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» D.C. Hate Criminal Pleads Guilty

"A man arrested for assaulting a gay man in Georgetown has pleaded guilty in D.C. Superior Court to two charges, including felony assault with bias intent. Ruddad Abdulgader, 19, faces a maximum sentence of five and a half years in prison for the bias-related assault charge and the second charge to which he pleaded guilty — possession of a prohibited weapon, a liquor bottle. In appearing Nov. 12 before Judge Harold Cushionberry, Abdulgader acknowledged a statement by prosecutors that he used a glass vodka bottle to strike a 23-year-old man in the face while making anti-gay remarks, knocking him unconscious in an unprovoked attack Oct. 3." [Wash Blade]

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» Good.

"A homophobic man who stabbed an accountant in a public toilet in Surrey has been found guilty of murder. Mark Malone, 30, attacked Jeff Akers near a beauty spot in Walton-on-Thames in February, the Old Bailey heard. The 50-year-old died in hospital after he staggered from the toilet with the eight-inch knife in his back. Judge David Paget remanded Malone in custody until 5 December, pending psychiatric reports, but warned he faced an automatic life sentence." [BBC]

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» Bad Cops?

The Brooklyn district attorney will set up a special panel to investigate whether five New York coppers sodomized 24-year old Michael Mineo in a subway station. [NY Post]

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Gay MP Attacked

British homo-politico Adam Price had a nasty run in this weekend:

A prominent gay MP needed stitches after he was attacked by a gang as he delivered balloons to his parents for their 50th wedding anniversary. Adam Price, the Plaid Cymru MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, and a friend were treated in hospital after the assault by four youths in Worcester on Saturday.

Mr Price's spokeswoman, Heledd Fychan, said he received facial cuts and was unable to attend the party. "A gang of youths set upon him randomly. They had no idea who he was. It was an unprovoked attack. He is a bit battered and bruised and has a black eye, but no broken bones."

She said that while Mr Price, 40, and his friend were walking to the party, some youths were being cheeky. "He didn't respond," she said. "But then the group of youths started hitting him and his friend in broad daylight."

Ballsy little bastards, huh?

You'll be happy to hear, however, that coppers rounded up the five alleged assailants, who have been released on bail.

Oct 27, 2008 · Link · 12 Responses

» Reduction.

"The man accused of killing Tony Randolph Hunter, a gay Marylander, now faces a charge of involuntary rather than voluntary manslaughter. D.C. Superior Court Judge Frederick Weisberg made the change during a 90-minute hearing for defendant Robert Lee Hannah, 18. Weisberg found that prosecutors failed to show probable cause that Hannah committed the more serious offense of voluntary manslaughter." [NY Blade]

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» No Dice-ing…

"The man known as the ‘Cannibal of Kassel’ has been denied a retrial by Germany’s highest court. The ruling Friday by the Federal Constitutional Court is the end of the appeal process for Armin Meiwes, who is serving a life sentence for murdering and eating Bernd Juergen Brandes in 2001." [365 Gay]

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» Gross Overreaction.

"A 19-year-old who turned himself in to police [last] Thursday says he killed a man he believe was spreading rumors about homosexuality. Police said Hector Sanchez is accused in the shooting death of 24-year-old Levi Rollins, whose body was found inside a car parked in a Westside cemetery in July." [News 4 Jax]

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Gay Serial Killer Gets Life Eight Times Over

Ronald Dominique has plenty of time - and blood - on his hands.

A judge yesterday sentenced the Louisianian to eight consecutive life sentences for raping and murdering a number of men. Dominique previously confessed to killing nearly two dozen, but only pleaded guilty to killing eight. And his tactics were especially sick:

…Dominique lured his victims with the promise of sex in exchange for money, or by showing them a picture of a good-looking woman, supposedly his wife, and saying he wanted them to have sex with her.

Once he got them to his house, he would ask to tie them up.

If they refused, he allowed them to leave. If they agreed, he raped and then strangled or suffocated them.

Many of his victims' bodies were found dumped in sugar cane fields, often without shoes, a connection that helped police tie the cases together.

