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WHAT HAPPENED ON 23th January 2001?
22nd January 2001
BRAIN-DAMAGED BOY WINS £2.6m IN DAMAGES
A six-year-old boy left brain damaged after contracting the E.coli bug on a visit to a school farm has won £2.6m in damages at the High Court. Tom Dowling from Edgware north London was infected on a trip to Bowman's Open Farm near St Albans Hertfordshire two years ago. He almost died after falling into a coma & now needs 24-hour care. The farm & Barnet Education Authority admitted liability.
23th January 2001
JUDGE KEEPS TWINS WITH FOSTER CARERS
A judge has ruled that twin baby girls adopted via the internet should remain in council foster care for now. Alan & Judith Kilshaw from Buckley Flintshire went to the High Court Birmingham to try to win back custody. But Mr Justice Kirkwood said they would remain where they are pending research on what was best for their welfare. Flintshire Council had applied to make the twins taken into the care of the authority last week "wards of court".
23th January 2001
NUCLEAR PLANT WORKERS VOTE FOR ACTION
Maintenance & process workers at the Dounreay nuclear plant in Caithness have voted for industrial action over a pay dispute. The workers who are members of the AEEU have rejected a 3% pay deal. The deal has already been accepted by the majority of the UK Atomic Energy Authority's workforce. The UKAEA pledged to continue talking to the union with the hope that the dispute could be concluded without the need for industrial action.
22nd January 2001
POSH TELLS OF AIRPORT LUGGAGE THEFT
Posh Spice Victoria Beckham has told a court how luggage containing a lock of her son Brooklyn's hair was stolen following a trans-Atlantic flight. Mark Oliver 20 of Stanwell west London denies stealing the suitcases after the singer returned to Heathrow from Miami in April last year. Isleworth Crown Court heard a family photo & clothes were also inside. Mr Oliver faces a further two charges of handling stolen goods.
23th January 2001
JUDGE KEEPS TWINS WITH FOSTER CARERS
A judge has ruled that twin baby girls adopted via the internet should remain in council foster care for now. Alan & Judith Kilshaw from Buckley Flintshire went to the High Court Birmingham to try to win back custody. But Mr Justice Kirkwood said they would remain where they are pending research on what was best for their welfare. Flintshire Council had applied to make the twins taken into the care of the authority last week "wards of court".
23th January 2001
POP STAR THEFT: MAN GUILTY OF HANDLING
A rubbish collector has been convicted of handling designer clothes belonging to Spice Girl Victoria Beckham. Mark Oliver 20 was found guilty at Isleworth Crown Court London after an earlier charge of theft was dropped & reduced to two charges of handling. The court had been told how four cases belonging to the 26-year-old singer went missing in London last April. Sentencing was adjourned for reports and Oliver was remanded on bail.
22nd January 2001
KILSHAWS CONFIDENT OF GETTING CUSTODY
The couple who adopted twins via the internet but saw them taken away by social services say they are confident of winning custody of the baby girls. Alan & Judith Kilshaw of Buckley north Wales are due to attend a hearing in Birmingham tomorrow. The babies adopted after the couple paid a US broker £8 000 were taken into care by Flintshire County Council. Mrs Kilshaw denied newspaper reports she had been involved in witchcraft.
23th January 2001
JUDGE KEEPS TWINS WITH FOSTER CARERS
A judge has ruled that twin baby girls adopted via the internet should remain in council foster care for now. Alan & Judith Kilshaw from Buckley Flintshire went to the High Court Birmingham to try to win back custody. But Mr Justice Kirkwood said they would remain where they are pending research on what was best for their welfare. Flintshire Council had applied to make the twins taken into the care of the authority last week "wards of court".
23th January 2001
COURT GIVES TWINS' REAL FATHER CUSTODY
An American judge has awarded custody of the twins adopted via the internet to their biological father in the US. A court in St Louis Missouri decided Aaron Wecker should have the girls rather than their mother Tranda Wecker. But the order has no immediate effect because they are currently in the care of Flintshire County Council in Britain Adoptive parents Alan & Judith Kilshaw are contesting the council's decision to take the twins into care.
22nd January 2001
MINISTERS TO LOSE SCOTS SENTENCING ROLE
Laws are being drawn up in Scotland to end politicians' right to decide if prisoners serving life should be freed. The Executive says it is meeting the needs of European human rights law. Under current procedures the final decision on whether to free inmates in Scotland is made by justice ministers. In future a judge will set a "punishment period" on sentencing after which time the parole board will decide on suitability for release.
23th January 2001
JUDGE KEEPS TWINS WITH FOSTER CARERS
A judge has ruled that twin baby girls adopted via the internet should remain in council foster care for now. Alan & Judith Kilshaw from Buckley Flintshire went to the High Court Birmingham to try to win back custody. But Mr Justice Kirkwood said they would remain where they are pending research on what was best for their welfare. Flintshire Council had applied to make the twins taken into the care of the authority last week "wards of court".
23th January 2001
SEX TRIAL HUSBAND KILLED WIFE ` VERDICT
An Aberdeen man accused of killing his wife during a sex act has been convicted of her culpable homicide. Niall McDonald had denied murdering his wife Mandy at their home in Westhill near Aberdeen last January by pressing her neck & assaulting her with a whip He was also found guilty of getting rid of her body & evidence and lying to police in order to conceal his crime. McDonald was released on bail & will be sentenced next month by the judge at the High Court in Forfar.
