07/05/2013
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Former Newspaper Owner Charged Over Sex With Underage Girl
Eddy Shah, a former newspaper proprietor has appeared in court charged with child sexual abuse, dating back to the early 1990s.
The Guardian has reported that Shah was arrested in September 2011, along with Susan Davies and her former lover Anthony Pallant.
It is alleged that the schoolgirl was taken to hotels by Davies to have sex with Shah in her presence and also with Davies participating, jurors were told.
The case continues.
Traveller Captives Trial Collapses
The case against four members of a Bedfordshire traveller family accused with keeping vulnerable men in servitude has collapsed, after the jury failed to reach a verdict.
Tommy Connors Sr, 53, and his sons Tommy Jr, 27, James, 25 and Patrick, 21, had denied charges of holding the men captive to work unpaid.
The Crown Prosecution Service is considering if there will be a retrial.
The jury in the case had been deliberating for more than two days.
Queen To Miss Commonwealth Meeting
The Queen will miss her first Commonwealth heads of government meeting since 1973.
Prince Charles will attend in her place.
The amount of long haul travel the Queen undertakes is being reviewed, Buckingham Palace has said.
(H/CD)
Eddy Shah, a former newspaper proprietor has appeared in court charged with child sexual abuse, dating back to the early 1990s.
The Guardian has reported that Shah was arrested in September 2011, along with Susan Davies and her former lover Anthony Pallant.
It is alleged that the schoolgirl was taken to hotels by Davies to have sex with Shah in her presence and also with Davies participating, jurors were told.
The case continues.
Traveller Captives Trial Collapses
The case against four members of a Bedfordshire traveller family accused with keeping vulnerable men in servitude has collapsed, after the jury failed to reach a verdict.
Tommy Connors Sr, 53, and his sons Tommy Jr, 27, James, 25 and Patrick, 21, had denied charges of holding the men captive to work unpaid.
The Crown Prosecution Service is considering if there will be a retrial.
The jury in the case had been deliberating for more than two days.
Queen To Miss Commonwealth Meeting
The Queen will miss her first Commonwealth heads of government meeting since 1973.
Prince Charles will attend in her place.
The amount of long haul travel the Queen undertakes is being reviewed, Buckingham Palace has said.
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