Man Accused Of Sleepover Grope

Court Date: Phillip Green

A Scunthorpe man, accused of groping a young woman during a night time sleepover at a south-west London address, has appeared in court for the first time.

Phillip Andrew Green, 55, of Cliff Avenue, Winterton was bailed by Wimbledon Magistrates Court to appear at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court for a preliminary hearing on March 27.

He faces one count of sexual assault on the woman, aged in her twenties, by touching at a flat in Churchill House, Station Road, Hampton on July 27, last year.

The court heard Green was sharing a room with the complainant and her friend, all sleeping on separate air-mattresses, when he allegedly edged closer during the night and made skin-on-skin contact under her clothing.

He was bailed on condition he does not contact the complainant or her friend.

Fifteen Years For Ex-Bank Employee Who Tried To Stab His Topless Masseuse Girlfriend To Death

Virgin: Amish Kansagra

A recently-promoted Barclays Bank employee, who lost his virginity after falling in love with a topless masseuse - quitting his job to open a massage parlour with her - received fifteen years yesterday for attempting to murder the single mum.

University graduate Amish Kansagra, 28, who has an economics degree, was initially a regular customer of Anna Imporowicz, 35, who offered naked clients "hand relief", but slashed her throat with an eight-inch knife during a jealous rage.

She was a specialist in "sensual massages" and Kansagra kept their relationship a secret from his family, but knew her ex in Poland was still pursuing her and finally snapped after a man smiled at her during a night out at a Holborn salsa club two days before.

He was convicted at Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court of attempting to murder Anna on June 22, last year at the home they shared in Clitherow Road, Brentford.

"It was his first sexual experience, the relationship he had with Anna, he fell in love with her," said Miss Cathy Ryan, defending. "He felt an enormous sense of betrayal that she may have been using him.

"He went in fully exposed with ridiculous expectations that everything was going to be perfect and put Anna on top of a pedestal after meeting her in very unusual circumstances."

Masseuse: Anna Imporowicz

Judge Susan Tapping told the first-time offender: "Anna provided sexual massages and you met her when you became a paying client. A month later sexual intercourse took place and that was your first sexual experience.

"You held down a good, steady job with a bank and had been promoted, but walked out on your job a month later.

"You were unsettled by other men flirting with Anna, her line of work was difficult for you to cope with.

"You began feeling Anna was using you for finance only and you said in evidence you did not believe Anna was ever in love with you."

Kansagra slashed the massage tables at their new business with the same knife earlier in the day and sprayed black paint all over the premises and posted a skimpy-clothed image of Anna on Facebook with the caption: "I'm a prostitute and proud of it." claiming she had sex with 200 men.

"The scars will be with her forever and the one on her neck was visible in court," Judge Tapping told the defendant. "You are essentially a good person being sentenced for a serious offence."

Prosecutor Mr. Julian Jones told jury: "She saw Amish with the knife in his hand and he shut the kitchen window and put the knife to her throat and said: 'You've made the wrong decision. You will die today.'

"He was trying to stab her neck and she felt him cut her neck and and she saw her blood and fell to the floor saying: 'I love you. Don't do this.'

"She described him as having gritted teeth and eyes: 'Like the devil' and he cut her neck again, harder and deeper, and used the tip of the knife to cut her gum."

After the attack Anna said: "I was screaming and could feel terrible pain in my left kidney and felt his hand on my neck.

"I believe the biggest change has been to my mental and emotional sphere, nightmares are a daily occurrence. I keep seeing his calm and determined face.

"I cannot sleep without painkillers and tranquillisers and I am frightened of new men I meet. Looking at the scars on my body I cannot think of having an intimate relationship with a man."

During the attack Anna tried to flee out of the front door, but was pulled back by the defendant. "He still had the knife in one hand and the other hand around her neck and stabbed her in the side," explained Mr. Jones.

"She escaped via a window and while she had one leg out Amish tried to stab her everywhere."

After quitting his customer advisor job he opened a massage parlour with Anna in South Ealing Road, but their "happy relationship" ended the day before the stabbing after the salsa club row.

"When they got home he was shouting that Anna was a whore and Amish grabbed her phone and laptop and destroyed them," said Mr. Jones.

Anna told the jury they met through her work. "It was sensual massage and the masseuse would maybe be in her underwear or without a bra and the client would be without their underwear.

"It ends with hand relief," she added, insisting sexual intercourse would not take place.

