fatal incident made it clear Ms Nowland didn't understand or hear White's instructions, Ms Dowling told a CCA hearing. 'The respondent did not give her any real chance to avoid being tasered,' Ms Dowling said. '(There were) many alternate actions that he could have and should have taken.' Ms Nowland didn't advance towards White at any point, and needed to hold onto her walker with both hands, Ms Dowling said, which all fell under the Crown's appeal of objective seriousness. She told the court it took White less than three minutes after first seeing Mrs Nowland to deploy his taser, which caused her to immediately fall and hit her head. 'She never regained consciousness after that fall, and that injury caused her death seven days later,' Ms Dowling said. White's lawyer, Troy Edwards SC, rejected the Crown's claims that Mrs Nowland posed no threat, arguing it was inconsistent with observations of the sentencing judge and witnesses. He also urged the court not to place emphasis on footage from the incident, but to rely on the accounts of witnesses who he said felt frightened as the incident unfolded.
Yahoo
9 hours ago
- Yahoo
Update in bid to jail Taser cop
A policeman who avoided jail after fatally tasering a nursing home resident could be handed a harsher sentence as soon as next week. Senior Constable Kristian White, now 35, was found guilty of manslaughter of 95-year-old Clare Nowland after he was called to Yallambee Lodge nursing home in Cooma in the state's south on May 17, 2023. White was sentenced to a two-year community order and 425 hours of community service, but the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions is appealing the sentence. The judgment will be given on July 30. Mrs Nowland was described as being a 'very aggressive' resident who was holding two knives by a nurse, but was holding only one knife and a penlight when White found her sitting in an office after 5am. He repeatedly told her to drop the blade during a confrontation that lasted less than three minutes. When she failed to drop it, White said 'bugger it' before tasering her: Ms Nowland died in hospital days later. White was found guilty of Mrs Nowland's manslaughter in November last year following a NSW Supreme Court trial. White is expected to learn whether prosecutors were successful in their bid to impose a harsher sentence on him, with the matter listed for judgment in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal (CCA). Cop didn't give Ms Nowland 'any real chance' The DPP's case hinges on four grounds of appeal, including the sentencing judge made several errors by assuming both parties agreed White honestly believed his conduct was necessary, in his assessment of objective seriousness, and in finding that general deterrence had 'little or no role' or only a 'minor' role to play in White's sentence. The sentence is 'manifestly inadequate', the final ground claims. Crown Prosecutor Sally Dowling SC last month argued White did not give Ms Nowland – clearly vulnerable and disoriented – any 'real chance to avoid being tasered'. Footage of the fatal incident made it clear Ms Nowland didn't understand or hear White's instructions, Ms Dowling told a CCA hearing. 'The respondent did not give her any real chance to avoid being tasered,' Ms Dowling said. '(There were) many alternate actions that he could have and should have taken.' Ms Nowland didn't advance towards White at any point, and needed to hold onto her walker with both hands, Ms Dowling said, which all fell under the Crown's appeal of objective seriousness. She told the court it took White less than three minutes after first seeing Mrs Nowland to deploy his taser, which caused her to immediately fall and hit her head. 'She never regained consciousness after that fall, and that injury caused her death seven days later,' Ms Dowling said. White's lawyer, Troy Edwards SC, rejected the Crown's claims that Mrs Nowland posed no threat, arguing it was inconsistent with observations of the sentencing judge and witnesses. He also urged the court not to place emphasis on footage from the incident, but to rely on the accounts of witnesses who he said felt frightened as the incident unfolded.
