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I was thinking of checking out the Halloween loons in Osaka after work yesterday but I was a bit traumatised last time, it was SO crowded on the main bridge that I worried someone/me would be crushed. Awful to see so many deaths in Korea ...
 
Oh it was Itaewon too, that's like the trendy bit.

I saw they were limiting the Halloween activities in Tokyo, they usually have a big unauthorised piss-up in Shinjuku at that big traffic crossing you always see in Tokyo tourist videos. I think alcohol was banned there this year to try and stop it. I'm sure they'll be on high alert now after this disaster
 
Ag said:
I know this has just passed, but I found this story absolutely mental, and prime subject matter for an embellished ITV crime drama in a couple of years.

www.bbc.co.uk

'Devious' killer who decapitated friend must serve 34 years - BBC News

Jemma Mitchell killed her friend Mee Kuen Chong to try to inherit her estate for home renovations.
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So much was made of this being the first murder trial where cameras are allowed in to court for the sentencing and... they just show the judge, and not the guilty party? RUBBISH. I don't need to see what some old man in a wig reading his notes look like, I want to see how the guilty party receives their fate

That aside, this is QUITE the case and it's especially exciting to have a female murderer for once. There should be more gender equality when it comes to killers.
 
Finn said:
So much was made of this being the first murder trial where cameras are allowed in to court for the sentencing and... they just show the judge, and not the guilty party? RUBBISH. I don't need to see what some old man in a wig reading his notes look like, I want to see how the guilty party receives their fate
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I think they're testing the water for a while. I imagine it may lead to more in the future. I thought it was interesting enough. Parliament wasn't televised until the 1980s.
 
Good point, hopefully it will continue to evolve. I want Courtflix, where for a small monthly subscription fee I can stream the most gruesome and interesting cases from every High Court in the land :disco:
 
Finn said:
Good point, hopefully it will continue to evolve. I want Courtflix, where for a small monthly subscription fee I can stream the most gruesome and interesting cases from every High Court in the land :disco:
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Are you the sort who pops along with a few cheese and pickle sandwiches and the latest Puzzler magazine to the public gallery to make a day of it?
 
So much shit going on in the world.

BBC News - Somalia Mogadishu bombings: Twin blasts kill 100 in capital
www.bbc.co.uk

Somalia Mogadishu bombings: Twin blasts kill 100 in capital

The president blames al-Shabab militants for being behind what he describes as a cowardly attack.
www.bbc.co.uk

BBC News - India bridge collapse: Hundreds plunged into river and dozens killed in Gujarat
www.bbc.co.uk

India bridge collapse: Death toll rises to 141, many still missing

People were celebrating the Diwali festival when the newly repaired river bridge came down.
www.bbc.co.uk
 
Smurfie said:
Seven dead after failed chicken feet market stall robbery.

www.news24.com

Seven dead as gunmen open fire on Joburg street vendors | News24

Gunmen opened fire on street vendors and bystanders, killing seven people and wounding four others, in Finetown, south of Johannesburg, on Saturday evening.
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Ag said:
So much shit going on in the world.

BBC News - Somalia Mogadishu bombings: Twin blasts kill 100 in capital
www.bbc.co.uk

Somalia Mogadishu bombings: Twin blasts kill 100 in capital

The president blames al-Shabab militants for being behind what he describes as a cowardly attack.
www.bbc.co.uk

BBC News - India bridge collapse: Hundreds plunged into river and dozens killed in Gujarat
www.bbc.co.uk

India bridge collapse: Death toll rises to 141, many still missing

People were celebrating the Diwali festival when the newly repaired river bridge came down.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Now up to 150 in the bridge collapse :(
 
That's quite traumatic. But who was letting them do that? So very negligent.
 
I’m hoping they’re not all brothers. That would be awful.
 
There's very limited info available, did anyone try to save them? The fact they're still searching the lake, makes me wonder if they were totally unsupervised, because surely someone would know who was there.
 
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There's very limited info available, did anyone try to save them? The fact they're still searching the lake, makes me wonder if they were totally unsupervised, because surely someone would know who was there.
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Yes other people have tried before the firefighters.
There could still be another two in the lake, it's unclear.

www.bbc.com

Solihull: Three children die in icy lake tragedy

Three boys aged eight, 10 and 11 have died after falling into an icy lake near Solihull on Sunday
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I'm no fan of the police but I can't imagine the sheer heartache of diving unprotected into icy water, punching at the ice to save a child all in vain. Thats some traumatic shit. :(
 
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