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Barber is facing jail for cruel cut

Barber is facing jail for cruel cut

The Sun 

15 Oct 2011

A BARBER faces jail for shaving FOOL into the hair of a man with severe learning difficulties.

Unsuspecting Michael Ricketts, 49, was thrilled with his cut before the inch-high word was spotted by friends.

They told cops and barber Michael Campbell, 35 was arrested. He claimed he had written "cool".

Minister Vincent Visser told how Mr Ricketts went to church "happy because of his hair cut". But he added: "I saw 'fool' in capital letters."

Care worker Jackie Lester said colleagues pointed out the word when Mr Ricketts arrived at his day centre the following morning. She said: "I was shocked." His head was then shaved.

Campbell, of Hartcliffe, Bristol, denied assault but was found guilty by the city's magistrates yesterday. He was released on unconditional bail for sentencing next month.

 

Guilty ... Michael Campbell
Guilty ... Michael Campbell
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Hotel worker fired for refusing to take off American flag lapel pin

Florida hotel worker fired for refusing to take off American flag lapel pin

Philip Caulfield
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Sunday, October 16th 2011, 4:25 PM

Sean May, 26, was fired from his job at the Casa Monica hotel in downtown St. Augustine after he refused to take off an American flag lapel pin.
 
News4Jax.com
Sean May, 26, was fired from his job at the Casa Monica hotel in downtown St. Augustine after he refused to take off an American flag lapel pin.
 
A Florida hotel is coming under fire for firing a front desk worker who refused to remove his American flag lapel pin.

Sean May, 26, was canned from his front desk supervisor job at the Casa Monica hotel in St. Augustine on Friday after he refused to take off the little pin, which said he's worn to work every day for two years, local station News4Jax reported.

"I've actually gotten probably more compliments about it than any of the service I've actually done at the hotel, which is an interesting concept," May told the station.

The Casa Monica hotel said the firing was a matter of company policy – not patriotism.

"The property reflects its pride in America and great patriotism by flying the Stars and Stripes high over the hotel," the hotel said in a statement ton News4Jax.

"However, our employee handbook clearly states, 'No other buttons, badges, pins or insignias of any kind are permitted to be worn.' No matter an individual's national preference, political views or religious affiliation, it is a standard regulation which ensures equality for all (employees)," the statement said.

May said the hotel had recently come under new corporate leadership, and he suspected members of the new brass at its parent company, Kessler Enterprise, were responsible for the dress code crackdown.

"It seems silly. It seems so, so silly in the long run," May said. "They're so upset about a little pin," he said.

May was sent home on Thursday after refusing to remove the pin from his suit jacket. He was fired the next day. 

Angry locals were calling for a boycott of the hotel.

"Anybody who takes a chance on his livelihood to take a stand for patriotism is a hero and should be treated like a hero," local Air Force veteran Bruce Whalen told the station.

 

LINK TO VIDEO:

http://www.news4jax.com/video/29488561/index.html

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3 women charged in series of sex attacks on men

3 women in Zimbabwe charged in series of sex attacks on men
 
Columbus S. Mavhunga
5:28 AM EST, Sat October 15, 2011
 
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • Police say the three women had 33 condoms containing semen
  • They were charged with 17 counts of aggravated indecent assault

 

Harare, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Police in Zimbabwe on Friday charged three women found in possession of 33 condoms containing semen with 17 counts of aggravated indecent assault in a case that may be a break in a string of sex attacks over the past two years by women targeting male hitchhikers.

Prosecutor Michael Reza told a court in Harare that the counts were for each of the 17 men who had positively identified the women as having sexually assaulted them in 2010 or 2011.

The women, all of them in their mid-20s, were arrested Sunday in Gweru, about 300 kilometers (186 miles) south of Harare, when their car was involved in an accident. Police found the condoms in the women's car. Police appealed to any other victims to inform police.

The three were taken Wednesday by police to Harare.

"Since Monday, 17 men came and positively identified the women as having raped them," said a police official in Harare who refused to be identified. "Most of the men said the women would offer a drink either laced with something to tranquilize them or were forced at gunpoint."

Watch Ruparanganda, a professor of sociology at the University of Zimbabwe said : "Some sections of the society use these sperm for ritual purposes. The thinking is that it can be used for regeneration of life since they are source of life (biologically). Some people think that they can have their bad luck gone by using semen. I am sure that explains all this we have been witnessing (men being forced)."

The prosecution identified the suspects as Rosemary Chakwizira, 24, Sophie Nhokwara, 26, and her sister, Netsai Nhokwara, 24.

They were to be held in custody until their next appearance, set for October 28, when more charges may be filed.

"We might have had more victims come identify these women," said the police source.

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