A massage therapist from Westcliff accused of sexually touching a female client has appeared in court. Graham Stannard, 46, of Fleetwood Avenue, Westcliff has denied to two counts of sexually assaulting the customer on August 2 last year. Stannard is a practitioner of Zen-Su deep release massage, specialising in injuries and muscular pain deep tissue work. The court was told that she was attending Stannard’s practice, Healing Zen Massage in Bedford Hill, Balham. He appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court, and was sent to Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court for trial. Prosecutor Arfan Ahmed told the court the complainant told police Stannard deliberately touched her twice during the same session, making a circular motion with his hand.
In New York prisons, widespread package room complaints go unresolved
Nabeeha Anwar | Illustration Editor
Package room complaints ranged from missing and spoiled packages to “abuse of power” by package room staff.
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Seven months after the coronavirus pandemic hit Sing Sing Correctional Facility, a committee of incarcerated people met with administrators to discuss what was going wrong.
First on the agenda was the spotty TV programs. Second was the damaged packages. Then the committee repeated a request they had made two months earlier: security cameras in the package room.
At the previous meeting in August, the committee said package room procedures were a “growing concern” at the all-men’s maximum-security prison in Westchester County, records show. Food started to spoil as packages were held for up to a week. Items went missing after staff checked boxes for contraband. Earlier in the summer, as a COVID-19 outbreak swept thro