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☆ Lucy Letby: Who is the killer British nurse jailed for whole life?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Cheshire Constabulary/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - British nurse Lucy Letby was jailed for life on Monday, with no prospect of release, for murdering seven babies and trying to kill another six at the hospital where she worked in northwest England. Here are details about Letby, one of the country's worst serial child killers, and the case:WHO IS LUCY LETBY? WHAT IS THE LUCY LETBY CASE ABOUT? Other babies, who suddenly collapsed and did not die, recovered, with both their collapse and recovery defying usual medical norms. The police and medical experts were called in and as they looked for a cause, they eventually focused on one common factor -- Lucy Letby.

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Flight crew smelled smoke coming from the bathroom on a flight from Turkey to Leeds, UK, in 2021. On the flight from Turkey to Leeds, England, on October 12, 2021, the flight crew smelled smoke coming from the bathroom and suspected the passenger, Arshad Khan, of smoking a cigarette. When they confronted Khan, he denied it and became "more and more aggressive," prosecutor Harry Crowson told Leeds Crown Court. The outlet said Khan initially told officials he had no comment and then later claimed someone had planted the weapons. In May of this year, another passenger was also hauled off a flight in the UK after being caught smoking in the bathroom.

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☆ British Nurse Is Convicted of Killing Seven Newborns
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Megan Specia | More About Megan Specia | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A British nurse was found guilty on Friday in the deaths of seven newborns and the attempted murders of six others at Manchester Crown Court, according to the police department responsible for the investigation, ending a yearslong case that has haunted England since a string of deaths in the neonatal unit where the nurse worked came to light in 2016. The nurse, Lucy Letby, 33, was accused of killing seven babies and trying to kill 10 others while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital in the city of Chester, in northwestern England, between June 2015 and June 2016. She was first charged in 2020. Over the course of the trial, which began in October, jurors heard that Ms. Letby had harmed the babies in her care in a number of ways, including by poisoning them and injecting them with milk, air, and insulin. She denied those accusations.

Persons: Lucy Letby, Countess, Letby Organizations: Manchester Crown, Chester Hospital Locations: England, Chester

CNN —A British nurse has been found guilty of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at the hospital where she worked, making her the country’s worst baby serial killer in recent times. But concerns raised by consultants over the increased mortality rate of patients under Letby’s care were initially dismissed by the hospital’s management, the UK’s PA Media news agency reported. In September 2016, Letby filed a grievance against her employers after she was relocated from the hospital’s neonatal ward. “Justice has been served and the nurse who should have been caring for our babies has been found guilty of harming them. “We are heartbroken, devastated, angry and feel numb.”Letby will be sentenced at Manchester Crown Court on August 21.

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☆ Factbox: Who is killer British nurse Lucy Letby?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Here are details about her and the case:WHO IS LUCY LETBY? She completed a nursing degree at Chester University in northwest England and after qualifying, she began to work in the neonatal unit of the city's Countess of Chester Hospital. WHAT IS THE LUCY LETBY CASE ABOUT? Other babies, who suddenly collapsed and did not die, recovered, with both their collapse and recovery defying usual medical norms. The police and medical experts were called in and as they looked for a cause, they eventually focused on one common factor - Lucy Letby.

Persons: Lucy Letby, LUCY LETBY, Countess, Chester, Prosecutors, Letby, Paul Hughes, Nicola Evans, Evans, Hughes, Michael Holden, Christina Fincher, William James Our Organizations: Cheshire Police, Manchester Crown, Reuters, . Cheshire Constabulary, REUTERS Acquire, WHO, Chester University, Chester Hospital, Chester Hospital ., Police, Liverpool Women's Hospital, Thomson Locations: Manchester, Britain, England, Hereford

London CNN —Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey has been cleared of all charges after a four-week trial in London on claims of sexual assault. Spacey thanked the jury after it cleared him following 12 hours and 26 minutes of deliberation across three days. The complainant said that one time, Spacey acted so forcefully it “took his breath away.” Spacey denied this ever happened. Spacey invited him to his London apartment two weeks later and sexually assaulted him, the man alleged. The complainant alleged that he had been drugged by the actor, and said he woke up to Spacey performing a sexual act on him.

