30 year old Irishman, Freddie Thompson, known in the criminal world as ‘Fat Freddie', was arrested by the Garda in Dublin on October 21.
The arrest order dates from 18 months ago and was issued by the courts in Estepona, Málaga. The police consider that Thomson was a member of the Irish gang led by Christopher Kinahan, which was broken up by police in May 2010 in an operation codenamed ‘shovel’ which saw the arrest of more than 30 people in Spain, Ireland and the U.K. They were all linked to large scale drug and arms trafficking, as well as money laundering and other crimes committed on the Costa del Sol.
Thomson is now expected to declare before the court in Estepona this week. Police had thought that he could have been hiding in Holland.
He has been the most famous prisoner in the Clovenhill prison since his arrest.
Marbella police arrested a man considered to be a ‘frontman’ for the group, who was paid a monthly sum for the use of his name. Officially he owned luxury cars and businesses, when in fact he was almost pennyless.
Most of the money is thought to have been laundered in Brazil where real estate was purchased. 60 properties worth an estimated 150 million € have been impounded on the Costa del Sol in connection with the case.
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- France and Germany want to suspend the Shengen Agreement (1)
- France brings in breathalyser law (1)
- France drugs: Policeman seized in massive cocaine hunt (1)
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- France siege gunman 'is dead' (1)
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- Free at last: Longest-serving farang at 'Bangkok Hilton' is checking out (1)
- Freedom near after years in hell but Schapelle Corby is too scared to hope (1)
- French judges seek arrest of Equatorial Guinea leader's son (1)
- French prosecutors have started a preliminary inquiry into a writer's claim that former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to rape her in 2003. (1)
- Fresh appeal launched to find man living abroad accused of murdering Nantwich man (1)
- Frightening 'Drug Threat Assessment' for the USA and Mexico (1)
- From an arrest for stealing a charity box to an 11-year-old who admits she threw stones (1)
- FSA broke its own rules in Keydata probe (1)
- full brutality of former Libyan tyrant Muammar Gaddafi's regime has been revealed in chilling video footage of prison torture sessions. (1)
- Funeral held for Hells Angel killed at fellow biker's burial begins (1)
- Fury erupts over bikie 'war' claims (1)
- GA preacher arrested for bullet in luggage (1)
- Gaga may once again have offended the pious as she emerged as a decapitated corpse from a confession box (1)
- Galicia offers attractive alternatives. (1)
- Gang dispute sparked funeral home shooting that left 2 dead (1)
- GANG of drug dealers planned to flood Britain with £4 billion of cocaine (1)
- gang of Romanian gypsies flew in and out of Britain to defraud taxpayers out of more than £800 (1)
- Gang ringleaders: Mehmet Sirin Baybasin (left) and Paul Taylor (Pic: PA) (1)
- Gangs of highway robbers are targeting British tourists on holiday in Spain. (1)
- Gangster Domenyk Noonan set to be told: You’re staying in jail (1)
- Gangster gets four years for drug stash (1)
- Gangster suspect Freddie is bailed in Spain (1)
- Gas canister man storms office (1)
- General Strike minimum services agreed for transport (1)
- Gerard Kavanagh shot dead in Costa del Sol pub (1)
- German nationals face death penalty over drug smuggling charges in Malaysia (1)
- German taxpayer would be obliged to subsidise the wages of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. (1)
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- Gilts Drop as France (1)
- Glenn Mulcaire 'followed News of the World orders' when phone hacking (1)
- Goldman Sachs director quits 'morally bankrupt' Wall Street bank (1)
- Google plans to warn more than half a million users of a computer infection that may knock their computers off the Internet this summer. (1)
- Graham Norton's London home was burgled on Friday night (1)
- Greece cannot leave the euro. (1)
- Greek far-right parties could end up with as much as 20 percent of the vote in Sunday's elections. The neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party has intensified the xenophobic atmosphere in the country. (1)
- Grisly remains found after police launch audit of body parts across the land (1)
- gun-for-hire carried out the pub murder of Paul ‘Farmer' Martin over three years ago (1)
- gunned down in Medellin (1)
- guns for hire (1)
- Hackers Challenge Mexican Crime Syndicate (1)
- Hacking officers and the 'champagne links' to Wapping (1)
- Hacking scandal: the net tightens on the Murdochs (1)
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- HANGING OUT WITH FRIENDS TODAY (1)
- Harry Potter Star Jamie Waylett Jailed For Two Years For Violent Disorder In London Riots (1)
- has died while out fishing for carp at the Amadorio dam (1)
- has launched a devastating personal attack on Jeremy Hunt over his relationship with the Murdoch empire (1)
- has revealed that his ex-wife spent more than £12 million (1)
- has said she first heard about the claims two weeks ago. (1)
- have clarified they are not suing Twitter (1)
- having been allowed to board an international flight from Liberia. (1)
- he was wrong (1)
- he would face up to 25 years in prison (1)
- Head of press watchdog is next to resign over hacking (1)
- Health Minister announces crackdown on foreigners using the Spanish Health Service (1)
- Helicopter rescue for crew of ship aground (1)
- Hells Angel charged over Sydney ice labs (1)
- Hells Angel Dayle Fredette turns informer (1)
- Hells Angel turns informer for SharQc cases (1)
- High Alert in Casablanca Airport After Death of Woman Returning from Mecca (1)
- High Court judge has ruled that BT must block access to a website which provides links to pirated movies. (1)
- HMRC clamps down on Swiss account holders (1)
- Holidaymakers warned on fake goods (1)
- Hollywood actor Jude Law was on Saturday reported to be suing The Sun newspaper (1)
- Home builds Marbella Mansions (1)
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- How can you afford that £8m home (1)
- How clothes retailer Peacocks ran up £750m debts (1)
- How HMRC finally caught Nasir Khan (1)
- How to Embark on a Spiritual Journey (1)
- How Tony Blair tried to give Gibraltar to Spain to curry favour with the European Union (1)
- How Wall Street Bankers Use Seamless To Feast On Free Lobster (1)
- HSBC said it had cut its exposure to troubled eurozone countries in Greece (1)
- Huaxi: The socialist village where everyone is wealthy (1)
- HUGE volcano in Iceland could be about to blow which would turn day into night and cause chaos across Europe. (1)
- Hugh could not be happier or more supportive (1)
- Hugh Grant is the delighted father of a baby girl. He and the mother had a fleeting affair and while this was not planned (1)
- Hundreds (1)
- Hundreds of foreign residents could lose their homes after mortgage scam in Spain (1)
- Husband hits out at Palin sex (1)
- I want to put it to bed once and for all (1)
- I'm afraid (1)
- Iberia Express takes off on Sunday (1)
- Identity fraud biggest threat as number of scams soars (1)
- If Murdoch thought the worst was over (1)
- In flight terror as maniac CRACKS plane window at 35 (1)
- In Spain (1)
- including Madonna (1)
- including the royal editor of Rupert Murdoch's Sun tabloid (1)
- including three children (1)
- Incredible Map Shows Airplanes Getting The Heck Out Of Ukranian Airspace (1)
- India wants Italian ship captain to surrender (1)
- INDONESIAN authorities claim an Australian man arrested this week allegedly carrying 1.1kg of hashish inside his body was couriering for an international drug network. (1)
- inmate charged with murder on the run after prison van ambush (1)
- Insecure websites to be named and shamed after checks (1)
- Instagram and Facebook sparks outrage (1)
- internal inquiry in 2007 gathered ‘‘smoking gun’’ emails showing that several of its journalists were hacking mobile phones and making payments to police officers. (1)
- INTERPOL Targets Trafficking Of Stolen Vehicles (1)
- Invasion of the pickpockets (1)
- Investigators are questioning Mexico's former deputy defence minister and a top army general for suspected links to organised crime (1)
- Iran arrests six 'BBC Persian film-makers' (1)
- Iran car explosion kills nuclear scientist in Tehran (1)
- Ireland (1)
- Irish man shot dead in suspected gangland murder in Spanish bar (1)
- Irish teenager being held on attempted murder charge in Costa del Sol (1)
- Irishman attempting to row across the Indian Ocean naked was rescued on Tuesday after he was hit by a large wave and banged his head (1)