Kansagra received a concurrent three-year sentence for possessing a blade and six months concurrent for causing criminal damage.

Carer Employed To Help "Vulnerable" Woman Raided Her Bank Account Of £10K

Patricia Wilson

A carer employed by Merton council to look after a “vulnerable” woman despite having a conviction for child cruelty helped herself to over £10,000 from the victim's bank account.

Patricia Wilson, 55, of 32 Linton Close, Mitcham, forged a “third party notice” which purportedly gave her permission to withdraw the funds, which was never properly checked by the Nationwide bank.

She pleaded guilty to fraud by false representation between January 7 and March 16, 2013, namely transferring authority to withdraw a total of £10,255.39 to herself.

Prosecutor Miss Roz Wardell told Wimbledon Magistrates Court: “The victim is a vulnerable person unable to deal with her affairs. Mrs Wilson attended the Nationwide in Mitcham, pretending to be her guardian with a power of attorney already set-up.”

It was many months before the fraud was discovered and police identified Wilson, who was employed to provide cooking, cleaning and shopping services four days a week at the victim's address in Jessop Place, Tramway Path, Mitcham, as the main suspect.

In a phone conversation with the victim Wilson confessed: “I did it, I took the money.”

Miss Wardell added: “She said she would pay back the money and begged the victim not to call the police.”

Wilson, who has previous convictions for dishonesty, told police she spent the money on a new tumble dryer and clothes for her grandchildren. She also once received a suspended sentence for child cruelty.

She was sentenced to twenty-six weeks imprisonment, suspended for twelve months, must comply with a six-month curfew and ordered to pay £5,000 compensation.

Accountant Gets Four Years For Nicking £1.3M From Bosses

Employer: Hurford Salvi Carr

The trusted financial controller of a firm of estate agents, who looted £1.3m from under the noses of her bosses to fund expensive holidays and luxury goods, has been locked-up for four years.

Karen Chin, 45, of North Hill, Highgate was employed by Hurford Salvi Carr (HSC) at their HQ in Britton Street, Clerkenwell, where she diverted clients' funds into multiple bank and credit card accounts she controlled.

Her former employers claim much of the money has been blown on high-living, spending sprees and holidays, including the rental of a private plane and a £35,000 family vacation to Mauritius.

She ignored a High Court financial freezing order brought by her former employer and kept thirteen credit card accounts secret along with two bank accounts and a £20,000 cash transfer.

"This woman sought a psychological distraction by buying shiny toys in a pathetic effort to cheer herself up," her lawyer Mr. Neville Rudston told Blackfriars Crown Court on Friday. "There's nothing left worth talking about, she's in ruin."

The fraud cost the mother-of-one her marriage and the £1.2m family home will now be sold, with HSC receiving £400,000 and another £25,000 being raised from the sale of property seized from Chin.

"You syphoned money into your own accounts. Some of it was the tenants deposits, some was the company's money," Judge David Richardson told her. "Your first reaction when caught was to cover your tracks with fraudulent emails. 

"The impact on the company has been considerable and you committed the funds to an extravagant lifestyle, luxury holidays, clothing and the like.

"It was a gross breach of trust, which involved planning and was sophisticated and you did not comply with court orders freezing your assets." 

Prosecutor Mr. David Markham told the court Chin was employed as a four days per week financial controller on a £38,000 a year salary and had been with the company since 1999 until she was sacked on June 25, 2013.

Chin made a total of 304 money transfers into her own accounts between 2008 and 2013.

"She was trusted with the company chequebook and all the online payments, but an audit report revealed she had been dishonestly syphoning off client account funds into her own accounts.

"She was authorised to make payments and transfers and was a co-signatory with the directors of the company."

When the huge shortfall was discovered Chin's email history was demanded by her bosses.

"She produced three emails that appeared to be doctored by cutting and pasting and inserting fake text. She falsified them to cover the theft of funds."

On June 28, 2013 the High Court froze Chin's assets, including her family home and a £50,000 cheque she wrote to her former employers bounced.

HSC say Chin ignored two High Court warrants to appear, moved money to secret accounts and has shown no remorse.

Chin was eventually questioned about the fraud. "She said she did not know why she did it and it was not as if she needed the money and said she would pay it back," added Mr. Markham.

"It is conduct that eventually was always bound to come to light and has resulted in the ruin of a woman who has worked herself up from a modest background to working as a book keeper and accountant," said Mr. Rudston.

