Milly Dowler's killer will get a life without parole

Levi Bellfield has been sentenced to a life long prison sentence without any chance of getting parole.

When Levi Bellfield was asked to hear his sentence he refused to hear it, and he remained in prison while the judge said his verdict. Mr Justice Wilkie sentenced him to a life without parole and he also described him as a 'cruel and pitifull' killer that lacked the "courage to come into court to face his victims and receive his sentence".

Levi Bellfield is reasoned to be the first person ever charged with two life sentences he recieved one in 2008 when he was convicted of the murders of Amelie Delagrange, 22, Marsha McDonnell, 19, and the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy, and he recieved another life sentence for the murder of Milly Dowler. 


I would not even give this man the right to see the light of day with his own eyes, this man is an animal and should not be walking on this earth in the first place. I think it's good that he will spend his entire life in jail and that he will stay there for the remainder of his pitiful life. The man should suffer even more then his victims and their families have suffered, as this man is the trash of the world. What I still do not get is why he got out on a parole in the first place, as that should have obviously never happend. So I have lost a bit of my hope in the UK justice system, as obviously it had failed.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jun/24/levi-bellfield-life-without-parole?intcmp=239

Dowlers attacking the justice system after the killer has been jailed for life

The family of Milly Dowler claims to have recieved justice, and unjust in court.



They recieved justice as the murder of their daughter has been sentenced to a life in jail, they also recieved unjust as they said their privacy and their feelings were severely hurt in court, especially after the question of the mother of Milly Dowler, her husband decribed it as ''Inhuman and cruel''.

The husband also commented of the trial itself being ''in favour of the perpetrator'', he also said that: ''Justice shouldn't have come at such a high price".

Due to how they were treated in court and with the feeling that the system failed they have launched an attack upon court itself.

 

I really feel sorry for this family and their loss, and the fact that they had do endure this pain of losing a family member like that over and over in court and then also being mistreated in court sickens me. People who have had such an emotional even in their lives should be treated with the greatest of respect and should be lended helping hands in anyway possible. Instead they were mistreated and they had to go through the death of little Milly over and over and over. I hope they win the trial vs the courtsystem but even if they win, I don't think their scars will ever fully heal.

 

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jun/24/milly-dowler-family-criticise-justice-system

Cyber fraudsters are exploiting the economic downturn

There are more fake online jobs, flats and festival tickets with each passing day with one target, to get your money.

At the moment there is a significant increase in the number of cyber fraudsters that are trying to make people pay for things that are not really there, especially the tickets for the festival season for this summer seems to be quite popular under the fraudsters. This increase is primairly due to the economic downturn which is making people wanting to buy items for a significantly lower price so they can save up money for the bills.

A 'phantom' flat is also one of the most prized valuables being sold by the fraudsters, as people assume they are purchasing a flat, which at the end doesn't seem to exist.

The government is warning the public to be on a constant lookout for these scammers.

It's a shame so many people abuse the internet for personal gain but it was to be expected, I think the government should invest more resources and time to make sure these scam artists will think twice before attempting to rob someone from his/her money. The public should also be a lot more careful with making online purchases of any kind as it currently seems they are making it quite easy for these scammers to rob you of your money. I do think the goverment is already showing some kind of incentive by warning the public of these scammers which is a step in the right direction, now they just have to take the next step.

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011/jun/24/cyber-fraudsters-economic-downturn

Childcare costs are going up

The childcare costs have been rising tremendeously the last couple years, the fees are now up to 40 pounds a month in some areas. Parent that have children under the age of five seem to be hit the hardest as they have to pay twenty-four pounds a month more than they had a year ago.

There are still ways of coping with this increase as children between the age of 3 and 4 in England are eligible for a free, part-time early education place with a registered childcare provider there are no costs if the children are there for only 15 hours a week or less.

Currently 1.5 million families are paying for the childcare system


I think it's nice that these children have a place to go when their parents are busy working the entire day, yet I do think it's also good that they increased the prices as raising a child should be the job of the parents. Currently this seems to be the job of the people at the daycare as 1.5 million families are currently using this childcare system rather then taking a day off, or having 1 parent stay at home and look after the child. In my opinion, the childcare system should be only for those parents that reallu have no other choice, but those that have a choice should just stay at home and look after their child, that is if they care.

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2011/jun/24/childcare-costs-soaring-soften-blow

30 years of prison for double murder

A man of 41 years old named Neil Langmead, has murdered his estranged wife and friend. The women were found in Barnstaple, Devon,August last year.