- Is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy really the answer to Britain's depression 'epidemic'? (1)
- Is it balls (1)
- Is it possible to effectively treat addiction without addressing the spiritual aspects of the problem (1)
- is one of the largest and most exclusive hunting estates in western Europe. (1)
- is sexualising the dance floors of a much younger generation. (1)
- is to launch on this side of the Atlantic. (1)
- ISIS terrorists discovered in Morocco (1)
- Israeli soldier Gilad Schalit has been moved from the Gaza Strip to Egyp (1)
- it emerged on Wednesday. (1)
- IT firm deleted News of the World emails nine times (1)
- it has emerged. (1)
- it is safe to say that Vin Diesel is a man who likes his boys' toys. (1)
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- Italian fugitive arrested in AlmerÃa (1)
- Italian government bonds breached the 7% danger level (1)
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- Italy government hangs by thread as coalition crumbles (1)
- James Brown abused Ben Douglas at the Bafta Television Awards ceremony which was held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. (1)
- James Murdoch giving evidence for a second time to the MPs' select committee (1)
- James Murdoch pleads innocence ahead of committee report (1)
- James Murdoch to resign as BSkyB chairman (1)
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- Jamie “Iceman” Stevenson is back on the streets (1)
- Jenny Thompson was held after officers found drugs paraphernalia at the £400 (1)
- Jessica Harper admits £2.4m Lloyds Bank fraud (1)
- JetBlue plane in emergency landing after captain's apparent breakdown (1)
- jewellery and shoes. (1)
- Joe Keane used his car to 'box in' McCarthy-Dundon gang members during a stand-off last week. (1)
- Johnny Depp separates from partner Vanessa Paradis (1)
- Jonathan Chapman (1)
- Jonathan Dimbleby has admitted he tried cocaine and marijuana in his 20s. (1)
- Jonathan May-Bowles – aka Jonnie Marbles – to appear before magistrates court on Friday (1)
- José Manuel Martin Alba (1)
- Joseph Patrick John Lagrue handed himself in at Solihull police station in September after the brawl between members of the Hell’s Angels and Outlaws biker gangs (1)
- JPMorgan's Trading Loss Is Said to Rise at Least 50% (1)
- Judge orders search of News of the World executives' computers in bid to find out if key hacking evidence was destroyed (1)
- judge rules (1)
- Julian Assange's fight to evade extradition to Sweden appears doomed despite stay of execution (1)
- July 7 bomber's widow 'on the run' over links with terrorist cell (1)
- Jurors convict two men of first-degree murder in shooting death near Delray Beach (1)
- Kansas man struck by lightning hours after buying lottery tickets (1)
- KATIE Price is angry. In fact (1)
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- Kevin J. Augustiniak entered his plea last week (1)
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- known as 'daggering' (1)
- Labour suspends MP Eric Joyce after Commons 'assault' (1)
- LADY GAGA has kicked off festivities at this year's Cannes Film Festival in jaw-dropping style (1)
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- Legal warning to UK over benefits for EU nationals (1)
- Leslie Ash settles with NoW but may sue other papers Actor and her husband (1)
- Let’s clear up a few things about Whitney Houston. (1)
- Leveson - The Hunt is on (1)
- Lewis Hamilton could be in line for a sensational switch to Red Bull Racing (1)
- Libya minister denies claims Kadhafi men attack town (1)
- Libya rendition claims: David Cameron calls for inquiry (1)
- Libya: 'Gaddafi dies from wounds' suffered in Sirte capture (1)
- Libya: Col Gaddafi buried at dawn (1)
- Libyan Officials Say (1)
- Lionel Messi to be prosecuted for alleged tax evasion (1)
- Liver deaths at all-time high (1)
- Lloyds Bank strips five directors of more than £1 million in bonuses (1)
- Lock your doors alert as Whitby double murder suspect spotted on run (1)
- Locked Up Abroad is different. (1)
- London Gang Sweep Leads To 13 Arrests (1)
- London hospitals write off 'over 90%' owed by foreign patients (1)
- LONDON RIOTS: BUDGET CUTS ‘NO EXCUSE (1)
- London's secret music venue and their livestream act (1)
- looked a shadow of her former self as she arrived to face 21 charges at Westminster Magistrates’ Court in central London. (1)
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- Major wildfire in Malaga leaves elderly Briton dead and his wife missing (1)
- Makers say 'sorry' as excessive vitamin D found after dog food recalled from 190 Mercadona stores (1)
- Malaya case hears dramatic statement from Fidel San Román (1)
- MAN ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING POLICE OFFICER (1)
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- Massive increase in Brits abroad drug arrests (1)
- Maurice Boland launches iTalk FM radio (1)
- Maybe when President Obama's hors d'oeuvre plate is whisked away he will find a bill for £5.5m (1)
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- Meat causes cancer. It’s been said so many times that you’d have to be an idiot not to believe it (1)
- Media group faces new hacking blows (1)
- MEP arrested on suspicion of European parliament fraud conspiracy (1)
- Mercenaries arrested for boot full of AK-47 rifles (1)
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- Met to hand alleged phone-hacking notes to Hugh Grant and Jemima Khan (1)
- Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich says reading an interview in which Noel talked about quitting drugs is what made him give up taking cocaine. (1)
- Metropolitan police anti-corruption unit investigated over payments (1)
- Metropolitan Police chief Sir Paul Stephenson has resigned. (1)
- Mexican police arrest 15-year-old alleged drug-gang operator in murders of 2 women (1)
- Mexico Arrests Boss of La Mano con Ojos Gang (1)
- Mexico arrests senior Zetas crime boss (1)
- Mexico drug gangs targeting gov’t choppers (1)
- Mexico opposition may work with criminals (1)
- Mexico’s military says soldiers freed 61 men being held captive by the Zetas drug cartel for use as forced labor (1)
- Michael Jackson sisters happy with justice (1)
- Michael Jackson's entire back catalogue (1)
- Mike Tyson has for the first time revealed his lowest point ever in a searingly candid interview. (1)
- military and government. (1)
- Millions of Hotmail users cut off by Microsoft 'cloud' failure (1)
- Milly Dowler's family have been offered a multimillion-pound settlement offer by Rupert Murdoch's News International (1)
- Miners' union takes legal action to evict Arthur Scargill from his £1.5m luxury apartment (1)
- Minimum price for alcohol introduced in bid to tackle Britain's binge crisis (1)
- Missing M’sian girl took lift into Thailand from stranger (1)
- Missouri National Guard still on alert for possible gang retaliation (1)
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- Mobile operator O2 hit by nationwide network failure that left users unable to make calls or text (1)
- Mobile phone users suffering from 'text neck' (1)
- Montreal criminal lawyer Gilles Doré — who has represented alleged Hells Angels — is in hospital with serious injuries (1)
- More arrests made in million dollar drug bust (1)
- More... Make-up of Michael Jackson doctor manslaughter jury revealed as they begin second day of deliberations Dr Conrad Murray: The sleazy lothario who made a perfect fall-guy (1)
- Morocco bans Spain’s El Pais newspaper over royal cartoon (1)
- Motorway speed limit to be raised (1)
- MP Eric Joyce charged with assault (1)
- Mr Strauss-Kahn has been indicted on seven charges. If he is convicted (1)
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- Ms Sandiford to be executed for drug trafficking. (1)
- MS-13 (1)
- murder (1)
- Murdoch slashes price for new Sunday tabloid (1)
- Murdoch's unholy political grip (1)
- Murdochs are not a mafia – but the family firm is in meltdown (1)
- Naked cyclists in Spanish city protests (1)
- named as Andrew Latham (1)
- Nationwide protests in Spain over economic woes (1)
- NAVY recruit flipped and killed an officer in a gun rampage on a nuclear sub after he was told off for his cleaning work. (1)
- near the village of Conquista (1)
- nearly eight years after his 2003 indictment (1)
- Netflix (1)
- New Black Panther leader arrested as group sets bounty in Florida shooting (1)
- New claims suggest that phone hacking is still going on (1)
- New ecstasy fears after two dead and one seriously ill following club weekend (1)
- New guidelines for Ascot dress code (1)
- New info about statin safety affects millions (1)
- New laws to break bikies' silience (1)
- New Magaluf sex video: 'British tourist' caught romping in broad daylight between parked cars (1)
- New scandal hits Murdoch's News Corp (1)
