http://www.key103.co.uk/Article.asp?id=1547075&spid=23160
Warrington man has today pleaded guilty to murder and been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a disabled friend who had looked to him for help and support.
Kevin Francis Walsh, 46, lived in Whitethroat Walk, Warrington. He had difficulties with mobility following health issues in his life, and a small circle of acquaintances would help him out, popping to the shops to collect food and other items he might need, and calling at his home to keep him company. His neighbours described him as a pleasant man who would pass the time of day, but could appear frail.
One of those “Good Samaritans” was Andrew Blaine, 25 years, also of Warrington. Blaine was entrusted by Kevin Walsh with the details of the post office account into which his disability allowance was paid, and would go to the local post office to collect cash for Kevin. However, police believed that Blaine abused this position of trust, and stole money from the vulnerable man who had trusted him. Police subsequently established that the balance of money in Kevin’s account had been cleared out.
Kevin’s body was found slumped in a chair in his home in the early hours of Thursday 12 February 2009. A Home Office post mortem established that the attack which had claimed his life had been sustained and determined, with several different methods of assault upon him to ensure that he would die. While the precise order of the attacks upon him cannot be confirmed, medical experts believe that Kevin was subject to blows to his head and face – possibly delivered by a fist. This caused bruising and injuries to his forehead, nose, and scalp, and to the chest and collarbone. It is thought that Kevin was also attacked using two kitchen knives, with slash wounds running across his nose, cheek, and lips. He also had around 20 puncture wounds to his chest – commensurate with being prodded with the knife – and two full stab wounds to the chest. It is known that Kevin tried to defend himself as he had defensive injuries to his hand. Kevin’s injuries also included evidence of asphyxiation, possibly from his mouth and nose being forcefully blocked. Such was the force used, that
one of Kevin’s teeth was knocked out, and was found in his stomach. Finally, his throat was cut.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Thug Darren McGillvary jailed for hitting man in wheelchair
http://www.examiner.co.uk/news/local-west-yorkshire-news/2009/10/23/thug-darren-mcgillvary-jailed-for-hitting-man-in-wheelchair-86081-24995764/
A THUG who hit a man in a wheelchair, breaking his jaw, has been jailed.
Darren McGillvary, 34, of Lees Close, Dalton, was yesterday sentenced to eight months in prison after slapping Richard Keegan.
Bradford Crown Court heard 15-stone McGillvary had hit Mr Keegan, 42, with back of his hand knocking him from his wheelchair and onto the ground.
The incident took place outside Mr Keegan’s home in February following an argument between the two.
Mr Keegan, who is wheelchair-bound after losing a leg, had accused McGillvary of stealing from him when McGillvary lashed out cracking the left side of Mr Keegan’s jaw and loosening a crown in his mouth.
Yesterday passing sentence Judge Jonathan Rose described the assault as a “cowardly attack on an extremely vulnerable man”.
The court was told the pair had become acquainted around 2008 and Mr Keegan would lend unemployed McGillvary money.
On finding items missing from his home Mr Keegan called McGillvary a thief when an argument started.
A THUG who hit a man in a wheelchair, breaking his jaw, has been jailed.
Darren McGillvary, 34, of Lees Close, Dalton, was yesterday sentenced to eight months in prison after slapping Richard Keegan.
Bradford Crown Court heard 15-stone McGillvary had hit Mr Keegan, 42, with back of his hand knocking him from his wheelchair and onto the ground.
The incident took place outside Mr Keegan’s home in February following an argument between the two.
Mr Keegan, who is wheelchair-bound after losing a leg, had accused McGillvary of stealing from him when McGillvary lashed out cracking the left side of Mr Keegan’s jaw and loosening a crown in his mouth.
Yesterday passing sentence Judge Jonathan Rose described the assault as a “cowardly attack on an extremely vulnerable man”.
The court was told the pair had become acquainted around 2008 and Mr Keegan would lend unemployed McGillvary money.
On finding items missing from his home Mr Keegan called McGillvary a thief when an argument started.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Final suspect found guilty in attack on disabled man
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/10/19/beating-conviction/
St. Paul, Minn. — A 22-year-old man was found guilty Monday for his role in an attack on a 24-year-old mentally disabled man in October 2008.
Jonathan Michael Diepold of Northfield will be sentenced in December after being convicted of charges including kidnapping, aggravated robbery and assault.
Diepold was one of five people charged in the incident in rural Dakota County, and is the last one convicted.
Prosecutors said Diepold was one of the primary perpetrators in the attack, in which the disabled man had to be hospitalized for his injuries.
The incident took place over two nights, as the man was lured to a rural area where he was accused of assaulting a girl and was beaten. On the second night, the man was able to make his way to a nearby road where a motorist picked him up and took him to a hospital.
Sentences for the others involved in the attack ranged from four days in jail plus community service work to eight years in prison.
St. Paul, Minn. — A 22-year-old man was found guilty Monday for his role in an attack on a 24-year-old mentally disabled man in October 2008.
Jonathan Michael Diepold of Northfield will be sentenced in December after being convicted of charges including kidnapping, aggravated robbery and assault.
Diepold was one of five people charged in the incident in rural Dakota County, and is the last one convicted.
Prosecutors said Diepold was one of the primary perpetrators in the attack, in which the disabled man had to be hospitalized for his injuries.
The incident took place over two nights, as the man was lured to a rural area where he was accused of assaulting a girl and was beaten. On the second night, the man was able to make his way to a nearby road where a motorist picked him up and took him to a hospital.
Sentences for the others involved in the attack ranged from four days in jail plus community service work to eight years in prison.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Teenage girl attacks disabled man
http://www.thisisnorthdevon.co.uk/news/Teenage-girl-attacks-disabled-man/article-1420125-detail/article.html
A TEENAGE girl left a disabled Barnstaple man bruised and bleeding on the floor after a violent attack, a court was told.
The 17-year-old Barnstaple girl was given a year's community order after admitting inflicting actual bodily harm upon 51-year-old Oliver Hebden, who has chronic asthma and uses a walking stick.
Exeter Crown Court heard that the girl and her group of friends swore at Mr Hebden and shouted insults, including calling him a "cripple", before she launched her attack and stopped him from calling the police.
Judge Ian Leeming QC told the girl he had been intending to jail her for a long time until he learned of the progress she had made in turning her life around since the incident.
The court heard Mr Hebden had also accepted a letter of apology from the girl, who cannot be identified because of her age.
Prosecutor Michael Brabin said the victim was walking home near a subway on the Roundswell estate, just after midnight on May 16 this year.
The victim was approached by a gang who shouted abuse, before the girl stopped him from walking away.
"He was frightened," said Mr Brabin.
"He got onto his phone to call police. As he was doing that, he was hit in the back by this defendant.
"He was asked if he was calling police and he felt he couldn't continue it so he stopped.
"Then his walking stick was thrown into the hedge and the defendant threw his mobile phone into a hedge."
Mr Brabin said: "He was then hit repeatedly by the defendant. He fell to the floor, out of breath. With a lack of walking stick, he couldn't get up.
"He lay on the path for ten minutes, then he started to crawl to his home. He couldn't get back up but he managed to get to his house."
Mr Hebden did not suffer serious injures but was bruised and bleeding.
A TEENAGE girl left a disabled Barnstaple man bruised and bleeding on the floor after a violent attack, a court was told.
The 17-year-old Barnstaple girl was given a year's community order after admitting inflicting actual bodily harm upon 51-year-old Oliver Hebden, who has chronic asthma and uses a walking stick.
Exeter Crown Court heard that the girl and her group of friends swore at Mr Hebden and shouted insults, including calling him a "cripple", before she launched her attack and stopped him from calling the police.
Judge Ian Leeming QC told the girl he had been intending to jail her for a long time until he learned of the progress she had made in turning her life around since the incident.
The court heard Mr Hebden had also accepted a letter of apology from the girl, who cannot be identified because of her age.
Prosecutor Michael Brabin said the victim was walking home near a subway on the Roundswell estate, just after midnight on May 16 this year.
The victim was approached by a gang who shouted abuse, before the girl stopped him from walking away.
"He was frightened," said Mr Brabin.
"He got onto his phone to call police. As he was doing that, he was hit in the back by this defendant.
"He was asked if he was calling police and he felt he couldn't continue it so he stopped.
"Then his walking stick was thrown into the hedge and the defendant threw his mobile phone into a hedge."
Mr Brabin said: "He was then hit repeatedly by the defendant. He fell to the floor, out of breath. With a lack of walking stick, he couldn't get up.
"He lay on the path for ten minutes, then he started to crawl to his home. He couldn't get back up but he managed to get to his house."
Mr Hebden did not suffer serious injures but was bruised and bleeding.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Russia's disabled suffer neglect and abuse
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8302633.stm
The BBC has obtained shocking evidence of the abuse and prejudice which campaigners say is widespread against the estimated 13 million people with disabilities in Russia.
Many are like prisoners inside their own homes, unable to go outside because of the lack of basic facilities in the towns and cities, while tens of thousands of children with disabilities go without any education.
Vadim Voevodin, who has suffered more than most, is behind a campaign to improve life for those with disabilities in Russia, and as we sat inside his tiny Moscow apartment, he showed me a shocking video.
In the black and white CCTV footage a man kneels on the ground outside his apartment, under attack. He tries to fight back but is pushed down and held in a neck-lock.
But this is no banal brawl between two angry able-bodied men.
The man on the ground is Mr Voevodin, and he is kneeling because he is paralysed from the waist down.
He has just been dragged from his wheelchair after answering a knock on the door from a local resident who came with the intention of beating him up.
Two years after this brutal attack Mr Voevodin still lives in fear, and the two small rooms which he calls home are packed with surveillance equipment.
The situation for people with disabilities here is now worse than in Soviet times, it's like an undeclared war against us Vadim Voevodin
CCTV cameras and microphones protrude from every corner and a bank of monitors, video recorders and computers dominate an entire wall.
But the electronics are not only there because of his fears about security; the apartment is also the nerve-centre of his campaign.
And that is because he has no other choice of location.
He said he has not been able to go outside for the past 10 years because his front door is too narrow to get through in a wheelchair and, even if it was wider, he would not be able to get into the lift to go down to the ground-floor because it is too small.
And if he ever made it onto the city's streets he would face a maze of obstacles - steep kerbs , flights of steps, cars parked on pavements and a public transport system almost all of which is inaccessible for those with disabilities.
But even all this is not what troubles him the most.
'Undeclared war'
On his website he has posted a series of photographs of associates whom he said have died because of the acute prejudice within Russian society against those with disabilities.
"The situation for people with disabilities here is now worse than in Soviet times, it's like an undeclared war against us," he said.
"A wheelchair user I know, who was an active fighter for the rights of people with disabilities… was left to die in a hospital ward.
The BBC has obtained shocking evidence of the abuse and prejudice which campaigners say is widespread against the estimated 13 million people with disabilities in Russia.
Many are like prisoners inside their own homes, unable to go outside because of the lack of basic facilities in the towns and cities, while tens of thousands of children with disabilities go without any education.
Vadim Voevodin, who has suffered more than most, is behind a campaign to improve life for those with disabilities in Russia, and as we sat inside his tiny Moscow apartment, he showed me a shocking video.
In the black and white CCTV footage a man kneels on the ground outside his apartment, under attack. He tries to fight back but is pushed down and held in a neck-lock.
But this is no banal brawl between two angry able-bodied men.
The man on the ground is Mr Voevodin, and he is kneeling because he is paralysed from the waist down.
He has just been dragged from his wheelchair after answering a knock on the door from a local resident who came with the intention of beating him up.
Two years after this brutal attack Mr Voevodin still lives in fear, and the two small rooms which he calls home are packed with surveillance equipment.
The situation for people with disabilities here is now worse than in Soviet times, it's like an undeclared war against us Vadim Voevodin
CCTV cameras and microphones protrude from every corner and a bank of monitors, video recorders and computers dominate an entire wall.
But the electronics are not only there because of his fears about security; the apartment is also the nerve-centre of his campaign.
And that is because he has no other choice of location.
He said he has not been able to go outside for the past 10 years because his front door is too narrow to get through in a wheelchair and, even if it was wider, he would not be able to get into the lift to go down to the ground-floor because it is too small.
And if he ever made it onto the city's streets he would face a maze of obstacles - steep kerbs , flights of steps, cars parked on pavements and a public transport system almost all of which is inaccessible for those with disabilities.
But even all this is not what troubles him the most.
'Undeclared war'
On his website he has posted a series of photographs of associates whom he said have died because of the acute prejudice within Russian society against those with disabilities.
"The situation for people with disabilities here is now worse than in Soviet times, it's like an undeclared war against us," he said.
"A wheelchair user I know, who was an active fighter for the rights of people with disabilities… was left to die in a hospital ward.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Sleeping Philadelphia Woman Attacked By Intruder
http://cbs3.com/topstories/philadelphia.sex.assault.2.1236037.html
Philadelphia Police are investigating an alleged sexual assault in the West Oak Lane section of the city.Authorities say the victim told police she was asleep in her bed in the 1100 block of Sydney Street when she awoke at about 2:30 a.m. to find a strange man standing over her.
The victim reported the male, who was armed with a butcher's knife, covered her head and bound her hands and sexually assaulted her.
Following the alleged assault, police said the suspect robbed the victim of $210 and a bank card before fleeing the scene.
The suspect is described as a black male in his late 20s to early 30s who appeared to weigh approximately 140 pounds and stood about 5'9" to 5'10" tall.According to sources, the victim was disabled and relied on her wheelchair as her primary mode of transportation.
Philadelphia Police are investigating an alleged sexual assault in the West Oak Lane section of the city.Authorities say the victim told police she was asleep in her bed in the 1100 block of Sydney Street when she awoke at about 2:30 a.m. to find a strange man standing over her.
The victim reported the male, who was armed with a butcher's knife, covered her head and bound her hands and sexually assaulted her.
Following the alleged assault, police said the suspect robbed the victim of $210 and a bank card before fleeing the scene.
The suspect is described as a black male in his late 20s to early 30s who appeared to weigh approximately 140 pounds and stood about 5'9" to 5'10" tall.According to sources, the victim was disabled and relied on her wheelchair as her primary mode of transportation.
Retired British nurse, 93, brutally murdered in Florida home
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1218924/British-woman-93-throat-slashed-brutal-murder-Florida-home.html
93-year-old retired British nurse had her throat slashed in a brutal murder at her Florida home.
Wheelchair-bound Evelyn Norell may also have been sexually assaulted during the murder, allegedly committed by an odd job man.
Police say the elderly victim was discovered naked Read more:
93-year-old retired British nurse had her throat slashed in a brutal murder at her Florida home.
Wheelchair-bound Evelyn Norell may also have been sexually assaulted during the murder, allegedly committed by an odd job man.
Police say the elderly victim was discovered naked Read more:
Friday, October 2, 2009
Disabled man attacked in Jericho
http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/4662344.Disabled_man_attacked_in_Jericho/
Police are appealing for witnesses after a disabled man was assaulted in Nelson Street, Jericho.
Between 9pm and 9.30pm on Saturday, a 52-year-old man opened his front door, believing that his carer had arrived.
He saw four men in a blue Ford Fiesta who had parked in his parking space.
When the man asked them to move their car as he was expecting his carer to arrive, the driver punched him in the stomach and the passenger hit him over the head with an implement.
Police are appealing for witnesses after a disabled man was assaulted in Nelson Street, Jericho.
Between 9pm and 9.30pm on Saturday, a 52-year-old man opened his front door, believing that his carer had arrived.
He saw four men in a blue Ford Fiesta who had parked in his parking space.
When the man asked them to move their car as he was expecting his carer to arrive, the driver punched him in the stomach and the passenger hit him over the head with an implement.
Study: Disabled more likely to be victims of violent crime
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/10/02/crimes.disabled/index.html
By Terry FriedenCNN Justice Producer
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- People with disabilities are 50 percent more likely to be victims of violent crimes than are people without disabilities, according to a government study released Thursday.
