EXPOSURE

Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Alex "Reds" Rivera, a suspected drug kingpin who once kept a petting zoo of farm animals in his Kensington neighborhood, has been convicted of heading a narcotics network

 Alex "Reds" Rivera, a suspected drug kingpin who once kept a petting zoo of farm animals in his Kensington neighborhood, has been convicted of heading a narcotics network that for years distributed heroin and cocaine along North Lawrence Street and West Indiana Avenue. A federal jury handed up its verdict Monday night, capping a two-week trial that included testimony from several of Rivera's top associates, dozens of secretly recorded conversations, and surveillance and law enforcement reports of controlled drug buys from Rivera and others....

Danilo "Triste" Velasquez and two fellow MS-13 gang members blocked the way of a car carrying four people near the Daly City BART station before opening fire with semi-automatic handguns

 The leader of a street gang was convicted by a federal jury Tuesday in connection with the shooting death of a college student, who the killers mistakenly believed was a rival, officials said. Danilo "Triste" Velasquez and two fellow MS-13 gang members blocked the way of a car carrying four people near the Daly City BART station before opening fire with semi-automatic handguns, officials said. When the shooting ended on Feb. 19, 2009, Moises Frias, 21, was dead and two others were wounded. Velasquez was convicted of three counts of conspiracy...

The top five members of a violent criminal street gang centered around West 137th Street in Central Harlem, are heading to prison.

  Leader Jaquan Layne, 21, was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison; his brother, Jahlyl Layne, 18, who oversaw sales of crack cocaine, was sentenced to 7½ to 23½ years in prison; Jonathan Hernandez, 19, convicted of a gang-related shooting, was sentenced to 15 years and 2 months to 17 years and 4 months in prison; Habiyb Mohammed, 31, who packaged the crack cocaine, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison; and Jeffrey Brown, 20, who sold the crack cocaine, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. “The defendants derailed...

Tuesday, 29 November 2011

Wife found Gary Speed's body, inquest hears

 Wales football manager Gary Speed was found hanged at his home by his wife, an inquest was told today. The 42-year-old father-of-two was found dead at his Cheshire home on Sunday morning. Detective Inspector Peter Lawless, of Cheshire Police, told Cheshire coroner Nicholas Rheinberg that Speed's body was found by his wife Louise just before 7am. He said there appeared to be no suspicious circumstances and a post mortem examination found Speed's death was caused by hanging. Mr Rheinberg said: "I adjourn this inquest until January 30, 2012....

The parent of American Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection

The parent of American Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday and pledged to emerge as a stronger carrier in a move that could prompt another bout of industry consolidation and present a stern test for regulators.AMR Corp. filed for protection in New York in a surprise move given it has more than $4 billion in cash, but appointed Thomas Horton as chairman and chief executive afterGerard Arpey opted to retire and join an investment...

George Michael is being treated at a hospital in Austria

 (Picture: PA)The Careless Whisper star is currently on a ventilator at a hospital in Austria, which could alter his vocals by forcing air in and out of his lungs. Dr Gerrit Wohlt told The Sun: 'It depends how long he spends on the ventilator, but in the worst case his illness could seriously affect his singing capacity. 'The pressure is very close to his vocal cords and it could affect them.' The singer was forced to cancel his...

Saturday, 26 November 2011

TWO families are rejoicing after two men held in a Spanish prison were set free after four-and-a-half months

 Kyle Thain, 24, and James Harris, 29, have been released on bail from Font Calent jail in Alicante.This has left family members and friends overwhelmed – and they haven’t given up hope of getting them back to Britain for Christmas.Kyle’s brother Jay, 29, said: “This is the best I have felt in a long while. It’'s amazing news.”Sharon Harris, 56, Kyle’s mother, and husband Dave, 58, sold their Southend home to help fund the legal fight.Yesterday, £8,000 was transferred to Spain for each of the lads’ bail.Kyle of Sandringham Road, Southend,...

