Buzzin Disgrace

Ryan Acaster, 17-years-old, was killed on Sunday when he rode his trail bike through woodland near Crossens in Southport, Merseyside.

A wire had been strung between two trees, about chest height on the disused track and Ryan ploughed into it.  The youngster was not wearing a helmet and suffered fatal head injuries as he was thrown from his bike.

Ryan had gone out in the morning and when he hadn’t returned about lunchtime, his father became concerned and went to look for him.  Ryan was found unconscious near his bike and a emergency helicopter was deployed.

Ryan was treated by the air ambulance crew and then taken to hospital but died without regaining consciousness.

Detectives are now trying to piece together the incident to see if the wire was a “booby trap” preventing youths from using the area as a racetrack.

Apparently, there have been several confrontations lately between the local farmers and trespassing youngsters.

The other theory is that the wire had been holding a sign warning of private property, but the sign had fallen off.

I know the youngsters can be a pain, riding unlawfully on private land, but I do hope this wasn’t put there deliberately by some disgruntled resident.  This sort of “booby trap” will either maim or kill, and they will have to live with that for the rest of their lives.

While the streets of the UK are in turmoil with daily stabbings and binge-drinking yobs, a 12-year-old girl was held at a Boots store on suspicion of shop-lifting after testing out a nail varnish!

The young girl, painted one of her finger nails at the Boots branch in Folkestone, Kent. She had opened a bottle of the varnish as she could not find a tester and was caught by a security guard.

She was then questioned by THREE police officers and held until her parents came to collect her and pay for the product.

Her parents were told that their daughter could be forcibly restrained as she was over 10-years-old despite her making no attempt to leave.

The parents have rightly, complained about the “heavy-handed” treatment and are demanding an apology from the police.

The girls mother said,

“(Her daughter) was scared and crying. The whole approach was very heavy handed.

I find it incredibly hard to believe this was the most serious incident going on for the police.

Frankly, this country has gone crazy. This is the sort of thing that just makes me want to pack our bags and leave as soon as (Her daughter) finishing her schooling.”

The 12-year-old said,

“I went into the shop and saw a nail polish which I thought looked alright. There were no testers so I put a tiny bit on my thumbnail. The security guard walked up behind me and said I had to pay for it or it would be theft.

I was really scared. I had no money on me so he said I had to come into the office.”

Her mother said,

“She was kept for an hour in a small office with the security guard and a manager and the police were called.

The security guard who caught her was grinning like he had caught a big fish. It was ridiculous.

At first there were three officers there and when we got there it was just one. The officer told us our rights.

One officer even told me that if I didn’t pay they would take (her daughter) in a police van to Folkestone Police station and charge her with theft.”

The girls parents paid £6.29 for the nail polish stated that she would never return to the store in question.

Maybe the girl was wrong to have just used it, but she had not tried to conceal it as far as I can tell, she seemed to have no intention of stealing the product.

We are forever hearing how stretched out police force is so were three police officers really necessary, how much did that cost the tax-payers?

Courtney Bryan, 29, murdered his eleven week old son after the baby woke him by crying. He lost his temper and violently shook baby Amaraye, squeezed his ribs until they broke and then threw him against the living room wall.

Bryan and Ginna Gobran started a relationship in 2005 while Gobran was living at her parents house. When the baby was born in November 2007 it was Bryan who named him and was said to have been very possessive over him.

Bryan slept with the baby overnight when he was six weeks old at the family home. The next day the baby had a bruise above his top lip, which Bryan had blamed on the baby’s chair or bottle.

In May 2007, Bryan again stayed with Gobran’s family and was left in charge of Amaraye while Ms. Gobran went out. When she returned the baby was described as pale and listless, but Bryan took him to the park and refused to get him examined at the children’s hospital.

The baby’s grandmother threatened to call the police but Bryan persuaded Amaraye’s mother to say that the child had had a fall while she was with him.

When doctors examined Amaraye, he was found to be seriously ill with a fractured skull, bleeding behind the eyes and broken ribs, he died three days later.

The father tried to say that the baby must have been injured accidentally when he was swinging him round in the garden.

It then emerged about that there were two other babies he had attacked in similar circumstances, and the police decided to review the earlier investigations.

Previously, Bryan had been questioned about the two other assaults on babies, both four months old at the time.  He was questioned twice by a different police force, seven years ago although there was no prosecution in either case.

