DESCRIBED as like an animal out of control a woman bit a man who found her in his garden in the middle of the night. Roberta Powell hit the man over the head with a baseball bat she found in the grounds, and spat at him, before he shut himself inside his property. When police arrived, she bit a police officer too. Powell, 27, of Beatrice Close, Ryde, admitted two counts of assault occasioning actual bodily harm on July 9, when she appeared at the Isle of Wight Crown Court for sentencing on Friday. Prosecutor, Robin Leach, said the woman had somehow found herself inside a gated garden in Victoria Avenue, Shanklin.
A REVOLVER full of bullets was found in a BMW by mechanics undertaking an MOT and police later found a loaded rifle at the owner s home. A fine of £2,500 and a suspended prison sentence was handed to Clive Edward Abbott, 65, of Cockleton Lane, when he appeared before the Isle of Wight Crown Court on Friday. Abbott admitted possession of an Armi Jager self-loading rifle, possession of a Webley and Scott revolver, possession of a sound moderator, three counts of possession of ammunition, and possession of an offensive weapon an extendable ASP baton. Robin Sellers, prosecuting, said the matters came to light when a mechanic conducting an MOT discovered the revolver hidden behind panels in the boot, and called police.
A teaching assistant has been spared prison after admitting to secretly filming children in a primary school s toilets over the course of a week - leaving victims parents feeling physically sick .
Jack Dunn, 24, used his iPhone to capture seven videos of children over the course of a week and then made a series of screenshots of his favourite 24 moments.
He was caught out when a child discovered the device overhanging a cubicle.
Former teaching assistant Jack Dunn was spared prison and instead given a suspended prison term at Portsmouth Crown Court this week. The 24-year-old placed his iPhone over a cubicle to secretly film children in 2019
Lost holiday shows hit L.A. arts groups hard. Here’s how [Los Angeles Times]
“Bah, humbug!” It’s not a cliche; it’s a lifeline.
The line from Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” is worth its weight in counting-house gold to local theater companies this time of year. As is the graceful familiarity of “The Nutcracker.” The uplifting notes of Handel’s “Messiah” too.
These holiday touchstones aren’t lost just to audiences this year. They’re lost to small arts groups that rely on the bountiful revenue to refill depleted end-of-the-year coffers. But more than that, leaders said, these shows deliver so many intangibles sowing company camaraderie, strengthening ties to core audiences and attracting new fans for the coming year.