"She is now a pariah and has lost her family, friends and social worker. She's disgraced after making the classic mistake of putting her fingers in the till."

Chin pleaded guilty to nine counts of fraud by abuse of a position of trust between February 19, 2008 and February 19, 2013 and asked for three offences under the Theft Act committed before 2008 to be taken into consideration.

No Luck For The Irish: Insurance Fiddle Lies Exposed By CCTV After Bus Crash

A mother-of-eight continued lying to insurers and police she was an injured passenger in a parked truck hit by a bus during a bogus whiplash injury claim until shown CCTV evidence the vehicle was unoccupied.

Mary O'Brien, 58, of Swan Road, Baglan, Port Talbot, Wales was in line to received a £1500 to £3500 insurance pay-out when she took advantage of a collision between a London bus and a relative's pick-up during a family trip to the capital.

She pleaded guilty at Hendon Magistrates Court to fraud by false representation on or before January 22, last year, namely claimed to have been a passenger in a VW involved in a traffic collision in Cricklewood Lane, Cricklewood on December 22, 2013.

The court heard a bus operated by Metroline Travel Ltd collided with an unattended parked pick-up truck and the driver remained at the scene until a Mr. John O'Brien identified himself as the owner.

He received compensation for damage to his vehicle, but the next month a personal injury claim was received from Mary O'Brien, claiming she was sitting in the vehicle's passenger seat and suffered whiplash.

An insurance investigation revealed CCTV footage, which proved the pick-up was unoccupied and O'Brien was arrested.

She continued insisting to police she was in the vehicle when it was hit by the bus, only backing down when shown the footage of the accident.

O'Brien told police she expected to receive £500-£1,000 from the claim.

The court heard she is asthmatic, has arthritis, high blood pressure and has suffered three heart attacks in the last three years.

O'Brien, who is married to a part-time scrap-metal dealer, claimed she needed to raise money to fund trips to Ireland to visit her sick mother.

She was conditionally discharged for three years and ordered to pay £85 cost and a £15 victim surcharge.

Pensioner Accused Of Attacking Neighbours With Hosepipe

A pensioner, accused of attacking two neighbours with the metal end of a hosepipe and dowsing them with water, has appeared in court for the first time.

Geoffrey Fussey, 84, of Byron Road, Wembley allegedly struck out several times, inflicting lasceratons.

He appeared at Hendon Magistrates Court charged with assaulting Marcin Ktosowski, inflicting actual bodily harm, and assaulting Waldemar Glazer outside his home address on July 16, last year.

Fussey shook his head as the prosecution outlined the case against him, which they say left an eight year-old witness “traumatised.”

Recently widowed Fussey was bailed unconditionally to appear at Harrow Crown Court for a preliminary hearing on March 30.

Royal Wedding Cavalry Soldier's Violent "Cold Toast" Row With Girlfriend

A Household Cavalry Lance Corporal, who played a key ceremonial role in the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, smothered his girlfriend with a duvet and vowed to leave her in a pool of blood during a Sunday morning 'cold toast' row.

Tank commander Daniel Ridge, 31, pinned 27 year-old nurse and part-time model Johanna Cade to their bed before squirting shower gel over her clothes and putting a £300 pair of her boots in a pan of boiling water.

He was convicted at Wimbledon Magistrates Court of assaulting his girlfriend of two years at her flat in Replingham Road, Southfields on October 5, last year and causing criminal damage to her clothing.

Ridge, of Combermere Barracks, Windsor, who has served in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan, and his mount Vengeful escorted the newly-wed royal couple and HM Queen from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace after their wedding on April 29, 2011.

Talking before the wedding he said: "My mum has set the video and she and my grandparents will be able to follow it all on telly and hopefully recognise me."

He was sentenced to twelve months probation, which includes 100 hours community service work and was ordered to pay Johanna £300 compensation for the assault, £370 for the damage, £620 court costs and an £80 victim surcharge. 

"It happened in the victim's home and there was gratuitous degradation in the way you spoke to the victim," announced magistrate Fiona Abbott. "The compensation is for the bruising and mental anguish caused by this assault.

"You denied your actions and minimised your part in them and the effect on your victim," she added, making an indefinite restraining order prohibiting Ridge contacting Johanna or entering her road.

Miss Cade told the court fellow Devon-native Ridge also threw two eggs and two glass tumblers at her and smeared avocado on her coat before wrapping her in the duvet, leaving her unable to breathe as he throttled her neck.

