Hayley Burns (international)( week of: 31-4 April 2008)

Scottish Schoolgirls Playing on Beach Find Woman's Severed Head

Summary:
EDINBURGH, Scotland — Two schoolgirls playing on a Scottish beach found a woman's severed head, police said Tuesday. The girls found the head wrapped in a plastic bag on a beach outside Arbroath, about 55 miles (90 kilometers) south of Aberdeen. A hand and other body parts were found later. "They were upset by the discovery and their parents contacted the police," said Detective Chief Inspector Graham McMillan of Tayside Police. Part of the beach remains cordoned off, as 40 officers comb the area for evidence. Police have not released details of the dead woman's race, identity or age but say the head does not appear to be linked to any pending murder or missing person investigation.

Opinion:
Wow… how exciting and strange. I think I would be scared to ever go to the beach again. I wonder whom the head belonged to? I hope that they figure it out soon so the family of this missing person will be able to grieve both formally and properly. I wonder how long the head had been there? And if there were others who had seen it but never said/ did anything because they thought they would be accused.

Prank Caller Gets Four Years in Prison, Costs British Taxpayers Almost $2M

Summary:
Britain’s alleged worst prank caller was sentenced Sunday to four years in prison after pleading guilty to causing a public nuisance for 40 years of phony calls to emergency services, the Daily Mail reports. David Mason, 57, is accused of costing taxpayers almost $2 million by plaguing police, fire and ambulance crews with fake emergencies. He invented brawls, blazes, car accidents, medical emergencies and bomb alerts — for the sole purpose of seeing the flashing lights of emergency vehicles, the Daily Mail reports. He admitted to officers that he derived "excitement" from seeing emergency vehicles arrive at the scene. "Mason has been a menace to both the emergency services and the local community, whose lives he put at risk,” Bolton, England, police officer Ian Deary told the Daily Mail. Britain’s alleged worst prank caller was sentenced Sunday to four years in prison after pleading guilty to causing a public nuisance for 40 years of phony calls to emergency services, the Daily Mail reports.

Opinion:
That guy is so stupid! I think that he should go to jail, and that he is getting the proper punishment, also in four years when he is out he should be looked over by the government. They should make sure he is getting the help he needs. No about the money, if I was paying those taxes I would extremely upset with this man, he has even possible killed someone, because the vehicular needed for a different accident was where he could watch it instead.