“A kitchen porter at a public school in Buckinghamshire has been cleared of pouring drain cleaner into pupils’ soup.”
BBC News, 6th April 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Archive for the 'poisoning' Category
Stowe school porter cleared of poisoning soup – BBC News
Published April 6, 2011 food , news , poisoning Leave a CommentNanny jailed for attempting to poison Ann Summers boss Jacqueline Gold – Daily Telegraph
Published March 4, 2011 abuse of position of trust , news , poisoning , sentencing Leave a Comment“The former nanny of Ann Summers boss Jacqueline Gold was jailed for 12 months today after admitting attempting to poison the lingerie tycoon with screen wash.”
Daily Telegraph, 4th March 2011
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School lab technician jailed for drugging pupil – The Independent
Published August 24, 2010 news , poisoning , sentencing , teachers Leave a Comment“A school lab technician who knocked a teenage pupil unconscious by tricking her into wearing a dust mask doused in chloroform was jailed for two-and-a-half years today.”
The Independent, 24th August 2010
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Cocaine smuggler jailed for 20 years after drug-laced rum killed drinker – The Guardian
Published August 12, 2010 drug trafficking , homicide , news , poisoning , sentencing Leave a Comment“A smuggler has been jailed for 20 years for the manslaughter of a taxi driver who died after unwittingly drinking a shot of rum from a bottle heavily laced with cocaine.”
The Guardian, 11th August 2010
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Man jailed for poison of baby son with painkillers – BBC News
Published April 19, 2010 child cruelty , medicines , news , poisoning , sentencing Leave a Comment“A man has been jailed for a minimum of 10 years for trying to kill his weeks-old baby son by smothering him and poisoning him with painkillers.”
BBC News, 16th April 2010
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Poisoned children win compensation fight against Corby borough council – The Guardian
Published April 19, 2010 children , class actions , compensation , local government , news , poisoning Leave a Comment“Families that brought a class action over the biggest case of child poisoning since thalidomide were celebrating tonight after reaching an out-of-court settlement with their local council. The result ends an 11-year battle waged by the families of 19 children born with deformities caused by toxic dust from a former steelworks in Corby, Northamptonshire.”
The Guardian, 16th April 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Boris Berezovsky wins libel case over Litvinenko murder – The Guardian
Published March 10, 2010 asylum , defamation , media , news , poisoning Leave a Comment“The exiled Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky was today awarded libel damages of £150,000 over ‘savage’ allegations he was behind the murder of his Alexander Litvinenko, the poisoned Russian dissident who was his close friend.”
The Guardian, 10th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
