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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

Fawlty Towers star Andrew Sachs, who played hapless Spanish waiter Manuel in the BBC sitcom, has died aged 86, his family has confirmed.Sachs, who had been suffering from dementia for four years, died on 23 November and was buried on Thursday.On his role of Manuel, he told the BBC in 2014: "It was just a part I was playing and people seemed to laugh."Fawlty Towers star John Cleese called Sachs "a delight", while show co-writer Connie Booth said Manuel was "iconic". The BBC changed its schedule on Friday to broadcast the Fawlty Towers episode Communication Problems, featuring Manuel's famous "I know nothing" line. Obituary: Andrew Sachs Memories of the Fawlty Towers actor The "I know nothing" scene Manuel was one of the most imitated comedy characters of the 1970s.The waiter, who famously hailed from Barcelona, often said little more than the word "Que?" to generate laughs, but arguably his most famous line was "I know nothing".The waiter was regularly shown being hit by Cleese's hotel … [Read more...] about Andrew Sachs: Fawlty Towers’ Manuel dies aged 86

Danniella Westbrook looks super loved-up as she snuggles up in bed with a mystery man. The former EastEnders actress is continuing her recovery after a stint in rehab for cocaine addiction. And it appears she's got a new man by her side to help her. Danniella, 45, beams a huge smile as she rests on the man's chest as they cuddle together in bed. She's wearing pink and white striped pyjamas as she cosies up to the topless man, who also flashes the camera a big smile. Sharing the sweet snap on Instagram , Danniella said: "A day in bed I’ve been being sick for 5 days straight, but grateful for Dominco and being spoilt with cuddles food and presents ps any man that cooks and cleans is worth the hassle #justsayin" Danniella refers to the man only as Dominco, and their relationship status isn't known, although it's clear they get on very well with each other. The star is clean once more after being sent to rehab by her friend Jeremy Kyle, during an appearance on his now-axed ITV … [Read more...] about Danniella Westbrook looks loved up as she snuggles in bed with mystery man

JOSEF Lewcowicz was just 14 when he was given his first job of shoveling human bones into a wheelbarrow at Płaszów concentration camp. It marked the start of three years of misery as the Polish-born teen was shipped through five brutal concentration camps, where he saw starving prisoners butchering and eating a little boy and watched sick guards make prisoners jump off cliffs. Today Josef is haunted by his nightmarish experiences throughout the Holocaust, which saw Nazis kill all 150 members of his family. "I had seen so much cruelty that nothing surprised me anymore — shooting, hanging, beating…" he tells Sun Online. All these years later, Josef is dismayed by the rise of antisemitism around the world once again. Just last month, a man was arrested after he was filmed openly making antisemitic remarks to a Jewish man and his son on the London Underground.And the Equality and Human Rights Commission is currently investigating allegations of antisemitism in the … [Read more...] about I watched desperate starving prisoners eat a child in the Holocaust – then got my revenge on sadistic Nazis

Wesley Ira Purkey, 67, is scheduled to be executed on December 13, 2019 Attorneys for one of the five federal death row inmates newly scheduled for execution have opened up multiple last-ditch legal challenges in a bid to spare his life, including petitioning President Donald Trump for clemency. Wesley Ira Purkey, 67, is scheduled to be executed on December 13, 2019 for the rape, murder and dismemberment of 16-year-old Jennifer Long in his Kansas home in 1998. He was also convicted of beating 80-year-old Mary Bales to death with a hammer. Last month, Attorney General Bill Barr announced that the federal government would resume executions for the first time since 2003, setting execution dates for Purkey and four other death row inmates whom he called 'the worst criminals.'  'Mr. Purkey is not 'the worst of the worst,'' his attorney Rebecca Woodman said in a statement to DailyMail.com on Tuesday. 'He is a man who grew up in a house of horrors, beaten and humiliated by both … [Read more...] about One of five federal death row inmates set for execution, who raped and dismembered teen girl and beat an 80-year-old woman to death, petitions Donald Trump for clemency and claims he ‘isn’t the worst of the worst’