- new team of officers is set to investigate claims of computer hacking (1)
- Newfoundlanders arrested in RCMP drug bust (1)
- News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks has announced that she will no longer be in charge of its internal investigation into phone hacking (1)
- News International faces FBI phone hacking probe (1)
- News International offices searched as four more men are arrested (1)
- News of the World phone-hacking whistleblower found dead (1)
- Nicolas Sarkozy threatens to pull France out of Schengen zone (1)
- Nigerian scam case deflates in Málaga (1)
- Nine in every 10 Spaniards feel uncomfortable speaking English (1)
- northern Spain is the place to go (1)
- Not everybody is going broke in Ireland these days (1)
- Notes and Phone? (1)
- Now You Can Buy a $250 (1)
- Numerous homes have been burnt out and others seriously affected in Ojén and Marbella. The urbanisation La Mairena has flames affecting several properties. (1)
- NYPD detective suspended after kidnapping victim found in his garage (1)
- Occulto (1)
- of 88 Forthill Ave. (1)
- off his face' during Sunday night's results show after getting just 30 minutes of sleep following his hard partying the night before. (1)
- offences related to the operation of a large-scale illegal waste landfill site at Aldermaston near Reading (1)
- Officer finds own parents Avtar and Carole Kolar killed in ‘revenge attack’ (1)
- official figures have shown. (1)
- ON CLOUD NINE: BATH SALTS BY ANOTHER NAME... WITH STRONG COMPULSIONS TO REDOSE (1)
- on suspicion of intimidating a witness. (1)
- on the border of Castilla La Mancha (1)
- on the grounds of having paid out of public funds (1)
- One in seven Cambridge students 'has sold drugs to help pay their way through university' (1)
- One of the biggest insurance companies in the world held a party for salesmen where they were rewarded with the services of prostitutes. (1)
- Online porn increases sex addiction risk says expert (1)
- Opiates Killed 8 Americans In Afghanistan (1)
- or both? (1)
- Oscars warn Baron Cohen against red carpet stunt (1)
- OUTLAW bikies are believed to have put a $500 (1)
- Outspoken Moroccan rapper awaits assault verdict (1)
- over-extended and ill-disciplined monetary union is in danger of falling apart (1)
- PADDLE4HEROES (1)
- Painkiller warning as pack contains higher dose than label says (1)
- Pair Of Late Night Shootings In Coachella Valley (1)
- Pakistani Taliban training Frenchmen (1)
- Paramedics Who Tried To Save Singer's Life Give Evidence (1)
- Pasquale Mazzarella and Clemente Amodio arrested in Marbella (1)
- Passengers feared death after cabin crew accidentally issued emergency landing message (1)
- Pattaya's foreign criminals feel the heat (1)
- Paul Conroy claimed to be 'safe' in Lebanon after being smuggled out of Homs (1)
- Penny Johnson (1)
- Pensioner shoots himself at Greek Parliament (1)
- Permanent Secretary 'stonewalls' MPs over Jeremy Hunt (1)
- Pete Doherty will not face criminal prosecution over the death plunge of partygoer Mark Blanco. (1)
- Phone data shows romance 'driven by women' (1)
- Phone hacking: Police bail sports writer Raoul Simons (1)
- Phone hacking: the names of nearly 30 News International staff appear in Glenn Mulcaire's notebooks (1)
- photographer was kicked to the ground and beaten by four youths on the Pembury Estate in Hackney on Tuesday (1)
- Picture of clubbers having sex in car park posted on Twitter (1)
- Pigs worship God of Materialism (1)
- Pilot Strike Affects Scores Of Travelers (1)
- Piranha Women who trap well-off men are pure myth (1)
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- Police divers search for head and limbs of Gemma McCluskie (1)
- Police evacuate 100 houses after two men are arrested in anti-terrorism operation (1)
- Police find body in Perth motel car park (1)
- police have released images of 28 suspects they want to question about serious street disorder that “wreaked havoc” across Northern Ireland (1)
- Police have several leads in the investigation of the large forest fire that started a week ago. (1)
- police hunt for Michael Brown's missing millions (1)
- Police plans to fire rubber bullets in London (1)
- Police raid Perth bikie properties (1)
- Police said at the time the gang he is said to have led owned property worth 500 million euros in Brazil and 160 million euros in Spain. (1)
- Police smash gun supply ring operating out of tiny suburban tobacco shop (1)
- Police study Murdoch's 'secret' iPhone account (1)
- Police uncover 'serious and organised' criminality in £63m scam to breach European fishing quotas (1)
- Police warn they may not be able to afford Tesco's £3m riot compensation bill (1)
- Police were in dark over foreign axe killer living in UK (1)
- Ponzi fraud: two men found guilty of involvement in £115m UK scam (1)
- Poor men and lonely wealthy women (1)
- Pop legend Madonna today told a court of her 'alarm and distress' after a delusional fan (1)
- popular Caribbean dancing style used by adults (1)
- Portugal and Spain (1)
- Portugal now desperate for rain (1)
- possibly thousands of celebrities have had their names permanently banned from the new .xxx adults-only internet domain. (1)
- Pound Falls Versus Euro (1)
- power failures (1)
- Premier League footballer Fabrice Muamba is in intensive care after collapsing during an FA Cup tie. (1)
- President of the Supreme Court of Spain (1)
- Prime Minister (1)
- Prince Philip in hospital (1)
- Princess Beatrice and Sienna Miller. (1)
- Princess Diana death photo that has never before been seen in the United Kingdom is featured in a new documentary film that will be shown at Cannes Film Festival to the outrage of many Britons. (1)
- private jets waved through customs and immigration checks (1)
- Property owners not impressed by Junta's decree on irregular property (1)
- Prostitute in French footballer sex scandal launches own underwear range (1)
- Protein Rich Diet Good For Losing Weight (1)
- Protester Jonathan May-Bowles (1)
- Psycho gang boss set for arrest over Maria killing (1)
- Putin assassination plot foiled: Russian officials (1)
- Qaddafi Is Dead (1)
- Raids in 7 countries in $200M investment fraud (1)
- RAISING MONEY THROUGH KAYAKING (1)
- rape (1)
- Rapper Aggro Santos charged with raping two women (1)
- Rapper and Bloods Gang leader indicted for murders and racketeering (2)
- RBS is planning to lay off thousands of investment bankers over the next eighteen months (1)
- RBS staff told to pay for their own Christmas party (1)
- RBS to cut 3 (1)
- real estate company Reyal Urbis filed for insolvency after failing to renegotiate debt with its creditors. (1)
- Real IRA terrorist has been jailed for 12 years after being found guilty of buying weapons and explosives which he wanted to use to “kill Brits. (1)
- Rebbeca Brooks learned this morning that she will be taken to court over accusations of perverting the course of justice in relation to the phone hacking scandal. (1)
- Rebecca Brooks flame-haired Queen of Fleet Street (1)
- Rebekah Brooks refused to name source of Brown son story (1)
- Rebekah Brooks (3)
- Rebekah Brooks and husband arrested in phone hacking inquiry (1)
- Rebekah Brooks faces court (1)
- Rebekah Brooks formally charged (1)
- Rebekah Brooks has resigned as News International chief executive (1)
- Rebekah Brooks last night told the News of the World's staff that she had no option but to close Britain's best-selling Sunday newspaper (1)
- Rebekah Brooks may be interviewed by police investigating phone hacking at the News Of The World (1)
- Rebekah Brooks resigns (1)
- Rebekah Brooks survives or does she. (1)
- Rebekah Brooks texted David Cameron (1)
- Rebekah Brooks to lift lid on David Cameron friendship (1)
- Rebekah Brooks turns screw on Jeremy Hunt with 'hacking advice' email (1)
- Rebekah Brooks’ husband has denied accusations of a cover up after police seized a bag containing a laptop computer and personal documents stashed in a bin near their London flat. (1)
- Rebekah tried everything to stop the NotW staff having the last word and she utterly failed. (1)
- RECENT RUSH of so-called super injunctions in the UK has driven traffic up at Twitter by 14 per cent. (1)
- Recession causes 2 (1)
- Record numbers of police officers will be on duty across London during the Notting Hill carnival (1)
- Red or Black: The criminal thing about Cowell's show? (1)
- refuses to 'search for food in garbage' (1)
- registration by an unidentified party of the name 'Sun on Sunday' this week along with the domain name thesunonsunday.co.uk. (1)
- Released Alien from Border Crisis Arrested for Alleged Murder (1)
- Renounce your British Citizenship? (1)
- Replacement locks were fitted at their home yesterday after the thugs stole Billie's keys along with her £1 (1)
