A child abuser who tricked scores of youngsters across the world into sending him indecent selfies then blackmailed them into sexually abusing young relatives on camera has been jailed for 16 years.Remorseless Paul Leighton, who created up to 40 fake Facebook profiles to befriend teenagers in the UK, Canada, the US and Australia, admitted three counts of rape despite being thousands of miles away
A man who cut off his girlfriend's nipples with a pair of scissors during an argument has pleaded guilty to domestic assault. Police say that Tony Deval Ledbetter, 45, punched and slammed his partner's head to the floor before cutting off her airway to prevent her from screaming during the incident last October.He then stuffed a blanket in her mouth before sitting on top of her and using the sciss
A pregnant woman whose ashes were found on wasteland on kilometre six of of Route Six near the town of Rincon de los Sauces, in the western Argentine province of Neuquen, is thought to have been murdered in a Satanic ritual.It's believed that Fernanda Pereyra, 26, who was six months pregnant, was stabbed to death before being burned in a fire so hot that only a necklace was left to identify her.In
Zimbabwe's first lady, Grace Mugabe, may face prosecution after allegations she assaulted a 20-year-old model in Sandton, Johannesburg at the weekend.The president's wife allegedly beat up Gabriella Engels who was partying with her two sons in a Sandton hotel on Sunday. Engels took to Twitter on Monday to accuse Grace Mugabe of attacking her with an extension cord. She posted pictures of her inju
An eight-year-old girl from Boynton Beach in Florida, US, has died months after her cousin dared her to drink boiling water through a straw.Ki'ari Pope was taken to hospital with breathing difficulties on Monday July 31 and passed away the same day.She had a tracheotomy following the March incident, which is inspired by a YouTube video.On a GoFundMe page, she explained the procedure meant she was
Two men have been arrested after a girl was raped and then attacked for a second time when she tried to flag down a car for help.Detectives said the teenager was first assaulted in a secluded part of Birmingham's Witton railway station, near the Aston Villa football ground, some time between 8pm on Tuesday and 2am the following morning.The 14-year-old victim had walked to the station with her fri
A 10-year-old girl in India who was allegedly raped by her uncle has been told she is too young to have an abortion.The girl is six months pregnant but a court has said that abortion was 'not an option this stage' because she is so far into her pregnancy.She told her mother that she had been raped after they discovered she was pregnant when she complained of stomach pains.She said that she had bee
A man from Etwatwa, Ekurhuleni, had his car stolen while he was relieving himself by the roadside. Amazement Mnisi, 55, said a group of thugs drove off with his new car, which he was taking back to his home in Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga so his parents to bless. On the way, he stopped on the side of the road to pee but while he was still relieving himself, he suddenly felt a cold iron bar on his n
A woman in West Bengal, India, was murdered by a mob who accused her of being a child kidnapper.Footage shows Otera Bibi was tied her to a tractor before being beaten to death.They had suspected the 42-year-old, who was mentally disabled, of trying to kidnap a 10-year-old girl.Otera, who lived with her parents, had walked out of the home and stopped outside Dilip Ghosh's hut, it is reported.That w
Two men, Edward Raatji (51) and Stanley Mohlake (25), accused of trying to sell a human head are set to stand trial after a delay.Limpopo High Court Judge Matsoro Semenya had postponed the trial because Raatji's lawyer was not present in court.The two men were arrested in the Polokwane CBD in Limpopo in 2016, allegedly trying to sell a human head to a businessman.The head belonged to Nthabiseng Mo
Fed up community members from Boikhutso in the North West held their mayor and his bodyguards hostage in the municipal offices.Ditsobotla Local Municipality mayor Daniel Buthelezi and his bodyguards were released unharmed in the early hours of Thursday morning after being held hostage North West police confirmed.Colonel Sabata Mokgwabone said they were released just before 01:00 after negotiations
A homeless man who helped injured children after the terror attack in Manchester, UK, has been given a home.Stephen Jones was sleeping near the venue on Monday night when he heard a huge bang, which he initially thought was a firework.The hero described how he pulled nails out of a little girl's face shortly after the bomb went off which killed 22 people.Speaking to ITV, he said: 'It was a lot of
A heartbroken woman died of an overdose after her husband's mistress reportedly sent her indecent photos of the couple together, an inquest heard.Sarah-Jane Cunningham, 38, was left devastated by the affair and confided in her friend Teresa Church in a phone call the evening before she died at home on July 23 last year.Ms Church said in a statement read to the hearing: 'She knew he was having an a
A dad who abused his daughter for 20 years was finally jailed after she recorded him boasting about his crimes.Raymond Prescott, 54, first attacked Layla Bell, 31, when she was just seven years old.He taunted her and made foul comments, including telling her the abuse was the 'best sex he'd ever had'.Layla said her father would suddenly turn from her 'best friend' to a 'predator'.She initially rep
A suspected shoplifter bled to death after falling on bottles of alcohol he was hiding as he was stopped by a security guard, an inquest heard.Kieran Church, 30, died after being stopped by 20-year-old Sainsbury's security guard Jordan Rose in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, UK, on February 9.He suffered wounds to his abdomen from the broken bottles and died in the car park of The Shires shopping centre.Ea
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