"I went to the kitchen and he was making breakfast. I said: 'The toast is cold' and his response was: 'Fine, don't have it. I'll make my own, not yours.

"He picked an egg up and threw it at me. I dodged that one and he threw another one at me and I dodged that one. He was quite angry and intense and I was disgusted and frightened.

"He raised a glass tumbler up in the air and threw that at me. I moved and it hit the floor behind me then he raised up a second one and threw it at me and again I moved."

Ridge told the court he playfully "lobbed" two eggs towards Miss Cade to lighten the mood and she deliberately placed the two glasses on the floor before the police arrived.

"I said: 'Please stop. Leave the house' and he said: 'Stop shouting, you're attitude stinks.' He had his underwear on and my dressing-gown and I said: 'Put your clothes on and leave the house.'

"He approached me extremely angrily and said: "I'm going to fuck up your life. I'm going to hurt you until you're lying in your own piss and blood.'

"I was petrified, stunned, frozen and started to cry and he went into my bedroom, got the duvet that was on my bed, and threw it over my head and body.

"I said: 'Get off, I can't breathe.' He had hold of me by the arms and then I was dragged into the bedroom with the duvet over me and pinned to the bed, with hands I think it was, around my neck.

"I couldn't see anything and at first I was very frightened and tried moving, wriggling out and became quite panicked and I managed to get my arm out.

"I reached up and I think I grabbed his ear. I hit the side of his face and made a scratch. I was frightened, I knew I had to get out from being suffocated and held by the throat."

Ridge told the court Miss Cade attacked him, leaving scratches on his neck as well as a cut and he wrapped her in the duvet to restrict her "flailing" arms. 

"She grabbed me and pulled me around the kitchen a bit and started hitting me on the back of the head in a pawing cat-like motion. I got punched in the face and wanted to stop getting hurt and grabbed the duvet to use as a barrier between me and her."

Miss Cade added: "I remember feeling the blood drain from my body. I could feel myself shutting off and not being able to breathe at all. I felt very, very dizzy."

Ridge claims Miss Cade had used one of his trainers to wipe the smashed egg off the floor and told police in a moment of "childish retaliation" he decided to damage her clothes.

"He grabbed some of my clothes and shoes and put a pair of my leather boots in a pan of boiling water," she said. "He got one of my coats and smeared it in avocado and another coat was smeared.

"He removed the boots from the water and smeared them with avocado and then went to the bathroom, grabbed some shower gel, and went into my bedroom.

"I could see he was squirting shower gel over the walls and he opened the wardrobe and squirted shower gel in there as well."

Miss Cade threw out much of the yellow-stained clothing, including a £70 coat and said she had a £550 quote to re-decorate her bedroom.

Ridge left when she threatened to call the police, and Miss Cade added: "I was sweating, so, so frightened. I've never felt so vulnerable and fearful for my life."

She later photographed herself, revealing a bruise to her right elbow, a red mark on her left arm, a red mark to her lower back and a red mark to the right side of her chest. Miss Cade said the assault left her: "Stiff and sore."

Miss Cade denied Ridge's claim she inflicted the injuries to herself and told the court a: "Tissue of lies." She said: "I have no history of psychological problems, depression or self harm. I'm a very stable person."

She told the court of previous occasions Ridge lost his temper with her. "He smashed my phone, a bottle of perfume and once locked me out of his house in Devon at three am while in my underwear and in the rain and has repeatedly dumped me on roadsides and driven off.

"Last August I was very ill with what turned out to be meningitis and Daniel refused to take me to hospital, I begged him to take me to hospital. I had to call my motor and when I got there was rushed straight through."

Miss Cade disagreed with a defence claim Ridge was a "gentleman" throughout their relationship and again let her down during follow-up treatment. "He drove off and shouted out the window of his car: 'Get the bus to hospital.'"

She denied she was "bitter" and gave "false and exaggerated" evidence and threw the avocado at her ex, causing it to burst all over the kitchen.

Ridge told the court: "It was a childish matter that shouldn't really have happened. My clothes were ruined as well, but I didn't think it was right to press charges.

"At no point did I throw any glasses. I did not use any aggression and I did not raise my hands to her."

His lawyer, Mr. David Allman told the court yesterday: "He's been a professional member of the armed services since the age of eighteen and he's currently intending to continue that career for at least nine years.

"He is seeking promotion and that would have happened fairly soon had this court case not occurred. His promotion is now on hold.