- restaurants have removed cucumber from their salads (1)
- resulting in his car being stolen. (1)
- Retailers must resist exodus from riot hot spots (1)
- REVEALED: Shocking failure to police drink-spiking in Spanish resorts (1)
- reveals French research (1)
- Rich Brits plot escape to France (1)
- Richard Branson tells MPs (1)
- Rick Perry takes military-style tack to protect Texas border from Mexican cartels (1)
- Ricky Martin and Benicio del Toro now have Spanish nationality. (1)
- Ricky Martin granted Spanish citizenship (1)
- right? (1)
- Rio de Janeiro’s most wanted drugs baron who controlled the drug trade in South America’s biggest favela with fear and intimidation for 30 years has been arrested (1)
- Rio hit with £500k bill after losing court battle (1)
- Rioter who attacked Malaysian student jailed for seven years (1)
- Rival gangsters pack Vancouver courts (1)
- Robbie Williams accidentally flashes willy on stage (1)
- Robert Dawes was finally arrested in Dubai on an international warrant but is now living free on the Costa del Sol. (1)
- Royals' plane food budget to double (1)
- ruling on how much money will be confiscated from the ringleader of an international drugs gang that was based in Wiltshire is due next week. (1)
- Rupert Murdoch bid to grab back the huge audience his News Corp lost (1)
- Rupert Murdoch flies into London as five Sun journalists arrested over alleged corruption (1)
- Rupert Murdoch was accused today of gagging the royal family's lawyers amid claims that key evidence in the phone hacking and bribery scandals has been held back from MPs. (1)
- Rupert Murdoch was branded “not a fit person” to run a major company (1)
- Rupert Murdoch's company was guilty of ‘deliberately thwarting’ the criminal investigation into the News of the World (1)
- Rupert Murdoch's Fox News ran 'black ops' department (1)
- Rush for safe havens as euro fears rise (1)
- Rushkinoff cough (1)
- Russia enacts 'draconian' law for bloggers and online media (1)
- Russian banker shooting: 'It looks like a contract hit' (1)
- Russian banker shot six times had testified over murder plot (1)
- Russian ship suspected of carrying munitions to Syria appears near Turkish port (1)
- Russian shot in UK was due to give evidence (1)
- Ruth Madoff reveals suicide pact after £40bn fraud (1)
- Ryan Giggs has been named by an MP in the House of Commons as the person identified on Twitter in the context of injunctions. (1)
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Welcome to Oculto Café – Cordoba’s infamous Satanic saloon.
GLASSES shoot across tabletops, busty vamps serve blood-red cocktails, and twisted locals raise a toast to an image of Aleister Crowley. Welcome to Oculto Café – Cordoba’s infamous Satanic saloon. The bar is situated in a maze of narrow, winding streets in the ancient ‘Old Town’ district. Stepping outside for a Marlboro, I scan my surroundings. It’s a chilly, moonlit night and the streets are deserted. Strain your ears, however, and you’ll hear muffled voices coming from dark balconies. It’s like a scene from Interview with the Vampire. As I re-enter, the room falls silent. A cross-eyed chap stares at me… well, I think it’s me… it’s hard to tell. Had my gothic guy-liner run, or had he caught a whiff of fresh meat? In this insular atmosphere, I feel as welcome as Gary Glitter at Tivoli World! Forget fruit machines and pool tables, it’s ouija boards and tarot cards that keep these punters amused. A little weakened, I seize a newspaper and hide in the corner. Alongside ads for ‘Black Angels’ and ‘Colombian Swallowers’, the classifieds are swarming with clairvoyants. I’m shocked! Isn’t Spain supposed to be a God-fearing country? But the truth is, up until the Inquisition (1478), Iberia was a hotbed of magic and sorcery. With the coming of Catholicism, however, mystics – including ‘witches’ and ‘healers’ were round-up and executed. For survival’s sake, Spaniards severed their ties with the ‘other side.’ Today, however, there is growing evidence that Spain is returning to its supernatural roots. Church-going is down (just 14.4%), and stories of Satanism are everywhere. In March 2011, an Almerian church was littered with satanic scrawls. Investigators claimed that the site had been used for a “black mass.” Tenerife’s Arona Cemetery has also been targeted by sinister cults. In 2008, graves were desecrated and animals sacrificed during “bizarre nocturnal rituals”. For sceptics, it’s easy to blame rebellious youth or drug-addicts for these atrocities. However, as someone who’s experienced dark forces – first hand – I try to keep an open mind. It all started in 2001 when I was filming a documentary at Devon’s Berry Pomeroy. In the castle grounds, I indivertibly captured an inhuman figure on camera. Whilst replaying the footage to BBC colleagues, the office computers went wild. In 2009, I moved my family to a 15th century cottage on the West Pennine Moors. Unbeknown to us, our ‘dream house’ was built on a Quaker burial site. During our six-month stay – we endured stamping noises, icy chills and orbs zipping round the lounge. At night, the constant thumping would deprive us of sleep, and we’d trudge into work like a couple of zombies. However, my most recent spooking occurred right here in Andalucia. One evening, I watched a can of Asturiana cider move sideways, hover and then drop off the table! Earlier that day, an old drinking buddy had been buried in Devon – was this his final ‘chin-chin’? Whatever it was, it scared the bejesus out of my missus and she hasn’t slept properly since. Two weeks on, and we’re sitting in Oculto, trying not to blush at orgy paintings. After some Dutch courage, I enquire about a séance at the bar. A black-toothed midget points towards a battered wooden door. Timidly, I wander down the corridor and knock on wood. It’s opened by a raven-haired gypsy. She’s both beautiful and grotesque: Penelope Cruz’s mum meets the Bride of Chucky. Without speaking – she beckons me in with a long, black talon. With low ceilings, purple walls and an absence of windows – the room is claustrophobic and unsettling. Under flickering candlelight, the Victorian death portraits seem to eyeball you from the walls. But it’s the cold air and fetid stench that’s really sending shivers down my spine. The woman glides over to a monolithic Ouija board and orders me to sit. She lays out a clutch of cards, including The Hanged Man, The Fool, The Stig, Jeremy Clarkson, Dog the Bounty Hunter, The Archbishop of Canterbury and Boy George. Okay… I lied about Boy George – but it’s all the scary ones! Suddenly, my stomach churns and I shout ‘Stop!’ I apologise for wasting her time – but I’ve got the heebie-jeebies. A floating cider is hardly The Ring – so why risk opening a fresh can of worms? I chat to Jose, a Pepe Reina lookalike in his late 20s. Around us, weirdoes chuck darts at an image of the Pope (only joking….it’s Desmond Tutu!) Jose is erudite and speaks fine English. Over Osbourne brandies, I pose the question: “So….Are you a Satanist?” “Of course”! Jose replies: Usually, I’d grab my coat, but by now, I’m immune to the madness. After dispelling myths of “priest-beating” and “baby-eating”, Jose insists that Satanists are “Perfectly normal.” Apparently, the only difference is they choose “indulgence over abstinence’, and prefer “vengeance” to forgiveness. Oh…..and they enjoy kinky sex and coke-snorting – but hey… so does the cast of Skins. By 1am I’m craving a Horlicks and a late night snack. I thank Jose and wish him a “hell-of-a-life.” We leave Occulto and hot-foot it to the Corredera for a greasy kebab. After filling our faces, we clamber into a taxi. We’re only 10-minutes from the hotel – but I’m bloated on beer and lamb offal. Back at the room, Jose’s words haunt me. Having spent the last five hours binge-drinking, ogling rude pictures and eating crap – could I be accused of “indulgence”? If Christianity equals modesty, chastity and turning the other cheek, what about all those times I’ve bought designer togs, belted a thug or lusted over lesbians? Perhaps I’m more Satanic than I thought? By bedtime, I’d seen no demons, virgin sacrifices or people snacking on goats’ head soup. This said, not everyone was as friendly as Jose, and the yokels at the bar seemed quite menacing. I’ve yet to decide whether Satanists are ordinary folk – daring to be different, or psychopaths to be avoided at all costs. I DO know, however, that pentangles are not for me. For one – I like animals too much to put their heads on sticks – and secondly, I root for the “goodies” when it kicks off on Buffy. Nevertheless, I enjoyed my time at Occulto and found the experience enlightening. Whatever they are (or aren’t), there’s a pub full of them in Cordoba, and if you ever feel like taking a walk on the wild side, you know where to head.
