Tag: court

  • Give Drivers An Instant Ban Before Court

    An appeal from Christina… Please support #TomsLaw 🙏

    The pictures below are of me and my partner Tom. Tom showed me what love is and everyday made me feel loved and special. We were planning our future and were excited ❤️

    On the 23rd February 2019 Tom collected his friends as they went for a groomsman suit fitting in Bristol. Tom was super excited about being asked to be groomsman for his best friend’s. They had a lovely time and travelled home safely. Tom and his friends hadn’t seen eachother very much as they were all working long hours. They had a few drinks, I offered to pick them up and drop them home but Tom didn’t want to wake me as I had work early in the morning. He was always so thoughtful.
    Tom then took a taxi home.
    In the early hours of 24th February 2019 Tom was dropped off and was speaking to a taxi driver when a drunk driver came along and hit Tom leaving Tom fatally Injured in the middle of the road. The driver didn’t stop or even slow down and continued driving for over 30 miles before burning the car out he stole. He didn’t even stop to offer Tom any help or know how injured Tom was.
    A witness tried to help Tom and called him an ambulance. He was rushed to hospital but was pronounced dead when he arrived. Me and Tom’s family then received the dreaded knock at the door in the early hours from police officers telling us Tom was never coming home 💔 it was like someone just ripped our hearts out. The thought of never being able to speak, cuddle or having a day with Tom is truly heart breaking.
    Tom’s killer was handed in. With every thing we had to take in, and preparing Tom’s funeral, and court attendances then being told his killer can’t be immediately banned from driving as only a court can do this.
    This made it even harder to know our world had been ripped apart but his killer could carry on like normal until court bans him.
    Due to the length of time it took to conduct the investigation etc Tom’s killer wasn’t banned from driving until 11 months after he killed Tom. People think this is law already but it’s not. We still have coroner’s court to go to yet. Everyday we wake up to Tom not being here. Tom will never be forgotten and lives on in our memories however much we wish for him to be here in person.

    This is why we have now started a government petition for Tom’s Law.
    Tom’s Law is to give police officers the power to suspend a driving licence immediately if a person fails a roadside breath/Drug test or has dashcam footage of a dangerous driver until an offender attends court. This can then be for a court to decide if a ban continues or stops.

    We are doing this in memory of Tom and for anyone else who has lost someone to a drunk, drugged or dangerous driver

    We need to reach 100,000 signatures for the government to debate this in parliament. Please help us by signing and sharing as this could save lives🙏

    https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/548682

  • Man Who Sexually Assualted A Baby Gets Early Release

    A North-east man who filmed himself sexually assaulting a screaming baby, then sent the video to his boyfriend was sentenced to 16 months in prison but was shockingly released after only serving 8 months.

    Ryan Simpson, 29, admitted filming himself kissing and sexually molesting the screaming child before sending the video to his partner.

    Simpson,  also admitted possessing indecent images of children when he previously appeared at Elgin Sheriff Court.

    The court  heard he had been in a long-distance gayrelationship when the sexual assualt took place. When his partner’s home in the south of England was raided by police in the summer, Simpson’s video recording was discovered.

    The court heard that police seized all the electronic devices in the property, including a Samsung tablet which belonged to his then-partner, discovering a sickening trail of child sexual abuse images and films.

    A “category A” indecent video showing Simpson assaulting his victim was found. The infant was distressed and crying in the footage.

    Officers later discovered text messages Simpson sent his partner at the time the sick video was recorded.

    The court heard a message sent from Simpson to his partner after the video which read: “I didn’t have much time, or I would have done as I wanted.”

    It also appeared he had been sharing them with friends in a social media chat group.

    Simpson earlier admitted charges of taking indecent images of a baby, distributing those images, and of possessing indecent images of children, the phone also contained footage of a boy aged between four and six being sexually assaulted, as well as other Category B material. .

    He also admitted sexually assaulting a child under the age of 13.

    Having only been in prison for such a short time and his trail of sickening images it is likely he will offend again.

    If you have a story or wish to raise awareness on any topic please email us at mumsadviceltd@outlook.com

  • Teenagers Video Pleading For Help From Abusive Mum Goes Viral

    This month , thousands of people have shared concern over a disturbing Facebook video showing a teenage girl showing handwritten cards claiming that a Georgia judge placed her back with her abusive mother. (Scroll down for video)

    The teenager, Maddie Kelley, claims that her mum had beaten her badly enough to cause bruises and had hit her head against the wall she says she has been abused physically and emotionally all her life.

    The disturbing video was originally  into the Facebook page “Concerned citizens against Judge Grubbs Cobb County GA” in January 2016; the reasons for its renewed popularity in January 2018 are unclear.