A study suggests the disabled are more likely to be victims of violent crime than those without disabilities.
The first national study of its kind found that a wide range of disabled people -- including blind, deaf, developmentally disabled, and others with physical and mental limitations -- were victims of assaults, rapes and robberies in 716,000 cases in 2007.
The study by the U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics said instances of violence against disabled people occurred overall 1½ times the rate of those without disabilities, but the numbers varied by age group.
The most vulnerable groups were disabled people ages 12 to 19 and 35 to 49, for whom victimization occurred at nearly twice the rate of non-disabled persons.
Michael Rand, chief of victimization research for the Bureau of Justice Statistics, did not speculate on the reasons for the findings.
"It's hard to say," Rand said. "We didn't try to get at motivations."
Rand, a co-author of the study, said many of the crimes were committed by people who did not know their victims. Forty percent of the crimes against disabled male victims were committed by strangers versus 45 percent against those without disabilities.
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The difference for females was greater: 34 percent of disabled females were victimized by strangers versus 24 percent for women without disabilities.
The study found that people with cognitive disabilities such as mental retardation, developmental disabilities and cerebral palsy represented the largest group of victims.
Simple assaults accounted for about two-thirds of the crimes against disabled people in the study, which tallied 476,000 simple assaults, 114,000 aggravated assaults, 79,000 robberies, and 47,000 rapes or sexual assaults.
By Terry FriedenCNN Justice Producer
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- People with disabilities are 50 percent more likely to be victims of violent crimes than are people without disabilities, according to a government study released Thursday.
A study suggests the disabled are more likely to be victims of violent crime than those without disabilities.
The first national study of its kind found that a wide range of disabled people -- including blind, deaf, developmentally disabled, and others with physical and mental limitations -- were victims of assaults, rapes and robberies in 716,000 cases in 2007.
The study by the U.S. Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics said instances of violence against disabled people occurred overall 1½ times the rate of those without disabilities, but the numbers varied by age group.
The most vulnerable groups were disabled people ages 12 to 19 and 35 to 49, for whom victimization occurred at nearly twice the rate of non-disabled persons.
Michael Rand, chief of victimization research for the Bureau of Justice Statistics, did not speculate on the reasons for the findings.
"It's hard to say," Rand said. "We didn't try to get at motivations."
Rand, a co-author of the study, said many of the crimes were committed by people who did not know their victims. Forty percent of the crimes against disabled male victims were committed by strangers versus 45 percent against those without disabilities.
Don't Miss
Read Justice Department's findings
The difference for females was greater: 34 percent of disabled females were victimized by strangers versus 24 percent for women without disabilities.
The study found that people with cognitive disabilities such as mental retardation, developmental disabilities and cerebral palsy represented the largest group of victims.
Simple assaults accounted for about two-thirds of the crimes against disabled people in the study, which tallied 476,000 simple assaults, 114,000 aggravated assaults, 79,000 robberies, and 47,000 rapes or sexual assaults.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Heroin addict jailed for attack on wheelchair man
http://www.thisiswalsallonline.co.uk/news/Heroin-addict-jailed-attack-wheelchair-man/article-1366589-detail/article.html
A WALSALL drug addict who tried to rob a 61-year-old wheelchair-bound man has been put behind bars for four years.
Judge Michael Challinor told Steven Griffiths: "You deliberately targeted this elderly man because you hoped you would not have to use much force to overwhelm him, but that made what you did no less terrifying.
"When you attack someone in a wheelchair, you risk causing further damage to someone who is already infirm."
Griffiths had a previous conviction for assault with intent to rob and, at the time of the offence, was the subject of a Community Order for stealing from his sister. The judge told him: "You, and others like you, must understand that if you attack vulnerable people in the street, you can expect no mercy."
Griffiths, aged 32, of Wolverhampton Street, Darlaston, admitted assaulting Trevor Perry with intent to rob.
A WALSALL drug addict who tried to rob a 61-year-old wheelchair-bound man has been put behind bars for four years.
Judge Michael Challinor told Steven Griffiths: "You deliberately targeted this elderly man because you hoped you would not have to use much force to overwhelm him, but that made what you did no less terrifying.
"When you attack someone in a wheelchair, you risk causing further damage to someone who is already infirm."
Griffiths had a previous conviction for assault with intent to rob and, at the time of the offence, was the subject of a Community Order for stealing from his sister. The judge told him: "You, and others like you, must understand that if you attack vulnerable people in the street, you can expect no mercy."
Griffiths, aged 32, of Wolverhampton Street, Darlaston, admitted assaulting Trevor Perry with intent to rob.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Men cut man in wheelchair, stepson with machete in Daytona home invasion
Keith W. Kohn Sentinel Staff Writer
1:35 p.m. EDT, September 19, 2009
DAYTONA BEACH - A man using a wheelchair and his teenage stepson were attacked and cut overnight by home invaders using a machete, Daytona Beach police said today.
The attack on Byron Street early Saturday morning sent the man to the hospital, a report from police spokesman Jimmie Flynt said.According to the report, the victim had just arrived home and was in his wheelchair when four to six men ambushed him, asking, "Where's the stuff?"
The victim told police he responded that he didn't have anything and he was told the men would go into his house and kill his wife.Moments later, three of the men cut the homeowner with a machete as the other three used his keys to get into the house.
The victim's stepson stepson, who is about 13 and was asleep on the couch, was awakened and his dreadlocks cut. He was tossed to the floor, where he was kicked and beaten as the attackers asked for money.The home invaders then ransacked the house and took clothing and other items as they fled on foot.
The homeowner suffered a deep cut to his forehead and to his right and left hands. He was rushed to Halifax Health Medical Center. The stepson was treated at the scene
1:35 p.m. EDT, September 19, 2009
DAYTONA BEACH - A man using a wheelchair and his teenage stepson were attacked and cut overnight by home invaders using a machete, Daytona Beach police said today.
The attack on Byron Street early Saturday morning sent the man to the hospital, a report from police spokesman Jimmie Flynt said.According to the report, the victim had just arrived home and was in his wheelchair when four to six men ambushed him, asking, "Where's the stuff?"
The victim told police he responded that he didn't have anything and he was told the men would go into his house and kill his wife.Moments later, three of the men cut the homeowner with a machete as the other three used his keys to get into the house.
The victim's stepson stepson, who is about 13 and was asleep on the couch, was awakened and his dreadlocks cut. He was tossed to the floor, where he was kicked and beaten as the attackers asked for money.The home invaders then ransacked the house and took clothing and other items as they fled on foot.
The homeowner suffered a deep cut to his forehead and to his right and left hands. He was rushed to Halifax Health Medical Center. The stepson was treated at the scene
Check first, be safe later
http://www.witness.co.za/index.php?showcontent&global%5B_id%5D=28218
THE full horror of what can go wrong when people spend fortunes on personal security — and then employ strangers off the street to work in their homes, was brought home this week when the gardener of up-market Sandown Retirement Village in Pinetown appeared in court charged with the murder of 87-year-old Sheila Hesk in August.
Hesk, a wheelchair-bound widow was bound hand and foot, beaten and tortured to death — allegedly by Sphamandla Cele and his friend Ayanda Mthembu.
Cele was employed by the management of Hesk’s retirement village even though he had an extensive criminal record, including convictions for burglary and assault. Arrested last week while on the run in KwaDabheka west of Durban, Cele is said to have admitted to murdering Hesk — but showed no remorse at all. Cele and Mthembu appeared in court earlier this week and were remanded into police custody until September 22.
The murder of Hesk, inside a secure retirement home, shocked Durban. Sandown’s own website boasts: “The level of security at Sandown Village should give you added comfort too. The entire property is walled and there are security officers on patrol at night, which means [that] you can feel totally confident of your home’s security when you go on holiday.”
Since Hesk was found near naked, bruised and bloodied, speculation has been rife as to the identity of her attackers. However, the SAPS have been hunting for Cele since minutes after being called to the scene of Hesk’s murder.
On August 26, Hesk’s body was found by the Sandown estate manager Mike Roberts. Neighbours of the wheelchair-bound woman had heard noises from her flat during the night but they had not been alarmed. However, when her door remained closed the following morning they alerted Roberts.
Hesk’s flat had been ransacked. However, a small safe remained unopened and had clearly resisted attempts to force it off the wall. It is suspected that Hesk could not remember how to open the safe and so, convinced that she was holding out on them, her attackers tortured her to death by repeatedly stabbing and punching and kicking her.
THE full horror of what can go wrong when people spend fortunes on personal security — and then employ strangers off the street to work in their homes, was brought home this week when the gardener of up-market Sandown Retirement Village in Pinetown appeared in court charged with the murder of 87-year-old Sheila Hesk in August.
Hesk, a wheelchair-bound widow was bound hand and foot, beaten and tortured to death — allegedly by Sphamandla Cele and his friend Ayanda Mthembu.
Cele was employed by the management of Hesk’s retirement village even though he had an extensive criminal record, including convictions for burglary and assault. Arrested last week while on the run in KwaDabheka west of Durban, Cele is said to have admitted to murdering Hesk — but showed no remorse at all. Cele and Mthembu appeared in court earlier this week and were remanded into police custody until September 22.
The murder of Hesk, inside a secure retirement home, shocked Durban. Sandown’s own website boasts: “The level of security at Sandown Village should give you added comfort too. The entire property is walled and there are security officers on patrol at night, which means [that] you can feel totally confident of your home’s security when you go on holiday.”
Since Hesk was found near naked, bruised and bloodied, speculation has been rife as to the identity of her attackers. However, the SAPS have been hunting for Cele since minutes after being called to the scene of Hesk’s murder.
On August 26, Hesk’s body was found by the Sandown estate manager Mike Roberts. Neighbours of the wheelchair-bound woman had heard noises from her flat during the night but they had not been alarmed. However, when her door remained closed the following morning they alerted Roberts.
Hesk’s flat had been ransacked. However, a small safe remained unopened and had clearly resisted attempts to force it off the wall. It is suspected that Hesk could not remember how to open the safe and so, convinced that she was holding out on them, her attackers tortured her to death by repeatedly stabbing and punching and kicking her.
'Coward' raider gets 10 years
http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/39Coward39-raider-gets-10-years.5662256.jp
By Richard Blackledge
A ROBBER who attacked two vulnerable women in their homes to feed his gambling habit has been jailed for 10 years for his "despicable" crimes.
Posing as a policeman and an electrician, Martin Cliff, 24, of Shearman Avenue, Kimberworth, Rotherham, conned his way into the women's homes and stole cash and credit cards.He even tore a wedding ring from the finger of one of his victims, Sheffield Crown Court said.
The first victim, Paula Murphy, 34, was wheelchair bound and suffered from spina bifida, while the second woman, Nora Quail, was 82.
Cliff, who lived near both women, approached Ms Murphy's home in Kimberworth a number of times before robbing her on March 30. Posing as a police officer he buzzed her intercom and when she opened the front door, Cliff forced his way in and pushed his terrified victim to the floor in her wheelchair.
Ms Murphy managed to push her panic button but Cliff cancelled the alarm, and ran through her house threatening to kill her before making off with her bag, cash and credit cards.
Ian Goldsack, prosecuting, said on his arrest Cliff had told the police they were "out of order" for suggesting he'd committed the crime.
Speaking about Ms Murphy he said: "The incident has had a significant effect on her, and she is now scared of being in her own home where she should feel safe."She says the attack is "constantly on her mind", and often cries and feels emotional. She sleeps in her wheelchair all night because she is afraid to go to bed, and has suffered a blood clot in her leg as a result of spending more time in her chair."
By Richard Blackledge
A ROBBER who attacked two vulnerable women in their homes to feed his gambling habit has been jailed for 10 years for his "despicable" crimes.
Posing as a policeman and an electrician, Martin Cliff, 24, of Shearman Avenue, Kimberworth, Rotherham, conned his way into the women's homes and stole cash and credit cards.He even tore a wedding ring from the finger of one of his victims, Sheffield Crown Court said.
The first victim, Paula Murphy, 34, was wheelchair bound and suffered from spina bifida, while the second woman, Nora Quail, was 82.
Cliff, who lived near both women, approached Ms Murphy's home in Kimberworth a number of times before robbing her on March 30. Posing as a police officer he buzzed her intercom and when she opened the front door, Cliff forced his way in and pushed his terrified victim to the floor in her wheelchair.
Ms Murphy managed to push her panic button but Cliff cancelled the alarm, and ran through her house threatening to kill her before making off with her bag, cash and credit cards.
Ian Goldsack, prosecuting, said on his arrest Cliff had told the police they were "out of order" for suggesting he'd committed the crime.
Speaking about Ms Murphy he said: "The incident has had a significant effect on her, and she is now scared of being in her own home where she should feel safe."She says the attack is "constantly on her mind", and often cries and feels emotional. She sleeps in her wheelchair all night because she is afraid to go to bed, and has suffered a blood clot in her leg as a result of spending more time in her chair."
Disabled man arred and feathered after 'vigilante kidnap'
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/09/19/tarred-and-feathered-115875-21684833/
A disabled man was tarred and feathered, beaten and tied to a tree half-naked after being snatched at gunpoint.
Alan Topping, 26, says the attack was carried out by vigilantes who wrongly believed he had burgled a house.
Mr Topping, of Bartley Green, Birmingham, where the assault happened, said: "I was terrified and humiliated."
Jobless Mr Topping is registered disabled after suffering a series of strokes.
Paul Clews, 63, of Bartley Green, has been charged with kidnap and unlawful wounding with intent.
A disabled man was tarred and feathered, beaten and tied to a tree half-naked after being snatched at gunpoint.
Alan Topping, 26, says the attack was carried out by vigilantes who wrongly believed he had burgled a house.
Mr Topping, of Bartley Green, Birmingham, where the assault happened, said: "I was terrified and humiliated."
Jobless Mr Topping is registered disabled after suffering a series of strokes.
Paul Clews, 63, of Bartley Green, has been charged with kidnap and unlawful wounding with intent.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Phila. man charged in rape of disabled shopper
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/20090912_Phila__man_charged_in_rape_of_disabled_shopper.html
Phila. man charged in rape of disabled shopper.
A Philadelphia man was arraigned yesterday on charges of rape and sexual assault in connection with an attack on a disabled man at the Paoli Acme last month, Tredyffrin Township police said.
Bryan Parks, 54, was apprehended about 2 a.m. by Philadelphia officers at a homeless shelter. Tredyffrin police had distributed a composite sketch and video surveillance photo of the suspect after the 41-year-old victim came forward on Sept. 3, police said.
According to the criminal complaint, the victim, who had gone shopping with his caretaker on Aug. 8, encountered Parks in the men's room. Parks pulled the victim's wheelchair into a stall and threw the victim to the floor to assault him, the complaint said.
The victim told police he was "too embarrassed" to tell his female caretaker about the attack right away. Parks was remanded to Chester County Prison after failing to post $250,000 cash bail, police said. - Kathleen Brady Shea
Phila. man charged in rape of disabled shopper.
A Philadelphia man was arraigned yesterday on charges of rape and sexual assault in connection with an attack on a disabled man at the Paoli Acme last month, Tredyffrin Township police said.
Bryan Parks, 54, was apprehended about 2 a.m. by Philadelphia officers at a homeless shelter. Tredyffrin police had distributed a composite sketch and video surveillance photo of the suspect after the 41-year-old victim came forward on Sept. 3, police said.
According to the criminal complaint, the victim, who had gone shopping with his caretaker on Aug. 8, encountered Parks in the men's room. Parks pulled the victim's wheelchair into a stall and threw the victim to the floor to assault him, the complaint said.
The victim told police he was "too embarrassed" to tell his female caretaker about the attack right away. Parks was remanded to Chester County Prison after failing to post $250,000 cash bail, police said. - Kathleen Brady Shea
Friday, September 11, 2009
Police: Male Suspect Raped Wheelchair-Bound Man
http://cbs3.com/topstories/indecent.assault.tredyffrin.2.1175260.html
Investigators in Chester County say they apprehended a suspect who allegedly raped a wheelchair-bound man in a supermarket bathroom.