10,000 border arrests due to screening system
10,000 criminals including rapists and murderers have been held at the UK border thanks to a screening system begun in 2005, a minister has said. Air and sea carriers using UK ports and airports submit passenger and crew details electronically to the e-Borders screening system, prior to travel. It results in about 52 weekly arrests, Immigration Minister Damian Green says. He praised the UK Border Agency and police for the scheme, which covers up to 55% of journeys to and from the UK. "By checking passenger and crew information before travel, law enforcement agencies can apprehend those trying to evade justice," Mr Green said. "From 2013 the new dedicated Border Policing Command, part of the National Crime Agency, will further strengthen security at the border, providing leadership and coordination based on a single national threat assessment and strategy." E-Borders has not avoided controversy. The government faces the threat of a lawsuit from Raytheon, the firm which managed the £750m system until Mr Green terminated its contract in July 2010 over delays to its full implementation. Raytheon says the problems were down to UK Border Agency mismanagement of the scheme. But John Donlon, of the Association of Chief Police Officers, said e-borders would continue to play a key role. Extending scheme "Police have been able to identify those wanted for offences before they leave or when they return to the UK, bringing offenders to justice and supporting counter-terrorist and serious crime investigations," he said. More than 125 million passengers' details were screened in the year to September, resulting in 2,700 arrests. Among those detained were 11 murderers, 22 rapists, 316 violent criminals and 126 drug offenders, government figures show. The government is extending the number of routes and carriers covered by the e-Borders system and will re-introduce exit checks by 2015. "Inevitably as more routes are covered the number of arrests will grow," Mr Donlon added. The border agency said recent successes included the arrest at Manchester Airport of a 44-year-old man who was later charged with sexually grooming a boy after an alert from Swiss authorities, and the detention of a man wanted for a rape 14 years ago. Other cases involved the jailing of a Spanish drugs courier trying to smuggle 1kg of cocaine from Brazil, the arrest of one man from Dubai who was wanted for a £5.7m theft and another who was suspected of a £50m fraud. Meanwhile, the agency said on Sunday it had blacklisted nearly 3,000 banks it believed could not be trusted to verify documents supporting student visa applications.
charity worker employed by one of David Cameron’s Big Society gurus has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling cocaine with a street value of £120,000
charity worker employed by one of David Cameron’s Big Society gurus has been arrested on suspicion of smuggling cocaine with a street value of £120,000 into Britain.
Former US gang member Derrick ‘Anthony’ Mitchell was held at Heathrow this month after UK Border Agency officers allegedly discovered 3kg of drugs in his luggage.
Mitchell, 37, is a duty manager at the South London-based Kids Company founded by charity boss Camila Batmanghelidjh. She set it up in 1996 to care for abused, neglected or abandoned children in London’s inner-city communities.
She has been described as ‘Britain’s most colourful charity leader’ because of her style, dress sense and selfless approach to charity work.
The award-winning author and campaigner was invited to 10 Downing Street last year.
She also advises former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith and is thought to be one of the inspirations behind Mr Cameron’s pledge to ‘hug a hoodie’.
Ms Batmanghelidjh spoke of her shock at the allegations surrounding Mr Mitchell, whom she described as a ‘street-level youth mentor’.
She said: ‘Obviously, because the judicial process needs to take place, we cannot legally comment. The only thing I can say is that the alleged incident took place while he was on holiday in his own time.
‘At this stage I do not know enough to know the full details. But as a worker, he gave exceptional commitment to the kids over a number of years and I can never take that away from him.
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Pledge: David Cameron's Big Society aims to 'take power away from politicians and give it to people'
As an organisation, we employ a range of people and a lot of them have had challenging backgrounds as children and we have given them chances. The majority of them go on to do incredibly well.
‘In the situation of this individual, if what is alleged has occurred, he has made an abhorrent choice and I do not agree with it.’
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Camila Batmanghelidjh said she was shocked at the allegations surrounding Mr Mitchell, claiming he gave 'exceptional commitment to the kids'
Mitchell, of Camberwell, south London, was arrested at Heathrow on October 6 and remanded in custody by Uxbridge magistrates the next day. He will reappear in court in the next month.
The university undergraduate has previously spoken of deciding to rebuild his life after leaving a violent street gang in Miami.
He claimed he had earlier sold drugs and lost a family member to violence at the age of 19 when his sister bled to death after being stabbed in a leg.
After coming to Britain in his 20s, he began working with the charity about five years ago, attempting to convince youths in gangs to turn their back on crime.
Kids Company operates from three centres in Southwark, Lambeth and Camden in London, as well as working in 37 inner-city schools.
It employs more than 600 people in full and part-time roles to reach out to 14,000 children from the capital’s most deprived and crime-ridden areas.
Many of the youngsters live with parents who are unable to care for them and have had severely troubled lives.