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    Some Facebook users posted screenshots of what appeared to be a deleted post originally posted by the Adairsville Police Department in January 2016, stating that the child’s welfare officials and police had found the claims to be unsubstantiated:

    A court in Cobb County, Georgia found that Mathew Kelley, the teenagers dad, had in fact encouraged Maddie to record and post the video, which he later said was “absolutely … a lie.”

    The court also found that he had violated court-ordered parenting agreements in part by “aiding and encouraging” false allegations about Maddie’s mother, Dawn Kelley, to spread online.

    Adairsville Police Department were asked whether there were any further updates, and they responded:

    We appreciate your concern for the welfare of a child. The post everyone is concerned about is actually from 2 years ago. The allegations were unfounded at that time. Hope this can ease your mind about this. Thank you.

     

  • Rapist Awarded Joint Legal Custody

    A  judge in America has granted parenting time and joint legal custody of an 8-year-old boy to a convicted sex offender who allegedly raped the child’s mother nine years ago.

    Christopher Mirasolo, 27, was awarded joint legal custody by a Judge after DNA testing established paternity of the child.

    It was prompted after the county surveyed the victim regarding child support she had received this past year.

    The victim’s lawyer said “He was never properly charged and should still be sitting behind bars somewhere, but the system is victimizing my client, who was a child herself when this all happened.”

    According to Kiessling, Mirasolo forcibly raped and threatened to kill her client, now 21, nine years ago when the woman was 12. Mirasolo was 18 when the incident occurred in September 2008.

    “She, her 13-year-old sister and a friend all slipped out of their house one night to meet a boy and the boy’s older friend, Mirasolo, showed up and asked if they wanted to go for a ride,” said Kiessling. “They thought they were going to McDonald’s or somewhere.

    “Instead, he tossed their phones away, drove to Detroit where he stole petrol from a station and then drove back to Sanilac County, where he kept them captive for two days in a vacant house near a relative, finally releasing the older sister in a park. He threatened to kill them if they told anyone what happened.”

    Mirasolo was arrested a month later, she said, when her client was pregnant.

    Mirasolo was sentenced to one year in the county jail but only served six and a half months before early release so he could care for his sick mother.

    Meanwhile, the rape victim’s family suggested abortion or giving the child up for adoption. She did neither.

    “To her credit, she said she didn’t want the baby to be a victim, too,” said Kiessling. “She dropped out of school, went to live with relatives out of state and worked jobs to try and support herself.”

     

  • One Bad Decision Can Change Lives, Seatbelt Awareness 

    I am writing this as I don’t think people totally understand the effects seat belts can have on your life. If it changes one persons opinions then I’ll be happy.


    One February a few years ago everything changed for me. I was asleep in bed when I received a phone call telling me my aunt and uncle were in hospital. They are very close to me and I was complete mess. 

    They were in a car accident, they were coming home at 12.30am from being out with some friends, coming down a country road slowly may I add due to weather conditions when suddenly they skidded on black ice and lost control of the car. 

    The car flipped into a ditch. Luckily my aunt and uncle walked away with a broken rib, some scratches and a lot of bruises, but they were safe and home the next day. 

    Their friend in the back seat wasn’t so lucky. My aunt and uncle  were not aware that he was not wearing his seatbelt for the journey, please bear in mind this was someone in their 50’s, when the car flipped he ended up with his head in the water at the top of the car.

    As soon as they got him out they took him to surgery to operate on his broken bones. The paramedics and medical staff were unaware that he has inhaled water. He died two days later of secondary drowning. 

    This is when everything changed, the house became a constant point filled with solicitors and police officers. News articles were posted with incorrect information, this caused further heartache. They were interviewed at home, at the police station over and over again, they felt like they were in the wrong. 

    Not only were my family mourning the loss of a close friend, they were also being accused of causing death by dangerous driving. 

    18 months later the final court hearing came, £3.5k in solicitors fees, the risk of losing a very high powered job and a lot of heartache later. The new judge laughed it out of court. It didn’t stop here though. 

    My families life has changed forever. My aunt who was driving has constant panic attacks when in the car with other people, she has become constantly anxious about people wearing seatbelts, she is also having counselling and on strong anti depressants. 

    It kills me even writing this. I would love the carefree woman I once knew back. But please be aware in the inquest his chances of survival would of doubled if he wore a seatbelt. All this pain over a seatbelt. Is it worth it?

  • Mum Ordered To Allow Formula Feeding

    Mum Ordered To Allow Formula For Her Exclusively Breastfed Infant

    An American judge in Maryland  has ordered a mum to allow her six-month-old son to have formula when he is with his father and so rages the debate between the rights of a mother, father, and child. 


