Man hijacks plane then shoots himself in the head
A jet stolen by a pilot suspected of murdering his ex-girlfriend sits on the runway after he shot himself in the head. Brian Hedglin, 40, hijacked the empty 50-seat SkyWest plane in a dramatic escape bid. But he drove it into a terminal building, clipping its wing, before crashing into cars. His body was found … [Read the full story]
“Dingo took my child” case is re-opened
A fourth inquest has been opened into the most notorious and bitterly controversial legal drama in Australia’s history: the 1980 death of a nine-week-old baby whose parents say was taken by a dingo from her tent in the Outback. Azaria Chamberlain’s mother, Lindy, was convicted and later cleared of murdering her and has always maintained … [Read the full story]
Nick Cave and Bad Seed collaborate on film score
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis of Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds and Grinderman have collaborated on the score to new film West of Memphis. The documentary film, which this week received its premiere at the Sundance film festival in Utah, looks at the case of the ‘West Memphis Three’. The controversial case saw three … [Read the full story]
On this day…in 1999
The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution designating November 25 the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The resolution, which was introduced by the Dominican Republic, marked the anniversary of the death of three sisters, Maria, Teresa, and Minerva Mirabel, who were brutally murdered there in 1960. While women in Latin … [Read the full story]
Man’s cock BBQ’d to stop him cheating…and no onions!
RAJINI Narayan loved her husband Satish so much that she believed setting fire to his penis would stop him from cheating, a court has heard. Planning to confront her husband, Narayan instead “snapped”, dousing her husband’s back in petrol before setting him alight. The 46-year-old has pleaded not guilty to murdering her husband at the … [Read the full story]