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Spacey, tried under his full name Kevin Spacey Fowler, said in evidence that the case against him was weak, and that the incidents, if they had occurred at all, were consensual. [1/4]Actor Kevin Spacey leaves Southwark Crown Court after he was found not guilty on charges related to allegations of sexual offenses, in London, Britain, July 26, 2023. Spacey became one of several prominent names in entertainment to face allegations of sexual misconduct during the #MeToo movement. The court also heard evidence from singer Elton John and his husband David Furnish, who gave evidence by videolink from Monaco as part of Spacey's defence. Reporting by Michael Holden and Sam Tobin; editing by Kate Holton, Christina Fincher and Nick MacfieOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Actor Kevin Spacey acquitted of all nine sexual offence charges in London trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

U.S. actor Kevin Spacey was found not guilty on Wednesday by a jury at a London court of committing historical sex offences against four men. The 64-year-old Oscar-winner was acquitted of nine charges, including sexual assault, causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent, and causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity. Spacey began to cry in the dock when the not guilty verdicts were returned by the jury. During the four-week trial at Southwark Crown Court, jurors were told by prosecutors that the actor had aggressively groped three of the men in incidents between 2004 and 2013 in Britain, when he was working at London's Old Vic theatre. The fourth said Spacey performed oral sex on him while he was passed out in the Hollywood star's London apartment.

Persons: Kevin Spacey, Oscar, Spacey Organizations: Southwark Crown, London's Old, Hollywood Locations: Southwark, Britain, London

☆ Jury out in actor Kevin Spacey's London sexual offences trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Sam Tobin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, July 24 (Reuters) - The jury in U.S. actor Kevin Spacey's sexual assault trial in London retired to consider their verdicts on Monday. Spacey, 63, is standing trial at Southwark Crown Court on nine charges of sexual offences against four men between 2004 and 2013 in Britain, where he worked from 2003 as artistic director of London's Old Vic theatre. Three of the four accusers have said Spacey aggressively groped them. The fourth says Spacey sexually assaulted him and then performed oral sex on him while he was passed out in Spacey's flat. Spacey has pleaded not guilty to all the charges and suggested in evidence that his accusers were either lying or reimagining consensual sexual encounters.

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☆ London judge orders confiscation of $130 mln from Nigerian ex-governor Ibori
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Estelle Shirbon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Ibori, who is in Nigeria, said he would appeal against the confiscation order, one of the largest imposed on an individual in recent British legal history. Ibori was governor of oil-producing Delta State from 1999 to 2007 and was extradited from Dubai to Britain in 2011. Judge David Tomlinson, delivering the confiscation order at Southwark Crown Court, said Ibori should pay the sum immediately or face an eight-year jail sentence. Spokespersons for Nigerian President Bola Tinubu did not immediately respond to requests for comment on whether the Nigerian government would cooperate with the British authorities in enforcing the confiscation order. The confiscation process took over a decade after Ibori's conviction because of lengthy court delays and legal wrangling in London.

Persons: James Ibori, Ibori, David Tomlinson, Bola Tinubu, Helen Taylor, Felix Onuah, William Maclean Organizations: Delta State, Southwark Crown, Delta, Thomson Locations: Britain, Nigeria, Nigerian, London, Dubai, Southwark, Delta State, Ibori, Ibori's, Abuja

☆ Man who stole 200,000 Cadbury Creme Eggs jailed
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Caolán Magee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A man dubbed “the Easter bunny” by police has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for stealing 200,000 chocolate eggs. On February 11, 32-year-old Joby Pool stole £31,000 ($40,000) worth of Cadbury Creme Eggs, after breaking into an industrial unit and making off with the haul in a stolen truck, the PA Media news agency reported. Cadbury, which is owned by US food company Mondelez International, told CNN it sells 220 million Creme Eggs in Britain every year. According to PA, Pool was jailed by Judge Anthony Lowe for a year and a half at Shrewsbury Crown Court on Thursday. The court heard Pool had used a stolen tractor to tow the trailer full of eggs away from the industrial unit, PA reported.