Sunday 30 October 2011
Funeral held for Hells Angel killed at fellow biker's burial begins
The only gunfire at the funeral of Hells Angel Steve Tausan on Saturday came as a salute from the U.S. Marine honor guard. The former Marine, professional boxer and legendary biker was memorialized Saturday morning at Jubilee Christian Church before being buried at Oak Hill Memorial cemetery in San Jose -- exactly two weeks after he was shot and killed at the funeral of another member of the motorcycle club. Although about 1,000 bikers rumbled in from all quarters, there was no trouble, dissension or arrests. There were only bear hugs, tears and memories of the Santa Cruz "enforcer" who called himself Mr. 187, after the penal code for murder. On top of Sunrise Hill they buried his red-and-white casket in the Hells Angels tradition -- by shovel. Sonny Barger, a founding member of the Oakland chapter of the Hells Angel and an iconic figure in the club, tossed one of the last shovels of earth on the grave, as a police helicopter circled overhead. "They said they would have a quiet, respectful funeral and then they were going to leave town," said acting Capt. Jeff Marozick, the commander of the San Jose Police Department's special operations who had negotiated details of the funeral with the notorious biker club. "Everything they said is what they did." Amid the heavy police presence, Saturday's somber service was relatively smaller and peaceful, in sharp contrast to the huge and chaotic funeral of Jeff "Jethro" Pettigrew. That Advertisement service drew more than 3,000 bikers. Before Pettigrew could be buried, Tausan, a Santa Cruz resident, was fatally wounded during a bloody biker battle with another Hells Angel. Aside from the odd arrest of an individual member, the notorious outlaw motorcycle club has been out of the headlines in the South Bay for years. But in recent weeks, the shooting deaths of Pettigrew and Tausan, the continued search for suspect Steven Ruiz and the bizarre traffic homicide of an East Bay member have put a hot spotlight on the Hells Angel, which law enforcement views as a criminal gang. The Hells Angels have long denied this, and many members have reacted to the recent events with dismay. But the violent way Tausan died was not mentioned at his sentimental service. It was his colorful life they talked about, as an eclectic soundtrack from Tausan's favorite performers -- James Brown, Stevie Ray Vaughn and gospel singers -- reverberated through the big hall. "He was an imposing man," said the Rev. Dick Bernal during the service at Jubilee. "But underneath the muscles and the tattoos beat the heart of a man, the heart of a brother." Bikers from Tausan's home club, along with Henchmen, Devils Dolls and many others from as far away as New England and abroad, made up a long line of mourners. They paid their last respects as he lay in the casket, draped with an American flag and custom painted with the Angels' death's head with wings and the Marine Corps insignia. Tausan was clad in his leather Hells Angels vest, with a pack of Marlboros and an extended combat knife in his folded hands. Next to the casket, there was a blown-up photo of him as a young Marine, his military haircut in stark contrast to the long, silvery mane he sported when he died. Also arrayed around the casket were pictures of Tausan on his Victory motorcycle and with his friends and family. Tausan was better known than most Angels because of the charges he faced in the 1997 beating death of a man at the Pink Poodle strip club in San Jose. He was acquitted. But to the Hells Angels and others, the gregarious and intense man was bigger than life. "His love for his family and his friends in the club was undeniable," Bernal said. "If Steve loved you, you never had to guess. If he didn't love you, you never had to guess." Bernal recalled that Tausan once summoned him to his bail bondsman's office so the two of them could view a 90-minute DVD of James Brown and opera great Luciano Pavarotti performing together. Tausan turned to Bernal and said, "Wasn't that the greatest thing you've ever seen?" Bernal said he agreed, then paused for effect. "You don't disagree with Steve." That drew an appreciative laugh from the crowd.
Boy, 17, shot in back in Poplar, east London
teenager has been shot in the back in east London. The 17-year-old boy was wounded in East India Dock Road, Poplar, in the early hours of the morning. A Scotland Yard spokesman said: "A 17-year-old male had a gunshot wound to the back and is in hospital in a serious condition." The attack happened just before 01:00 GMT, police said. Any witnesses to the shooting should call the Metropolitan Police.
Armed guards are to be deployed on British civilian ships for the first time to protect them from pirates,
Armed guards are to be deployed on British civilian ships for the first time to protect them from pirates, David Cameron announced today.
A legal ban on weapon-toting protection staff will be relaxed so that firms can apply for a licence to have them on board in danger zones.
The Prime Minister said radical action was required because the increasing ability of sea-borne Somali criminals to hijack and ransom ships had become 'a complete stain on our world'.
He unveiled the measure after talks at a Commonwealth summit in Australia with leaders of countries in the Horn of Africa over the escalating problem faced in waters off their shores.
Under the plans, the Home Secretary will be given the power to license vessels to carry armed security, including automatic weapons, currently prohibited under firearms laws.
Officials said around 200 ships were expected to be in line to take up the offer, which would only apply for voyages through particular waters in the affected region.
It is expected to be used by commercial firms, rather than private sailors such as hostage victims Paul and Rachel Chandler.
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Pirates: There are around 50 ships currently being held hostage
Asked if he was comfortable with giving private security operatives the right to 'shoot to kill' if necessary, Mr Cameron told BBC1's Andrew Marr Show: 'We have to make choices.
'Frankly the extent of the hijack and ransom of ships round the Horn of Africa is a complete stain on our world.
'The fact that a bunch of pirates in Somalia are managing to hold to ransom the rest of the world and our trading system is a complete insult and the rest of the world needs to come together with much more vigour.
Drug That Killed Michael Jackson "Was Self-Injected"
The jury hear evidence that MJ had also taken a large number of sleeping pills… 08:42, Sunday, 30 October 2011 The last defence witness in the trial of Dr Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s personal physician, has told the courtroom that he believed the star was responsible for his own death. Dr Paul White told jurors that the most likely cause of death was self-injection of a fatal dose of the anesthetic Propofol, after Murray had already administered a small amount. "With the administration of the additional 25 milligrams that we're speculating was self-injected by Mr Jackson, the level increases rapidly and at the time of death would be almost identical to the level found in the urine at autopsy," Dr White said. He revealed that the superstar also appeared to have taken a large dose of sedatives – eight Lorazepam tablets – earlier in the night without Murray’s knowledge. White said that mixing the two drugs would be deadly. "The combination effect is potentially profound." Earlier this week a specialist testified that Michael may have also been addicted to the painkiller Demerol, and was also a regular user of Botox. Murray is charged with involuntary manslaughter into the star’s untimely death in June 2009. The prosecution has already presented four weeks of evidence so it won’t be long before the jurors retire to decide the verdict. Michael’s sister Janet Jackson recently postponed tour dates in Australia in order to be in LA when the verdict is announced. She explained her decision in a statement: "When I planned these shows, the schedule in California was completely different. After talking with my family last night, I decided we must be together right now.”
Saturday 29 October 2011
Brussels is stifling City of London, Cameron claims
David Cameron signalled new European battles ahead as he pledged to resist alleged attempts by Brussels to shackle the City of London in red tape. The Prime Minister echoed claims that the emergence of a two-tier Europe following the financial crisis could result in a wave of EU directives that would harm the Square Mile. The Government has said it is determined to prevent the 17 members of the eurozone acting as a bloc to thwart the interests of the 10 EU states, including Britain, that have retained their own currencies.
Friday 28 October 2011
Deadly Drug Overdose Leads to Pill-Pushing Doctor
Montgomery County doctor and his son surrendered to police Thursday morning after investigators discovered that they were supplying known drug addicts with large supplies of narcotics, according to authorities. At least one person died of an overdose on Dr. Richard Ruth's drugs, police say. Ruth, of Souderton, was performing insincere medical exams for drug seekers and then providing them with prescription drugs that often ended up being sold in large quantities on the street, police say. Ruth has been running this drug operation for years, authorities say. The lengthy police investigation into Ruth's alleged crimes was called "Operation Pill Pusher." "We know that this community has been plagued by prescription drug abuse and overdoses and this was the go-to guy in the community," said District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman. Ruth’s son, Michael Ruth, was his medical assistant. "For them to come in and say he’s unlawfully doing things is just an atrocity," a teary-eyed Michael told NBC Philadelphia’s Denise Nakano. Michael also faces charges in the drug scheme that involved charging patients for the narcotic prescriptions and insurance companies for the bogus office visits, police say. Police were tipped off to Dr. Ruth’s drug dealing scheme when sources told them last September that they were able to obtain large amounts of oxycodone from the doctor. In addition to providing drugs to people who dealt them on the street, Dr. Ruth ignored pleas from family members of the drug-addicted patients who asked him to stop prescribing drugs like Percocet and Oxycodone, police say. Dr. Ruth was charged with more than 40 counts of fraud, knowingly prescribing to drug addicts, prescription fraud, and conspiracy, among others. His son Michael was charged with similar crimes.