Bryan had started a relationship with the mother of a four month old baby boy born in 1998, and again he was left to look after the child. The next morning the mother noticed bruising around the baby’s eyes and nose, which Bryan claimed must have happened as he slept with him on the sofa.

During the day the baby’s bruising looked worse and so he was taken to the hospital where it was found he had suffered internal bleeding around the brain and had a broken left leg. They also discovered injuries caused by being shaken which were two-three weeks old. Fortunately, the baby made a full recovery in this case.

Once again, Bryan began a relationship with a mother of a four month old boy who had been born in 1999. A month later, Bryan was again left in charge of the baby while it’s mother went out when the baby fell ill.

The baby was taken to hospital and was found to be suffering from bleeding on the brain and at the back of the eyes, probably caused by shaking. Older injuries were again discovered including a fractured leg and broken ribs. This little baby suffered irreversible brain damage and has needed full time care since he was eight-years-old.

When Bryan was arrested in June 2001, he claimed to have accidentally rolled over on the baby while sleeping with him on the sofa. He was interviewed again by the police in October 2001, when he admitted looking after the child a couple of times but denied injuring him.

On Monday, Courtney Bryan was jailed for life after being found guilty of murder and the two earlier incidents of cruelty towards two children. He must serve a minimum term of twenty years and Mr Justice Henriques told Bryan he was a real danger to young children, and said he was a

“most callous, self-centred and unprincipled individual. No child should ever be permitted under the same roof as you again.”

Miss Gobran, 21, said in a victim impact statement,

“That monster can spend the rest of his life behind bars but it will never bring him (Amaraye) back. I hope he never gets the chance to hold a baby again.”

In their latest measure to supposedly ‘clampdown on knife crime’, Labour’s Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has announced plans to use shock tactics against young offenders caught in possession of a knife.

Her ridiculous proposal is to escort young people who are caught carrying a knife around A & E (accident and emergency) wards so they come face to face with victims of knife crime.  They will also meet with victims’ families and attend prison visits.

Jacqui Smith said: “I am very keen that we make people face up to the consequences.

“In my book it is tougher than simply saying there is one, simple solution and that is everyone goes to prison.”

Like many politicians she is so out of touch with reality. She obviously hasn’t witnessed the trauma of a knife attack first hand, or lost a loved one due to an unprovoked attack.

Furthermore, doesn’t she understand that many of these young offenders are fully aware of the crime they are committing and the consequences of their actions.  Some of these offenders have stabbed or been stabbed, witnessed stabbings and possibly even attended a funeral caused by such an attack.

So where’s the shock tactic?

I agree, sending young offenders to prison isn’t the answer, but at least it will stop them roaming the streets looking for more victims. I am more interested in a safer society, than what is the right thing to do for those who choose to assault innocent victims.

All the time the punishment doesn’t fit the crime, knife crime will get worse in this country.

Does anyone know why knife crime is so prevalent in the UK compared to other European countries?

Melanie Lee, 35-years-old, was driving home to Manchester after visiting her parents in Glasgow on the September 30 2007.

In the early hours of the morning, her BMW Mini Convertible span out of control on the motorway, swerved from lane to lane before hitting the central barrier, ending-up facing in the wrong direction.

She was uninjured and phoned the emergency services as she remained in the car and looked for her glasses, before two motorists stopped to help.

The men struggled with the passenger door and managed to get the window open to enable Miss Lee to get out when a speeding car slammed into the vehicle.

Miss Lee, was sent flying through the window of her car as she tried to climb to safety and died later in hospital from multiple injuries.

Sarah Taylor, 23-years-old, a medical receptionist and lap-dancer, was not only driving at 95mph, but was twice over the legal limit and talking on her mobile phone at the time of the crash.

It was heard in court, that Taylor was working at her lap-dancing job in the Blackpool Strip Club, before driving home on the night of the crash, and had made at least two phone calls while driving at speed. Allegedly, the first thing that Taylor said after the collision was, “I was on my phone, I was on my phone.”

She would have killed three people that night, if the two motorists hadn’t managed to jump out of the way seconds before she ploughed into Miss Lee’s car.

She pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and drink driving, and can you believe it, she was given 6 years in prison and banned from driving from five.

So exactly what message does that send out, apart from the fact, that this woman’s life was only worth 6 years of the Miss Lee’s, absolutely disgusting, she should never, ever be allowed to drive again for a start!