Mum who failed to protect 18-month-old son before he was killed found guilty of child cruelty
Mum who failed to protect 18-month-old son before he was killed is found guilty of child cruelty
A mother was found guilty of child cruelty after failing to protect her eighteen-month-old son from being killed by her boyfriend.
The court heard how 25-year-old Tamika Beaton, from Borough, did nothing to stop her 24-year-old partner Scott Coombe abusing baby Andrew.
‘Evicted from the Heygate and ended up sleeping in McDonald’s’
‘I was evicted from the Heygate and ended up sleeping rough in McDonald’s’
A 64-year-old woman ended up sleeping rough in he Old Kent Road McDonald’s after she was forced to leave the demolished Heygate Estate.
Amele Getaneh told the News how a saga of mouldy flats, grim hostels and cold nights on the street forced her to seek refuge in the fast food outlet. “I had nowhere to go. I tried to stay warm but my feet and and hands were freezing cold. My body was shaking,” she said.
91,000 waiting for treatment at Guy’s and St Thomas’ hospitals
More than 91,000 people were waiting to start treatment at Guy’s and St Thomas’ in April, including a man who waited so long his teeth fell out.
Terminally ill Bermondsey man John Ryan was still waiting for a dentist appointment first scheduled for 2020. “I’ve lost all the teeth in my head,” he said.
Terminally ill man left waiting years for appointments at Guy’s and St Thomas’
The waiting list had increased 27 per cent on the previous April, when about 72,000 people were waiting for treatment at the NHS trust.
Mr Ryan also suffers from severe chronic pain and has also been waiting weeks for an injection that might help. “This man don’t sleep, he’s an ill man,” his wife Mary said.
Eight-week-old baby Amina-Faye’s parents jailed for a total of fifteen years after she died with more than 60 broken bones
A “monstrous” Rotherhithe couple, whose eight-week-old baby girl died following their abuse, were jailed in January.
Benjamin O’Shea, 26 and Naomi Johnson, 23, left little Amina-Faye with 60 broken bones and tried to blame her injuries on the paramedics who tried to save her life.
Camberwell Bishop’s fake Covid protection kits: How the preacher was convicted of fraud
Camberwell Bishop’s fake Covid protection kits: How the preacher was convicted of fraud
Camberwell’s Bishop Climate was found guilty of fraud, two years after the News exclusively revealed that he was exploiting the pandemic with £91 coronavirus ‘plague protection kits’ – made of just oil and red string.
Climate Wiseman, who described this paper as the “antichrist”, told his followers they could drop dead from covid if they didn’t buy the kits.
Nunhead woman lay undiscovered for two years, inquest hears
Deceased Nunhead woman lay undiscovered for two years, inquest hears
An inquest into why a woman who lay dead in her Nunhead flat for over two years without being discovered saw housing association Peabody admit “they didn’t join up the dots”.
The skeletal remains of Sheila Seleoane, 58 at the time of death, were found at her Lord’s Court flat, St Mary’s Road, Nunhead, when police forced entry on February 18, 2022.
Giving evidence at the inquest on Thursday, July 21 at Southwark Coroner’s Court, DCI Fisher said her remains were reduced to bones and dust. She was found curled up on the sofa, still wearing her blue pyjamas and white top, the court heard.
Lord’s Court residents reveal the horror of Sheila Seleoane’s death
Corrina Whyte, 33, one of Sheila’s Lord’s Court neighbours, said: “In the whole block, you had maggots and bluebottles. They were coming from everywhere. It was horrendous.”
Exclusive investigation reveals at least 50 killings by SLaM patients
Exclusive: investigation reveals at least 50 killings by SLaM patients
At least 50 patients from the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) killed someone or were suspected of killing someone between 2003 and 2018, the News revealed.
In one case, a 55-year-old paranoid schizophrenic beat his 75-year-old mother to death after being released from the hospital.
Julian Hendy, spokesperson for the charity Hundred Families, said the data showed “shocking” failings by the trust.
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