"I am asking you to take into account the background of his service career, his duty for his country."

Female Wedding Guest's Nose Smashed By "Almighty Punch"

A drunken British Gas employee smashed a female wedding guest's nose with an "almighty punch" - leaving the woman needing reconstructive plastic surgery - when aiming a blow at her husband.

Neil Abbott, 41, had been drinking vodka during the reception at the Royal Garden Hotel, Kensington High Street when confronted about his boisterous behaviour on the dance floor.

"That was an almighty punch, and I have seen some over thirty-five years, from a man that is heavily built and this poor woman has suffered the most dreadful, dreadful injuries," announced Isleworth Crown Court Judge Simon Davis.

Abbott,of Grace House, Erickson Gardens, Bromley, who is a work colleague of the groom, pleaded guilty to inflicting grievous bodily harm on Christina Mina on May 24, last year and will be sentenced on May 15.

Prosecutor Mr. Tom Rodgers told the court: "Mr. Abbott goes to punch Mrs Mina's husband and connects with one forceful punch on her.

"She has had reconstructive surgery and will have follow-up surgery in June. There will be cartilage taken from her to fix a fault with her nose, which had a detached septum and enlarged nostrils.

"Mrs Mina has delayed having children because of this, but will resume once she has recovered."

There is a £10,000 estimate for medical treatment.

"This defendant has said he is not going to drink in public again," said Judge Davis. "It's the drinking that concerns me. He was absolutely drunk that night and had he not been this would not have happened.

"There could be an aspect to the defendants make-up that requires some  intervention and exploration. I would like to know why he drank as much as he did that day.

"Something went horribly wrong that day and this is a very serious case. Mr. Abbott faces a custodial sentence."

Saudi Playboy Caught Driving £168K McLaren Supercar High On Drugs

Likes A Puff: Al-Sharif

A rich Saudi playboy was caught by police driving his dad's £168,500 McLaren supercar while high on cannabis through Hyde Park one morning.

Mohammad Al-Sharif, 22, of Marylebone Road, Marylebone confessed to smoking the drug at 7.30am that morning and was unsteady on his feet with slurred speech when questioned by officers.

He pleaded guilty to driving a McLaren MP4-12c 3.8 litre twin-turbo V8 Velocita Wind Edition in West Carriage Drive on December 11, last year while unfit to drive through drugs.

Student Al-Sharif, who lives off a family allowance, was fined £400, with £85 costs and was ordered to pay an £85 victim surcharge. He was disqualified for twelve months.  

The supercar, which goes from 0mph to 60mph in 2.8 seconds, has a makeover by German specialists DMC, which increases its brake horsepower to 650bhp and makes the car more powerful and luxurious.

In the Middle East's Car of the Year awards it won 'Best Supercar' and overall 'Car of the Year' for 2012 and was priced at £168,500 when launched onto the market the year before.

The Velocita Wind Edition was inspired by a mystery Saudi enthusiast, who demanded an alternative custom design to the McLaren MP4-12c and Al-Sharif's car has been photographed cruising around Basil Street and Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge.

Prosecutor Mr. Tom Gill told Hammersmith Magistrates Court: "It was 10.40am and the defendant was driving a high-powered supercar erratically along West Carriage Drive and into the Triangle car park.

"He was spoken to and there was a strong smell of cannabis coming from the car, he was the sole occupier. He was unsteady on his feet, his speech was slurred when he spoke and he appeared intoxicated.

"He was asked if he had been smoking cannabis and said he had at 7.30 that morning.

"He was arrested and taken to Paddington Green Police Station and searched and a small amount of cannabis was found that he admitted was his.

"A blood test was analysed and it was found the defendant had used cannabis and another drug, but there is no indication what that drug is."

Al-Sharif's McLaren Velocita Wind Edition

It is believed to be a prescription medication.

Al-Sharif was driving on a Saudi Arabia-issued International Driving Licence, which ironically was not valid in his home country.

His lawyer Miss Nicola Roberson told the court her client contested a claim he was driving "erratically" adding: "This falls into the lowest category of the sentencing guidelines aggravated by a moderate level of impairment."

Al-Sharif has been studying in London since 2012, attending Birkbeck College, the London School of Business and Finance to improve his English and career prospects in the finance sector.

"There is no income from employment or benefits. He lives with the financial support of his family in Saudi Arabia, who pay his tuition fees and give him a living allowance.

"He has not come before the courts before and has no intention of doing so again."

