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Joy Ryder - Wednesday 19.05.10, 17:05pm

Pritt Stick
A teacher with an unblemished 30 year record was today acquitted of attacking a disruptive pupil with a ‘Pritt Stick’ at Swansea Crown Court in Wales.
The 12-year-old, who was not allowed to be named, was said to have suffered from behavioural problems and described as ‘very volatile’, was having a tantrum after the paper he had been gluing had stuck to his fingers and had slammed the glue stick down onto the table. The teacher, Lynda May, removed the glue stick and slammed it down onto the desk to show him how stupidly he was reacting but accidentally caught the boys thumb.
The boys parents took him to the hospital where they were told that the wound was superficial!
Mrs May has had to endure eight-months with this ridiculous case hanging over her and at a cost of an estimated £30,000. The child, who was said to have told the teacher to ‘F*** Off’ and called her a ‘C***’, needs to be taught a few other lessons I think!
This case should never have gone to court, a school is there to teach children not to have to put up with the abuse and an easy way for parents to make a quick buck through compensation cases, bring back the cane and do away with the social work that is expected within the education system today. Will the boy and parents now be prosecuted for bringing about false accusations?
Joy Ryder - Friday 14.05.10, 17:11pm

Death
Collette Harris, 30, from Dartford in Kent was today sentenced 16 years in prison for the brutal murder of her 21-month-old son Bobby Louch.
Little Bobby had more than 80 injuries to his little body and head along with burns to his hand when he died just 4-days before Christmas 2008.
He had suffered fatal brain and abdomen injuries that were described as usually only seen after a car accident. He had extensive bleeding in his skull and spine and severe damage to his internal organs after either being kicked or punched in the stomach.
The Old Bailey heard that the majority of the injuries had been received leading up to the 48 hours before this little lads death.
His evil mother denied killing or deliberately injuring her son and was said to have collapsed and screamed after the jury found her guilty of the crime.
Harris had been living with her new boyfriend James Phillips, 25, from Erith in Kent and the couple blamed each other for the child’s suffering but Phillips was found not guilty of murder, manslaughter and causing or allowing the death at the hearing.
The child’s natural father Dan Louch, had spent the time leading up to Christmas with his son but had seen no evidence of any abuse but within two-days of returning to his mothers home the child was spotted with bruising, with his mother refusing to take him to hospital in case it was believed that she had been beating him, the following day Bobby died.
Just three weeks before the toddlers death he had been treated at the Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford, Kent, after suffering a fractured ankle. Bobby was kept in for observation and a scan as he also had bruising to his forehead but the injury was considered to have been caused by accident and he was released with his leg in plaster the following day.
This woman should have been given the death penalty for what she did to this child, prison is the easy option not a punishment. No doubt she will be released with a whole new identity and can get on with the rest of her life, what life did this little boy have apart from suffering and abuse. RIP Little Bobby and ROT IN HELL COLLETTE HARRIS, I hope you one day get what you deserve.
Joy Ryder - Thursday 22.04.10, 11:27am

Death Penalty
A teenage thug, Ruby Thomas, 18, kicked an unconscious gay man repeatedly resulting in the 62-year-old’s death in September 2009, denies violent disorder.
Ian Baynham, from Beckenham, South-East London, was walking through Trafalgar Square with a friend when Thomas allegedly began shouting homophobic abuse at the pair. Accompanied by two friends, the thug attacked the man after he went over to talk to her.
Mr Baynham suffered severe brain damage after being punched and kicked to the ground and died 18 days after the attack.
One witness stated that he had met up with Thomas and Rachel Burke, 18, along with other youngsters on the night of the attack and that both girls appeared to be quite drunk. He said that the trouble started when Thomas kicked Mr Baynham quite hard in the leg and when he moved she went onto kick his friend in the groin causing Mr Baynham to grab hold of her by the hair and slap her sending her falling to the floor.
It was then that a fellow male thug of Thomas’s named as Joel Alexander, 19, punched Mr Baynham in the face, knocking him to the ground, where he began to make strange ’snoring’ noises. Thomas then was claimed to have stamped quite hard on Mr Baynham’s stomach twice while he appeared to be unconscious. The witness added;
“She walked around to the right side of him and kicked him in the right side of the head, twice. She was swearing,”
The witness then said that there was quite a bit of blood coming from the victims ear, nose and mouth.
This evil thug supposedly emailed the witness the next day claiming that she couldn’t remember what had happened!
The case is continuing but after other people witnessed the attack and the outrage this crime has caused I hope she gets exactly what’s coming to her. RIP Ian Baynham.
John Williams - Wednesday 21.04.10, 12:34pm
Further to our recent post regarding the electronic cigarette, we have been made aware that the product has not been welcomed with open arms in all parts of the world.
In California for instance, which led the way in the USA for banning smoking in public places back in the early nineties, a similar ban on electronic cigarettes was passed by the California Senate in September last year.
It turns out that the ban has not in fact been enforced however, as California Governor Arnie Schwarzenegger refused to sign the bill making it law.
Schwarzenegger declined to sign the document which called for a complete ban on the product in the State, saying that while he supports the sale of tobacco products to children, including e cigarettes, adults have the freedom to make their own choices.
“I am returning Senate Bill 400 without my signature. While I support restricting access of electronic cigarettes to children under the age of 18, I cannot sign a measure that also declares them a federally regulated drug when the matter is currently being decided through pending litigation. Items defined as “tobacco products” are legal for anyone over the age of 18. If adults want to purchase and consume these products with an understanding of the associated health risks, they should be able to do so unless and until federal law changes the legal status of these tobacco products. For this reason, I am unable to sign this bill. Sincerely, Arnold Schwarzenegger”
John Williams - Friday 16.04.10, 12:03pm
With the recent smoking bans that have been put into place in many countries across Europe and indeed the World, there are many ‘aids’ to help smokers kick the habit.
Many smokers have managed to quit the habit with no help at all, while many others have been able to pack up smoking through the use of nicotine gum, patches, inhalers or a combination of various aids.
In the UK cigarettes are so expensive, twice the price of some European countries, that the savings to be made by packing up smoking are enough to at least make smokers consider cutting down if not giving up all together.
One of the aids that manages to give the smoker more or less everything that they get from conventional cigarette smoking is the e cigarette and many smokers are turning to this device as an alternative.
The e cigarette or electronic cigarette resembles a normal cigarette but can come in various personal designs, more resembling a colourful pen or pencil.
The action required is the same for smokers and the nicotine is delivered via a vapouriser. The attraction to smokers is that it feels much like smoking a normal cigarette with the advantage that it has no smoke, only vapour and does not contaminate other peoples space.