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☆ Convicted Nigerian politician Ibori faces huge UK confiscation order
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Estelle Shirbon | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, July 20 (Reuters) - A London court should order the confiscation of more than 100 million pounds ($129 million) from Nigerian politician James Ibori, a convicted fraudster who spent years in prison in Britain, a state prosecutor told the court on Thursday. A former governor of oil-producing Delta State in southern Nigeria, Ibori was extradited in 2011 from Dubai to London, where he was charged with laundering a corruptly acquired fortune. He told Reuters by text message he planned to appeal against the confiscation order. In 2021, it returned 4.2 million pounds that had been confiscated from Ibori's ex-wife and his sister, who also served jail time for helping him launder money. ($1 = 0.7745 pounds)(This story has been corrected to say the judge made 'factual findings' not a 'confiscation order' after clarification from judge, in paragraph 6)Reporting by Estelle Shirbon; Editing by Alex RichardsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: James Ibori, fraudster, Ibori, David Tomlinson, Jonathan Kinnear, Bola Tinubu, Estelle Shirbon, Alex Richardson Organizations: Delta, Southwark Crown, Thomson Locations: Nigerian, Britain, Delta State, Nigeria, Dubai, London, Southwark, Ibori, Ibori's

☆ Elton John gives evidence by videolink at Kevin Spacey's London trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Sam Tobin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Actor Kevin Spacey walks outside Southwark Crown Court, as his trial over charges related to allegations of sex offences continues, in London, Britain, July 14, 2023. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File PhotoLONDON, July 17 (Reuters) - Singer Elton John appeared by videolink in a London court on Monday to give evidence at Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey's sexual assault trial. Spacey, 63, has pleaded not guilty at London's Southwark Crown Court to 12 charges of sexual offences allegedly committed against four men in Britain between 2001 and 2013. The two-time Academy Award winner on Monday called John as a witness, with the British singer appearing by videolink from Monaco. Furnish told the court he remembered asking the complainant "how is the most handsome driver in London?

Persons: Kevin Spacey, Hollie Adams, Singer Elton John, videolink, Kevin Spacey's, Spacey, groped, John, Christine Agnew, John's, David, Sam Tobin, Michael Holden, Alex Richardson Organizations: Southwark Crown, REUTERS, Old, Thomson Locations: Southwark, London, Britain, London's Southwark, British, Monaco, Windsor

☆ Kevin Spacey tells London court sexual assault accusation is 'absolute bollocks'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Sam Tobin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Agnew suggested to Spacey that grabbing men by the crotch was "your MO, this is your trademark and this is what you do". 'ABSOLUTE BOLLOCKS'Agnew earlier asked Spacey about a complainant who alleges Spacey painfully grabbed his crotch like "a cobra" in the mid-2000s. Spacey asked: "Did he accuse me of grabbing his bollocks?" Spacey replied: "Money, money and then money." Spacey described his encounters with two of the other complainants as "consensual interactions", adding: "If they went further than they wanted, they didn't tell me."

Persons: Spacey, Kevin Spacey, groped, Christine Agnew, Agnew, Sam Tobin, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Old, Thomson Locations: London's Southwark, Britain, London, American, Oxford, England

☆ Former Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy found not guilty of rape and attempted rape Benjamin Mendy: Former Manchester City footballer found not guilty of rape and attempted rape
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Matt Foster | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Former Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy has asked for privacy to begin “rebuilding his life” after he was found not guilty on a charge of rape and a separate charge of attempted rape. But jurors at the time failed to decide on two charges, resulting in the second trial. Outside court, Mendy said, “Alhamdulillah,” meaning “praise be to God” in Arabic. Mendy, who plays as a left-back, was suspended by Manchester City in August 2021 when the original charges against him were announced. He began his career playing professional leagues in France for Le Havre, Olympique de Marseille, and Monaco before moving to Britain to play for Manchester City.