The two were sexually assaulted and found death. During the trial of the convicted it became clear that Neil Langmead had a history of bullying his wife and that she was starting divorce proceedings.

The trail jury consisting out of nine women and three men rejected the version of mr Langmead that he has consensual sex with his wife what lead to an argument between the two women who became violent.

He stated that he has killed his wife out of self defense and that she killed her friend.

Two words, death penalty. This guy should definitly be punished with those two words and the fact that he lies about it and says it was self defense just makes me angry. The evidence does not lie, but it seems this man definitly decides to do so, people like this should never exist in the world, unfortunatly they do. The world is currently really filled with terrible people just like this guy, of only there was a medicine for these people and their mental illnesses!

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/jun/23/devon-murder-neil-langmead

Accounts locked of the Tesco Bank

Accounts locked of the Tesco Bank.

The banking system by Tesco crashed after moving the computers from the former partner RBS.

Many customers were not able to access their saving or other accounts.

The call centre was overfloaded with telephone calls and Tesco had difficulty in handling all those calls.

Tesco believes that this has a compatibility problem with its system, which can be very easily fixed if customers follow some instructions to re-set their browsers.

Many customers have been frustrated at both the computer lock-out and the inability of Tesco's call centre to deal with the big jump in calls.

I would be quite frustrated aswell if I would'nt be able to acces my bankaccount when I want to do so. I think it's a bit sloppy that something like this can happen as you would expect them to treat something this delecate with a bit more care, apperantly not these guys. Luckely I don't have my savings on this bank so hopefuly things like this will never occur to me! It does seem that they will have some new applications open soon though, as they were in great need of some extra people to pick up the phone to deal with all the complaints from the costumers.
Source:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-13888891

The second round of ticket sales for the Olympics Games London 2012

The second round of ticket sales for next year's Olympic games will open at 0600 BST on Friday for those who were unsuccessful in the initial ballot.

2.3 million tickets will be on sale for the coming 10 days on a first-come-first served basis at the London 2012 website.

Prices of the tickets will be tween 20 and 50 pounds.Most of the tickets are available for football matches and a fewer amount for other sports like hockey and archery.

The London Organising Committee has stated that more than one million tickets will become available between December 2011 and the start of the games.

The olympics! I always watch the olympics and now its coming even closer to our country then ever before! I might actually pay a visit to it this year as its just aa stonethrow away from Holland, if you go by plane that is as swimming definitly does not seem like a solid option! The tickets are a bit expensive though but then again this isn't your average day out either, its the Olympics!

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13891719

More troops are coming back from Libya

David Cameron had already mentioned earlier that 400 troops from the UK would return to the UK in July.

Now another statement has been made by Carole Walker from the BBC that has come to the conclusion in an interview with the chief of staff that there will be a larger number of troops returning to the UK.

The US has decided that 10.000 troops will return back to the US at the end of 2011 and another 23.000 troops will return in 2012.

I think it's good that more and more troops are returning as it's gradually going better in Libya and there is less need for protection from the other countries. For the families of the troops that are currently in Libya all of this must be a relief to see that their member of the family might soon be returning to the warmth of his/her family. In my oppinion a lot more troops should have already been pulled back, as the US already has plenty of troops currently stationed in Libya.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13882270

A woman of 39 was arrested for phone hacking

The police has arrested a woman of 39 for phone hacking.

The woman, Terenia Taras, was the partner of Greg Miskiw, who worked in a senior role for the paper.

The inquiries made by the police are focused on the interception of mobile and voicemail messages. The police has News of the Week under investigation after allegations about public figures came in.

Other News of the World journalists have also been arrested but none of them were never charged with any offence.

News of the Week is dealing with the issue in several ways and  is hoping to come with a fair solution for the issue.

Another hacking issue, there seems to be a lot of these things going on these days. As I said in my other post I will keep pressing the fact that the government needs to do more to assure the safety of our privacy. As currently anyone with a bit of knowledge of computers or cellphones seems to be able to hack his/her way through the security without any real problem which is quite alarming and dissapointing that the security is really just that low. If the government would invest some time and resources into this issue maybe some things can be prevented from happening!

Source:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13887182

61-year-old woman murders her husband

Georgina Challen from Claygate, Surrey admits to the police that she has murdered her 61 husband Richard Challen. The reason why she bludgeoned her husband to death was that she had reason to believe that he was cheating on her. The 59-year-old woman was sentenced to 22 years in jail, when she was asked why she killed her she said ''If I can't have him, no-one can'' The reason that the wife assumed that her husband was cheating on her was due to her husband being on the phone with another woman.

