Nurse Accused of Raping Three Female Prisoners

A mental health nurse accused of raping three female prisoners told a colleague he was checking an inmate's make-up when she found them alone in a room, a jury heard. Peter Barrowman denies raping three inmates in 2014, and indecently assaulting a fourth at HMP Cornton Vale between 2009 and 2010.

He also denies supplying drugs to prisoners. Prison officer Janine Hunter, 40, told the trial Barrowman, 35, was “hyper”.

She said she saw him take the woman he is accused of assaulting and later threatening into a nurse’s room and shut the door. She went in 10 minutes later.

Hunter said: “He was a bit flustered. He was standing between her legs. He said he was checking her foundation.

The man who spearheaded a high-profile campaign against speed cameras in the Highlands has been left embarrassed – after being caught speeding. Mike Burns, founding member of the group “A9 Average Speed Cameras Are Not The Answer”, was fined £180 this week after being captured by a speed camera doing 40mph in a 30mph zone. But while he “holds his hands up” to the offence, he has now embarked on a fresh battle with the authorities to have his conviction thrown out.

The Foyers-based campaigner has raised a series of complaints over the “shocking” handling of the process by police, prosecutors and the court service.

Mr Burns shot to prominence in 2013 when he became the most outspoken opponent of the Scottish Government’s controversial introduction of average speed cameras on the A9 Inverness to Perth road.

A mobile speed camera captured Mr Burns driving his Volkswagen Passat at 40mph just a few feet from the signs that mark the end of the 30mph zone near Cromdale on the A95, at 10.17am, on February 20.

Mr Burns was fined £180 at the Justice of the Peace Court in Inverness on Wednesday and had his licence endorsed with three points.

However, he has raised a series of concerns in relation to the procedures which led to the penalty, and what he called “interesting discrepancies”.

His initial complaint, which was upheld after a police investigation but has since been referred to the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (PIRC) for a further review, relates to “inaccurate” information provided to him in correspondence with the East Scotland Safety Camera manager Andrew Jones, claiming he had been caught by a fixed camera rather than a mobile one.

Young Girl Caught Driving on Highway, Says Boyfriend Too Woozy to Drive

A 14-year-old girl caught driving
through Morwell told police her. boyfriend was too "woozy" from smoking drugs to be behind the wheel. Latrobe Highway Patrol police impounded the Toyota Camry after pulling over the pair on Haywood Street about 4pm Friday.

When asked why her 20-year-old P-
plater passenger wasn't driving, the
teenager told police he had been
smoking drugs and was feeling "woozy".
Victoria Police spokeswoman Leonie
Johnson said the teenager was expected
to be charged on summons with traffic-
related offences.

The car will be impounded for 30 days and $1400 will need to be paid for its release.

Pastor Who Said Orlando Victims Got What They Deserved Charged for Child Molestation

Pastor Ken Adkins, who infamously said the victims of Orlando’s Pulse nightclub shooting got “what they deserve,” was arrested Friday on a charge of child molestation, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.

According to The Florida Times Union, the arrest stems from allegations made by a young male former member of his congregation. Special Agent Stacy Carson said the investigation is focused on suspected molestation in several locations in the

Brunswick, Georgia area, including at Adkins’ church, a vehicle and a victim’s home. Adkins’ wife, Charlotte, told the paper, “This young man was part of our teen ministry. Ken and I have treated him like family, as has our church. He is a deeply troubled young man, to be sure, but our thoughts and prayers remain with him even now.”

In a June 16 tweet on Adkins’ now-private Twitter account, he wrote, “Been [sic] through so much with these Jacksonville Homosexuals that I don’t see none of them as victims. I see them as getting what they deserve!!” Adkins, who does double-duty as political consultant in the Jacksonville area, is being held at the Glynn County Jail.

Jackie Chan Is Now The Second Highest Paid Actor In the World

Forbes recently listed the Hong Kong star on their global list following his stellar year in the Chinese box office. His newest film, “Dragonblade”, starring notable Hollywood names including Adrien Brody and John Cusack, grossed $120 million in China alone.

The actor and investor also starred in the latest installment of the “Monkey King” franchise and has a number of Chinese films in post-production. Chan, who came in second on the list after Dwayne Johnson, has an estimated net worth of $350 million.

Chinese cinemas have grown at almost a 33% rate over the past five years. Captivating the Chinese box office is a high priority for filmmakers after witnessing recent successes with movies like “Warcraft.” During its debut weekend , Warcraft flopped in North America, but was a record-breaking success in China.

Woman Sentenced to Jail for Stealing Welfare Funds

A Litchfield woman was jailed Friday after being sentenced for welfare theft.

