Female corps member drowns in Enugu swimming pool

Tragedy hit the National Youths Service Corps, NYSC, Enugu State over the weekend following the drowning of a female corps members at a hotel swimming pool.

The yet to be identified corps member allegedly drowned on Saturday at a hotel swimming pool at Ugwuoba community in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State.

The Enugu State Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Ebere Amaraizu, (SP), who confirmed this in a statement on made available to DAILY POST on Sunday, disclosed that the Command had arrested two persons in connection with the incident.

According to Amaraizu, “a group of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members had gone to a hotel at Ugwuoba in Enugu State identified as Hotel De Oranzi Resort, Agungwu Ugwuoba for swimming.

“In the ensuing swimming rendezvous amongst the celebrating corps members, one of them whose name is yet to be established allegedly got drowned.

“She was later rescued and rushed to General Hospital, Amaku in Awka, Anambra State, (since Oji River Local Government Area shares boundary with Awka) for medical attention but was confirmed dead by the doctor on duty.”

Amaraizu said that the body of the deceased corps member had been deposited at the hospital morgue, adding that the police had intensified efforts to establish the full identity of the deceased corps member.

“The two persons nabbed in connection with the incident are helping the police operatives in their investigation,’’ he said.

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Mother kills neighbour after she finds her having sex with her son

In Kenya, a 46-year-old mother who killed a middle aged woman after she busted her having sex with her 28-year-old son has been sentenced to serve three years in jail.

A High court sitting in Kericho sentenced Irene Chemutia Boror for killing her close neighbour Linner Koroson on January 6, 2016 at Tulwabmoi, Kericho County. Chemutai initially pleaded not guilty to the charge, but later offered to plead to the lesser charge of manslaughter.

Reportedly, the accused and the deceased were friends and neighbours residing in same area. But dung hit the fan when the accused discovered that the deceased had been having a love affair with her son without her knowledge.

On the fateful day, the deceased had visited the accused at her compound where they spent the better part of the day taking busaa, local brew.

At around 1pm, the court was told the accused left to drive her cattle home from a nearby field where they had been grazing and returned, only to find the deceased missing.

She called out her son’s name to inquire whether he had seen the deceased leaving the homestead, but was no response from her son. She, thus, went to his house and knocked the door several times with no response forthcoming.

It was then that Chemutai decided to forcefully open the door to find out if her son was inside the house, only to find her son and the deceased locked inside behaving in a manner likely to suggest they had been having sex, hence the silence.

The accused’s son was furious that his mother had entered his house and interfered with his love relationship with the deceased leading to fight between the two women.

The accused is said to have picked up a stone from the ground and hit the deceased twice on the head, sending her sprawling on the ground as she bled profusely. The court was told the woman writhed in pain for a while before she lost consciousness.

The accused tried to assist the deceased, but she was not responding. At her wits end, the accused fled the scene, only to surrender to the area chief and confess her sin much later.

In her mitigation, Chemutai said she is a widow and sole bread winner for her family of six children and had no plans or intention of killing to kill the deceased. She pleaded for leniency, claiming that it was just a normal fight that unfortunately turned tragic.

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240 migrants killed in 2 Mediterranean shipwrecks off Libya

Up to 240 migrants have been killed in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, the UN refugee agency has said.

There were 31 survivors, the United Nations confirmed, after the boats capsized in heavy seas. Spokeswoman Carlotta Sami said 29 people had survived the first wreck, which killed around 120, and been brought to the Italian island of Lampedusa.

And in a separate operation, two women found swimming at sea told rescuers another 120 people had died in that wreck. Most of those on board are thought to be sub-Saharan Africans although aid worker are still confirming details.

The news came after it emerged that Gambia’s national women’s football team goalkeeper, Fatim Jawara, drowned while trying to make a similar journey.

The 19-year-old was on board a boat last month when it ran into trouble making a crossing, the country’s football association confirmed.Some 4,220 people have died on gone missing crossing the Mediterranean this year, the highest toll on record.

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Woman, 22, killed herself after her step-dad was cleared of repeatedly raping her

A young woman killed herself after her step-father was cleared of repeatedly raping her, an inquest heard.

Juliet Crew, 22, left a note behind stating that she felt she had been let down by the legal system. Her church organist step-father Nigel Parkin, 60, was found not guilty in 2012 of sexually abusing her for seven years from the age of nine.

Juliet was found by her mother hanged in the hall of her home in Taunton, Somerset, in August last year. The ‘bubbly’ architecture student had told a court Parkin sexually touched and raped her at least ten times.

Her step-father was cleared after he said Juliet and another alleged victim were both suffering from mental health problems. Taunton Coroners Court heard yesterday that the result of the proceedings took a severe toll on the mental health of the ‘outgoing’ 22-year-old.

Leading up to her death, she dropped to six and a half stone, self-harmed and even overdosed on medication. Leaving behind a note, Juliet said: ‘The judicial system in this country, especially for victims of sexual offences, is disgusting.

‘There is no justice. It only confirmed that I cannot trust people. I do not want to live in a world where there is no justice.’

Parkin, who is employed by the Church of England, was found not guilty of ten serious offences against Juliet in a trial at Taunton Crown Court in 2012.
His trial heard that Juliet, who attended Queen’s College School in Taunton, told a teacher that he had sexually assaulted her.

Although she went on to achieve top grades in her A-Level exams and began studying architecture at Nottingham University in 2011, her mother said “‘she lost her sparkle’. Juliet’s mother Judith told the inquest: ‘She was astounded that Nigel Parkin was still at large among vulnerable people.

‘She never recovered from this feeling of injustice.’

In a tribute to her at the time of her death, her sister posted: ‘My youngest sister Juliet sadly passed away on August 6th, aged only 22.

‘She spent the latter part of her school years at Queens College, Taunton, a place she loved dearly.

‘To commemorate her memory, we would like to place a memorial bench overlooking the school sports fields. Juliet enjoyed playing sport and indeed had a tremendous talent for it.

‘It therefore seems fitting that her many friends can spend a moment in one of her favourite places remembering a bright, talented young woman who touched the lives of so many with her kindness and creativity.’

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Two killed by car being chased by police in South London

Two people have been killed after a car crashed into a family of four in South London this afternoon.
Witnesses described seeing the car, which was being chased by police, smash into a family as it turned into Lennard Road, Penge, at around 2.05pm.

They said people tried to lift the crashed car off a little girl who was struck. The IPCC has been called in to investigate because of police involvement in the chase. It is believed two other children may have been taken to hospital.

Moments before the collision there was an incident at a nearby Sainsbury’s and it has been reported that there may have been an abduction of a child. Tayla Goodman told Sky News she saw ‘children running away’ from the scene in ‘absolute tears, unable to speak’.

She said ‘then a lady ran out across from Penge east station shouting ‘that’s my baby’ … ‘that’s my baby over there’.

‘It just looked like complete carnage. It was absolutely awful to see what happened.’

She said the car was ‘ploughed into the grass bank’ of the housing estate and described people ‘running through’ police tape and screaming.

One man who lives near the scene said: ‘It was a horrific scene on a sunny afternoon in a sleepy place.’ There were reports that two other people were also hurt in the crash, but police could not confirm this.

The witness said that a black car was being chased by two police BMWs when the driver lost control as he turned into Lennard Road.

‘He lost control and ploughed into a family that was walking on the pavement down Lennard Road.

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