Wedding Guest Accused Of Filming Up Woman's Skirt

Oyster Shed

A guest accused of filming up a woman's skirt during a wedding reception last summer at a trendy Thamesside gastro pub has appeared for the first time at City of London Magistrates Court.

Collin Jeffrey Lieberg, 33, of Hills Lane, Shrewsbury, Shropshire faces one charge of outraging public decency at the Oyster Shed, Angel Lane on July 26, last year, namely behaving in an indecent manner by taking images on his mobile phone of a women under her skirt.

He elected crown court trial and was bailed to appear at the Old Bailey for a preliminary hearing on March 24.

No images were found on Lieberg's phone and the prosecution rely on the evidence of a female witness.

Policewoman's Old Bailey Date For Alleged £491K Insurance Fiddle

A policewman, who is accused of a £491,000 insurance swindle after being involved in a car crash, appeared for the first time at City of London Magistrates Court yesterday.

Laura Simmons, 30, of Lambourne, Canvey Island, a police constable with Essex Constabulary is a neighbourhood specialist, who at one time patrolled Purfleet, Aveley and South Ockendon.

She is charged with one count of fraud by false representation between September 13, 2010 and January 3, last year, namely dishonestly making a false representation that she had sustained a higher level of injuries and ongoing symptoms following a road traffic accident, intending to gain a larger financial payment in a personal injury claim.

The court declined jurisdiction due to the large sum involved and Simmons was bailed unconditionally to appear for a preliminary hearing at the Old Bailey on September 24.

Ex-Banker Worker Convicted Of Trying To Kill His Masseuse Girlfriend

Knife: Amish Kansagra

A bank worker, who quit his job after falling in love for the first time with a topless masseuse and her "sensual massages", was convicted yesterday of attempting to murder her by slashing her throat during a jealous knife rage.

Amish Kansagra, 28, opened a new massage parlour with Polish girlfriend Anna Imporowicz, 35, which offered "hand relief" to customers, but he was aware an ex in her native Warsaw was still pursuing her, plus interest from other men.

Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court heard they rowed the day before after a man smiled at Anna at a Holborn salsa club and Kansagra had a knife on him when he arrived at their home at 20 Clitherow Road, Brentford on June 22.

Prosecutor Mr. Julian Jones told jury: "She saw Amish with the same knife in his hand and he shut the kitchen window and put the knife to her throat and said: 'You've made the wrong decision. You will die today.'

"He was trying to stab her neck and she felt him cut her neck and and she saw her blood and fell to the floor saying: 'I love you. Don't do this.'

Stabbed: Anna Imporowicz

"She described him as having gritted teeth and eyes: 'Like the devil' and he cut her neck again, harder and deeper, and used the tip of the knife to cut her gum."

"There is no pattern of offending to take into account when looking at the issue of dangerousness," announced Judge Susan Tapping. "A lengthy sentence will follow anyway.

"He says he was in sufficient control of himself to go so far and no further rather than being angry and suffering a total loss of control that led to him behaving in a way in which Anna believed she was fighting for her life."

Anna tried to flee out of the front door, but was pulled back by the defendant. "He still had the knife in one hand and the other hand around her neck and stabbed her in the side.

"She escaped via a window and while she had one leg out Amish tried to stab her everywhere," added Mr. Jones.

Luckily a retired nurse came to her aid and as Kansagra fled the bloody scene he told passers-by Anna had inflicted the injuries on herself.

"The prosecution say this was a clear cut case of attempted murder, an intention to kill."

The defendant slept rough and travelled to Manchester and back, eventually giving himself up at Shoreditch Police Station, initially claiming he remembered nothing due to a three-day vodka binge.

"He said she was the first person he had ever loved and that there was something inside him. He recalled stabbing Anna in the neck and seeing the blood and confirmed he was not acting in self-defence."

The jury were told they began dating when Kansagra became a regular client of Anna's, who massaged her naked customers while either topless or wearing skimpy underwear.

He quit his bank job and opened a massage parlour with her in South Ealing Road, but their "happy relationship" ended the day before the stabbing after a man smiled at Anna at a Holborn salsa club.

"When they got home he was shouting that Anna was a whore and Amish grabbed her phone and laptop and destroyed them."

Kansagra is accused of shoving her against a fridge and the stairs before leaving and it is suggested he posted a skimpy-clothed image of her on Facebook with the caption: "I'm a prostitute and proud of it."