    Amber Brown and Corey Lewis separated not long after their now 6-month-old son was born. Brown’s plan was to follow World Health Organization guidelines that cite recommendations for babies to be fed breast milk exclusively for the first six months, but the baby’s father took her to court, asking a judge to order that the baby be given formula. It seems Brown, like many mothers, had a hard enough time supplying milk as she nursed, and she simply couldn’t pump enough to supply Lewis with milk for night-time feedings. 

    Lewis argued in front of two magistrates in Charles County, Maryland, that he should be able to give the baby formula overnight, because Brown’s desire to exclusively breast feed prevents him from his rights of overnight visitation as the baby’s father. Magistrate Monise Brown agreed with Lewis in July, saying that the mother’s insistence to breastfeed was not a valid reason to withhold visitation, and in fact, could be purposed alienation toward Lewis. 


    Brown filed for an exception, based on her pediatrician’s recommendation that the baby remains nursed, as he could not tolerate formula. The follow-up hearing was just held and Magistrate Mitsy Metzgar concurred with the first ruling that if formula was what was needed for dad to have overnight visits, it should be done.


    And so…this is where it gets so, so sticky.


    While WHO recommends nursing for the first six months, the fact is that the baby has been nursed for six months, with Lewis saying he allowed that to happen. He says that he should now have the overnight visits with his son he is entitled to. Yet, a licensed pediatrician has gone on record saying the baby cannot tolerate formula, and no one seems to be taking that into account. Do judges have the medical experience that licensed clinicians do? Is it normal for them to turn away the advice of certified medical professionals?


    Interestingly, Maryland is one of the states with strong legal wording when it comes to breastfeeding. The law (MD 20-801) states that no person can restrict or limit the right of a mother to breastfeed her child. It would seem that we now are looking at the issue of whose rights trump whose — the right of the mom to breastfeed, or the right of the dad to overnight visitation?

    What about the baby’s rights? If his mother is not able to protect him from possible gastrointestinal issues due to formula intolerance because judges deem that an excuse for her keeping him from his father, who can? Who will?

    What’s your thoughts?

  • Woman Makes A Vagina 3D Kayak

    Woman Scans Her Vagina and 3D Prints a Kayak Out Of It

    This is Japanese artist Megumi Igarashi, or Rokudenashi-ko, the “Good-for-nothing Girl”


    Currently, she is facing some legal heat for distributing digital files of a kayak shaped like her vagina.

     Prosecutors claim she violated the law “Waisetsu Butsu Hanpu To”, or Distribution of Obscene Objects. Article 175 of the Japanese Penal Code reads “a person who distributes, sells or displays in public an obscene document, drawing or other objects shall be punished by imprisonment with work for not more than 2 years, a fine of not more 2,500,000 yen or a petty fine. The same shall apply to a person who possesses the same with the purpose of sale.”


     Igarashi denied the charges during a court appearance this week and says she’s done nothing wrong in providing the code to 3D print the kayak.


    Do you think it’s a huge issue?


    She seems to be enjoying her vagina kayak 

  • Man Ends Up In Court Over Viral Photo

    When Heather Whitten’s son Fox was sick, her husband Thomas brought his son into the shower to help give Fox some relief.  The photo was taken by Whitten, who is a professional photographer.

    “I snapped a couple of pictures,” she said. “It was just beautiful. It was not surprising or anything out of the ordinary; it’s how he has always been with the kids.”
    She likes the image because it shows that “it is okay to get naked with your son and nurture him … the important thing is really taking care of your kiddos.”

    While many loved the photograph of a loving moment with father and son and were upset when the photo was removed, not everyone agreed, and a single individual sent a letter of complaint to the local authorities.

    The Whittens, who have four children — Lillian 7, Leena 4, and   2-year-old twins Fox and Persephone — were then investigated by Arizona’s Department of Child Safety and the Sahuarita Police Department for a number of claims that the person made in their letter.

    While the police said they wouldn’t take action and the case would be closed, a DCS investigator spent the next few months working to portray Whitten as “an immodest, neglectful and abusive mother based on the single interview she had with me.”

    Whitten detailed the whole ordeal on the GoFundMe page she made to help raise funds for her civil case.



    She said the investigator’s negative opinion of her was largely based on the fact that she had chosen to openly breastfeed one of her twins during the interview.

    The claim against the Whittens could be substantiated against Heather in that she “neglected to supervise our children by allowing their images to be online and so put them at an unreasonable risk of harm.”


    If this claim turns out to hold weight in court, Whitten will be added to Arizona’s Central Registry for 25 years, and her right to foster or adopt children will be taken away.