Over Memorial Day weekend for the past 14 years, an event called Bobbofest has been held at Lake Linda northeast of Carthage. It was held on Sunday, May 27, from
At 5:30 a.m. on Thursday, June 29, Zack and Ashley (Olin) Burling of rural Carthage headed to Quincy to the hospital for the planned c-section arrival of their second child.
A man has been accused of robbery and rape after beating and robbing someone he met on a queer dating app. (Stock photograph via Elements Envato)
A man who brutally beat his date and made off with his £700 cashmere cardigan has denied raping him. Luke Burling, 34, met the victim, who cannot be named for legal reasons, for sex after chatting on the queer dating app FabGuys in September 2018.
Prosecutors described a night of simmering fear as the victim drove Luke Burling, who they said was “drunk and high on drugs and looking for sex with a stranger”, to a secluded lake.
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Luke Burling, 34, is on trial at Reading Crown Court for assault and male rape. He has admitted assaulting the complainant but denies rape
A suspected sex attack victim has told a court that he thought he was going to be killed by a man he had met on a dating app who punched and robbed him.
The man recounted how he picked up Luke Burling, 34, in his car after making contact on the FabGuys dating app.
The man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said he had refused to continue engaging in a sex act with Burling because Burling had not showered in days and smelled bad. He said that Burling had forced him to continue.