They agreed to meet the next day, but Kansagra had already armed himself with a "big knife" he took from the massage parlour.

The defendant revealed his jealousy during a party the previous new year's eve and caused a scene when a guest became too friendly with Anna.

"A guy dropped a cocktail stick down her cleavage and later squeezed her bottom and Amish started swearing and scratched the man's nose," said Mr. Jones.

Anna told the jury they met through her work. "It was sensual massage and the masseuse would maybe be in her underwear or without a bra and the client would be without their underwear.

"It ends with hand relief," she added, insisting sexual intercourse would not take place.

Kansagra was convicted by the jury of one count of attempted murder and found not guilty of assaulting Anna by pushing her against the fridge and the stairs.

Before the trial he pleaded guilty to causing criminal damage, possessing a bladed article and inflicting grievous bodily harm with intent.

Kansagra, who put his head in his hands after the verdict was announced, was remanded in custody for sentencing on March 19.

Billionaire's Wife Denies 'Keying' Neighbour's Bentley In Alleged Parking Rage Incident

Gautam & Stephanie Thapar

A billionaire's wife, accused of 'keying' a wealthy neighbour's £120,000 Bentley behind her £21m Knightsbridge home during a parking rage incident appeared in court for the first time today.

Mother-of-two Stephanie Thapar, 50, of Cadogan Place is charged with causing £4,153.46 worth of criminal damage to the two-door black 4-litre Continental GT Coupe V8 belonging to Michael Connor in Cadogan Lane mews on January 22.

She is the second wife of Indian-born Gautam Thapar, 54, an engineering and paper entrepreneur, who founded the Avantha Group and has an estimated net worth of £1.0 billion, and who accompanied her today.

German-born Mrs Thapar resides in a five-bedroom, five-bathroom house, which has an integral lift, private two-car mews garage to the rear and has previously been advertised for rent at £56,333 per month.

She pleaded not guilty to the charge, denying she touched the vehicle, and was bailed to return to Hammersmith Magistrates Court for trial on July 29 on condition she does not contact Mr. Connor.

Prosecutor Mr. Tom Gill told the court it was 7pm when Mr. Connor looked out of the window of his home after hearing Mrs Thapar sound her horn as she tried to negotiate past his parked Bentley and enter her garage.

"Mr. Connor saw her reversing into her garage and she then got out of her vehicle, exited the garage and placed some rubbish bags adjacent to the complainant's vehicle.

"The defendant went back inside her garage and on this occasion when she exited her garage, walked to the rear of the Bentley and scratched it five or six times with an unknown small object."

When he inspected his vehicle Mr. Connor found "deep scratches in the paintwork" and called police, who ascertained the damage was recent.

"The defendant was arrested an interviewed and completely denied the offence," said Mr. Gill.

An earlier trial date had to be changed because the couple are visiting India on business between June 20 and July 8.

She was represented in court by leading QC Jeremy Dean, who successfully defended X-Factor star Tulisa Contostavlos of cocaine supply after a News of the World sting.

In 2008 Mr. Thapar won Earnst & Young's 'Entrepreneur of the Year Award' for manufacturing and in 2013 King's College conferred an Honorary Fellowship in recognition of his "exceptional achievements in the fields of industry and philanthropy.'

Teen Who Sexually Abused Younger Children Sentenced

A teenager, who sexually abused three younger children, beginning his grooming by taking the eldest into a cupboard during a boat trip before the assaults escalated during sleepovers, has received a suspended sentence.

Jake Brookfield, 19, of York Avenue, Hayes, Middlesex was himself aged between ten and fourteen years-old when he subjected the boy and two girls, who are younger than him, to the abuse.

“Sexual experimentation was unchecked and unfortunately continued and at all times he was a child,” Brookfield's lawyer Mr. Mark Kimsey told Isleworth Crown Court.

Suspicions were raised in 2010 and as a punishment Brookfield's birthday present of an X-Box was withdrawn, but recently more serious complaints were made to police by the victims.

“I don't think I have come across a young man as remorseful as this and he wants to understand why this happened,” added the lawyer.

“The impact on him has been devastating and he has had to sign the sex offenders register.

“A press article has impacted the family to such an extent the defendant's mother is thinking about moving out of the area due to comments left on blogs that are rather unsavoury and on social media.

“These offences occurred over five years ago. They stopped and he has moved on and has no interest in children. This was sexual experimentation.

“He has had a girlfriend since and his aim was to join the Army, but that is very, very unlikely now.”