I honestly don't get how you can be that jealous, and how you can end the life of someone that you love. At that age you should be a lot wiser and much more aware of the consequences of your actions, but apperantly not this woman as she murders her own husband over a phonecall, and then ends up in jail for 22 years. In my oppinion this woman doesnt just need a jail sentence she should be put in a hospital for the mentaly ill as that apperantly seems to be the case.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-surrey-13892154

A teenager has been arrested after executing 'web attacks'

A 19-year-old boy has been arrested after being caught peforming web-attacks. The boy was arrested at his family home on monday in Wickford, Essex. The boy has been co-operative with the police so far and he has been charged for a number of different offenses. The majority of these offenses consists out of hacking (taking over) other websites and in some cases even shut down the website. Also one of the charges claim that he is conspiring with several unknown people to construct a 'bot-net' which is a collection of hijacked home computers - to conduct distributed denial of service attacks.

  

I'm quite suprised that someone at this age is already capable of doing such things, but it also worries as I am quite sure this is not the only kid that has these capabilities regarding computers. There should be a lot more assistance from the government to make sure websites cannot be hacked that easily so people don't have to deal with these hackers. As websites are not the only thing they can steal, even your creditcard details are not safe anymore these days if you use the internet to do your payments. So goverment, crank up that security up a notch to make sure these things cannot happen any longer.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13889527

A 21-year-old mother that was suffering from mental health problems and trying to paint her flat, let a couple babysit her 2-year-old son so she could finish redecorating her flat, she assumed her son would left in the right hands for those upcoming weeks as she has no reason to assume otherwise. A month later that very same child was lying in a hospital in a coma, after having received 10 severe blows to the head and 70 injuries over his entire body. Moments later the toddler died due to his severe injuries to the head. The couple was arrested and has been sentenced to a life-long sentence in prison.

I have read about terrible things, but this must be by far one of the most terrible things I've ever read about. These people should not be locked up in jail, but they should be shot. People like that should not be walking on this planet and the world would be a lot better without this kind of people. I do believe that the 21-year-old mother despite here suffering from mental health issues, should have still visited the couple more often to check up on her son. Eventhough I hold no grudge for the mother of the child but only deep sympathy I do think she should have had hold more responsibility over her child.


Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8593641/Toddlers-killers-were-known-to-authorities-who-failed-to-protect-him-review-finds.html

Royal wedding yields one million pounds for charity

Roughly one million pounds was gathered from the royal wedding of Prins William and Kate, during the wedding they put up a fund for people to donate money for the 26 good causes selected by the now married couple. £559,104 was donated by the public and the wedding guests through the fund's website. Another £252,263 was paid directly to the selected charities.

A further £247,000  was made through the sales of the official wedding album and of portraits of the couple taken by the photographer Mario Testino. 

A spokesman for the couple said: “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are delighted that these charities are able to benefit so positively from their special day.

“They would like to thank everyone who donated and contributed so generously to the charitable fund and for all the kindness and support shown to them throughout the wedding period.”

I think it's great that even on their wedding day they still remembered the slightly unfortunate which makes their marriage all the more special then it already was. Eventhough I did not watch the wedding myself I might just have a look at it since it was no longer an act of spending the most money you can in a short amount of time since instead of doing that very thing, they gave it a positive twist by also starting a fund for some charities that could always use a helping hand and one mullion pounds is one big helping hand!

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/theroyalfamily/8592356/Royal-wedding-gift-fund-tops-1-million.html

Burglar killed after being caught trying to break into a home.

In Greater Manchester a burglar was killed after trying to break into someones home. The burglar was spotted by the residents as he attempted to break into their house and the burglar got stabbed to death by the homeowners. There are three people arrested that presumably were the ones resposible for the death of the 26 year old man that was caught trying to break into a home. The police has sealed of the perimeter around the alleged self defense casualty and the investigation regarding the death of the burglar is still on going.

Eventhough I think it's good that there's one less badguy out there, I still dont think it's justified killing a person for attempting to break into a house. I think it's great that they stopped the burglar, but killing the burglar seems a bit over the top to me since so far there is no evidence that the burglar had any kind of weapon on him, and since there were three people that were responsible for the death of this man there is reason to believe that they would have had enough force to restrain him and hold him pinned to the ground until the police would arrive.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8593662/Three-arrested-after-burglar-killed-breaking-into-home.html