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CNN —Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey told a court in London Thursday in his ongoing sexual assault trial that he touched the complainant – who is one of four men who made allegations against the actor – in a “romantic and intimate” way. “He was funny and charming and flirtatious; over time we began … I’m assuming it was me … began to touch him in more romantic and intimate ways,” Spacey told London’s Southwark Crown Court. They include three counts of indecent assault, seven of sexual assault, one of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent, and one of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent. Court artist sketch by Elizabeth Cook of actor Kevin Spacey giving evidence at Southwark Crown Court, London. “I never thought that the (man) I knew would, I don’t know, 20 years later stab me in the back,” he said.

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☆ In U.K. Court, Kevin Spacey Denies Sexual Assault Charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Alex Marshall | More About Alex Marshall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Kevin Spacey told a British jury on Thursday that he was “a big flirt” who had what he characterized as gentle, touching and romantic encounters with a man who accused him of sexual assault. He always respected the man’s boundaries, Mr. Spacey said, adding that he felt “crushed” when the man accused him of assault. Mr. Spacey, 63, has pleaded not guilty to 12 charges relating to incidents that the prosecution says involved four men and occurred from 2001 to 2013. For most of that time, Mr. Spacey was the artistic director of the Old Vic theater in London. Sitting at the front of a courtroom at Southwark Crown Court and facing the jury, Mr. Spacey — who was wearing a gray suit, and light blue tie — was calm and occasionally joked with his legal representative, Patrick Gibbs.

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☆ Kevin Spacey says he never groped victims, UK court hears
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Michael Holden | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

The accusers have said the 63-year-old had aggressively groped them or in one case performed oral sex while the complainant was passed out, with the prosecution describing him as a sexual bully. Spacey likewise said he could not remember the second accuser, an aspiring actor, who says he woke in the actor's London apartment to find he was being assaulted. "I'm certain that I did not attempt to perform oral sex on anyone who fell asleep in my apartment," Spacey's statement said, adding he had never performed oral sex on anyone who had not consented. His statement also said the man's lawyers had contacted him seeking a payment of more than 450,000 pounds. Spacey told police he was "baffled and deeply hurt" that the final accuser, a driver who says Spacey groped him about 12 times, had made his claims.

Persons: Kevin Spacey, Spacey, Michael Holden, Angus MacSwan Organizations: British, Southwark Crown, Thomson Locations: London, Southwark, Britain, New York, U.S, Oxford, England

☆ Teen hacked Uber, Revolut and Grand Theft Auto maker, London court hears
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Sam Tobin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File PhotoLONDON, July 11 (Reuters) - A teenage member of the Lapsus$ hacking group hacked Uber (UBER.N) and fintech firm Revolut then blackmailed the developers of best-selling videogame Grand Theft Auto, prosecutors have told a London court. Arion Kurtaj, 18, is said to have targeted Revolut and Uber in September 2022, accessing around 5,000 Revolut customers' information and causing nearly $3 million of damage to Uber. Prosecutors allege he hacked Rockstar Games days later and threatened to release the planned Grand Theft Auto sequel's source code in a Slack message sent to all Rockstar staff. Kurtaj later embarked on a solo cyber crime spree, Barry said, first targeting Revolut then Uber two days later before hacking Rockstar Games. He has previously pleaded guilty to two offences under the Computer Misuse Act and one count of fraud.

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☆ Kevin Spacey is a sexual 'predator', alleged victim tells UK court
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Sam Tobin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Toby MelvilleLONDON, July 10 (Reuters) - An alleged sex assault victim said Kevin Spacey is a "predator" who performed oral sex on him as he slept in the Oscar-winning U.S. actor's London flat, a London court heard on Monday. His trial on Monday heard the evidence of a fourth complainant, who described Spacey as a sexual "predator" in a recorded police interview played to jurors. Spacey asked him if he wanted to "meet up for a beer and I said 'yeah, of course'," the man told officers. When he woke up a few hours later, Spacey "was just performing oral sex on me ... He added that he told Spacey to stop, after which the actor told him to leave and not tell anyone what had happened.