Investigators said they arrested suspect Brian Parks Thursday evening at a Center City homeless shelter in connection to the August 8 incident.
According to investigators, the 54-year-old Parks stands accused of raping a man who was confined to a wheelchair inside the bathroom of a Paoli ACME."We feel totally comfortable that this is the individual who is responsible for the heinous crime at the ACME," Sgt. Jack Bailey of the Tredyffrin Police Department explained.
Investigators said Parks allegedly locked his victim in a bathroom stall during the assault.According to an arrest warrant, Parks "pulled his wheelchair backwards … forcefully remove the victim … and throw him to the floor."
While being led into a police cruiser with a sweatshirt over his head, Parks said to reporters: "Find yourself some real crime to deal with."Investigators said Parks has an arrest record that spans through several states.He is being at the Chester County Prison in lieu of $225,000 bail.
Investigators in Chester County say they apprehended a suspect who allegedly raped a wheelchair-bound man in a supermarket bathroom.
Investigators said they arrested suspect Brian Parks Thursday evening at a Center City homeless shelter in connection to the August 8 incident.
According to investigators, the 54-year-old Parks stands accused of raping a man who was confined to a wheelchair inside the bathroom of a Paoli ACME."We feel totally comfortable that this is the individual who is responsible for the heinous crime at the ACME," Sgt. Jack Bailey of the Tredyffrin Police Department explained.
Investigators said Parks allegedly locked his victim in a bathroom stall during the assault.According to an arrest warrant, Parks "pulled his wheelchair backwards … forcefully remove the victim … and throw him to the floor."
While being led into a police cruiser with a sweatshirt over his head, Parks said to reporters: "Find yourself some real crime to deal with."Investigators said Parks has an arrest record that spans through several states.He is being at the Chester County Prison in lieu of $225,000 bail.
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Angela Simpson Murders Terry Neely For Fun
http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world/angela-simpson-murders-terry-neely-for-fun_100236415.html
A Phoenix native has been facing allegations of torturing and murdering a man helplessly bound to a wheelchair. Angela Simpson on Tuesday confessed to her crime, shouldering responsibility of having inhumanely killed Terry Neely, whom she called nasty. She said she took delight in finishing him off.
Television station KTVK, in an interview with the 33 year old Angela Simpson, recorded a candid acceptance from the murderer who said she tempted a 46-year old Terry Neely to have sex with her and guided him to her apartment. She even promised the man some drugs, she said. Once Neely reached her home she allegedly beat him with a tire iron, plucking out several of his teeth and finally strangled the man with a t.v. cable, after 3 days of persistent torture. She said the experience was gratifying as the man was a snitch.
After Neely died she tried to get rid of him by burning his body. The mutilated remains were traced in a trash container outside church premises on August 5th, and Phoenix police spokesman Luis Samudio said that the body had burnt to such an extent that Neely’s gender could not be determined and only after the body parts were recovered by firefighters that it was identified via his fingerprints.
Angela Simpson behaved brutally indifferent and callous to the seriousness of her crime even asking investigators to give her a candy bar in return for her nonchalant disclosure.
Investigators are “shocked at the casualness” of her monstrosity. Autopsy results revealed that Simpson had even hammered a 3-inch nail into the head of Neely!
A Phoenix native has been facing allegations of torturing and murdering a man helplessly bound to a wheelchair. Angela Simpson on Tuesday confessed to her crime, shouldering responsibility of having inhumanely killed Terry Neely, whom she called nasty. She said she took delight in finishing him off.
Television station KTVK, in an interview with the 33 year old Angela Simpson, recorded a candid acceptance from the murderer who said she tempted a 46-year old Terry Neely to have sex with her and guided him to her apartment. She even promised the man some drugs, she said. Once Neely reached her home she allegedly beat him with a tire iron, plucking out several of his teeth and finally strangled the man with a t.v. cable, after 3 days of persistent torture. She said the experience was gratifying as the man was a snitch.
After Neely died she tried to get rid of him by burning his body. The mutilated remains were traced in a trash container outside church premises on August 5th, and Phoenix police spokesman Luis Samudio said that the body had burnt to such an extent that Neely’s gender could not be determined and only after the body parts were recovered by firefighters that it was identified via his fingerprints.
Angela Simpson behaved brutally indifferent and callous to the seriousness of her crime even asking investigators to give her a candy bar in return for her nonchalant disclosure.
Investigators are “shocked at the casualness” of her monstrosity. Autopsy results revealed that Simpson had even hammered a 3-inch nail into the head of Neely!
paralyzed brother doused with gas and set afire
http://compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=long&idelement=6076
It was the darkest night of my life,” recalled 45-year-old Ravinder Nath Pradhan, who a year ago saw his house and paralyzed brother doused with gas and set afire by a fanatical mob. Since then, Pradhan told IANS, justice is “nowhere near.” On Aug. 24, 2008, some 500 people attacked his village and destroyed his house.
“Within moments they flung petrol on my wheelchair-bound younger brother and torched him,” Pradhan, a retired soldier from Gadragaon village, told IANS. “We fled for our lives.”
It was the darkest night of my life,” recalled 45-year-old Ravinder Nath Pradhan, who a year ago saw his house and paralyzed brother doused with gas and set afire by a fanatical mob. Since then, Pradhan told IANS, justice is “nowhere near.” On Aug. 24, 2008, some 500 people attacked his village and destroyed his house.
“Within moments they flung petrol on my wheelchair-bound younger brother and torched him,” Pradhan, a retired soldier from Gadragaon village, told IANS. “We fled for our lives.”
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Disabled man assaulted for cans of beer
http://www.chad.co.uk/news/Disabled-man-assaulted-for-cans.5564924.jp
A 20-YEAR-OLD man suffering from cerebral palsy was attacked by two offenders after buying beer in a Forest Town shop.
The victim was knocked to the floor by the men after they demanded the cans of beer he had bought from a shop on Clipstone Road West.
When he refused to hand them over, he was kicked to the floor and the men grabbed the cans and ran off.
A 20-YEAR-OLD man suffering from cerebral palsy was attacked by two offenders after buying beer in a Forest Town shop.
The victim was knocked to the floor by the men after they demanded the cans of beer he had bought from a shop on Clipstone Road West.
When he refused to hand them over, he was kicked to the floor and the men grabbed the cans and ran off.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Drunken plasterer lashes out at man in wheelchair
A PLASTERER tanked up on vodka and brandy went 'berserk' and attacked a wheelchair-bound man, a court heard.Michael Butler, 40, of Jacob Court, Spencer Road, Bromley, admitted hitting Steven Sadler, 31, twice in the face leaving him semi-conscious on August 30 last year.Croydon Crown Court heard on Monday that Butler attacked Mr Sadler following an incident involving a 57-year-old woman.
He pleaded guilty to common assault and criminal damage and was ordered by Judge Simon Pratt to pay £750 costs to Mr Sadler, who also lives in Jacob Court.Prosecuting, Michael Hogston said a charge of indecently assaulting the woman would not be proceeded with as she died on August 5 this year of a heart attack.Butler had also faced an allegation of indecent exposure but this, too, was dropped through lack of evidence.When arrested, Butler said he had been drinking vodka and brandy on that day and had no clear recollection of what had happened.
Defending, Emlyn Jones said Butler had not been coping well with the pressures of life and it was drink that had led to these offences.Judge Pratt told Butler: "You behaved disgracefully. You were quite out of it, and the statements I have seen make rather bizarre reading. Your denial to the police of doing anything wrong did you no credit."
After the hearing, Mr Sadler, who is paralysed from the waist down, recalled that hectic day outside the flats. He said that Butler came up to him and said he had cancer and he wanted his wheelchair.He added: "He got very aggressive. A neighbour intervened and got him upstairs but he came back down. He came up to and clawed my face."There followed a tussle near the patio door of Mr. Sadler's flats, during which he was struck again. He was nearly thrown out of his chair and he hit his head on a sofa, causing some concussion.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Woman in wheelchair assaulted
http://www.abc4.com/content/news/state/story/Woman-in-wheelchair-assaulted/IFJKKWa1AE6cx8OfulRfag.cspx
PARK CITY, Utah (ABC 4 News) - Police are trying to find a man who assaulted a woman in a wheelchair in July.On July 11th, the wheelchair bound 25-year-old woman from the Salt Lake Valley was at a club on Main Street with some friends. She met a man there and at 2:00 in the morning, they left the club on Main Street together. He was apparently escorting her back to her hotel. They left Main Street and entered the Poison Creek Path. When he came across a grassy patch he threw her onto the ground and sexually assaulted her.
The woman must have passed out because she remembered nothing until the sprinklers came on around 4:00 am. She struggled into her wheel chair and went back up the trail to call for help.Her description of the attacker was only that he was about her age, tall and fit with curly brown hair and an accent. It wasn’t Italian or Spanish, but she called it a European accent.Captain Nick Ryan said, "He is a predator - a particularly dangerous predator to commit this type of crime."
Captain Ryan said the victim remembered little about the night, perhaps because of the trauma or perhaps because she was slipped a drug in a drink."She has a time period where she just does not recall,” Ryan said. “Some of the events of the night which would be consistent with the possibility of being drugged."So far Captain Ryan said all their leads have run into dead ends. Anyone who can help catch this predator is asked to call the Park City Police Department 435-615-5500.
PARK CITY, Utah (ABC 4 News) - Police are trying to find a man who assaulted a woman in a wheelchair in July.On July 11th, the wheelchair bound 25-year-old woman from the Salt Lake Valley was at a club on Main Street with some friends. She met a man there and at 2:00 in the morning, they left the club on Main Street together. He was apparently escorting her back to her hotel. They left Main Street and entered the Poison Creek Path. When he came across a grassy patch he threw her onto the ground and sexually assaulted her.
The woman must have passed out because she remembered nothing until the sprinklers came on around 4:00 am. She struggled into her wheel chair and went back up the trail to call for help.Her description of the attacker was only that he was about her age, tall and fit with curly brown hair and an accent. It wasn’t Italian or Spanish, but she called it a European accent.Captain Nick Ryan said, "He is a predator - a particularly dangerous predator to commit this type of crime."
Captain Ryan said the victim remembered little about the night, perhaps because of the trauma or perhaps because she was slipped a drug in a drink."She has a time period where she just does not recall,” Ryan said. “Some of the events of the night which would be consistent with the possibility of being drugged."So far Captain Ryan said all their leads have run into dead ends. Anyone who can help catch this predator is asked to call the Park City Police Department 435-615-5500.
Crime news in brief: Man in wheelchair knocked unconscious in street attack
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/Crime-news-in-brief-Man.5540826.jp
Published Date: 11 August 2009
A wheelchair-bound man was punched so hard that he fell onto the ground and was knocked unconscious. His attacker also spat at him.
The 25-year-old victim had become separated from his wife and stopped a member of the public in Mercers Row in Northampton town centre to ask if they had seen her. The offender then spat at the victim and they had a brief conversation before the
offender then punched the victim, who fell out of his wheelchair. The assault took place between 1am and 2.30am on Sunday.
Published Date: 11 August 2009
A wheelchair-bound man was punched so hard that he fell onto the ground and was knocked unconscious. His attacker also spat at him.
The 25-year-old victim had become separated from his wife and stopped a member of the public in Mercers Row in Northampton town centre to ask if they had seen her. The offender then spat at the victim and they had a brief conversation before the
offender then punched the victim, who fell out of his wheelchair. The assault took place between 1am and 2.30am on Sunday.
Teacher Quits; Attacked Wheelchair Bound Usher at Busch Stadium
http://www.lineofduty.com/content/view/104033/108/
A teacher at St. Margaret of Scotland School has resigned after being charged with assaulting a Busch Stadium usher who was in a wheelchair, authorities said. Bridget Matarazzi, 25, of the 6500 block of Bradley Avenue, was charged with third-degree assault for allegedly trying to push the usher from his wheelchair when he approached her at a game on Saturday evening to talk to her about her drunkenness, police said.
She had taught social studies and language arts to students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades for the Catholic school, a statement from the Archdiocese of St. Louis said. Laura McClure, 25, who lives in the 200 block of Green Falls Drive in Fenton, also was involved in the incident Saturday and allegedly repeatedly hit a stadium alcohol compliance manager who also was there.
A teacher at St. Margaret of Scotland School has resigned after being charged with assaulting a Busch Stadium usher who was in a wheelchair, authorities said. Bridget Matarazzi, 25, of the 6500 block of Bradley Avenue, was charged with third-degree assault for allegedly trying to push the usher from his wheelchair when he approached her at a game on Saturday evening to talk to her about her drunkenness, police said.
She had taught social studies and language arts to students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades for the Catholic school, a statement from the Archdiocese of St. Louis said. Laura McClure, 25, who lives in the 200 block of Green Falls Drive in Fenton, also was involved in the incident Saturday and allegedly repeatedly hit a stadium alcohol compliance manager who also was there.
Friday, August 7, 2009
New London man gets 15 years for rape of disabled woman
http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20090807/APC0101/908070481/1979
APPLETON — A New London man who raped a disabled woman has been sentenced to prison.
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Outagamie County Judge Mitch Metropulos on Thursday sentenced Eliseo Corona Vargas, 51, to 15 years in prison and 10 years extended supervision for the June 7, 2008, attack in a New London apartment.
Police said Vargas broke into the 37-year-old woman's apartment while she was sleeping and assaulted her.
She activated her medical alert pendant that puts out an automated call through her speakerphone and screamed "Someone is raping me."
The medical alert vendor called police who followed a bloody trail to a nearby apartment and arrested Vargas. The two were not acquainted.
APPLETON — A New London man who raped a disabled woman has been sentenced to prison.
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Outagamie County Judge Mitch Metropulos on Thursday sentenced Eliseo Corona Vargas, 51, to 15 years in prison and 10 years extended supervision for the June 7, 2008, attack in a New London apartment.
Police said Vargas broke into the 37-year-old woman's apartment while she was sleeping and assaulted her.
She activated her medical alert pendant that puts out an automated call through her speakerphone and screamed "Someone is raping me."
The medical alert vendor called police who followed a bloody trail to a nearby apartment and arrested Vargas. The two were not acquainted.
New London man gets 15 years for rape of disabled woman
http://www.postcrescent.com/article/20090807/APC0101/908070481/1979
APPLETON — A New London man who raped a disabled woman has been sentenced to prison.
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Outagamie County Judge Mitch Metropulos on Thursday sentenced Eliseo Corona Vargas, 51, to 15 years in prison and 10 years extended supervision for the June 7, 2008, attack in a New London apartment.
Police said Vargas broke into the 37-year-old woman's apartment while she was sleeping and assaulted her.
She activated her medical alert pendant that puts out an automated call through her speakerphone and screamed "Someone is raping me."
The medical alert vendor called police who followed a bloody trail to a nearby apartment and arrested Vargas. The two were not acquainted.
APPLETON — A New London man who raped a disabled woman has been sentenced to prison.
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Outagamie County Judge Mitch Metropulos on Thursday sentenced Eliseo Corona Vargas, 51, to 15 years in prison and 10 years extended supervision for the June 7, 2008, attack in a New London apartment.
Police said Vargas broke into the 37-year-old woman's apartment while she was sleeping and assaulted her.
She activated her medical alert pendant that puts out an automated call through her speakerphone and screamed "Someone is raping me."
The medical alert vendor called police who followed a bloody trail to a nearby apartment and arrested Vargas. The two were not acquainted.
Friday, July 31, 2009
Police hunt man who sexually assaulted disabled woman
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/police-hunt-man-who-sexually-assaulted-disabled-woman-20090731-e3i3.html
Police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted an intellectually disabled woman at an Ipswich house.
The offender assaulted the 24-year-old disabled woman at a Collingwood Park property late last week, but ran from the home after being confronted by the woman's father, police said.
Officers want to speak to anyone who has information about the man, described as Caucasian, about 35 to 40 years old, 185cm tall with an average build and shaved brown hair.
