Mother Who Caged Daughter in Chicken Den When Torturing Her Jailed for 190 Years

AN 'EVIL' mother who caged her daughter in a chicken coop and shocked her with a electric dog collar has been jailed for 190 years

Cruel Diana Franklin tied her adopted girl to a tree by her neck during a shocking six-year campaign of torture.

Franklin, 48, also beat the naked child with a belt buckle and held her at gunpoint, according to reports.

The American Civil War re-enactor - who served in the US Air Force - wrote in a diary how the girl was her "slave".

She repeatedly deprived her daughter of food, water or clothing.

Sentencing her, Judge Bobby Peters said:"To me, you are just an evil woman."

Prince Harry Reportedly 'in Secret Romance with Kate's Sister Pippa'

PRINCE Harry and Pippa Middleton are enjoying a “secret romance”, it was sensationally claimed last night.

They first snogged at Wills and Kate’s wedding in 2011 when they hooked up in a bathroom, say shock reports in the US.

And they are said to have rekindled the romance with a behind-closed-doors affair for the last three months.

The pair have apparently only ever been caught in the act by their older siblings.

OK! USA magazine also claims to have intimate details of how they spent their first “date”, and reckons they have fancied each other for years.

Man Faces Charges After Opening Car Door In Fatal Crash To Film Victims Inside With His Cell Phone

Whereas most people would run to help moments after they saw two teenagers get into a serious car accident, one man saw it as the perfect opportunity to beef up his social media likes.

MailOnline: A northeast Ohio man who recorded grisly cellphone video of a car crash that killed one teenager and critically injured another has pleaded guilty to vehicle trespass and disorderly conduct. 

The charges stem from Paul Pelton having opened a car door of the wrecked vehicle to continue recording while others tried to help the two teens. Police said Pelton can be heard on the video calling the teens ‘idiots’.

Medical Student Empties Bucket of Hot Water on Sister in Portharcourt

PUNCH Metro learnt that the victim was asleep on Friday night at their house on Road 1, Federal Housing Estate, Mile 4, Port Harcourt, when the suspect allegedly sneaked into her room and emptied a bucket of hot water on her.

The victim sustained burns from her neck region down to one of her feet.

Oluwafunke and Yemisi were stepsisters.

It was gathered that Oluwafunke’s mother separated from her daughter’s dad as soon as she was born, and she had lived with the father ever since.

He was said to have remarried a new wife, identified as Victoria, who gave birth to Yemisi and three other children. Yemisi was a student of Medicine at a university in Nassarawa State.

On September 2, PUNCH Metro learnt that there was a disagreement between Oluwafunke and her stepmother, Victoria, and during a struggle, the latter was alleged to have fallen to the ground and hit her head against the wall.

Arms Scandal: Jonathan’s Govt Spent Billions, Abused Trust – Buhari

The former administration of Goodluck Jonathan spent billions of naira and millions of dollars on efforts to equip the Nigerian military against Boko Haram, but there was rampant “abuse of trust”, President Muhammadu Buhari has said.

Mr. Buhari said the abuse cost the nation lives and equipment.
He made the remark while addressing members of the House of Representatives on Wednesday.

Mr. Buhari urged the legislature to collaborate with the executive arm of government to secure the country and effectively manage it.

“There are a lot of obstacles to be crossed. The objectives we have are to secure this country and effectively manage it,” the president said.

Lagos State Government Shuts 53 Churches, Mosques, Hotels Over Noise Pollution

The Lagos State Government has shut down 53 churches, mosques and hotels over noise pollution and environmental nuisance.

Some of the worship centres were shut because they were converted from residential apartments to places of worship thereby contravening the law and constituting nuisance to other neighbours.

General Manager, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, Engr Rasheed Shabi, said the agency received lots of complaints from residents and neighbours about the nuisance constituted by the premises shut by the agency, PM News reports.

“In recent times, most of the petitions kept coming back to us. It was as if we are not working at all. That was why we shut the premises,” he said.