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Three teenage boys have admitted threatening two women on a bus after they refused to perform a sex act. Melania Geymonat, 28, and her girlfriend Chris were targeted on the top of a double-decker London night bus after refusing to kiss. The teenagers, aged 15, 16 and 17, appeared in court on Thursday after previously denying charges of harassment by using threatening or abusive words or behaviour. Highbury Corner Youth Court previously heard the two women were surrounded by the boys, hit with coins and subjected to sexual gestures after they refused to perform a sex act. Prosecutor Saira Khan...

A gang of schoolboys dragged a cyclist from his bike before kicking him repeatedly as he cowered in the road - just because of his ginger hair. The four teenagers also subjected the 38-year-old to a torrent of vile abuse in the “relentless attack” and left him needing major surgery for a fractured jaw, a court heard. Manchester Magistrates’ Court heard how the gang had surrounded the victim at rush hour in the city’s center, and yelled “ginger ****” at him before the attack at a set of traffic lights. A witness said the boys were “almost dancing on him”,...

A man wrongly accused of being a pedophile was beaten unconscious, set on fire, and killed by two neighborhood "vigilantes." Investigators say the brutal violence in the Bristol, England neighborhood appears to be the result of a vicious rumor mill and a misguided police investigation. According to the Daily Mail, 44-year-old Bijan Ebrahimi was arrested in July after being accused of taking "inappropriate" images of neighborhood children. But after an investigation, police determined that Ebrahimi was actually taking pictures of kids he suspected of vandalizing his prized garden. Despite being released by police with no charges, the Daily Mail reports...

<p>The 16-year-old star of Channel 4 reality TV show Big Fat Gypsy Weddings today married the boy who 'grabbed' her in a disco last year.</p> <p>Cheyenne Pidgley of Hersham, Surrey, wed 18-year-old fellow Traveller John McFadyen in a ceremony held at St Peter's church this afternoon, with 200 family and friends in attendance.</p>

A GIRL of five was last night fighting for life after being shot by a gang of boys as young as 13. Thusha Kamaleswaran was hit in the chest at a shop in South London. IT’S an all too familiar story of crazed young thugs letting rip with guns in a vicious turf war. But the latest battle on our city streets has ended with a girl of five clinging to life, an innocent victim of the ­mindless violence. Thusha Kamaleswaran was blasted in the chest by teenage gunmen on bicycles, some as young as 13, as her mum watched...

'Blow up all soldiers' the pair shouted during attack A former serviceman was left bloodied and bruised when two drunken thugs beat him up for wearing an RAF blazer and poppy.Anthony O'Brien, 69, was attacked by the thugs, aged between 17 and 20, after meeting friends to plan the funeral of a former colleague. Mr O'Brien said today that as they attacked him they shouted: 'Blow up all soldiers. F****** shoot all you b*******s - death to all soldiers.' The pair - described as being of Asian or mixed race - then headbutted and punched him to the floor...

LONDON – In Britain's worst political violence in years, furious student protesters rained sticks and rocks on riot police, vandalized government buildings and attacked a car carrying Prince Charles and his wife, Camilla, after lawmakers approved a controversial hike in university tuition fees.

These haunting pictures show the extent to which a man with learning difficulties suffered 17 years of torment at the hands of youths, before he collapsed and died in his garden. A film captured on a mobile phone shows how David Askew's agitators would stand inches from his garden fence and hurl abuse at him. On Wednesday the 64-year-old could take no more and, as he tried to protect his property, he suffered a suspected heart attack and died on the spot.

A restaurant owner yesterday branded the justice system a 'joke' after he was locked up for seizing two teenage yobs who broke into his beer cellar. Sal Miah spent five hours in a police cell after he chased down the hoodies and held them in the bar while his staff dialled 999. The married father-of-five assumed police would commend him for catching the young criminals.

A man with learning difficulties was 'tormented to death' after being bullied by yobs for more than a decade, neighbours claimed today. David Askew, 64, dropped dead after he tackled thugs who broke down his gate and invaded his garden. Neighbours said Mr Askew had been targeted before he was found dead at his home in Hattersley, Greater Manchester, last night. One neighbour said he had been 'tormented to death - like bear baiting'. Residents criticised police and officials for not supporting Mr Askew and his brother Brian and mother Rose, who was wheelchair-bound. Officers were called to the address...