The incident occurred about 9.20pm on July 23
Police are searching for a man who sexually assaulted an intellectually disabled woman at an Ipswich house.
The offender assaulted the 24-year-old disabled woman at a Collingwood Park property late last week, but ran from the home after being confronted by the woman's father, police said.
Officers want to speak to anyone who has information about the man, described as Caucasian, about 35 to 40 years old, 185cm tall with an average build and shaved brown hair.
The incident occurred about 9.20pm on July 23
Deputies: Robber Beats Disabled Man
http://www.news4jax.com/news/20240569/detail.html
POSTED: Friday, July 31, 2009
UPDATED: 10:30 pm EDT July 31, 2009
Clay County Sheriff's Office booking photo of Mark Orbe
CLAY COUNTY, Fla. -- Hours after a man in a wheelchair was beaten during the robbery of his Middleburg home, deputies arrested a Green Cove Springs man and charged him with home invasion.
Clay County deputies said Mark Orbe, 38, of Green Cove Springs, burst into a home on Green Meadows Drive about 6 p.m. Thursday, dumped Danny Becony out of his wheelchair, punched him in the face with his fist and kicked him.
According to the arrest report, Orbe demanded Becony's pills and left with prescription bottles, credit cards, cash, a checkbook and a $1,000 money order.
"He was probably scoping my house out for a little while," Becony said. "Next thing I know, somebody's grabbing me around the neck and pulling me out of my wheelchair, put me on the floor and started beating me and kicking me."
After the attacker left in a red Camaro, Becony crawled to the phone and called 911. He was transported to Orange Park Medical Center for treatment.
"He kept on saying, I'm going to kill you, I'm going to kill you," Becony said.
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Bashed blind man speaks out about attack
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/843810/bashed-blind-man-speaks-out-about-attack
A blind man who had his jaw broken after being bashed in Brisbane's CBD has spoken about his brutal attack.
Glenn Trapnell, 41, was minding his own business when he heard a girl's scream from the public toilets near the corner of Queen and Albert Streets in the city at about 5pm on Tuesday afternoon.
The visually-impaired man said thought a girl was being raped and all he could remember from the incident was waking up in hospital.
"I walked in and heard a lady screaming in the toilet, my cousin said 'is everything alright in there?', and then the next thing you know the door flew open and I don't remember anything else," Mr Trapnell told Nine News.
"There was a man and a lady in there (the toilet).
"A big fella came out and apparently hit me and my cousin said 'don't hit him he can't see', and he stood in the way and then the guy beat my cousin up."
Kevin Paisa, an 18-year-old from Kingston in Brisbane's south, has been charged over the attack which left Mr Trapnell with a broken jaw and lacerations, and his cousin Nathan Reith, 30, with a broken jaw.
Mr Paisa faced Brisbane Magistrates Court yesterday charged with two counts of grievous bodily harm, but he was granted bail when his case was adjourned to August 19, on the proviso he did not enter Brisbane's Queens Street Mall.
Mr Trapnell, who is a drummer for the band Bore Water, said it was lucky another acquaintance in a wheelchair was not there at the time he was supposed to be.
"If he was with us they would have just smashed him," he said.
"Anybody who goes to the toilet should be able to go to the toilet without being picked on."
A blind man who had his jaw broken after being bashed in Brisbane's CBD has spoken about his brutal attack.
Glenn Trapnell, 41, was minding his own business when he heard a girl's scream from the public toilets near the corner of Queen and Albert Streets in the city at about 5pm on Tuesday afternoon.
The visually-impaired man said thought a girl was being raped and all he could remember from the incident was waking up in hospital.
"I walked in and heard a lady screaming in the toilet, my cousin said 'is everything alright in there?', and then the next thing you know the door flew open and I don't remember anything else," Mr Trapnell told Nine News.
"There was a man and a lady in there (the toilet).
"A big fella came out and apparently hit me and my cousin said 'don't hit him he can't see', and he stood in the way and then the guy beat my cousin up."
Kevin Paisa, an 18-year-old from Kingston in Brisbane's south, has been charged over the attack which left Mr Trapnell with a broken jaw and lacerations, and his cousin Nathan Reith, 30, with a broken jaw.
Mr Paisa faced Brisbane Magistrates Court yesterday charged with two counts of grievous bodily harm, but he was granted bail when his case was adjourned to August 19, on the proviso he did not enter Brisbane's Queens Street Mall.
Mr Trapnell, who is a drummer for the band Bore Water, said it was lucky another acquaintance in a wheelchair was not there at the time he was supposed to be.
"If he was with us they would have just smashed him," he said.
"Anybody who goes to the toilet should be able to go to the toilet without being picked on."
Friday, July 24, 2009
Woman Beaten With Her Crutches
http://www.wsmv.com/news/20168916/detail.html
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Detectives are trying to find the person who beat a woman with her own crutches and then tried to steal her purse -- all in broad daylight.
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"He stole my identity," said Cheryl Granville. "He stole everything that I owned. He stole everything I owned that was in there, and there was no money."
The would-be robber got away with no money, but he robbed Granville of her trust in the east Nashville neighborhood that she loves
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Detectives are trying to find the person who beat a woman with her own crutches and then tried to steal her purse -- all in broad daylight.
Related: Watch This Story
"He stole my identity," said Cheryl Granville. "He stole everything that I owned. He stole everything I owned that was in there, and there was no money."
The would-be robber got away with no money, but he robbed Granville of her trust in the east Nashville neighborhood that she loves
Monday, July 13, 2009
attacked two disabled men
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/2588477/Disabled-men-attacked-in-Blenheim
Police are hunting a gang of men and youths, some as young as 12, who attacked two disabled men in central Blenheim, pulling one off his mobility scooter and throwing the other into the Taylor River.
The attack by a group of youths, some believed to be as young as 12, took place at 11pm Friday on the Taylor River bank near the Sinclair St bridge.
The victims, one in his 40s and the other in his early 20s, needed treatment at Wairau Hospital for cuts to the head, Blenheim police said. They have since been discharged.
Police are hunting a gang of men and youths, some as young as 12, who attacked two disabled men in central Blenheim, pulling one off his mobility scooter and throwing the other into the Taylor River.
The attack by a group of youths, some believed to be as young as 12, took place at 11pm Friday on the Taylor River bank near the Sinclair St bridge.
The victims, one in his 40s and the other in his early 20s, needed treatment at Wairau Hospital for cuts to the head, Blenheim police said. They have since been discharged.
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Mugger: Police scan CCTV to identify suspect
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/Mugger-Police-scan-CCTV-to.5450999.jp
DETECTIVES are hunting a violent robber who attacked a disabled woman and beat her as she lay on the ground, just yards from her city home.
The 36-year-old victim, who asked not to be named, suffered cuts and bruises to her face and body in the early-morning assault.Police today described the woman, who has Huntington's disease, a degenerative condition affecting the central nervous system, as "very vulnerable". Detectives said she had been "badly traumatised" by her ordeal, which took place just minutes after she withdrew money from a cash machine near her house in Restalrig.The frail victim, who is now scared to leave her home, had walked to the Gulf garage on Restalrig Road South to use its cash machine and was attacked from behind as she headed back. The mugger, branded "depraved" by local councillor Ewan Aitken, knocked her to the ground then continued to strike her as she lay defenceless, causing her further injury
DETECTIVES are hunting a violent robber who attacked a disabled woman and beat her as she lay on the ground, just yards from her city home.
The 36-year-old victim, who asked not to be named, suffered cuts and bruises to her face and body in the early-morning assault.Police today described the woman, who has Huntington's disease, a degenerative condition affecting the central nervous system, as "very vulnerable". Detectives said she had been "badly traumatised" by her ordeal, which took place just minutes after she withdrew money from a cash machine near her house in Restalrig.The frail victim, who is now scared to leave her home, had walked to the Gulf garage on Restalrig Road South to use its cash machine and was attacked from behind as she headed back. The mugger, branded "depraved" by local councillor Ewan Aitken, knocked her to the ground then continued to strike her as she lay defenceless, causing her further injury
Thursday, July 9, 2009
ATTACK ON BLIND WOMAN: POLICE PROBE BUS INCIDENT
http://www.bayofplentytimes.co.nz/local/news/attack-on-blind-woman-police-probe-bus-incident/3901146/
As police investigate the bashing of a blind woman on a Tauranga bus, the blind community has condemned the attack as "inexcusable".
The 36-year-old victim was attacked on the Bay Hopper bus after boarding at Wharf St to get home to Greerton last Thursday.
As she sat down and pulled her guide dog from the aisle to lie him on the floor, a woman passenger who had also just boarded the bus started yelling at her to get out the way.
She then pushed past the blind woman and elbowed her in the right temple. The attacker's friend also pushed past and they carried on to a seat.
Chairman of the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind's Tauranga Community Committee, John Davis, said the attack was the worst he had heard of in more than a decade working with blind people.
"It's inexcusable really. If they have a white stick or a guide dog, it's apparent that they (are blind).
"A lot more tolerance is needed, not only for people who are blind but anyone who has a disability."
The victim, who did not want to be named, was too shaken by the incident to tell police until the next morning.
As police investigate the bashing of a blind woman on a Tauranga bus, the blind community has condemned the attack as "inexcusable".
The 36-year-old victim was attacked on the Bay Hopper bus after boarding at Wharf St to get home to Greerton last Thursday.
As she sat down and pulled her guide dog from the aisle to lie him on the floor, a woman passenger who had also just boarded the bus started yelling at her to get out the way.
She then pushed past the blind woman and elbowed her in the right temple. The attacker's friend also pushed past and they carried on to a seat.
Chairman of the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind's Tauranga Community Committee, John Davis, said the attack was the worst he had heard of in more than a decade working with blind people.
"It's inexcusable really. If they have a white stick or a guide dog, it's apparent that they (are blind).
"A lot more tolerance is needed, not only for people who are blind but anyone who has a disability."
The victim, who did not want to be named, was too shaken by the incident to tell police until the next morning.
Jail for man who strangled partner and attacked passer-by with ice pick
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A man who strangled his wheelchair-bound partner and then tried to attack a member of the public with an ice-pick has been sent to prison.
Scott Taylor, 38, of Throckmorton Yard, Norwich, pleaded guilty to battery and affray after drunkenly strangling his partner, who has multiple sclerosis, during a heated argument.After the assault on June 8 this year, Taylor went outside, where he became involved in an altercation with two men, and picked up a wooden-handled metal ice-pick to threaten them with.
At Norwich Crown Court, Doug Mackay, prosecuting, described Mr Taylor's treatment of his partner, which included calling her “fat and worthless”, pushing her around and squeezing her throat until she thought she was going to die.He said: “For the last five years Mr Taylor's partner has had to put up with his moods, as he was constantly drunk. He said no-one would ever want her, and grabbed the handles of her wheelchair, pushed her into the bedroom and squeezed her throat so hard she could hardly speak.”
A man who strangled his wheelchair-bound partner and then tried to attack a member of the public with an ice-pick has been sent to prison.
Scott Taylor, 38, of Throckmorton Yard, Norwich, pleaded guilty to battery and affray after drunkenly strangling his partner, who has multiple sclerosis, during a heated argument.After the assault on June 8 this year, Taylor went outside, where he became involved in an altercation with two men, and picked up a wooden-handled metal ice-pick to threaten them with.
At Norwich Crown Court, Doug Mackay, prosecuting, described Mr Taylor's treatment of his partner, which included calling her “fat and worthless”, pushing her around and squeezing her throat until she thought she was going to die.He said: “For the last five years Mr Taylor's partner has had to put up with his moods, as he was constantly drunk. He said no-one would ever want her, and grabbed the handles of her wheelchair, pushed her into the bedroom and squeezed her throat so hard she could hardly speak.”
Shapleigh man arrested in home invasion drama
http://blog.intheregister.com/2009/07/09/shapleigh-man-arrested-in-home-invasion-drama-july-10-2009.aspx
By David Harry
Staff Writer
A Shapleigh resident is among two people arrested last week and charged for allegedly stealing cash and prescription drugs from a West Newfield man late last month.
Chief Deputy Matthew Baker of the York County Sheriff’s Office said James Mascetta, 53, of Shapleigh, was charged with Class A felony robbery and unlawful drug trafficking.
His alleged accomplice in the invasion of the home of a 61-year-old man who is confined to a wheelchair is Newfield resident Angela Caton, 33. Caton has been charged with Class A felony robbery.
Mascetta and Caton are free on bail from the York County Jail in Alfred, Baker said. The two have not been indicted and a court date has not been scheduled.
Baker said a large amount of prescription medications and a “military-style assault rifle” believed to have been used in the home invasion were seized from Mascetta’s home during the investigation.
Mascetta and Caton are alleged to have broken into the home in the Rock Haven Lake area of town at about 3 p.m. on June 10, Baker said.
The area is near the New Hampshire border off Route 110.
Baker said the victim had just returned from running errands and was confronted by two assailants wearing black clothing and masks. One wore a black trench coat, the victim told sheriff’s deputies.
The victim said he was forced into his bathroom before the assailants stole prescription pain medications and cash and fled in a white sedan described as “beat up” with a “loud exhaust.”
The victim was not injured in the attack and robbery, which Baker said was not random.
By David Harry
Staff Writer
A Shapleigh resident is among two people arrested last week and charged for allegedly stealing cash and prescription drugs from a West Newfield man late last month.
Chief Deputy Matthew Baker of the York County Sheriff’s Office said James Mascetta, 53, of Shapleigh, was charged with Class A felony robbery and unlawful drug trafficking.
His alleged accomplice in the invasion of the home of a 61-year-old man who is confined to a wheelchair is Newfield resident Angela Caton, 33. Caton has been charged with Class A felony robbery.
Mascetta and Caton are free on bail from the York County Jail in Alfred, Baker said. The two have not been indicted and a court date has not been scheduled.
Baker said a large amount of prescription medications and a “military-style assault rifle” believed to have been used in the home invasion were seized from Mascetta’s home during the investigation.
Mascetta and Caton are alleged to have broken into the home in the Rock Haven Lake area of town at about 3 p.m. on June 10, Baker said.
The area is near the New Hampshire border off Route 110.
Baker said the victim had just returned from running errands and was confronted by two assailants wearing black clothing and masks. One wore a black trench coat, the victim told sheriff’s deputies.
The victim said he was forced into his bathroom before the assailants stole prescription pain medications and cash and fled in a white sedan described as “beat up” with a “loud exhaust.”
The victim was not injured in the attack and robbery, which Baker said was not random.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Man Arrested In Disabled Sex Assault
http://www.ksat.com/news/19902285/detail.html
SAN ANTONIO -- A 46-year-old homeless man was arrested Monday night in the sexual assault of a female disabled woman.
According to an arrest warrant, Guadalupe Esparza attacked and assaulted the victim in a downtown alley Feb. 23.
The woman, who has Huntington's Chorea disease, a neurodegenerative disorder, went to a Denny's restaurant at the intersection of Commerce Street and Bowie to get help.
DNA samples were taken from Esparza and he was arrested.
He is being held in the Bexar County Jail on a $75,000 bond
SAN ANTONIO -- A 46-year-old homeless man was arrested Monday night in the sexual assault of a female disabled woman.
According to an arrest warrant, Guadalupe Esparza attacked and assaulted the victim in a downtown alley Feb. 23.
The woman, who has Huntington's Chorea disease, a neurodegenerative disorder, went to a Denny's restaurant at the intersection of Commerce Street and Bowie to get help.
DNA samples were taken from Esparza and he was arrested.
He is being held in the Bexar County Jail on a $75,000 bond
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Disabled man assaulted and robbed by two men
http://www1.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI121327/
NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. (WSVN) -- Miami-Dade Police said a disabled man was entering a parking lot when two male suspects took turns beating and robbing him while he was down.
