after he was found guilty of trafficking a man to britain to harvest one of his kidneys. ike ekwere madu s wife, beatrice, was given a four and a half year sentence. the judge also handed down a ten yearjail term to a medic who helped them. the victim a 21 old street traderfrom lagos was offered $8000 and was promised a better life in britain, but only realised what was going on when he met doctors in hospital. the couple had planned to give the organ to their daughter who has a kidney disease. justicejohnson handed down the sentence at the old bailey in london. the wealth and power inequality and disparity between you and c could not be more marked. you, ekweremadu are a senator in nigeria s national assembly. you have held high political office. you had many staff, including domestic staff, maids, chefs and drivers. you own multiple properties around the globe. there is evidence of as many as a0. more than £400,000 went into your bank account over a six month period. b
anthony albanese takes to twitter to pay tribute to barry humphries, calling him one of a kind and gifted . a deadly restaurant fire in madrid. two people have died and 12 others are injured. we and 12 others are injured. will be live at the scenei very we will be live at the scene for the very latest. and eyes are on hollywood star owned wrexham, which hopes to return to the english football league for the first time in 15 years. we start in sudan, where the army says foreign nationals from the uk as well as the united states, france and china, are to be evacuated in the coming hours . these are saudi state tv pictures of a boat reported to be carrying saudi citizens and some other nationals arriving injeddah, across the red sea from sudan. other ships are said to be due to dock injeddah later. the head of sudan s military agreed to facilitate the evacuation, as fighting in the capital khartoum enters its second week. the saudi broadcaster says the evacuees were carried
superintendent with greater manchester police. at around 3am this morning on sunday the 21st of august, emergency services received multiple calls about a disturbance at goose green. on arrival, we found at goose green. on arrival, we found a 17 year old male and 31 year old man with stab wounds receiving first aid for of the public before officers and paramedics took over. both males were taken to manchester royal infirmary, where sadly the 31 year old man succumbed to his injuries and died. i can confirm that male is rico burton. the 17 year old male remains in hospital with serious injuries. i would like to take this opportunity to pass on my sincere condolences to rico burton s family and friends and can i also praise the members of the public who stepped in and provided first aid. greater manchester police has launched a murder investigation and reckless officers are supporting both families. 21 year old was arrested at the scene and a short while later a 20 year old mal