Grandmother set for murder sentence

Heather Emmonds, 58, was convicted of murdering Tina Casey, 42, at the younger woman's home in Holywell, North Tyneside, in February after a jury deliberated for just two hours.

She had already twice tried to poison the younger woman by crushing sleeping tablets into a chilli and a sweet and sour dish she prepared.
Emmonds admitted killing Ms Casey but denied murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility and a loss of control. She put her hand over her mouth and wept silently when the guilty verdict was returned at Newcastle Crown Court yesterday.

Because she took her own knife to the scene of the crime and used it on her son's ex-partner, Emmonds could face a minimum term of 25 years when she is handed a life sentence, the court heard.

Speeding Driver Who Killed Two Women Is Jailed For Five Years

An islander who caused the death of two women by driving dangerously on a remote rural road has been jailed for five years.
Erland Flaws, 26, was also banned from driving for five years and ordered to resit an extended test before driving again.
Flaws was speeding in his Peugeot 307 when he smashed head on into a car being driven by Moira Towers on the A965 on Orkney in February 2012. Ms Towers, 65, and her passenger Anne Stanger, 64, who had been coming home from a bingo night, died at the scene.
The High Court at Livingston was told Mrs Towers' husband had suffered anxiety, insomnia and depression as a result of her death.

Woman Jumps Overboard From Cruise Liner Near Hawaii

Passengers aboard witnessed an American woman aged 54 intentionally jumping from Grand Princess cruise liner into the Pacific Ocean about 650 miles northeast of Hilo at 2pm on Wednesday.
The woman was said to have leapt in a bid to kill herself - sparking a massive search by the Coast Guard.

Student Got Punched By Teacher After Insulting His Favourite Team

12-year-old Reginald Wells says he was punched by a teacher after he joked about his favorite football team.
The Schoolboy who attends Willie Ray Smith Middle School in Beaumont, Texas, in an exclusive interview said 'The last person's voice I heard was some girl saying that I should call my mom, and then he like hit me, and I blacked out,'

Woman Found Nine Years After She Went Missing At The Age Of 16

Connie McCallister aged 26 residing in Wisconsin dissapeared in 2004 when she was just 16 only to be found alive Nine years later after being drugged and taken abroad against her will. The woman was rescued after a church missionary reported seeing her at the National center for missing and exploited children

Mother Killed Her Own Baby After Passing out While Breast feeding

A drunk mother killed her two-month-old daughter at her Maryland home on Saturday morning after passing out while breastfeeding. When the baby's father, Dwayne Bryant, tried to wake his girlfriend,Yadina Morales,he found the lifeless body of his daughter trapped under her. The 22-year-old woman,who has been charged with manslaughter, was apparently so drunk she didn't even realize her child had been rushed to hospital, police said.