On May 8, surveillance video captured 66-year-old Celedono Carrera riding his motorized wheelchair through the parking lot of his apartment complex when a young man ran up behind him. "He threw me from the wheelchair, and I fell to the floor. I punched him here, and I busted his lip, and I began fighting with him," said Carrera, a retired truck driver who has had several strokes and a heart attack.
The young man punched and kicked Carrera multiple times before another assailant showed up right after. Police believe the two robbers got away with his chain and medallion.
Carrera sustained injuries to his arm and back. He believes the men targeted him after he visited a friend at the University of Miami hospital and followed him on the Metrorail back to his home in the Ward Towers on Northwest 53rd Street. "They're there watching the elderly and those who are handicap to rob them," said Carrera.
NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. (WSVN) -- Miami-Dade Police said a disabled man was entering a parking lot when two male suspects took turns beating and robbing him while he was down.
On May 8, surveillance video captured 66-year-old Celedono Carrera riding his motorized wheelchair through the parking lot of his apartment complex when a young man ran up behind him. "He threw me from the wheelchair, and I fell to the floor. I punched him here, and I busted his lip, and I began fighting with him," said Carrera, a retired truck driver who has had several strokes and a heart attack.
The young man punched and kicked Carrera multiple times before another assailant showed up right after. Police believe the two robbers got away with his chain and medallion.
Carrera sustained injuries to his arm and back. He believes the men targeted him after he visited a friend at the University of Miami hospital and followed him on the Metrorail back to his home in the Ward Towers on Northwest 53rd Street. "They're there watching the elderly and those who are handicap to rob them," said Carrera.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Fired caretaker stabs man, attacks woman with frying pan
http://www.abc15.com/content/news/phoenixmetro/south/story/PD-Fired-caretaker-stabs-man-attacks-woman-with/B7SeVN3Y8kmoIwKQXUur_A.cspx
PHOENIX -- Police say a caretaker who was being fired attacked a disabled man and his wife at their Phoenix home Wednesday.
According to Phoenix Police Sgt. Tommy Thompson, 46-year-old Benny Peralta had been hired to take care of a 62-year-old man at his home near 4th Street and Broadway.
On Wednesday afternoon, the man's wife was in the process of firing Peralta when he became upset.
He reportedly grabbed a dog from the man, who was sitting in a wheelchair, and threw the dog against the wall.
Peralta then grabbed the man from his wheelchair and stabbed him several times with a kitchen knife while he was on the ground, according to Thompson.
He said that when the man's 56-year-old wife tried to intervene, Peralta struck her in the head with a frying pan.
Peralta then took money from the woman and fled.
PHOENIX -- Police say a caretaker who was being fired attacked a disabled man and his wife at their Phoenix home Wednesday.
According to Phoenix Police Sgt. Tommy Thompson, 46-year-old Benny Peralta had been hired to take care of a 62-year-old man at his home near 4th Street and Broadway.
On Wednesday afternoon, the man's wife was in the process of firing Peralta when he became upset.
He reportedly grabbed a dog from the man, who was sitting in a wheelchair, and threw the dog against the wall.
Peralta then grabbed the man from his wheelchair and stabbed him several times with a kitchen knife while he was on the ground, according to Thompson.
He said that when the man's 56-year-old wife tried to intervene, Peralta struck her in the head with a frying pan.
Peralta then took money from the woman and fled.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Man charged over disabled woman attack
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/24/2607193.htm
A man, 51, is to face charges of aggravated assault for allegedly attacking a wheelchair-bound woman in Adelaide's western suburbs.
The woman, 24, had been waiting for a train at Seaton Park railway station last month when the attack happened.
A man, 51, is to face charges of aggravated assault for allegedly attacking a wheelchair-bound woman in Adelaide's western suburbs.
The woman, 24, had been waiting for a train at Seaton Park railway station last month when the attack happened.
Friday, June 19, 2009
$2 million bond for man accused of assaulting disabled woman
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=301487&src=2
A Lombard man was ordered held Thursday on a $2 million bond after authorities accused him of molesting a mentally challenged woman despite a protective order barring him from contact.
A Lombard man was ordered held Thursday on a $2 million bond after authorities accused him of molesting a mentally challenged woman despite a protective order barring him from contact.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Disabled woman victim of washing up liquid attack in Barrow street
http://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/barrow/disabled_woman_victim_of_washing_up_liquid_attack_in_barrow_street_1_569186?referrerPath=sport/
A DISABLED woman was squirted with washing up liquid and had an egg hurled at her in a random attack.
Police have described it as a nasty assault on a vulnerable member of the public.
They are appealing for the public’s help in tracking down the callous pair who carried out the unprovoked attack.
Detectives say the woman was heading along Cambridge Street, Barrow, about 9.15pm on Monday when a black car came to a sudden halt next to her.
A man in his 20s leapt out and squirted Fairy Liquid in the woman’s hair and all over her scooter before jumping back in the car.
His female accomplice then hurled an egg but it narrowly missed the already frightened woman. The pair then sped off at high speed from the scene.
A DISABLED woman was squirted with washing up liquid and had an egg hurled at her in a random attack.
Police have described it as a nasty assault on a vulnerable member of the public.
They are appealing for the public’s help in tracking down the callous pair who carried out the unprovoked attack.
Detectives say the woman was heading along Cambridge Street, Barrow, about 9.15pm on Monday when a black car came to a sudden halt next to her.
A man in his 20s leapt out and squirted Fairy Liquid in the woman’s hair and all over her scooter before jumping back in the car.
His female accomplice then hurled an egg but it narrowly missed the already frightened woman. The pair then sped off at high speed from the scene.
Deputies: Woman Attacked Disabled Mother
http://www.foxcarolina.com/news/19777049/detail.html
ROEBUCK, S.C. -- Deputies say that a Roebuck woman attacked her 66-year-old disabled mother and then stole a car.
The incident allegedly happened at 312 Haystack Hill at about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Deputies said they received a call about a fight at the home. They said that when they arrived they found 66-year-old Brenda Hawkins had been assaulted by her 39-year-old daughter, Renee Hawkins.
Investigators said that Renee Hawkins shoved her mother to the floor and then began hitting and kicking her in the chest. They said Hawkins then stole her mother’s purse, telephones and a 2004 Chevy Suburban.
ROEBUCK, S.C. -- Deputies say that a Roebuck woman attacked her 66-year-old disabled mother and then stole a car.
The incident allegedly happened at 312 Haystack Hill at about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Deputies said they received a call about a fight at the home. They said that when they arrived they found 66-year-old Brenda Hawkins had been assaulted by her 39-year-old daughter, Renee Hawkins.
Investigators said that Renee Hawkins shoved her mother to the floor and then began hitting and kicking her in the chest. They said Hawkins then stole her mother’s purse, telephones and a 2004 Chevy Suburban.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Northfield man sentenced for beating disabled man
http://kstp.com/news/stories/S978737.shtml?cat=206
A Northfield man was sentenced Monday for twice kidnapping and beating a developmentally disabled man from Lakeville in October.
A judge sentenced John Maxwell Maniglia, 20, to eight years for the attack on Justin Hamilton, 24. Maniglia must serve more than five years in prison and more than two years on supervised release. He must also register as a predatory offender.
The sentence was double the usual punishment due to what the judge called the unusual cruelty of the acts.
A Northfield man was sentenced Monday for twice kidnapping and beating a developmentally disabled man from Lakeville in October.
A judge sentenced John Maxwell Maniglia, 20, to eight years for the attack on Justin Hamilton, 24. Maniglia must serve more than five years in prison and more than two years on supervised release. He must also register as a predatory offender.
The sentence was double the usual punishment due to what the judge called the unusual cruelty of the acts.
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Disabled man assaulted and robbed by two men
http://www1.wsvn.com/news/articles/local/MI121327/
Video: Disabled man assaulted; possessions stolen
NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. (WSVN) -- Miami-Dade Police said a disabled man was entering a parking lot when two male suspects took turns beating and robbing him while he was down.
On May 8, surveillance video captured 66-year-old Seledonio Carrera riding his motorized wheelchair through the parking lot of his apartment complex when a young man ran up behind him. "He threw me from the wheelchair, and I fell to the floor. I punched him here, and I busted his lip, and I began fighting with him," said Carrera, a retired truck driver who has had several strokes and a heart attack.
The young man punched and kicked Carrera multiple times before another assailant showed up right after. Police believe the two robbers got away with his chain and medallion.
Carrera sustained injuries to his arm and back. He believes the men targeted him after he visited a friend at the University of Miami hospital and followed him on the Metrorail back to his home in the Ward Towers on Northwest 53rd Street. "They're there watching the elderly and those who are handicap to rob them," said Carrera.
Video: Disabled man assaulted; possessions stolen
NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, Fla. (WSVN) -- Miami-Dade Police said a disabled man was entering a parking lot when two male suspects took turns beating and robbing him while he was down.
On May 8, surveillance video captured 66-year-old Seledonio Carrera riding his motorized wheelchair through the parking lot of his apartment complex when a young man ran up behind him. "He threw me from the wheelchair, and I fell to the floor. I punched him here, and I busted his lip, and I began fighting with him," said Carrera, a retired truck driver who has had several strokes and a heart attack.
The young man punched and kicked Carrera multiple times before another assailant showed up right after. Police believe the two robbers got away with his chain and medallion.
Carrera sustained injuries to his arm and back. He believes the men targeted him after he visited a friend at the University of Miami hospital and followed him on the Metrorail back to his home in the Ward Towers on Northwest 53rd Street. "They're there watching the elderly and those who are handicap to rob them," said Carrera.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
'Sickos who stole my wheelchair are just scumbags!'
http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/topstories/39Sickos-who-stole-my-wheelchair.5283684.jp
Published Date: 20 May 2009
By LAURA CUMMINGS
A MAN who had his legs amputated after being beaten, burnt and left for dead in a brutal attack has had his specialist wheelchair stolen while in London to audition for a TV role.
Edinburgh-born Ian Colquhoun was left disabled after the horrific assault, which saw him attacked with a pick-axe handle and set on fire in a raid on his former home in Ireland in December 2002.
Now a successful author and actor, Mr Colquhoun had just finished an audition for the part of a concerned relative of a cancer patient in an episode of Doctors at the BBC television centre in London's White City last month, when three men – thought to be in their late-teens or early-20s – made off with his wheelchair.
The 31-year-old from Blackford described how the chair came to be stolen: "I was sitting at a picnic table outside the television centre in the afternoon. I had my prosthetic legs on and I had left my wheelchair on the grass no more than 12-15 yards behind where I was sitting. "I was having an informal chat with the producer and assistant about the possibility of appearing on a Horizon programme about stem cell research.
I even joked with them that nobody would steal my wheelchair."It happened in the blink of an eye – I had my back to the three men who took it. We clocked that it had vanished and the producer chased after them."The thieves were caught doing stunts on the black Invacare Zipper 2 – which is worth around £300 – on CCTV but police never managed to find the culprits or the wheelchair, and the case has now been closed. The wheelchair is different from usual models as the wheels are set further back, where most of the weight is carried.
Published Date: 20 May 2009
By LAURA CUMMINGS
A MAN who had his legs amputated after being beaten, burnt and left for dead in a brutal attack has had his specialist wheelchair stolen while in London to audition for a TV role.
Edinburgh-born Ian Colquhoun was left disabled after the horrific assault, which saw him attacked with a pick-axe handle and set on fire in a raid on his former home in Ireland in December 2002.
Now a successful author and actor, Mr Colquhoun had just finished an audition for the part of a concerned relative of a cancer patient in an episode of Doctors at the BBC television centre in London's White City last month, when three men – thought to be in their late-teens or early-20s – made off with his wheelchair.
The 31-year-old from Blackford described how the chair came to be stolen: "I was sitting at a picnic table outside the television centre in the afternoon. I had my prosthetic legs on and I had left my wheelchair on the grass no more than 12-15 yards behind where I was sitting. "I was having an informal chat with the producer and assistant about the possibility of appearing on a Horizon programme about stem cell research.
I even joked with them that nobody would steal my wheelchair."It happened in the blink of an eye – I had my back to the three men who took it. We clocked that it had vanished and the producer chased after them."The thieves were caught doing stunts on the black Invacare Zipper 2 – which is worth around £300 – on CCTV but police never managed to find the culprits or the wheelchair, and the case has now been closed. The wheelchair is different from usual models as the wheels are set further back, where most of the weight is carried.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Man arrested for robberies in Old Louisville has long criminal history
http://www.whas11.com/news/local/stories/whas11_localnews_090518_OldLouisvilleArrest.180bcaeb.html
(WHAS11) -An arrest was made Monday in connection with what police are describing as a rash of robberies.
It involves elderly victims in the Old Louisville neighborhood.
In looking at the arrest documents released Monday, we've discovered that these crimes were even more brutal than we originally thought.
Terrence Johnson
An elderly woman was literally pulled out of her wheelchair, thrown on a bed and assaulted.
(WHAS11) -An arrest was made Monday in connection with what police are describing as a rash of robberies.
It involves elderly victims in the Old Louisville neighborhood.
In looking at the arrest documents released Monday, we've discovered that these crimes were even more brutal than we originally thought.
Terrence Johnson
An elderly woman was literally pulled out of her wheelchair, thrown on a bed and assaulted.
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Lorain County man uses life alert necklace to call for help when attacked
http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2009/05/wheelchairbound_man_uses_life.html
Lorain County man uses life alert necklace to call for help when attacked
Posted by Michael Sangiacomo/Plain Dealer Reporter May 07, 2009 14:16PM
Categories: Breaking News, Crime
Lorain County JailMichael UnwinSHEFFIELD TOWNSHIP - A man used a life alert necklace to call for help when a burglar broke into his home and assaulted him. Michael Williams, 52, was in his apartment on Lincoln Road Tuesday night when two burglars forced their way inside through a window.
Lorain County Sheriff Deputies said Williams told them he was watching television when the intruders crawled through his window.He said the men knocked him out of his wheelchair, which he has used since a stroke, and stole $600 and his ATM card.
Police said it appears one of the attackers used a ceramic dish to hit the victim on the head, which accounted for the bleeding gash on his forehead.
At some point during the assault, Williams was able to activate his life alert necklace which alerted EMS. They called police. The intruders were gone when police arrived.
Williams was treated at Community Health Partners for the cut forehead and bruises on his arms, legs and face. Investigators focused on the friend of the victim's son, who had been in the apartment in the past.
Lorain County man uses life alert necklace to call for help when attacked
Posted by Michael Sangiacomo/Plain Dealer Reporter May 07, 2009 14:16PM
Categories: Breaking News, Crime
Lorain County JailMichael UnwinSHEFFIELD TOWNSHIP - A man used a life alert necklace to call for help when a burglar broke into his home and assaulted him. Michael Williams, 52, was in his apartment on Lincoln Road Tuesday night when two burglars forced their way inside through a window.
Lorain County Sheriff Deputies said Williams told them he was watching television when the intruders crawled through his window.He said the men knocked him out of his wheelchair, which he has used since a stroke, and stole $600 and his ATM card.
Police said it appears one of the attackers used a ceramic dish to hit the victim on the head, which accounted for the bleeding gash on his forehead.
At some point during the assault, Williams was able to activate his life alert necklace which alerted EMS. They called police. The intruders were gone when police arrived.
Williams was treated at Community Health Partners for the cut forehead and bruises on his arms, legs and face. Investigators focused on the friend of the victim's son, who had been in the apartment in the past.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Disabled man attacked in his wheelchair
Disabled man attacked in his wheelchair on Lord Street, Southport
http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/southport-news/southport-southport-news/2009/04/17/disabled-man-attacked-in-his-wheelchair-on-lord-street-southport-101022-23403521/
James Jones
A WHEELCHAIR-BOUND man was attacked by a drunken woman on Lord Street.
Now police are urging Visiter readers to help them try and arrest the female thug, who launched a mindless attack on the defenceless former Royal Navy officer.
The girl in her early 20s tried to leap into 51-year-old James Jones’ lap as he made his way home after watching Liverpool FC.
