Monday, May 26, 2014
Man hired to help refurbish bathroom water-boarded after botched renovation
Two men from Stockholm in Sweden faced court on Tuesday after they
allegedly kidnapped and tortured a man hired to help renovate a
bathroom.
A young home-owner in Botkyrka, south of Stockholm, enlisted builders
to overhaul his bathroom.
His anger at what he considered an unacceptable job got the better of
him, however, leading him and an accomplice to kidnap a 31-year-old
agent working for the renovators.
The victim said he was choked until he passed out in the bathroom. When
he woke up, he said he was being waterboarded, a torture technique that
simulates drowning. The man told police he was convinced he would die.
The home-owner then locked him up in the trunk of his own car, drove him
away and dumped him in the nearby town of Södertälje. They are now
accused of kidnapping and aggravated assault.
While the suspect offered an alternative version of events, prosecutor
Lizzie Österlund said that evidence supported the victim's tale.
"You can see the injuries where he was tied up, just like he said, and
they found blood in the house," she said.
"When he was set free he immediately called the police, who found severed cable ties nearby." The two suspects said the renovation was delayed, poorly done, and that the 31-year-old pocketed a huge chunk of the builders' fees. They called the case against them "a joke". The two men have denied the kidnapping charge, but admitted an altercation had taken place, which explained the traces of blood. The case continues.
"When he was set free he immediately called the police, who found severed cable ties nearby." The two suspects said the renovation was delayed, poorly done, and that the 31-year-old pocketed a huge chunk of the builders' fees. They called the case against them "a joke". The two men have denied the kidnapping charge, but admitted an altercation had taken place, which explained the traces of blood. The case continues.
Iranian billionaire executed over $2.6B bank fraud
A
billionaire businessman at the heart of a $2.6 billion state bank scam,
the largest fraud case since the country's 1979 Islamic Revolution, was
executed Saturday, state television reported.
Authorities put
Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, also known as Amir Mansour Aria, to death at
Evin prison, just north of the capital, Tehran, the station reported.
The report said the execution came after Iran's Supreme Court upheld his
death sentence.
Khosravi's
lawyer, Gholam Ali Riahi, was quoted by news website khabaronline.ir as
saying that his client was put to death without any notice.
"I
had not been informed about execution of my client," Riahi said. "All
the assets of my client are at the disposal of the prosecutor's office."
State officials did not immediately comment on Riahi's claim.
The
fraud involved using forged documents to get credit at one of Iran's
top financial institutions, Bank Saderat, to purchase assets including
state-owned companies like major steel producer Khuzestan Steel Co.
Khosravi's
business empire included more than 35 companies from mineral water
production to a football club and meat imports from Brazil. According to
Iranian media reports, the bank fraud began in 2007.
A
total of 39 defendants were convicted in the case. Four received death
sentences, two got life sentences and the rest received sentences of up
to 25 years in prison.
The
trials raised questions about corruption at senior levels in Iran's
tightly controlled economy during the administration of former President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Mahmoud
Reza Khavari, a former head of Bank Melli, another major Iranian bank,
escaped to Canada in 2011 after he resigned over the case. He faces
charges over the case in Iran and remains on the Islamic Republic's
wanted list. Khavari previously admitted that his bank partially was
involved in the fraud, but has maintained his innocence.
Man accused of stabbing wife for wearing his socks
A man from Clarksville, Tennessee, was arrested on Friday after
allegedly attacking his wife with a "survival style" knife because she
was wearing his socks.
The wife told police that Sean Terrance Jones had been drinking, and she
was going to leave their apartment when he grabbed her by the neck and
told her to give back his socks, according to an arrest warrant.
She said she removed the socks and went to get into a friend’s car,
but Jones followed her with a “large survival style knife” and began
beating on the windshield.
She said she opened the door to try to get him to stop, and he
threatened her, then stabbed her in the right side of her neck, behind
her ear.
A police officer saw a small puncture wound on her neck. The victim said the knife was large, but the tip seemed to be dull. The warrant did not indicate whether she was treated for the injury. Jones, 20, was charged with aggravated assault. He was booked into Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 bond.
A police officer saw a small puncture wound on her neck. The victim said the knife was large, but the tip seemed to be dull. The warrant did not indicate whether she was treated for the injury. Jones, 20, was charged with aggravated assault. He was booked into Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 bond.
Police ask for help in order to stop plague of snot and booger graffiti
Police in Cary, North Carolina, need the public's help finding some graffiti vandals.
The graffiti tags "snot" and "booger" have appeared on more than 20
buildings across the town since January, including businesses, apartment
complexes, park property and road signage.
Police say no gang activity is suspected, but it does cost money to clean up. Neighbours and business owners say it has to stop.
If you see vandalism, police say you should take a picture, report it to them and if it's public property, the town will have it removed.
Anyone with information should call the Town of Cary Police. Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for the arrest or indictment of those responsible.
Anyone with information should call the Town of Cary Police. Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $2,500 for the arrest or indictment of those responsible.
Coming Tomorrow
Coming Tomorrow
- Senate repugicans throw yet another temper tantrum
- New study proves that repugicans are significantly more likely to lie than Democrats
- Workers in Walmart warehouse get $21 million wage theft settlement
- Walmart's poor sales don't keep top executives from getting millions in 'incentive' pay
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