Spanish savings bank directors suspected of fraud

 Spanish savings bank has fired two directors and is investigating two former executives for allegedly syphoning off €20 million ($26.5 million) into secret pension funds, the bank said Saturday. The board of directors of Caixa Penedes bank had "required the departure" of its president, Ricard Pages, and director general Manuel Troyano. It said both men had agreed to leave, the bank said in a statement. The decision comes after state prosecutor for the northeastern region of Catalonia, Teresa Compte, said her office was investigating all four...

Friday, 25 November 2011

A woman claiming to be the ex-wife of Colonel Gaddafi's captured son Saif al-Islam has emerged in Ukraine with extraordinary stories alleging domestic violence and womanising.

Nadia, a blue-eyed brunette claims to have met him when she worked as a stripper in a top Moscow nightclub, and says she is currently in hiding, fearing for her life.She claimed that as she prepared for marriage to Saif, she had to fly to Paris to have an operation to 'restore' her virginity. ''The doctor proved my innocence in the presence of Saif's aunt. Then I embraced Islam,' she added.'I tried to have a normal family, but Saif wanted to live...

Thursday, 24 November 2011

Biker Killing Was a Mistake

 Chatting peacefully on the floor of a Nevada casino, a senior Hells Angels leader and a 27-year veteran of the rival Vagos motorcycle gang thought they had negotiated a truce between competing members who'd been itching for a fight at a weekend long biker festival. "Everything is going to be all right," the Vagos member recalls his rival telling him. "He said, 'I'm getting too old for this.' And I said, 'I'm getting too old for this too.'" An hour later, a brawl erupted and a shootout ensued, killing one of the highest-ranking Hells Angels...

Jacko lawyers seek cash from Conrad Murray CONRAD Murray could be forced to pay out £64million to Michael Jackson's children.

 CONRAD Murray could be forced to pay out £64million to Michael Jackson's children. 15 comments Related Stories Paris Jackson is having a ball AS trial of her father's doctor is finally behind her family, she enjoys football match in LA The Sun SaysDoc guilty of Jacko’s deathStars' tribute to Michael Jackson Lawyers representing the tragic star's estate will ask Judge Michael Pastor to order the killer doc to cough up the cash Jacko would have earned working. They are demanding Murray, 58, pays up to the Billie Jean singer's kids Prince...

George Michael admitted to hospital

 George Michael is in hospital suffering from pneumonia. The 48-year-old singer has cancelled a string of appearances on his Symphonica tour while he is being treated. George's publicist Connie Filippello said in a statement that he had been "diagnosed with pneumonia and he is currently receiving treatment". Austria's state broadcaster reported that he was being treated in Vienna's AKH hospital. George was due to appear at the Stadthalle in Vienna on Monday but cancelled two hours before the concert was due to start. He was due to perform...

Guardian says sorry to The Sun

 THE Guardian was forced to apologise to the Leveson inquiry today after falsely accusing The Sun of doorstepping lawyer Carine Patry Hoskins. In a front page sketch by columnist Marina Hyde — entitled "Steve Coogan The Media Are Like The Mafia. It's Just Business" — the newspaper wrongly said we had sent reporters to Ms Hoskins's home after she was dubbed "womanontheleft" by hundreds of thousands of Twitter users. Hyde wrote: "Meanwhile, if you want to know how deeply the self-reproach is running over at News International, do be advised...

Sienna Miller says paper hacked her emails

 Actress Sienna Miller told an inquiry Thursday her emails and phones were hacked by the News of the World as part of a "web of surveillance" that led her to make paranoid accusations against her friends. It is the first time the inquiry has heard evidence that emails were hacked as well as phone voicemails, and came shortly after British police said they had made their first arrest in a computer hacking probe linked to the paper. Miller, the ex-girlfriend of Hollywood star Jude Law, said when the Rupert Murdoch-owned News of the World paid...