James, confined to a wheelchair after breaking his neck while serving in navy, said: “She tried to jump onto my knee, and put her arms out, so I tried to go around her.
“Because she was standing still she swung me round into the post - the metal stantion.
“I shouted, ‘Oi what are you doing?’ and she started effing and jeffing at me.”
The woman, who appeared to have been drinking heavily, was then restrained by her boyfriend.
James said: “He had her by the arms, but she still tried to take a swipe at my face.
“My leg and arm were cut and the footplate of my chair was broken off when I hit the post.
“Her boyfriend told me to ‘do one’, but I couldn’t leave because my footplate was on the floor.”
The pair then made off and eventually a passerby helped James by picking up his footplate for him.
“I trundled home very slowly with one foot dragging on the floor,” James said.
http://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/southport-news/southport-southport-news/2009/04/17/disabled-man-attacked-in-his-wheelchair-on-lord-street-southport-101022-23403521/
James Jones
A WHEELCHAIR-BOUND man was attacked by a drunken woman on Lord Street.
Now police are urging Visiter readers to help them try and arrest the female thug, who launched a mindless attack on the defenceless former Royal Navy officer.
The girl in her early 20s tried to leap into 51-year-old James Jones’ lap as he made his way home after watching Liverpool FC.
James, confined to a wheelchair after breaking his neck while serving in navy, said: “She tried to jump onto my knee, and put her arms out, so I tried to go around her.
“Because she was standing still she swung me round into the post - the metal stantion.
“I shouted, ‘Oi what are you doing?’ and she started effing and jeffing at me.”
The woman, who appeared to have been drinking heavily, was then restrained by her boyfriend.
James said: “He had her by the arms, but she still tried to take a swipe at my face.
“My leg and arm were cut and the footplate of my chair was broken off when I hit the post.
“Her boyfriend told me to ‘do one’, but I couldn’t leave because my footplate was on the floor.”
The pair then made off and eventually a passerby helped James by picking up his footplate for him.
“I trundled home very slowly with one foot dragging on the floor,” James said.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Man accused of attacking, forcing way into home of disabled woman
http://www.standard.net/live/news/169837
Man accused of attacking, forcing way into home of disabled womanBy KRISTINE SHAWKEY
OGDEN -- A man has been charged with aggravated sexual assault and burglary after police said he attacked a disabled woman after forcing his way into her home.
Michael James Vantress, 26, was prowling near the area of 30th Street and Van Buren Avenue when he followed a 35-year-old woman from the laundry room of her apartment complex to her home sometime before midnight March 20, Ogden Police Detective Tim Scott said.
Vantress pushed his way into the home, where he took money from the woman's purse, broke her phone and forced her down and sexually assaulted her, Scott said.
The woman, described as having physical and mental disabilities that limit her speech and physical ability, was not able to get help immediately following the situation.
Neighbors, family and apartment management told police of the incident.
"This is something where this victim's speech ability is very diminished and she doesn't have the ability to resist or call for help," Scott said.
"The suspect disabled and broke the phone so she had no means to escape. (She) was essentially trapped in the apartment with no physical ability or mental ability to call for help and plan a form of escape."
Scott said this was a difficult case because of the serious charges and the struggle to get information from the woman because of her speech disability. And because the woman didn't know the suspect, that made identifying him even harder.
"The case was made more difficult because he was a stranger to her, but she was able to communicate well enough to help us identify the suspect," Scott said.
Vantress has a history of burglary, which is why police believe he entered the woman's home.
Police say they believe the sexual assault was a crime of opportunity.
"She was going about her daily routine," Scott said, "and then the suspect targeted her and took advantage of her mental and physical ability, knowing the victim didn't have the ability to resist or call for the help."
Man accused of attacking, forcing way into home of disabled womanBy KRISTINE SHAWKEY
OGDEN -- A man has been charged with aggravated sexual assault and burglary after police said he attacked a disabled woman after forcing his way into her home.
Michael James Vantress, 26, was prowling near the area of 30th Street and Van Buren Avenue when he followed a 35-year-old woman from the laundry room of her apartment complex to her home sometime before midnight March 20, Ogden Police Detective Tim Scott said.
Vantress pushed his way into the home, where he took money from the woman's purse, broke her phone and forced her down and sexually assaulted her, Scott said.
The woman, described as having physical and mental disabilities that limit her speech and physical ability, was not able to get help immediately following the situation.
Neighbors, family and apartment management told police of the incident.
"This is something where this victim's speech ability is very diminished and she doesn't have the ability to resist or call for help," Scott said.
"The suspect disabled and broke the phone so she had no means to escape. (She) was essentially trapped in the apartment with no physical ability or mental ability to call for help and plan a form of escape."
Scott said this was a difficult case because of the serious charges and the struggle to get information from the woman because of her speech disability. And because the woman didn't know the suspect, that made identifying him even harder.
"The case was made more difficult because he was a stranger to her, but she was able to communicate well enough to help us identify the suspect," Scott said.
Vantress has a history of burglary, which is why police believe he entered the woman's home.
Police say they believe the sexual assault was a crime of opportunity.
"She was going about her daily routine," Scott said, "and then the suspect targeted her and took advantage of her mental and physical ability, knowing the victim didn't have the ability to resist or call for the help."
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Cops: Handicapped Woman Attacked At Bus Stop
http://www.wcpo.com/content/news/neighborhoods/corryville/story/Cops-Handicapped-Woman-Attacked-At-Bus-Stop/XzGcSc15MkS0Kd6ZzykyOg.cspx?rss=711
Reported by: Lance Barry Email: lance.barry@wcpo.com Last Update: 4/09 7:44 am
(9News) A woman who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis was allegedly attacked by a man at a bus stop outside a local hospital late Wednesday night.It's a story you saw first on 9News.It happened at a bus stop on Goodman Street near the University of Cincinnati Hospital's emergency room entrance around 10:30 p.m.UC Police say the woman was standing at the stop when, for some reason, 26-year-old Lonell Wynn physically assaulted her and took the cane she depends on. Wynn's actions caused the woman to fall, police say.Wynn, from Winton Terrace, then allegedly threw the cane and the woman's cell phone, breaking both.
Reported by: Lance Barry Email: lance.barry@wcpo.com Last Update: 4/09 7:44 am
(9News) A woman who suffers from Multiple Sclerosis was allegedly attacked by a man at a bus stop outside a local hospital late Wednesday night.It's a story you saw first on 9News.It happened at a bus stop on Goodman Street near the University of Cincinnati Hospital's emergency room entrance around 10:30 p.m.UC Police say the woman was standing at the stop when, for some reason, 26-year-old Lonell Wynn physically assaulted her and took the cane she depends on. Wynn's actions caused the woman to fall, police say.Wynn, from Winton Terrace, then allegedly threw the cane and the woman's cell phone, breaking both.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Vulnerable Amble couple attacked by armed robber
http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2009/04/01/vulnerable-amble-couple-attacked-by-armed-robber-61634-23280523/
A HAMMER-wielding robber attacked a disabled man and his wife.
The woman, 52, was helping her wheelchair bound husband, 68, from their car into their home on Amble’s Gloster Park estate when the attacker struck at 10.12pm on Monday.
The man approached the couple and demanded money from them.
He then entered the house and assaulted the woman with what police believe to be a hammer.
The man stole a mobile phone, a cordless phone and a small amount of cash. The woman suffered facial injuries and bruising to her arms and body.
Her husband was knocked from his wheelchair during the attack, but escaped injury. The robber fled towards Amble cemetery, behind the couple’s home.
A HAMMER-wielding robber attacked a disabled man and his wife.
The woman, 52, was helping her wheelchair bound husband, 68, from their car into their home on Amble’s Gloster Park estate when the attacker struck at 10.12pm on Monday.
The man approached the couple and demanded money from them.
He then entered the house and assaulted the woman with what police believe to be a hammer.
The man stole a mobile phone, a cordless phone and a small amount of cash. The woman suffered facial injuries and bruising to her arms and body.
Her husband was knocked from his wheelchair during the attack, but escaped injury. The robber fled towards Amble cemetery, behind the couple’s home.
Sergey Protazanov, a newspaper worker for the opposition Grazhdanskoe Soglasie newspaper in the Moscow suburb of Khimki, died Monday in his home
Sergey Protazanov, a newspaper worker for the opposition Grazhdanskoe Soglasie newspaper in the Moscow suburb of Khimki, died Monday in his home. According to colleagues and friends, he was violently attacked the day before, the Gazeta.ru online newspaper reports. Police, meanwhile, blamed Protazanov’s death on either poisoning or overdose.
“He died after a brutal attack which took place during the weekend,” said Alla Chernysheva, an activist leader in a local environmental movement. According to Chernysheva, Protazanov was attacked from behind and hit in the head, knocked to the ground, and kicked repeatedly. Protazanov, who is disabled, was then hospitalized and released the next day.
“He died after a brutal attack which took place during the weekend,” said Alla Chernysheva, an activist leader in a local environmental movement. According to Chernysheva, Protazanov was attacked from behind and hit in the head, knocked to the ground, and kicked repeatedly. Protazanov, who is disabled, was then hospitalized and released the next day.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Wheelchair-bound man attacked with frying pan
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/local/story/Wheelchair-bound-man-attacked-with-frying-pan/2IORvibN10m_KsCEmUDpyw.cspx?rss=794
BROOKSVILLE, FL -- A Hernando County woman was arrested this weekend after she tried to hit her cheating man with a cast iron skillet.
According to an arrest affidavit, Donna Rizzo started arguing with her boyfriend, John Hill, because he went to a church function with another woman.
Deputies say Rizzo was so enraged she went after Hill, who is a paraplegic, with "a 9 inch cast iron pan and swung it at him." Hill managed to fend off the attack and knock Rizzo to the ground. Then he called 911.
Deputies say Rizzo was intoxicated and was arrested on aggravated assault charges. The frying pan was taken into evidence.
BROOKSVILLE, FL -- A Hernando County woman was arrested this weekend after she tried to hit her cheating man with a cast iron skillet.
According to an arrest affidavit, Donna Rizzo started arguing with her boyfriend, John Hill, because he went to a church function with another woman.
Deputies say Rizzo was so enraged she went after Hill, who is a paraplegic, with "a 9 inch cast iron pan and swung it at him." Hill managed to fend off the attack and knock Rizzo to the ground. Then he called 911.
Deputies say Rizzo was intoxicated and was arrested on aggravated assault charges. The frying pan was taken into evidence.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Police: Man Arrested In Connection With Sexual Assault
http://www.channel3000.com/news/18963416/detail.html
Police said James R. Graham, 54, was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of sexual assault. He has not been charged, but he is expected to appear in court later this week.
Police said they are seeking a charge of first-degree sexual assault against the man.
A search warrant filed Tuesday alleges that Graham and a friend beat the woman and took turns sexually assaulting her.
The 46-year-old woman told police she met Graham last Wednesday and went back to his apartment. She said Graham and his friend attacked her, assaulted her and threatening her with a knife whenever she tried to leave.
Police said James R. Graham, 54, was arrested on Sunday on suspicion of sexual assault. He has not been charged, but he is expected to appear in court later this week.
Police said they are seeking a charge of first-degree sexual assault against the man.
A search warrant filed Tuesday alleges that Graham and a friend beat the woman and took turns sexually assaulting her.
The 46-year-old woman told police she met Graham last Wednesday and went back to his apartment. She said Graham and his friend attacked her, assaulted her and threatening her with a knife whenever she tried to leave.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Man questioned over death of disabled woman
http://www.sleafordstandard.co.uk/latest-east-anglia-news/Man-questioned-over-death-of.5027795.jp
Date: 02 March 2009
A 68-year-old man is being questioned in connection with the murder of a disabled woman in Harlow, Essex.
The 62-year-old victim was found in the driver's seat of her black Vauxhall Corsa outside her flat.
A police spokesman said she had suffered a "short but vicious attack" in which she received "multiple stab wounds".
The woman, who has not been named, died a short time later in hospital, the spokesman said.
Police said it was likely that her attacker had been "blood-stained".
Date: 02 March 2009
A 68-year-old man is being questioned in connection with the murder of a disabled woman in Harlow, Essex.
The 62-year-old victim was found in the driver's seat of her black Vauxhall Corsa outside her flat.
A police spokesman said she had suffered a "short but vicious attack" in which she received "multiple stab wounds".
The woman, who has not been named, died a short time later in hospital, the spokesman said.
Police said it was likely that her attacker had been "blood-stained".
Man questioned over death of disabled woman
http://www.sleafordstandard.co.uk/latest-east-anglia-news/Man-questioned-over-death-of.5027795.jp
Date: 02 March 2009
A 68-year-old man is being questioned in connection with the murder of a disabled woman in Harlow, Essex.
The 62-year-old victim was found in the driver's seat of her black Vauxhall Corsa outside her flat.
A police spokesman said she had suffered a "short but vicious attack" in which she received "multiple stab wounds".
The woman, who has not been named, died a short time later in hospital, the spokesman said.
Police said it was likely that her attacker had been "blood-stained".
Date: 02 March 2009
A 68-year-old man is being questioned in connection with the murder of a disabled woman in Harlow, Essex.
The 62-year-old victim was found in the driver's seat of her black Vauxhall Corsa outside her flat.
A police spokesman said she had suffered a "short but vicious attack" in which she received "multiple stab wounds".
The woman, who has not been named, died a short time later in hospital, the spokesman said.
Police said it was likely that her attacker had been "blood-stained".
Wheel chair bound teen robbed
NEWARK, Del. - March 2, 2009 (WPVI) -- New Castle County Police are investigating the robbery of a wheelchair bound teenage male and his friend who were assaulted and robbed of cash and clothing.
The incident happened Saturday afternoon in the area of the Brookside Shopping Center.
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/take_action&id=6685497
When police arrived at the scene they found the 18-year-old male victim who is confined to a wheelchair and his 19-year-old friend. The two told police they had just left the Shell gas station on Route 4 and were walking back toward their home in Brookside when they noticed they were being followed.
The teens said they then walked behind the Brookside Shopping Center and onto a dirt footpath, which runs adjacent to the Brookside Apartments. That's when three subjects attacked the 19-year-old victim.
The men proceeded to assault the victim while they removed his black long sleeve shirt and cell phone from his pocket. The thieves did not assault the other victim, but they did go through the pouch on his wheel chair and removed an undisclosed amount of cash.
After taking the cash and clothing, the suspects then casually walked off toward the shopping center.
The incident happened Saturday afternoon in the area of the Brookside Shopping Center.
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/take_action&id=6685497
When police arrived at the scene they found the 18-year-old male victim who is confined to a wheelchair and his 19-year-old friend. The two told police they had just left the Shell gas station on Route 4 and were walking back toward their home in Brookside when they noticed they were being followed.
The teens said they then walked behind the Brookside Shopping Center and onto a dirt footpath, which runs adjacent to the Brookside Apartments. That's when three subjects attacked the 19-year-old victim.
The men proceeded to assault the victim while they removed his black long sleeve shirt and cell phone from his pocket. The thieves did not assault the other victim, but they did go through the pouch on his wheel chair and removed an undisclosed amount of cash.
After taking the cash and clothing, the suspects then casually walked off toward the shopping center.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
A 41-year-old Hispanic male, wheelchair bound, was assaulted
http://www.yournabe.com/articles/2009/02/20/bronx_times_reporter/police_and_courts/doc499eddf8126e0634641078.txt
TUES, FEB. 10th, 1:05 p.m. – 558 East 181 St. Police were alerted that a robbery had taken place. Upon arriving at the crime scene, authorities learned that two males had forced they way into the home after knocking on the door. A 41-year-old Hispanic male, wheelchair bound, was assaulted and received a minor injury during the incident. An unknown amount of cash was taken from the home.