Kelly J. Burgess, 49, was ordered to serve 120 days in jail, the unsuspended portion of a two-year sentence.

She also was placed on probation for three years and ordered to pay restitution for $24,000 in MaineCare and food stamp benefits.

Criminal Who Bragged On Facebook About Avoiding Prison Has Been Jailed

David Newlands, 24, from Glasgow, was initially ordered to do 150 hours of community service after being convicted of punching another man last year.

However, he twice failed to turn up for the unpaid work, even after Judge Norman Ritchiegave him two chances to do the community penalty and avoid jail.

Hours before his second appearance at the High Court in Glasgow, Newlands took to Facebook, brazenly posting...

High School Student Uses Gun On Teacher In Shocking Video

An Alabama teenager faces a felony
assault charge after buzzing a teacher
with a stun gun.
The unidentified Mary G. Montgomery High School student was fighting with another young woman Thursday afternoon before a teacher at the school
tried to stop the ruckus.

Video of the shocking altercation posted to Facebook shows the adult grabbing
one girl by the shoulders and pressing her against the wall — until the hissing stun gun interrupts him.

The student breaks free from the teacher’s grasp and runs away through a surprised crowd.

The student who had the stun gun was
later found and arrested, and also faces
misdemeanor assault for attacking her classmate.

Twins Jailed for Attempting to Join Islamic State

A Canadian court has sentenced twin brothers to a combined 24 years in prison after they plead guilty to terror-related offences, including trying to leave the country to join a radical Islamic group.

Ashton Larmond, 25, was sentenced by an Ontario Superior Court to 17 years in prison minus time already served for giving instructions to carry out an activity for an extremist group, public prosecutors said.

His brother, Carlos, was given seven years minus time served for attempting to leave Canada to participate in a militant group. Carlos was arrested at the Montreal airport in January 2015 as he was trying to leave Canada. His brother and a third man, Suliman Mohamed, 23, were arrested shortly later.

The prosecutor in the case said Ashton directed plans to join Islamic State in Syria or kill people in Canada, and described him as more of an organiser than his brother.
Mohamed was also sentenced on Friday to seven years minus time served for conspiring to participate in the activities of a militant group.

Father and Daughter Beat Up Train Passenger Causing Extreme Brain Injuries

A court heard Michael and Hayley Friel were travelling home when the door to a lavatory cubicle was opened while she was in there. Her furious father questioned other passengers to try to find who had opened it after she was left “exposed and embarrassed”.

Michael Friel, 58, who was jailed on Thursday for two years, then became “intimidating and threatening”, Chester Crown Court was told.

Passenger James Clarke said he was to blame –even though he did not open the door – to try to calm the father and deflect attention from the person responsible, a woman sitting near the lavatory.

More than 18 months after the attack, he cannot walk 100 yards unaided and remembers nothing of the attack because of his “life-changing injuries”.

Michael Friel pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm and Hayley Friel, who was convicted of the same charge, received a 28-month jail sentence.

Woman Charged to Court for Giving Water to Pigs

The trial of a woman who
gave water to slaughterhouse-bound pigs heard Wednesday from the owner of the animals who said he complained to police because he was concerned about the safety of the pigs and the animal activists.

Anita Krajnc, an activist with the group Toronto Pig Save, was charged with mischief in connection with an incident in June 2015, in which she started dumping water inside a tractor trailer carrying pigs to a slaughterhouse in Burlington, Ont. She has pleaded not guilty to the charge.

The pigs' owner, farmer Eric Van Boekel, testified Wednesday that he complained to police because
he was worried there were contaminants in the water, and that could lead the Fearman's Pork slaughterhouse to turn his hogs away. That, he said, would be the worst case scenario, though he acknowledged that it's never happened to him. Van Boekel also said he was worried about the animal activists.

Krajnc, who was wearing a pink shirt with a
picture of a pig on it under her pantsuit, said
outside court that she did nothing wrong, and
that she continues to give the pigs waterto this day.

3 Elephants Die After Being Run Over By A Train

Three elephants died on Friday night after being hit by a train in South-Eastern Railway’s Bankura-Howrah section in West Bengal.

Divisional forest officer, Panchet, Ayan Ghosh told PTI two elephant calves and their mother were knocked down by the Kharagpur-Adra Passenger at around 7.30pm.

The train moved on but the jumbos’ mutilated carcasses spread across the tracks between Bisnupur in Bankura and Piyardoba in West Midnapore for over two hours disrupting train movement in the section, the DFO said.

The pachyderm family was crossing the track, skirted by dense forest on both sides, when the mishap occurred. The carcasses were removed from the tracks by the forest and rail personnel with the help of locals after which train movement was fully restored, he said.