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Jul
11
2023
By SAM TOBIN
Kevin Spacey may have drugged alleged victim before assault, UK court told

Kevin Spacey may have drugged alleged victim before assault, UK court told

WORLD
 AN alleged victim of Kevin Spacey told a London court that he believes the Oscar-winning U.S. actor drugged him before performing oral sex on him after he had passed out. Spacey is on trial at London's Southwark Crown Court on a dozen charges of historic sex offences against four men, then aged in their 20s and 30s, between 2001 and 2013. The 63-year-old has denied all the charges and his lawyer Patrick Gibbs said at the start of the trial that the jury were going to hear some "damned lies". The trial, entering its third week on Monday, heard the…
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Apr
19
2023
By The African Mirror
Putin visits two regions in Ukraine, Russia presses assault on Bakhmut

Putin visits two regions in Ukraine, Russia presses assault on Bakhmut

WORLD
DAN PELESCHUK and GUY FAULCONBRIDGE RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has met his commanders in two regions of Ukraine that Moscow claims to have annexed, while Russian forces stepped up heavy artillery bombardments and air strikes on the devastated Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, meanwhile, visited troops in the eastern town of Avdiivka, about 70 km (43 miles) southwest of Bakhmut, and was briefed on the battlefield situation, his office said. The Kremlin said Putin on Monday had attended a military command meeting in Ukraine's southern Kherson region and visited a national guard headquarters in eastern Luhansk. Putin heard reports from…
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Oct
20
2022
By The African Mirror
Man United’s Greenwood granted bail after private hearing

Man United’s Greenwood granted bail after private hearing

SPORT
MANCHESTER United soccer player Mason Greenwood has been released on bail following a private hearing after he was charged with attempted rape, controlling behaviour and assault. The 21-year-old was arrested in January after social media images and videos were posted by a woman reporting incidents of physical violence. Greenwood was granted bail at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court following a private hearing, having been remanded in custody after appearing at Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on Monday. The British Crown Prosecution Service on Saturday authorised Greater Manchester Police to charge Greenwood with "attempted rape, engaging in controlling and coercive behaviour,…
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Jul
24
2021
By The African Mirror
S. African women risk assault to reach work as taxi violence surges

S. African women risk assault to reach work as taxi violence surges

NEWS
KIM HARRISBERG SOUTH African language tutor Debbie Odumuko has already survived a shootout in a grocery store since fighting between rival taxi drivers resurfaced in Cape Town in early July. But walking alone at night alongside the highway to get home now that most taxis have stopped running has left her equally terrified of being assaulted. Getting to and from work has become risky for Odumuko, 49, but the thought of staying home and not being able to feed her four children kept her up at night as she lay in bed listening to gunshots fired between taxi gangs. "I…
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