Dominique's killing spree went on for ten years. You can be sure he'll be included in the next installment of Cold Bitches…

Sep 24, 2008 · Link · 3 Responses

Butt Print Bandit Terrorizes Nebraska Town

Police and residents are on the edge of their seats in Valentine, Nebraska:

Some man has been skipping from one business to another in the dark of night, pressing his naked behind — sometimes his groin, sometimes both — on windows.

It's easy to tell.

Store owners, church workers and school janitors have had to wash lotion and petroleum jelly off the windows he selects.

"This is the weirdest case I've ever seen," said Police Chief Ben McBride.

A wad of chew in his mouth, he didn't crack a smile as he talked about the case.

"It's not funny," he said. "We're worried about the next step."

Well, actually, we think it's kind of funny, but do what what this "next step" may entail. Matthias Hermann, is that you?

Sep 12, 2008 · Link · 5 Responses

» Secret Rapist?

Eeks! Here's some scary blind item action for you: "Which hunk in a summer movie is a violent, closeted homosexual? The heartthrob snuck into his ex's apartment a few months ago and raped him so violently, the ex ended up in the hospital - and the actor paid him $500,000 to keep his mouth shut…" [NY Post]

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"Perversion" Killer Gets Life For Gruesome Gay Slay

Texas man Terry Mark Mangum faces a dismal future.

A judge this week sentenced the 27-year old to life in prison for the 2007 murder of 46-year old Kenneth Cummings, a flight attendant Mangum met at a local gay bar. After leaving the bar together, Mangum went to Cummings house, where he stabbed him in the head before burning and burying the body.

It was, schizophrenic Mangum says, God's plan:

Shortly after the murder, Mangum admitted to the crime in a jailhouse interview with a reporter from The Facts, a Brazoria County newspaper. Mangum told the reporter, who testified during the weeklong trial, that God had called on him to “carry out a code of retribution” by killing a gay man because “sexual perversion” is “the worst sin.”

Mangum later pleaded not guilty to the crime by reason of insanity. Psychologists testified during the trial that Mangum is delusional and schizophrenic, according to The Facts. Mangum, who went by the names of biblical characters during interviews with the reporter and police, believed he was “anointed and appointed by God” to commit the murder, the psychologists testified.

The insanity plea wasn't enough to save Mangum from a hate crime charge, which accounts for his steep sentencing and makes parole a bit tricky. But he won't have to worry about that for about thirty years or so.

On another note - Mangum? That's unfortunate.

Aug 15, 2008 · Link · 12 Responses

» Road Rage.

A crazed Rochester, New York, woman went wild earlier this week and drove her car into a group of five people outside a neighborhood gay bar. Twenty-two year old Chad Coleman was killed. The driver, Sandra Arena, remains in custody after being stopped by a local trans woman. [Towleroad]

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» Long Road Ahead…

"Two teens, accused of beating a gay teenage hairdresser to death in what the police claim was a homophobic attack have been charged with his murder. 18-year-old Michael Causer was set upon by three youths on Friday 25th July and suffered serious head injuries. Despite surgery to try to reduce swelling on his brain, he died at 2:30pm on Saturday 2nd August. Gavin Alker, 19 and James O'Connor, 19 formerly of Huyton, Merseyside, appeared at Liverpool Crown Court today." [Pink News]

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» Plea.

An Australian teenager has pleaded not guilty to murdering an autistic man at a known gay cruising spot. The boy, who was sixteen at the time, claims that he gave the man, 35, a beer, and then the man gave him a "bear hug" and tried to sexually assault him, at which point the teen stabbed him twice. [The Australian]

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» Justice, Not Closure.

Two men were sentenced to life in prison for murdering twenty-two year old British gay man David Redman, whose body was never recovered. Said Redman's family: "Our lives will never be the same again, we will always live with the knowledge that we have never had the opportunity to draw any permanent line or put a stop to this. We have not had the opportunity and probably never will to lay David to rest in the normal sense of the word. We pray that wherever he is, that he is at rest." [Kent Online]

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