Is it possible to effectively treat addiction without addressing the spiritual aspects of the problem
LOST SOUL: Amy Winehouse in London on July 23, 2009, exactly two years before her death. (Photo by Shaun Curry/Newscom.) This week, Amy Winehouse’s official cause of death was finally announced, three months after the singer was discovered dead in her London home on July 23. After initial autopsy results came back inconclusive, the coroner determined that Winehouse died from consuming an extreme amount of alcohol. According to test results, the 27-year-old singer’s blood alcohol level was five times the drunk-driving limit. Her doctor said the troubled star had resumed drinking in the days prior to her death, after a short-lived period of sobriety. Besides being a talented artist, Winehouse was emblematic of the numerous celebrities today whose public battles with substance abuse are regularly in the headlines. By the end of her life, Winehouse’s struggles had stretched to the point of becoming fodder for jokes and riddles (“Q: What was Amy Winehouse’s biggest hit? A: Her last one!”). Sadly, our society has grown so accustom to addiction that we now laugh it off. But for those in its grips, it’s no joke. We asked LaTonya Mason Summers, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based mental health therapist, to comment on the realities of drug and alcohol addiction and what we can do to help those affected by it. LaTonya Mason Summers: The word choice is interesting here, and I agree: the “world” was powerless to stop Amy Winehouse. But it was the “world” that fueled Winehouse’s addictions. Not “world” in the sense of the “earth,” but “world” as defined by Winehouse’s frame of reference — the background, culture, and lifestyle out of which she lived. Addictions are strong, pervasive and hard to understand and control, but it’s even more difficult when one tries to stop addiction by their own strength and understanding. It is reported that Winehouse died from alcohol poisoning. Drug and alcohol abuse is a byproduct of something far deeper. Oftentimes, it’s a symptom of low self-esteem, unresolved trauma and abuse, rejection and abandonment, and mostly fear. We do a great disservice to addicted persons when we focus on their addictions and ignore the underlying problems. When we have a culture entertained by reality TV shows, court and crime TV, and sensationalized Web broadcasting — not to mention today’s popular music — we can’t help but have a desensitized society. We are no longer afraid of or empathetic toward anyone or anything because we’ve been there and done that through TV and the media. So, why wouldn’t we have a “When will Amy Winehouse Die?” website? Unfortunately, we live in a society that “dumbs down” addictions but tacitly gives a “thumbs up” to its portrayals. Remember when there used to be cautionary documentaries on drugs and alcohol, and on people who struggled with them? Now, we have reality shows that glorify dysfunctional behavior. No wonder we are ignorant. Understanding addictions is no longer newsworthy. I used to set up and run treatment programs for adolescent and adult substance abusers. I absolutely loved that line of work, but it was emotionally tough. After 11 years of doing it, I stepped away to work solely with mentally ill people. The public sees addicted persons as weak people who lack self-control and deserve every consequence they face. But can you imagine the level of shame, guilt, frustration, and hopelessness that those substance abusers felt by the time they got to me? Imagine having failed everyone, including yourself, family, friends, employers, and the legal system — not to mention God. I always started treatment by instilling hope and restoring the addicted person’s sense of worth. It was much easier to establish rapport, trust, and motivation that way. God forbid I say this, but oftentimes the families were more sick than the addicts. In fact, family members would wind up on my couch before the addict would. Family work is important in substance-abuse treatment, because the family members can make recovery hard. They help too much. Their helping sometimes hurts the addict. When my patients had toxic families, I’d send my patient to a treatment program in another city or state so they could get better. In my experience working in the court system as an advocate for my clients, the courts made it worse. The punishment given rarely fit the crime. The probation officers were inconsistent. The judges sent mixed messages by punishing minor crimes with maximum sentences and vice versa. Jail time is punitive, and punishment does not work when the drug or alcohol use is secondary to something else. Addicts don’t mind punishment because they typically feel useless and worthless anyway. That kind of punishment affirms what they believe about themselves. However, I am not saying they should not suffer consequences for drunk driving, drug use, etc. I am saying that offering them rehab while they’re incarcerated might yield greater results. LaTonya Mason Summers Goodness, the stories I can tell. I’ve had a hand in imparting into the lives of addicted persons who are now pastors, business owners, and even addictions counselors. I had a 15-year-old girl whose parents brought her to me as a last resort. She had refused other counselors, and I assumed she would do the same with me. After I asked her parents to leave, the girl opened up to me like a book. (It wasn’t because of anything special that I said to her, but other professionals simply had failed to remove the parents.) The girl was a cocaine user and held me by her confidentiality rights, so I could not tell her parents. We made a pact that if she stopped using I would keep her secret. I cannot tell you the anxiety I had for weeks thinking something would go wrong. I collaborated with her physician to drug test her weekly to ensure the girl’s abstinence. After three months, her parents called thanking me for my help. The girl had returned to a healthy weight, her appetite had been restored, and her mood had improved. Today (four years later) she is a successful college student studying psychology. My biggest weapon is instilling hope. I do this by challenging the addicted person’s mentality and perspective. I am a cognitive behaviorist, which means I help change the way people think. I do not know what works, as I have often thrown up my hands on clients who later recovered. Then I have lost clients whom I thought had arrived. All I really know is, pray hard in each session. I ask for God’s help. I ask Him to give me the words to say, and I hold on toIsaiah 50:1-7, believing I am called as a therapist. I honestly don’t know when a person is legitimately recovered, as I believe it’s a lifelong process. Like those of us who are not addicted, we have our own lifelong battles — we try to stop lying, cheating, stealing, yelling, cursing, overeating — everyone has a Goliath they must face. And can any of us say we’ll ever arrive in this world? From my perspective, messing up is just as much part of the recovery process as getting it right is. And, if you get it right all the time, how do you know you’re recovered? Absolutely not! I’ve had to learn how to minister without saying “God” and “Jesus,” so that I can reach everyone. However, I know how to make others want what I have. I was mentored by a man who told me, “I may not be able to make a horse drink the water, but I should be able to make him thirsty.” And that’s the approach I take in therapy. I see myself as sowing seeds, believing someone will come behind me and water them, and eventually increase will come. Addiction is spiritual. I believe an addict’s zealousness can be indicative of the great calling on his life. He just needs to move that zealousness away from destructive behavior to purposeful, life-giving behavior.UrbanFaith: After Amy Winehouse’s death, the Huffington Post featured a commentary by Rabbi Shais Taub which asked the question, “Was the World Powerless to Stop Amy Winehouse?” In other words, are there addictions so strong and pervasive that they’re beyond human understanding and control? How would you answer that?
We see so many celebrity drug and alcohol addicts today that our culture has almost grown cold and callous to it. For instance, before her death there was a website devoted solely to the question of “When will Amy Winehouse die?” We see celebrities such as Winehouse, Lindsay Lohan, Whitney Houston, and Charlie Sheen, and we make jokes about them. How does this affect our culture’s understanding of addiction?
How do you counsel a person with a serious drug addiction? Where do you begin, and what kinds of things should family and friends understand as they’re trying to help that person?
Over the summer, former NBA star Jalen Rose was sentenced to 20 days in jail for drunk driving. Some wondered if the treatment was overly harsh because he was a black celebrity, since others have gotten off easier. Do you think jail time is an effective way to steer people clear of destructive behavior involving alcohol and drugs?
What kinds of miracles have you seen in your work with people battling addictions?
Among the celebrity success stories that stand out are Robert Downey Jr.’s eventual victory over substance abuse. It only came after several stints in jail and a long, public battle. What kinds of things contribute to a successful road to recovery, and when do you know that someone is legitimately recovered?
Is it possible to effectively treat addiction without addressing the spiritual aspects of the problem?