Prosecutor Miss Heather Standee told the court the offences, which occurred in Southall: “Reflect sexual abuse over a prolonged period.

“It was initiated by Brookfield when he told the boy to go into a cupboard on a boat trip and groped him when they were sleeping together.

“The defendant would insist and say: 'Do it, do it.' There was a card game with the rules made up by Brookfield and he said whoever won would get the pleasure.”

The boy was aged between ten and thirteen years-old during the abuse and the two girls between seven and nine years-old.

The older girl said Brookfield would argue with her if she resisted and the younger girl then also became a target of the defendant.

“She was scared Brookfield would do something to her. It would happen every time they were alone together.”

Recorder Michael Evans QC announced: “This is a very troubling case. I have every sympathy for the victims, but it is a very difficult sentencing exercise.

“My fundamental duty has to protect the public from risk.”

Brookfield pleaded guilty to four counts of inciting the boy to engage in sexual activity on various dates between November 7, 2005 and June 12, 2010.

He also admitted two counts of inciting one of the girl's to engage in sexual activity between August 5, 2006 and January 1, 2011 and one count of inciting the other girl to engage in sexual activity between September 5, 2009 and January 1, 2011, when she was aged seven to nine years-old.

Brookfield denied five further counts, including a charge of rape, and they will not be proceeded with.

He was sentenced to twenty-four months custody, sentenced for eighteen months, and ordered to perform 80 hours community service work.

Brookfield will also have to sign the sex offenders register for ten years and was made subject to a five-year Sexual Offences Prevention Order.

Everton FC Fan Caught Selling Cocaine To Supporter During Match

"Good Time": Liam Gray

An Everton FC supporter, caught on CCTV selling cocaine to a fellow fan during an away cup-tie, bemoaned the inferior quality of the drug in his home town when addressing a judge yesterday.

Father-of-two Liam Gray, 28, of First Avenue, Fazakerley, told Isleworth Crown Court Judge Simon Davis: "The quality was a lot better than it was in Liverpool.

"It was a one-off, knocking out the gear, not a regular thing. It was so everyone could have a good time.

"I only bought it to sell to my friends and bought it in London so we could have a good time on the coach on the way home."

He pleaded guilty to possessing twenty-five wraps of cocaine, weighing nearly 20 gms, with intent to supply and supplying two wraps to the fan at Craven Cottage during his team's 2-1 Capital One Cup defeat to Fulham FC on September 24, 2013.

Gray claimed he paid £750 for the drugs to a dealer he originally bought from at the Glastonbury festival earlier that year and had arranged to meet at a pub near the football ground.

He was filmed selling two wraps for £30 to Kevin Keating, 40, of Ennerdale Close, Kirkby and both were arrested son after.

Gray had £105 cash on him, plus the twenty-five wraps of cocaine concealed in his underpants and initially tried to convince police he was only selling Mr. Keating a coach ticket.

The defendant organises his own coach trips for Everton fans throughout the UK and abroad and buys all the match tickets via the supporters club.

Many of his regulars enjoy getting high, confirmed Gray. "I was going to take the cocaine on the coach on the way home and sell it at cost price to anyone that wanted any and use the rest myself.

Gray, who has a previous conviction for supplying the drug added: "Now I don't take cocaine anymore because of the effect it has had on my life."

He was bailed until April 24 for sentencing.

Drug Overdose Death: Manslaughter Accused In Court

Christopher Brooking

A man accused of unlawful killing in relation to the drug death of a father-of-four, who overdosed in a Kingston-upon-Thames flat, appeared in court for the first time yesterday.

Christopher Alan Peter Brooking, 46, of Queen's Road, Twickenham spoke only to confirm his name, date of birth and address during a brief hearing at Wimbledon Magistrates Court.

He is charged with the manslaughter of William Boots, 43, at 6 Perry Court, 26-28 Old London Road on May 16, last year.

Brooking was initially arrested the same day on suspicion of administering a noxious substance and later on suspicion of manslaughter.

Teddington man Mr. Boots was previously employed as a technician at Teddington Tyres in Kingston Road and was working for a cleaning company at the time of his death.

Paramedics were called to Perry Court, an affordable homes development managed by housing association Paragon at 2.30am, but were unable to revive Mr. Boots.

Brooking was bailed to appear at the Old Bailey for a preliminary hearing on March 19 on condition he does not contact any member of Mr. Boots' family and resides at his current address.