Max Mosley: News of the World publisher tried to destroy me

 Max Mosley has told the Leveson inquiry that the News of the World retaliated after he launched a legal challenge against the paper. Photograph: Nils Jorgensen/Rex Features Max Mosley, the former Formula One boss who was caught up in a News of the World video sex sting, has told the Leveson inquiry that the tabloid's publisher set out to "destroy him" for challenging what they had done. He told Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry into press standards on Thursday that after he challenged the Sunday tabloid in court, it responded by sending a film...

Sunday, 13 November 2011

Murdochs are not a mafia – but the family firm is in meltdown

 There are times to push fine detail and finely timed memory losses aside and ask: what makes sense? And thus the fall and fall of the House of Murdoch continues. Young James is so smart, so smooth, such a master of dead bats and – yes! – detail. He's a clever lad. Why, then, did he act so stupidly? And why did those who were supposed to protect him, in loco parentis, do such a lousy job? We're not talking corporate governance here: we're talking family. Tom Watson may have pushed his mafia metaphor a tad too far at the committee grilling...

Tuesday, 8 November 2011

Michael Jackson sisters happy with justice

 Michael Jackson's sisters La Toya and Rebbie are relieved and happy after a court jury found the late pop superstar's personal physician Conrad Murray guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the singer's anaesthetic-induced death. After the verdict was announced Monday, his sisters let fans know they were happy with the climax of the trial. "Victory was served," said La Toya, while her sister added: "I'm just happy it's over with. Nothing will bring him back, but I'm just happy he (Murray) was found guilty." La Toya confirmed she was the...

GUILTY! Michael Jackson's doctor found guilty of manslaughter in King of Pop's death

To many of his devoted patients, Conrad Murray was a caring doctor who would offer treatment for free to the poor.But his secret double life as a deadbeat dad and a compulsive womaniser led him to take a lucrative job as Michael Jackson's personal drug doctor.Desperate for cash to pay his mounting debts, Murray took the lucrative post injecting Jackson - no questions asked - with nightly doses of the knock-out sleep drug that ultimately killed the...

Monday, 7 November 2011

Gangster dead in Vancouver daytime shooting

 brazen gangland slaying in a busy area one block from a Vancouver police station has left witnesses to the Sunday morning shooting extremely shaken. A man dressed in black clothing approached the victim as he walked his dog and shot him six times in the chest from close range, according to witness accounts. A witness, who asked to be identified only as Sylvia, said she heard six gunshots. “It sounded like fireworks,” said Sylvia, who was enjoying a cappuccino at a nearby cafe just before 10 a.m. “We looked out the window and saw a hooded...

‘Notorious gangster’ shot dead

 man, who police described as a “notorious gangster and shooter,” was shot dead on Tuesday night. David “Pickles” Thomas, 39, was shot once in the face by a gunman at Wharton Street, Laventille. His death pushed the murder toll to 303 for the year compared with 400 for the same period last year. Thomas was the 33th person to be murdered since the state of emergency was declared on August 21. A report said Thomas was liming near a dirt track  around 9 pm when a man accosted him and shot him in the face. Officers of the Homicide Bureau,...

London’s newest and most fashionable hotel bling is Whitehall’s Corinthia Hotel

Hotels have become the newest and most luxurious of flaunt-able accessories.Fashion houses, celebrities and the anonymous super rich want to own them and the rest of us just want to say we’ve stayed there.London’s newest and most fashionable hotel bling is Whitehall’s Corinthia Hotel: a shiny new bauble of a five star property ensconced in a hallowed vintage building that once housed the UFO wing of MI6 (it’s true, I heard it from the hotel’s concierge)....

Brodie Clark, the £135,000-a-year head of the UK Border Force, approached the Home Secretary’s office for permission to weaken passport checks

Whistleblowers last night blamed the latest border checks scandal on an official obsession with cutting queuing times at the nation’s air and sea ports.Staff spoke out following the explosive revelations that a senior UK Border Agency official had secretly abandoned checks on passports and even anti-terror watch lists for non-EU citizens.Theresa May will today give an emergency statement on the fiasco to MPs, which has led to the establishment of...

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