Ruth Madoff reveals suicide pact after £40bn fraud
Come what may, Mrs Madoff is still managing to keep up appearances. But behind her designer outfit and reassuringly expensive haircut, she's anxious to remind the world that life as the spouse of a $65bn (£40bn) conman isn't always plain sailing. In her first interview since her husband Bernie oversaw the collapse of the family investment house almost two years ago, Ruth revealed the couple attempted suicide in the immediate aftermath of his arrest. It was the night before Christmas 2008. The Madoffs, once the toast of New York society, were confined to their Manhattan penthouse, coming to terms with the fact that his Ponzi scheme had wiped out the life savings of several thousand investors, including many close friends and family members. "I don't know whose idea it was, but we were both so saddened by everything that had happened that we decided to kill ourselves," she recalled. "It was so horrendous what was happening. Terrible phone calls, hate mail – just beyond anything. And I said, 'I just can't go on any more'." They decided to overdose on the sedative Ambien. But they apparently under-estimated the amount needed and found themselves still alive to face the music on Christmas Day. "We were both in agreement," she told CBS's 60 Minutes – which will air interviews with her and her son Andrew on Sunday. "I don't remember what we said very much. We were figuring out how many pills to take. "I think we were both sort of relieved to leave this place. It was very, very impulsive, is all I can say. And I was glad to wake up the next morning." The show will tell how the family learnt of their sudden elevation to global pariah status and explain what they have been doing since. Mrs Madoff, 68, met her husband, now 73, when she was 14 and married him two years later. At the height of their powers she kept an office at the headquarters of the family investment firm and was listed as a director of several companies he controlled. She has always maintained she had no idea the firm was overstating profits and defrauding investors. After his arrest she struck a deal with prosecutors that saw her give up all her assets except for $2.5 million. Many of Madoff's victims angrily insisted she should have been left with nothing. Shortly after the deal was announced, The New York Times dubbed her "the loneliest woman in New York". She later left the city to live in Florida. Judging by CBS interview footage released yesterday, the months since have been tough on a woman who was once the toast of Manhattan. She has retained her petite figure, well-groomed blonde hair and elegant dress sense but has aged considerably. Although she admits being initially supportive of her husband, visiting him in prison, she says she decided to break off contact last December. That was when their second son, Mark, 46, hanged himself on the anniversary of his father's arrest using a dog leash. It remains to be seen whether the TV interview will repair her tattered reputation. People who believe she helped cover up her husband's fraud now suspect her claim about their joint suicide bid was invented to win sympathy. Their former bodyguard Nick Casale, who was with them that Christmas Eve, cast doubt on the story yesterday. Bernie has also granted a first interview, it emerged last night. He spoke to the veteran TV interviewer Barbara Walters at the prison in North Carolina where he is currently serving a 150-year sentence for fraud. No cameras were allowed but a transcript suggests he expressed remorse for his crimes and understands why people think he "robbed widows and orphans". But he insisted: "I made wealthy people wealthier." And on life behind bars, he added: "Ruth not communicating is the hardest thing... Ruth doesn't hate me. She has no one. It's not fair to her. She lost her first so. She's a devoted wife and didn't care about the money."
Yemeni women burn veils to protest regime
Yemeni women defiantly burned their traditional veils Wednesday in protest of President Ali Abdullah Saleh's brutal crackdown on anti-government demonstrations. Thousands of women gathered in the capital, Sanaa, said witnesses. They carried banners that read: "Saleh the butcher is killing women and is proud of it" and "Women have no value in the eyes in Ali Saleh." They collected their veils and scarves in a huge pile and set it ablaze -- an act that is highly symbolic in the conservative Islamic nation, where women use their veils to cover their faces and bodies. It's the first time in the nine months of Yemen's uprising that such an event has occurred. Inspired by Yemeni activist Tawakkol Karman's Nobel Peace Prize this month, more and more Yemeni women have taken to the streets and escalated their campaign for help from the international community. More than 60 women were attacked in October alone by the government, said protester Ruqaiah Nasser. Government forces are raiding homes and also killing children, she said. Yemen's youth continue calls for change Clashes in Taiz left woman dead Clashes in Yemen turn deadly What's behind escalating Yemen violence? She said silence from tribal leaders on the matter is a "disgrace." "We will not stay quiet and will defend ourselves if our men can't defend us," Nasser said. "Tribes must understand they will not be respected by Yemeni women if they stay quiet while their women are being attacked by the Saleh regime. Tribes who ignore our calls are cowards and have no dignity." "Saleh is killing women and children and this is against tribal culture," she said. "Where are their voices when we need them? It's a disgrace if they stay quiet." The women's protests came after the Yemeni government announced a cease-fire Tuesday. But that did not appear to be holding. At least 10 people died and dozens were injured earlier Tuesday in clashes between Yemeni government security forces in the country's capital and the province of Taiz, medical officials reported. Yemen's government has said that opposition-supported militants are responsible for the violence. Saleh summoned the U.S. ambassador and reiterated a promise to sign an agreement brokered by the Gulf Cooperation Council in which he would step aside in exchange for immunity from prosecution, U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said. However, Saleh has repeatedly promised to sign the council-backed deal and not done so. The embattled leader has clung to power through the protracted protests.
Villages all but wiped out as storms batter Italy's 'Cinque Terre'
The worst affected region was Liguria, with at least two of the five World Heritage-listed 'Cinque Terre' coastal villages cut off as a result of roads being washed away. The walking trails and picturesque fishing villages of the Cinque Terre attract hundreds of thousands of international tourists, but two of them – Vernazza and Monterosso – were severely affected as rivers of mud poured down from the hills behind them. The mayor of Monterosso said the fishing village had all but been wiped out. "Monterosso no longer exists," Angelo Betta told an Italian news agency. Huge amounts of mud had swept through the tiny settlement, causing an "unimaginable disaster".
Thursday 27 October 2011
A LARGE crowd of Rebels Motorcycle Club members turned out at St Peter's Cathedral yesterday for the funeral of a member.
Rebels comfort each other outside St Peter's Cathedral. Picture: Dean Martin Dozens of motorbikes lined Pennington Tce, North Adelaide, as more than 100 people gathered for the 1.30pm service for James Sean "Pappa" Petterson. Members of rival motorcycle clubs, including the Finks, also attended the service. A convoy of Rebels members on motorcycles were given a police escort to the service and flanked the hearse as it left the cathedral. Uniformed and plainclothes police kept a watchful eye over proceedings from outside
Gang ringleaders: Mehmet Sirin Baybasin (left) and Paul Taylor (Pic: PA)
A GANG of drug dealers planned to flood Britain with £4 billion of cocaine - arranging the plot from a phone box. The Liverpool and London-based gangsters were planning to smuggle 40 tonnes of cocaine from South America by sea, hidden inside tins of fish and wooden pallets. Liverpool Crown Court heard that the drug would be bought at a "wholesale price" and then sold to other dealers who would dilute it and sell it on. If all the cocaine had made it to the streets of the UK and it was cut before being sold, the court heard it could have been worth around £4 billion. The head of the Liverpool operation used a phone box in Old Hall Street, in Liverpool city centre, to arrange the deal with his London counterpart. But the gang were being watched by undercover officers from the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca). The phone box on Old Hall Street used by one of the drug dealers The group was led by Mehmet Sirin Baybasin, 48, of Fairfield Crescent, Edgware, north-west London, who was jailed for 30 years at a hearing last week after he was found guilty of conspiracy to import cocaine. The court heard that Baybasin was one of a total of 24 defendants brought to justice as part of the Soca investigation and that he was "at the top of the pyramid". Judge David Aubrey QC said the offences had "at their core the evil and pernicious trade of drug dealing" and were indicative of the gang's "desire for the good life". He said he was satisfied that the amounts they were talking about were not "pie in the sky" and that the wholesale value of 1,102lb (500kg) of uncut cocaine alone was worth a potential £17 million
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