Thursday court round-up — Playpark ban and £800 of vapes
A round-up of court cases from Tayside and Fife.
7 Nov 16:45 · The Courier
Man harassed vicar because he was 'fed up with sound of church bells ringing'
He said the noise stopped him from reading his books
7 Nov 17:14 · BristolLive
Cork dad who died after wasp stings while gardening was 'relishing retirement' and family time
Michael Sheehan, who is the beloved husband and best friend of Carmel and dad to Conor, Katie and Aine, had only retired from his job at Deloitte last year.
7 Nov 18:00 · Irish Mirror
Lawyer sacked amid allegations of sexual harrassment wins case
Djamshid Rustambekov, who was sacked for sexually harassing a  female colleague after he placed her at the top of his 'Snog, Marry, Avoid' list, has won his unfair dismissal case.
7 Nov 18:33 · Mail Online
Father screamed 'Allahu Akbar' as he battered son to death
Kadees Mohammed, 31, bashed his three-week-old son Ibrahim up against a wall at the family home in Dovey Road, Moseley, Birmingham .
7 Nov 18:37 · Mail Online
Court views footage of Christmas Eve restaurant attack
The Special Criminal Court has viewed CCTV footage of the moment a man walked into a busy Dublin restaurant last Christmas Eve and shot a man before being disarmed and beaten to death.
7 Nov 18:48 · RTE.ie
Father of Perth girl 'dangerously underweight' rejects medical advice she was at risk of a heart attack
The man questioned his daughter's need for hospitalisation and a feeding tube, believing she was healthy despite only weighing 27kg.
7 Nov 19:18 · RNZ
Man, 37, found dead weeks after being charged with 'serious' offence
"What if I go to prison?"
7 Nov 19:53 · Manchester Evening News
Not detective's job to investigate gun possession before fatal police shooting, court hears
A detective who visited Joel Buckley five months before he died said it was not his job to investigate whether he still had possession of a military-style rifle.
8 Nov 03:45 · RNZ
Dallas father searches for answers in son's hit-and-run death
The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office said Gene’s vehicle was disabled in the right lane of northbound I-35 near 8th St. around 4:45 a.m. Sunday when another driver hit him and kept going.
8 Nov 03:49 · 5 NBCDFW
Young Radford cyclist caught with 800 wraps of class A drugs
He agreed to become a courier after falling into debt
8 Nov 04:00 · NottinghamshireLive
Accused killer sought arrest
A Creston man who's charged with murdering his neighbour in February 2022 claimed he killed another man in Kimberley on the same day, according to a recent court decision, but the Kimberley man's body
8 Nov 04:00 · Castanet
Killer sentenced again
A Kelowna killer has another 2.5 months to serve after taking a plea deal on his latest criminal charges.
8 Nov 04:00 · Castanet
Intruder at upscale hotel
A homeless Kamloops man who left behind a big mess after breaking into a suite at an upscale downtown hotel has been ordered to spend eight months in jail.
8 Nov 04:00 · Castanet
Kelowna cold cases opened
Darren Feist, a former Kelowna RCMP Staff Sgt, has come out of a one-month retirement to re-examine longstanding unsolved cases, and Parr’s is one of four files he’s hoping to close.
8 Nov 04:00 · Castanet
'A kind man who loved his town': Wife of popular Belper headteacher pays touching tribute
Trevor Harding was a hugely popular figure and described as 'one of the good guys'
8 Nov 04:00 · Derbyshire Live
'Just f*** off, get f****d': Holidaymaker handcuffed to seat on TUI flight amid 'obscene' outburst after sinking six double vodkas at the airport
'You can't f*****g cuff me'
8 Nov 06:11 · Manchester Evening News
The Lord Lucan mystery: Which claims about his fate stack up?
For half a century, two questions have been on the lips of anyone remotely interested in the disappearance of Lord Lucan: did he do it, and where is he now?
8 Nov 08:13 · Mail Online
Baby boy left fighting for life after being 'bear hugged' by mum's fiance 'to stop him crying'
The 28-year-old man allegedly dropped his partner's 10-month-old baby while tossing him in the air and then gave him a 'bearhug' until he stopped screaming
8 Nov 08:31 · Irish Mirror
Dundee dealers caught in cocaine ‘safe house’ are jailed
Jonathan Dandie and Stewart Norrie were caught with bags of drugs when police raided Norrie’s home on Park Avenue.
8 Nov 09:00 · The Courier
Airline passenger handcuffed to seat after drunken rant fuelled by six double vodkas in airport bar
A drunk holidaymaker who shouted vile abuse at cabin crew on an eight-hour flight from Mexico back to Manchester Airport has been jailed.
8 Nov 09:16 · Irish Mirror
Lawyer whose colleague lied he sexually assaulted her wins tribunal
Djamshid Rustambekov was accused of sexually harassing his colleague after pulling her into a toilet on a night out and kissing her against her will in July last year.
8 Nov 09:53 · Mail Online
Junior football league chairman thought he was texting underage girl
The girl was in fact not a child but an undercover police officer
8 Nov 10:27 · Derbyshire Live
Nigerian doctor sues US govt for over two years unlawful detention, seeks $400m compensation
Because of the detention, which lasted for almost 30 months, Mr Adeoye lost his two houses and is now diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD), his lawyer, Femi Ogunjumelo, said.
8 Nov 10:27 · Premium Times
Thug is convicted of killing graduate after Asda petrol station punch
The assault occurred in December 2017 when Polish national Bernard Hirsch pulled into the Asda petrol station on Marsland Road in Manchester, Sale to fill up his car with fuel.
8 Nov 10:49 · Mail Online
Man who sexually assaulted sleeping woman is jailed for four years
Seamus Ward, aged 38, appeared before Letterkenny Circuit Court in connection with the incident on September 6, 2018
8 Nov 11:39 · Irish Mirror
Tui passenger handcuffed to plane seat after horror vodka-fuelled outburst mid-flight
Alexander Rogers was restrained at 36,000 feet by off-duty police officers after he boarded his flight from Cancun abused TUI airline staff in an "extremely serious" incident
8 Nov 12:06 · The Mirror
Drunk holidaymaker on Mexico-to-Manchester flight jailed
A drunk holidaymaker who unleashed a torrent of abuse upon airline staff on board a flight from Mexico to Manchester has been sentenced to time in prison after pleading guilty to three charges.
8 Nov 12:21 · Mail Online
Oxford University student, 21, drowns while swimming on a year abroad
Antonio Gato, 21, is understood to have got into difficulty in the water of the Caribbean island.
8 Nov 13:21 · Mail Online
Tory peer the Earl of Dundee admits drink-driving in Fife
Alexander Scrymgeour was more than twice the limit when he was stopped.
8 Nov 14:41 · The Courier
Police probe unnatural death of doctor at West Bengal’s Jhargram Medical College
West Bengal police investigate senior doctor's death at JMCH, amid concerns of suicide or foul play, sparking protests.
8 Nov 15:25 · The Hindu
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