Attempted murders charges

A teenager has pleaded guilty to attempted murder after he threw a young boy from the tenth-storey viewing platform of the Tate Modern. Jonty Bravery, 18, was at the Old Bailey today and admitted throwing the six-year-old from the tourist attraction on Sunday August 4 in what was described as "devastating and shocking incident". The court heard the boy was "singled out by Bravery, who threw him from the viewing platform intending to kill him." Bravery was remanded in custody after the short hearing by Recorder of London Nicholas Hilliard QC, ahead of his sentencing hearing at a later date. The victim, a visitor from France who cannot be named because of his age, spent months in intensive care. CPS prosecutor Emma Jones said the attack "changed the lives of Bravery's young victim and his family forever." He continues to recover slowly in his native France. Bravery, of west London, was arrested moments after the incident. His lawyer Philippa McAtasney QC told the court he had been … [Read more...] about Teen pleads guilty to attempted murder of boy, 6, thrown from platform at Tate Modern

These are the five federal prisoners who are set to be executed within months following a surprise announcement by the Justice Department on Thursday that the federal government will resume capital punishment for the first time since 2003. Daniel Lewis Lee, 46; Lezmond Charles Mitchell, 37; Wesley Ira Purkey, 67; Alfred Bourgeois, 55; and Dustin Lee Honken, 51, are scheduled to be executed in December or January. All are convicted murderers whose victims include children, and in some cases the children were horribly tortured and sexually abused.  The condemned men are being held on federal death row at Terre Haute USP in Indiana, and the Justice Department says all five have exhausted their appeals and post-conviction remedies. However, attorneys for some of the men have already spoken out, pleading for leniency based on the traumatic childhoods of the murderers and alleged legal lapses at trial - though so far none have argued actual innocence.  … [Read more...] about PICTURED: Four of the first five men to be killed by the federal government since 2003: Murderers whose victims all include children will be executed in months as their attorneys plead for leniency

A Princeton grad student detained in Iran for three years on spying charges was freed and an imprisoned Iranian was released by Washington, officials announced Saturday. Donald Trump said Chinese-American Xiyue Wang, 38, was returning to the United States.  A short time earlier, Tehran announced the release of Iranian scientist Massoud Soleimani from the United States. In a statement issued by the White House, Trump made no mention of the freeing of Soleimani but thanked the Swiss government for its help in negotiating Wang's release three years after he was first detained.  Princeton grad student Xiyue Wang, (left), was released by Iran and Iranian scientist Massoud Soleimani, (right), was freed by the U.S. as part of a prisoner exchange between the nations  Wang's wife Hua Qu had appealed for international cooperation to secure his release. The couple are pictured with their young son shortly before he was detained  'Freeing Americans held captive is … [Read more...] about Iran FREES American grad student, 38, held since 2016 on spying charges in prisoner swap for scientist held by the U.S. for violating trade sanctions

The man accused of the double murder of two Boston doctors in their penthouse told police that he was having an affair with one of the doctors and then killed the other in self-defense, according to testimony heard in court Thursday.  During 33-year-old Bampumim Teixeira's trial, the jury heard a recording of the hospital bedside statement he made the day after anesthesiologists Lina Bolanos, 39, and Richard Field, 48, were killed in May 2017.  In the record, Teixeira - who briefly worked at the couple's luxury apartment building in Boston - claimed to have had an affair with Bolanos, according to CNN.   He then claimed that on the day that the couple died, he had been with Bolanos in the apartment when Field came home and found the two of them together.  Bampumim Teixeira, 33 (on November 21), is accused of first-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of Boston doctors Lina Bolanos, 39, and Richard Field, 48, in May 2017 Teixeira is accused of the … [Read more...] about Man accused of killing two doctors in Boston penthouse told police he was having an affair with one and stabbed the other in self-defense

The "devastated" family of a 12-year-old boy killed after he was hit by a car outside a school in Loughton have spoken for the first time since his tragic death. The grieving family of Harley Watson, who died on Monday, have released a statement calling him “a good, kind, helpful and lovely boy.” Harley, 12, was a pupil at Debden Park High School. He was in a crowd of people hit yesterday. In a short statement Harley’s family said: “We are so devastated by what has happened. “Harley was a good, kind, helpful and lovely boy. “We would like to thank everyone for their kind wishes and concern. However as a family we would like people to respect our privacy and allow us to grieve in peace.” A car ploughed into a group of pupils and caregivers outside Harley's school yesterday afternoon in a suspected murder. A fundraising page set up for Harley's family had already reached more than £20,000 in donations by early Tuesday evening. Essex Police … [Read more...] about Devastated family pay tribute to ‘lovely’ boy, 12, killed when car ploughed into pupils