A MAN has told how he was pulled over and viciously kicked in the head in an unprovoked attack as he walked home through Savile Town. Robert Dyson, 45, of Ouzelwell Crescent, Thornhill Lees, was on his way home at 11pm last Friday when he was assaulted in Savile Road, near the playground. Labourer Mr Dyson was set upon by two Asian youths, who were with another Asian man and two white girls. Mr Dyson suffered nasty cuts to his nose and left ear which needed 27 stitches. He will be scarred for life. The Press has previously reported how...

WASHINGTON — More than 650,000 jobs have been saved or created under President Barack Obama's economic stimulus plan, the White House said Friday, saying it is on track to reach the president's goal of 3.5 million jobs by the end of next year. New job numbers from businesses, contractors, state and local governments, nonprofit groups and universities were not scheduled to be released publicly until Friday afternoon. But White House economic adviser Jared Bernstein says officials have been told the figures. When adding in jobs linked to $288 billion in tax cuts, Bernstein says the stimulus plan has created or...

(video at link) A YOB is a worldwide laughing stock after film of him being decked became an internet hit. He is seen hurling abuse at a man on his doorstep and trying to goad him into a fight - unaware his "victim" is a martial artist. Amazingly, the man remains calm - until the yob kicks over a dustbin. He then floors the attacker with a lighting-fast jab, then stands over him in a fighting pose. But the gob-smacked yob's had enough and flees in Merseyside. More than 30,000 people have viewed the mobile footage on website YouTube. One...

  Ex-cop’s shocker for yobs   Keep out ... electric wire running along inside of Ralph's fenceSOUTH WEST NEWS By JOHN COLES Published: Today     A RETIRED cop is defending his home against yobs - with an ELECTRIC fence. Now a beat bobby has warned Ralph Harvey, 63, he may be sued if louts are injured by the live wire. The former RAF police sergeant says his bungalow is "under siege" from thugs throwing bricks, paving slabs, breeze blocks - and even acid.   Victim ... Ralph was burgled SOUTH WEST NEWS  The final straw came after all...

An inquest jury laid the blame for the tragedy of Fiona Pilkington and her daughter at the door of police yesterday. They also condemned the local council for failing to protect Miss Pilkington and 18-year-old Francecca from youths who hounded them to their deaths. Today the Mail reveals one of the families behind the reign of terror about which the police and council appeared either powerless or indifferent.

* Martin Wainwright * guardian.co.uk, Sunday 21 June 2009 21.42 BST Police are hunting for four youths who attacked an MP in a seaside resort in his constituency, leaving him with temporary hearing damage. Former army officer Tobias Ellwood, the Conservative member for Bournemouth East, was punched after trying to stop a drunken gang playing football among shoppers in Boscombe high street. A 20-year-old man is also being questioned about the incident yesterday, which started with abuse but turned physical when Ellwood, who confronted a group of teenagers last year, filmed the youths on his mobile phone. The MP, 42,...

Chris Grayling called today for a "war" on anti-social behaviour, saying that it was time to "reclaim our streets" from gangs of youths. The Shadow Home Secretary said that the “grotesque” attack on two boys aged nine and 11 by two young brothers in Doncaster last weekend was a wake-up call for “Broken Britain”. In one of the toughest speeches since his appointment in January, Mr Grayling said minor crime committed by younger teenagers "so often lead to worse if it goes unchecked". Mr Grayling also rounded on those youngsters who were "aided and abetted by parents who just don’t...

Pub landlord charged with GBH after 'collaring' drunk teen smashing his window When someone smashed a window at his pub, Peter Lucia-Hennis bravely rushed outside to confront the culprit. Faced with a drunken teenage lout, he confiscated the boy's bottle of vodka before giving him a piece of his mind. Yet when police arrived, he was effectively punished by being told to shut his business down for the night to 'defuse the situation'. Worse was to come when the 60-year-old was plunged into a five-month nightmare after the 17-year-old's mother showed police a photo of her son with two black...

black and Asian youths fight it out in broad daylight on the streets of London. The terrifying scenes were captured by a photographer who had been waiting in the street to take a photo of the actress Julie Christie, who lives nearby. Instead he was faced with a brutal illustration of life in modern Britain as gang warfare erupted around him in broad daylight.

A JOBLESS 29-year-old is set to be one of Britain’s youngest GRANDPAS. Dad-of-three Ged Fulton was just 14 when he became a dad. But now his 15-year-old son Sean is expecting a tot with his 18-year-old lover. And Ged will be 30 when the baby is born in November, making him one of the youngest grandparents in the world. The former customer service worker said last night: “It hasn’t sunk in yet. I’m getting teased by my mates — but I’ve got no plans for a pipe and slippers yet.” He said Sean was “showing a lot of maturity” and...