TUES, FEB. 10th, 1:05 p.m. – 558 East 181 St. Police were alerted that a robbery had taken place. Upon arriving at the crime scene, authorities learned that two males had forced they way into the home after knocking on the door. A 41-year-old Hispanic male, wheelchair bound, was assaulted and received a minor injury during the incident. An unknown amount of cash was taken from the home.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Sickening attack on disabled teenager
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Sickening-attack-on-disabled-teenager.4952817.jp
Published Date:
05 February 2009
By Stef Hall, Crime Reporter
Residents have spoken of their shock after a group of men attacked a badly disabled young woman in the street.
The Evening Post received calls from horrified readers after the 19-year-old was assaulted in Garden Street, Lostock Hall, near Preston, at around 6.40pm on Sunday.
Police said the victim was getting out of her car when she was approached by a man and attacked without warning.
Neighbours saw the attacker push the teenager to the ground. A second man then struck her several times on the leg.
The victim was helped up by an unknown person but was then assaulted again on the way back to her car, officers said.
Finally she was helped by two residents who alerted the police.
An Evening Post reader, who did not wish to be named, said: "I was disgusted when I heard what had happened. My daughter had to help the girl to safety.
"The girl was very noticeably disabled, it would have been clear to whoever attacked her. She was even being attacked while she was on the floor.
"My daughter helped her into the house and took a stick off one of them (the attackers).
"I believe she was visiting family at the time. I was told there were three to four lads aged around 18 involved."
Police said the victim, who was taken to hospital, and her family were too distressed to speak.
A police spokesman said: "Violent crime is something we take very seriously. Arrests are anticipated in relation to this assault."
Published Date:
05 February 2009
By Stef Hall, Crime Reporter
Residents have spoken of their shock after a group of men attacked a badly disabled young woman in the street.
The Evening Post received calls from horrified readers after the 19-year-old was assaulted in Garden Street, Lostock Hall, near Preston, at around 6.40pm on Sunday.
Police said the victim was getting out of her car when she was approached by a man and attacked without warning.
Neighbours saw the attacker push the teenager to the ground. A second man then struck her several times on the leg.
The victim was helped up by an unknown person but was then assaulted again on the way back to her car, officers said.
Finally she was helped by two residents who alerted the police.
An Evening Post reader, who did not wish to be named, said: "I was disgusted when I heard what had happened. My daughter had to help the girl to safety.
"The girl was very noticeably disabled, it would have been clear to whoever attacked her. She was even being attacked while she was on the floor.
"My daughter helped her into the house and took a stick off one of them (the attackers).
"I believe she was visiting family at the time. I was told there were three to four lads aged around 18 involved."
Police said the victim, who was taken to hospital, and her family were too distressed to speak.
A police spokesman said: "Violent crime is something we take very seriously. Arrests are anticipated in relation to this assault."
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Woman sentenced over attack on paraplegic
http://www.3news.co.nz/News/National/Woman-sentenced-over-attack-on-paraplegic/tabid/423/articleID/89618/Default.aspx?ArticleID=89618
Woman sentenced over attack on paraplegic
Tue, 03 Feb 2009 8:37p.m.
A paraplegic was in Tauranga District Court today to support a woman who hit him several times with his wheelchair.
Justine Moana Niwa, 33, pleaded guilty before Judge Louis Bidois to charges of assault with a blunt instrument and assaulting police.
The sickness beneficiary, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to 120 hours community work for the wheelchair attack. Another 60 hours for biting a constable is to be served concurrently.
Asked by the judge if he wanted reparation to be paid, the partly paralysed victim in the public gallery shook his head.
For Niwa, lawyer Ned Burke said she had taken "all the steps that can be expected" to deal with the causes of her offending and was prepared to get some counselling.
On the morning of the assaults she had taken some sleeping tablets as well as drunk alcohol "which pushed her over the edge", he said.
Niwa did not remember what had happened but had taken responsibility after hearing what whanau of the victim - her former partner - had to say.
Sergeant Mark Graham told the court Niwa had been ordered to leave the Tauranga address about 1.50pm on December 29 after upsetting the man's family.
An argument escalated to a point where Niwa pushed the man out of his wheelchair and then hit him repeatedly over head with it.
Mr Graham said police were called and as a constable tried to arrest Niwa she bit him on the arm before being restrained and arrested.
"You were so worked up you had lost your self control," Judge Bidois said today. "At the time it would have been frightening for him."
Woman sentenced over attack on paraplegic
Tue, 03 Feb 2009 8:37p.m.
A paraplegic was in Tauranga District Court today to support a woman who hit him several times with his wheelchair.
Justine Moana Niwa, 33, pleaded guilty before Judge Louis Bidois to charges of assault with a blunt instrument and assaulting police.
The sickness beneficiary, of no fixed abode, was sentenced to 120 hours community work for the wheelchair attack. Another 60 hours for biting a constable is to be served concurrently.
Asked by the judge if he wanted reparation to be paid, the partly paralysed victim in the public gallery shook his head.
For Niwa, lawyer Ned Burke said she had taken "all the steps that can be expected" to deal with the causes of her offending and was prepared to get some counselling.
On the morning of the assaults she had taken some sleeping tablets as well as drunk alcohol "which pushed her over the edge", he said.
Niwa did not remember what had happened but had taken responsibility after hearing what whanau of the victim - her former partner - had to say.
Sergeant Mark Graham told the court Niwa had been ordered to leave the Tauranga address about 1.50pm on December 29 after upsetting the man's family.
An argument escalated to a point where Niwa pushed the man out of his wheelchair and then hit him repeatedly over head with it.
Mr Graham said police were called and as a constable tried to arrest Niwa she bit him on the arm before being restrained and arrested.
"You were so worked up you had lost your self control," Judge Bidois said today. "At the time it would have been frightening for him."
Man In Wheelchair Assaulted On Sacramento Street
http://cbs13.com/local/wheelchair.attack.sacramento.2.925295.html
Man In Wheelchair Assaulted On Sacramento StreetSACRAMENTO (CBS13) ―
Emmeret Long, who has Cerebral Palsy, was attacked on a Sacramento street.
A wheelchair bound Sacramento man is recovering after being attacked on a busy downtown street.
Emmeret Long says he was riding along K Street when a woman started yelling at him. Then, she hit him in the head.
Long tried to run her over with his wheelchair, but that didn't work. He says that's when she stepped up the attack.
Long had to be treated at a hospital and went home with three stitches.
Police arrested 29 year-old Yasmeen Pugh. She will be charged with assault and elderly abuse.
Man In Wheelchair Assaulted On Sacramento StreetSACRAMENTO (CBS13) ―
Emmeret Long, who has Cerebral Palsy, was attacked on a Sacramento street.
A wheelchair bound Sacramento man is recovering after being attacked on a busy downtown street.
Emmeret Long says he was riding along K Street when a woman started yelling at him. Then, she hit him in the head.
Long tried to run her over with his wheelchair, but that didn't work. He says that's when she stepped up the attack.
Long had to be treated at a hospital and went home with three stitches.
Police arrested 29 year-old Yasmeen Pugh. She will be charged with assault and elderly abuse.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Outrage as disabled man kicked by yob pair
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/local-news/2009/02/02/outrage-as-disabled-man-kicked-by-yob-pair-100252-22833346/
Outrage as disabled man kicked by yob pair
Feb 2 2009 by Ben Rossington, Liverpool Echo
A DISABLED man was attacked by two yobs as he walked home from the shops.
The 42-year-old was jumped near Ashton Park, Halewood, at lunchtime on Thursday.
The victim, who has a disease which turns muscle into bone, had hospital treatment after being pushed over, kicked and punched.
Today the man, who asked not to be named, told the ECHO the elderly and disabled residents in the three blocks of sheltered accommodation comes under frequent attack.
Outrage as disabled man kicked by yob pair
Feb 2 2009 by Ben Rossington, Liverpool Echo
A DISABLED man was attacked by two yobs as he walked home from the shops.
The 42-year-old was jumped near Ashton Park, Halewood, at lunchtime on Thursday.
The victim, who has a disease which turns muscle into bone, had hospital treatment after being pushed over, kicked and punched.
Today the man, who asked not to be named, told the ECHO the elderly and disabled residents in the three blocks of sheltered accommodation comes under frequent attack.
Monday, January 26, 2009
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Amputee Badly Hurt in Savage Attack
http://www.sunderlandecho.com/news/Amputee-badly-hurt-in-savage.4886954.jp
Published Date: 17 January 2009
By Ross Robertson and Karon Kelly
A one-legged man was rugby tackled by a former soldier in a savage attack which left him wheelchair bound.
Derek Olds today spoke about the horrific assault, which means he will need the chair for "some very considerable time," has undergone surgery and may need a knee replacement.Newcastle Crown Court heard trouble flared on May 11, last year, when Mr Olds invited guests back to his home in Russell Street, Washington, after his brother's engagement party.Former Guardsman Colin Posthuma, of Kemble Square, Downhill, lashed out when Mr Olds asked him to leave for insulting another guest.During the attack Mr Olds, who had his lower leg amputated five years ago after a lump of concrete fell on him while he was pulling down an old coal house, twisted his knee awkwardly causing serious injury
Published Date: 17 January 2009
By Ross Robertson and Karon Kelly
A one-legged man was rugby tackled by a former soldier in a savage attack which left him wheelchair bound.
Derek Olds today spoke about the horrific assault, which means he will need the chair for "some very considerable time," has undergone surgery and may need a knee replacement.Newcastle Crown Court heard trouble flared on May 11, last year, when Mr Olds invited guests back to his home in Russell Street, Washington, after his brother's engagement party.Former Guardsman Colin Posthuma, of Kemble Square, Downhill, lashed out when Mr Olds asked him to leave for insulting another guest.During the attack Mr Olds, who had his lower leg amputated five years ago after a lump of concrete fell on him while he was pulling down an old coal house, twisted his knee awkwardly causing serious injury
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Three Nursing Home Residents in Wheelchairs Injured After Intruder Assaults Them
http://www.chicagonursinghomeabuselawyerblog.com/2009/01/three_nursing_home_residents_i.html
Three Nursing Home Residents in Wheelchairs Injured After Intruder Assaults Them
Three nursing home residents in wheelchairs suffered facial bruises after they were punched by a man who walked into the Tulare Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The intruder, 28-year-old Marcos Alderete, was arrested and booked on suspicion of felony elder abuse, public intoxication, and battery.
Police officers think that Alderete sniffed paint before he attacked the residents, an 82-year-old man and two 92-year-old women. They say he was able to enter the nursing home through the front door, which was unlocked.
Alderete encountered the three residents in the lobby, where he attacked them. The elderly man’s cheeks became swollen from the assault, while the two females sustained bruises around the eyes. It is not known why they were sitting close to the front door.
Alderete stopped his assault after he was confronted by a nursing home staff member. He then ran outside where he was detained at a nearby hospital by a security guard.
Three Nursing Home Residents in Wheelchairs Injured After Intruder Assaults Them
Three nursing home residents in wheelchairs suffered facial bruises after they were punched by a man who walked into the Tulare Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. The intruder, 28-year-old Marcos Alderete, was arrested and booked on suspicion of felony elder abuse, public intoxication, and battery.
Police officers think that Alderete sniffed paint before he attacked the residents, an 82-year-old man and two 92-year-old women. They say he was able to enter the nursing home through the front door, which was unlocked.
Alderete encountered the three residents in the lobby, where he attacked them. The elderly man’s cheeks became swollen from the assault, while the two females sustained bruises around the eyes. It is not known why they were sitting close to the front door.
Alderete stopped his assault after he was confronted by a nursing home staff member. He then ran outside where he was detained at a nearby hospital by a security guard.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Disabled woman slashed and dog killed in horrific attack
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/breaking-news/2009/01/06/disabled-woman-slashed-and-dog-killed-in-horrific-attack-100252-22617671/
Jan 6 2009 Ben Rossington
A DISABLED woman was slashed in her own home by sick yobs who had already slaughtered her pet dog.
The 38-year-old mother-of-three was cut deeply across her body and face by a gang of four youths who forced their way into her home on Snowberry Road, Page Moss, at around 2pm on Sunday.
They killed the family pet, a Yorkshire Terrier called Willow, in the back garden and then pounced on the owner when she came outside in horror.
She was forced back inside the house and taunted before being cut several times. It was only when the woman screamed for help that the savage attack stopped and the gang, who covered their faces with hoods, scarves and caps, ran out.
Jan 6 2009 Ben Rossington
A DISABLED woman was slashed in her own home by sick yobs who had already slaughtered her pet dog.
The 38-year-old mother-of-three was cut deeply across her body and face by a gang of four youths who forced their way into her home on Snowberry Road, Page Moss, at around 2pm on Sunday.
They killed the family pet, a Yorkshire Terrier called Willow, in the back garden and then pounced on the owner when she came outside in horror.
She was forced back inside the house and taunted before being cut several times. It was only when the woman screamed for help that the savage attack stopped and the gang, who covered their faces with hoods, scarves and caps, ran out.
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Lufkinite sentenced to prison for beating man in wheelchair
http://www.lufkindailynews.com/hp/content/news/stories/2008/12/31/Maddux_Sentence.html
By BRITTONY LUNDThe Lufkin Daily News
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
A judge on Tuesday sentenced a Lufkin man to 10 years in prison for beating a partially paralyzed and wheelchair-bound man on Halloween night in 2007.
David Maddux, 44, pleaded guilty on Oct. 21 of this year to committing injury to the disabled, a first-degree felony. According to testimony in court Tuesday, Maddux admitted to hitting victim Chris Skelton, but suggested someone else had beaten Skelton worse later.
"He did admit to punching him a few times, but he denied he caused the injuries," said Lisa Page, a probation officer who spoke with Maddux while preparing a pre-sentencing report for state District Judge Paul White. "He suggested someone else may have come in to burglarize the house after he left that night."
Skelton's brother, William Skelton, testified that Chris Skelton's home had, in fact, been burglarized at least three times in the past. But Chris Skelton told his brother and investigators that David Maddux had beat him up.
Chris Skelton suffered a stroke several years ago that left him wheelchair-bound and unable to speak clearly.
"He can say a few things if you'll be very patient with him," William Skelton said. "He knows what he's trying to say."
Since the assault, Skelton said, his brother falls down a lot more and has lost most of his front teeth. In addition, he said his brother, who used to show little fear of anything, now trembles at the sight of his attacker.
By BRITTONY LUNDThe Lufkin Daily News
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
A judge on Tuesday sentenced a Lufkin man to 10 years in prison for beating a partially paralyzed and wheelchair-bound man on Halloween night in 2007.
David Maddux, 44, pleaded guilty on Oct. 21 of this year to committing injury to the disabled, a first-degree felony. According to testimony in court Tuesday, Maddux admitted to hitting victim Chris Skelton, but suggested someone else had beaten Skelton worse later.
"He did admit to punching him a few times, but he denied he caused the injuries," said Lisa Page, a probation officer who spoke with Maddux while preparing a pre-sentencing report for state District Judge Paul White. "He suggested someone else may have come in to burglarize the house after he left that night."
Skelton's brother, William Skelton, testified that Chris Skelton's home had, in fact, been burglarized at least three times in the past. But Chris Skelton told his brother and investigators that David Maddux had beat him up.
Chris Skelton suffered a stroke several years ago that left him wheelchair-bound and unable to speak clearly.
"He can say a few things if you'll be very patient with him," William Skelton said. "He knows what he's trying to say."
Since the assault, Skelton said, his brother falls down a lot more and has lost most of his front teeth. In addition, he said his brother, who used to show little fear of anything, now trembles at the sight of his attacker.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Mind reveals alarming levels of disability hate crime
http://www.mind.org.uk/News+policy+and+campaigns/Press/2007_11_29_AA.htm
71 per cent victimised in community in last 2 years64 per cent dissatisfied with authorities' response to crime reports
Today Mind publishes a shocking new report Another assault (1) exposing the extreme levels of harassment and victimisation experienced by people with mental health problems in the community. Mind’s new research reveals that 71 per cent of respondents with mental health problems had been the victim of a crime in the last two years, with just 19 per cent feeling safe all of the time in their own homes. In a further blow, victims' reports of these crimes are frequently not taken seriously by the very authorities that should be there to help them.