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☆ 'Slippery' actor Kevin Spacey tried to groom me, man tells UK court
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Michael Holden | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/2] Actor Kevin Spacey walks outside the Southwark Crown Court on the day of his trial over charges related to allegations of sex offences, in London, Britain, June 30, 2023. REUTERS/Toby MelvilleSummary Actor Kevin Spacey charged with 12 sex offencesOscar-winner denies all accusationsAlleged victim says he felt ashamedLONDON, July 3 (Reuters) - An alleged sex assault victim of Kevin Spacey said the "slippery" Hollywood actor had tried to "groom" him, and the repeated groping assaults had left him feeling physically sick, a London court heard on Monday. On Monday, the court was shown a recorded police interview with the first of the alleged victims. Describing himself a "man's man", the accuser recounted that he had threatened to knock the actor out if he did it again, to which Spacey had replied "that's such a turn on to me". The man replied he might have got the dates wrong as it had been so long ago.

Persons: Kevin Spacey, Toby Melville, Spacey, Patrick Gibbs, feely, Elton John, Oscar, Gibbs, Michael Holden, William Maclean Organizations: Southwark Crown, REUTERS, London Old Vic, Thomson Locations: Southwark, London, Britain

☆ The millionaire founder of a cake company is accused of cutting down over 130 trees to build a mansion for himself, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The founder of a million-dollar cake company was accused of chopping down protected trees. He founded the egg-free cake company Cake Box which is now worth over $70 million. Sukh Ram Chamdal, the founder and CEO of egg-free cake company Cake Box valued at almost £58.4 million ($74 million) appeared in court on June 22 to plead not guilty to the offense. A spokesperson for MHP, the communications company that represents Cake Box, declined to comment on the situation because its an ongoing legal procedure. He founded Cake Box in 2008 after he struggled to find an egg-free cake for his daughter's birthday.

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CNN —Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey is “a sexual bully” and “a man who sexually assaults other men,” a British prosecutor alleged Friday at the start of a sexual assault trial in which he is charged with 12 offenses against four men. Prosecutor Christine Agnew told jurors at London’s Southwark Crown Court that “House of Cards” actor Spacey, 63, is “a man who it would seem delights in making others feel powerless and uncomfortable, a sexual bully,” the PA Media news agency reported. Spacey was charged last year. Jurors were selected for the trial on Wednesday, and were then dismissed until Friday. The charges relate to alleged incidents in and around London in the 2000s and early 2010s, during the 12-year period in which Spacey served as artistic director at London’s Old Vic theater.

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☆ Kevin Spacey Called ‘Sexual Bully’ by Prosecutor in U.K. Trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Alex Marshall | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The actor Kevin Spacey is “a sexual bully” who “delights in making others feel powerless and uncomfortable,” a prosecutor told a British jury on Friday. Speaking at Southwark Crown Court, the prosecutor, Christine Agnew, outlined her case against the Academy Award-winning actor, who is on trial in London facing multiple charges of sexual assault. The actor “abused the power and influence that his reputation and fame afforded him" to take “who he wanted, when he wanted,” Ms. Agnew said. Mr. Spacey has pleaded not guilty to all charges. For much of that period, Mr. Spacey was the artistic director of the Old Vic theater in London.

Persons: Kevin Spacey, ”, Christine Agnew, Agnew, “, Spacey, Ms, Old Organizations: Southwark Crown, Academy Locations: Southwark, London

☆ U.S. actor Kevin Spacey is a 'sexual bully', London court told
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Michael Holden | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Opening the prosecution case at London's Southwark Crown Court, lawyer Christine Agnew told the jury the "predatory" Spacey was not just an extremely famous actor who had won a number of awards but "a man who sexually assaults other men". "A man who does not respect personal boundaries or space, a man who it would seem delights in making others feel powerless and uncomfortable – a sexual bully," Agnew said. Spacey, who is being tried under his full name Kevin Spacey Fowler, watched proceedings from the dock, wearing a grey suit, a gold-coloured tie and glasses. "Each of these allegations of non-consensual sexual conduct is completely denied," his lawyer Patrick Gibbs said. Actor Kevin Spacey looks on outside the Southwark Crown Court on the day of his trial over charges related to allegations of sex offences, in London, Britain, June 30, 2023.

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