71 per cent victimised in community in last 2 years64 per cent dissatisfied with authorities' response to crime reports
Today Mind publishes a shocking new report Another assault (1) exposing the extreme levels of harassment and victimisation experienced by people with mental health problems in the community. Mind’s new research reveals that 71 per cent of respondents with mental health problems had been the victim of a crime in the last two years, with just 19 per cent feeling safe all of the time in their own homes. In a further blow, victims' reports of these crimes are frequently not taken seriously by the very authorities that should be there to help them.
• People with a disability are three times more likely to be a victim of a violent crime
http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:He6oT_-Naq0J:www.nds.org.au/conferences/a%26d2005/concurrent/Kelly-SADAProject.doc+disability+assaulted&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=20&gl=us
From research, both international and Australian, we know that:
· 50-90% of people with a disability are sexually assaulted in their lifetime (Crossmaker 1991; Carmody 1990)
· People with a disability are three times more likely to be a victim of a violent crime (Wilson & Brewer 1992)
· High rates of sexual assault by service providers. Service providers, eg. residential care workers, teachers, therapists, make up the largest group of perpetrators in many large studies. (Sobsey & Doe 1991)
· The assaults are more likely to be severe and ongoing, eg. involving penetration. Because many people with disabilities are not taken seriously, or are unable to disclose due to cognitive or communication difficulties, the abuse is likely to have gone on for a long while without being detected, and less likely to be believed and acted on if it is found out.(Nosek 1997)
· The assaults are less likely to be detected and acted on (Connelley & Keilty 2000)
· Offenders gravitate to residential facilities. Moving people out of institutional care has not made them safer. The rates of sexual assault in residential facilities is high, with perpetrators having greater access and opportunity to assault highly vulnerable people. (Blyth 2002)
Offenders will often move from facility to facility. When suspicions arise in one place, they move on. We were contacted recently about an offender who has now sexually assaulted in at least three different facilities. However because he hasn’t been formally charged he is still working with an agency which provides locums to disability and aged care services. He always targets clients with little or no verbal communication.
From research, both international and Australian, we know that:
· 50-90% of people with a disability are sexually assaulted in their lifetime (Crossmaker 1991; Carmody 1990)
· People with a disability are three times more likely to be a victim of a violent crime (Wilson & Brewer 1992)
· High rates of sexual assault by service providers. Service providers, eg. residential care workers, teachers, therapists, make up the largest group of perpetrators in many large studies. (Sobsey & Doe 1991)
· The assaults are more likely to be severe and ongoing, eg. involving penetration. Because many people with disabilities are not taken seriously, or are unable to disclose due to cognitive or communication difficulties, the abuse is likely to have gone on for a long while without being detected, and less likely to be believed and acted on if it is found out.(Nosek 1997)
· The assaults are less likely to be detected and acted on (Connelley & Keilty 2000)
· Offenders gravitate to residential facilities. Moving people out of institutional care has not made them safer. The rates of sexual assault in residential facilities is high, with perpetrators having greater access and opportunity to assault highly vulnerable people. (Blyth 2002)
Offenders will often move from facility to facility. When suspicions arise in one place, they move on. We were contacted recently about an offender who has now sexually assaulted in at least three different facilities. However because he hasn’t been formally charged he is still working with an agency which provides locums to disability and aged care services. He always targets clients with little or no verbal communication.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Girl Pleads Guilty In Assault On Disabled Man
http://wcco.com/crime/assault.disabled.man.2.874992.html
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Police charged 21-year-old Jonathon Diepold (upper left), 19-year-old John Maniglia (upper right), 21-year-old Timothy Ketterling (lower left) and 33-year-old Glen Ries (lower right) for allegedly beating a mentally disabled man.
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A 16-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to her role in the brutal assault of a mentally disabled Lakeville man.
The girl, identified by the Dakota County Attorney as Natasha Dahn, pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony counts of kidnapping, third-degree assault and aggravated robbery in the violent beatings of 24-year-old Justin Hamilton.
Authorities say Hamilton was beaten on separate occasions. He was punched and kicked, hit with sticks, and burned with a cigarette lighter and heated credit card.
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Police charged 21-year-old Jonathon Diepold (upper left), 19-year-old John Maniglia (upper right), 21-year-old Timothy Ketterling (lower left) and 33-year-old Glen Ries (lower right) for allegedly beating a mentally disabled man.
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A 16-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to her role in the brutal assault of a mentally disabled Lakeville man.
The girl, identified by the Dakota County Attorney as Natasha Dahn, pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony counts of kidnapping, third-degree assault and aggravated robbery in the violent beatings of 24-year-old Justin Hamilton.
Authorities say Hamilton was beaten on separate occasions. He was punched and kicked, hit with sticks, and burned with a cigarette lighter and heated credit card.
Monday, November 3, 2008
Resident of homeless shelter accused of assaulting disabled man
http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/2008/11/13/wild-ride-in-harwich-disabled-man-assaul?blog=80
HYANNIS - A resident of the Noah homeless shelter in Hyannis has been charged with assault and battery on a disabled man.
Barnstable police said James L. Scannell, 62, of 77 Winter St. (the address of the Noah shelter) in Hyannis, pushed the man to the ground Tuesday afternoon.
The incident took place in the parking lot of the Festival at Hyannis shopping center off Route 132.
James L. Scannell.
In a police report filed with the case, Officer Sean Roycroft said he was dispatched around 5:20 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a fight in front of the A.C. Moore store at the shopping center.
Upon his arrival, he found a man leaning on a cane who said a man had pushed him to the ground. The man said a woman had seen the assault and followed the alleged perpetrator.
The man - who had a stroke 12 years ago, continues to have heart problems, and walks with a cane - said he had driven to A.C. Moore store to go shopping. When he arrived, he saw a man arranging shopping carts, and asked that he leave one loose for him.
"When I asked this guy to leave a cart for me," the man told Officer Roycroft, "he went nuts. He was swearing at me. He just ran at me and pushed me in the back with both hands. I fell to the ground face first and rolled to my back. The man ran off toward Stop & Shop."
HYANNIS - A resident of the Noah homeless shelter in Hyannis has been charged with assault and battery on a disabled man.
Barnstable police said James L. Scannell, 62, of 77 Winter St. (the address of the Noah shelter) in Hyannis, pushed the man to the ground Tuesday afternoon.
The incident took place in the parking lot of the Festival at Hyannis shopping center off Route 132.
James L. Scannell.
In a police report filed with the case, Officer Sean Roycroft said he was dispatched around 5:20 p.m. Tuesday to a report of a fight in front of the A.C. Moore store at the shopping center.
Upon his arrival, he found a man leaning on a cane who said a man had pushed him to the ground. The man said a woman had seen the assault and followed the alleged perpetrator.
The man - who had a stroke 12 years ago, continues to have heart problems, and walks with a cane - said he had driven to A.C. Moore store to go shopping. When he arrived, he saw a man arranging shopping carts, and asked that he leave one loose for him.
"When I asked this guy to leave a cart for me," the man told Officer Roycroft, "he went nuts. He was swearing at me. He just ran at me and pushed me in the back with both hands. I fell to the ground face first and rolled to my back. The man ran off toward Stop & Shop."
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
One in 3 women with disability assaulted
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2008/10/28/One_in_3_women_with_disability_assaulted/UPI-42461225171468/
Published: Oct. 28, 2008 at 1:24 AM
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Women with a disability are more likely than women without a disability to report some form of intimate partner violence, U.S. researchers said.
The study -- which used data collected from seven states and one territory as part of the 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey -- examined disability prevalence and differences in intimate partner violence among women with and without a disability.
The study found that 37.3 percent of women with a disability experienced some form of intimate partner violence compared to 20.6 percent of women without a disability.
Twenty-eight percent of women with a disability were more likely to report ever being threatened with violence, compared to 15.4 percent of women without a disability, while 30.6 percent of women with a disability reported being hit, slapped, pushed, kicked or physically hurt compared to 15.7 percent of women without a disability. Almost 20 percent of women with a disability reported ever experiencing unwanted sex by an intimate partner, compared to 8.2 percent of women without a disability.
Published: Oct. 28, 2008 at 1:24 AM
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Women with a disability are more likely than women without a disability to report some form of intimate partner violence, U.S. researchers said.
The study -- which used data collected from seven states and one territory as part of the 2006 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey -- examined disability prevalence and differences in intimate partner violence among women with and without a disability.
The study found that 37.3 percent of women with a disability experienced some form of intimate partner violence compared to 20.6 percent of women without a disability.
Twenty-eight percent of women with a disability were more likely to report ever being threatened with violence, compared to 15.4 percent of women without a disability, while 30.6 percent of women with a disability reported being hit, slapped, pushed, kicked or physically hurt compared to 15.7 percent of women without a disability. Almost 20 percent of women with a disability reported ever experiencing unwanted sex by an intimate partner, compared to 8.2 percent of women without a disability.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Thug puts disabled man, 49, in hospital
http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/mostpopular.var.2466921.0.thug_puts_disabled_man_49_in_hospital.php?s=s
by Jonathan Paisley
A PARTIALLY-SIGHTED man suffered serious facial injuries after being attacked in a Glasgow street early today.
The 49-year-old was approached by another man in Govan's Paisley Road West.
After talking for a few moments, the attacker suddenly lashed out.
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The victim is now in the Southern General Hospital, and police have appealed for any witnesses to the assault, which happened around 12.05am.
Detective Sergeant Alan McAlpine at Helen Street Community CID said: "This is a truly despicable crime - a completely unprovoked attack on an innocent man who was making his way home after a night out."
by Jonathan Paisley
A PARTIALLY-SIGHTED man suffered serious facial injuries after being attacked in a Glasgow street early today.
The 49-year-old was approached by another man in Govan's Paisley Road West.
After talking for a few moments, the attacker suddenly lashed out.
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The victim is now in the Southern General Hospital, and police have appealed for any witnesses to the assault, which happened around 12.05am.
Detective Sergeant Alan McAlpine at Helen Street Community CID said: "This is a truly despicable crime - a completely unprovoked attack on an innocent man who was making his way home after a night out."
Friday, October 10, 2008
Man Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Disabled Woman
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/30741619.html
Heather ShannonKatie DeLong
WAUKESHA – A disabled woman was sexually assaulted in Waukesha, and police say the man who did it is an illegal immigrant who was already in trouble with the law.Police say the suspect was already in trouble for a domestic abuse case when he sexually assaulted a woman who couldn't defend herself.
Residents in Waukesha’s Monterrey Apartment Complex are feeling relief after learning the suspect is in custody.TODAY’S TMJ4’s Heather Shannon: “Do you feel safer knowing that the person is in custody?”“Oh definitely, yes,” Kristy Keller said.Keller's elderly parents live in the complex where the assault happened. Many of the residents have been living in fear since the attack."Anyone that would assault anyone, particularly a handicapped person, not somebody you want to have around your folks, or anyone else for that matter,” Keller said.
Waukesha police say the suspect, 35-year-old Juan Carlos Rojas-Sierra, is an illegal alien from Mexico. He was already on probation for domestic disorderly conduct, and lived in Waukesha."When they brought him in he did admit to exactly what he had done,” Waukesha Police Capt. Mark Stigler said.Stigler says Rojas-Sierra sexually assaulted a 28-yea-old disabled woman in the middle of the night."Police say the suspect broke into the first floor apartment using the front door,”
Capt. Stigler said.Stigler says Rojas-Sierra knew the victim was disabled before the assault."There is nothing she could have done to prevent the crime. She is disabled and in fact bed ridden, and was not able to defend herself in any way shape or form,” Capt. Stigler said."I think it's about the lowest thing you can do,” Keller said.Waukesha police have referred charges of sexual assault, burglary and battery. Immigration and customs will also be involved, because he is an illegal alien.
Heather ShannonKatie DeLong
WAUKESHA – A disabled woman was sexually assaulted in Waukesha, and police say the man who did it is an illegal immigrant who was already in trouble with the law.Police say the suspect was already in trouble for a domestic abuse case when he sexually assaulted a woman who couldn't defend herself.
Residents in Waukesha’s Monterrey Apartment Complex are feeling relief after learning the suspect is in custody.TODAY’S TMJ4’s Heather Shannon: “Do you feel safer knowing that the person is in custody?”“Oh definitely, yes,” Kristy Keller said.Keller's elderly parents live in the complex where the assault happened. Many of the residents have been living in fear since the attack."Anyone that would assault anyone, particularly a handicapped person, not somebody you want to have around your folks, or anyone else for that matter,” Keller said.
Waukesha police say the suspect, 35-year-old Juan Carlos Rojas-Sierra, is an illegal alien from Mexico. He was already on probation for domestic disorderly conduct, and lived in Waukesha."When they brought him in he did admit to exactly what he had done,” Waukesha Police Capt. Mark Stigler said.Stigler says Rojas-Sierra sexually assaulted a 28-yea-old disabled woman in the middle of the night."Police say the suspect broke into the first floor apartment using the front door,”
Capt. Stigler said.Stigler says Rojas-Sierra knew the victim was disabled before the assault."There is nothing she could have done to prevent the crime. She is disabled and in fact bed ridden, and was not able to defend herself in any way shape or form,” Capt. Stigler said."I think it's about the lowest thing you can do,” Keller said.Waukesha police have referred charges of sexual assault, burglary and battery. Immigration and customs will also be involved, because he is an illegal alien.
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Police seek black van in attack on mentally disabled Quebec man
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2008/08/26/mtl-abduction0826.html
Quebec police are investigating an attack on a mentally disabled man who was abducted and sexually assaulted Monday night.
The man, 58, was reported missing around 10 p.m. in St. Cléophas de Brandon, about 100 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
Police said he was abducted from outside his residence.
A truck driver found him lying on a road about an hour later with injuries, said Sûreté du Québec spokeswoman Joyce Kemp.
"His life is not in danger, but he was injured," she said. "We know that he was abducted, and that he was sexually assaulted."
Police believe a black van was involved in the attack.
The man was treated in hospital and released.
Quebec police are investigating an attack on a mentally disabled man who was abducted and sexually assaulted Monday night.
The man, 58, was reported missing around 10 p.m. in St. Cléophas de Brandon, about 100 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
Police said he was abducted from outside his residence.
A truck driver found him lying on a road about an hour later with injuries, said Sûreté du Québec spokeswoman Joyce Kemp.
"His life is not in danger, but he was injured," she said. "We know that he was abducted, and that he was sexually assaulted."
Police believe a black van was involved in the attack.
The man was treated in hospital and released.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Man with physical disability assaulted in south Fargo this morning;...
http://www.yourstreet.com/news/3289971/man-with-physical-disability-assaulted-in-south-fargo-this-morning#/news/3289971/man-with-physical-disability-assaulted-in-south-fargo-this-morning
05/06/2008 05:00 PM Via: Forum
Man with physical disability assaulted in south Fargo this morning;...
A Fargo man with a physical disability was hospitalized early today after being assaulted in a south Fargo alley, said police Sgt. Julie Hinkel
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Man with physical disability assaulted in south Fargo this morning;...
A Fargo man with a physical disability was hospitalized early today after being assaulted in a south Fargo alley, said police Sgt. Julie Hinkel
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
http://www.topix.com/forum/topstories/T8T6HO2M641FIMQ9R
21 yr old female with disabilities was assaulted by store manager while working at our Tom Thumb on Garden Ridge. She was a long time employee. Tom Thumb fired middle aged manager the next day but since then, nothing. Police came too. It is incomprehensible that this store thinks she should just come back to work here like nothing happened. They also said she left willingly due to she didn't "pre plan off"HOW do you "plan" time off from an assault??
21 yr old female with disabilities was assaulted by store manager while working at our Tom Thumb on Garden Ridge. She was a long time employee. Tom Thumb fired middle aged manager the next day but since then, nothing. Police came too. It is incomprehensible that this store thinks she should just come back to work here like nothing happened. They also said she left willingly due to she didn't "pre plan off"HOW do you "plan" time off from an assault??
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