Man 'screamed "you stole my blood" after stabbing ex-girlfriend to death in health store'

Victim: Mairead Moran was stabbed to death

A mentally ill man stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death as she finished work in a health food store, a court heard.

Shane Smyth, 29, is believed to have been suffering from a psychotic illness when heallegedly murdered Mairead Moran, 26, in May 2014.

Smyth, from Evans Lane, Kilkenny, pleaded not guilty to murdering Ms Moran by reason of insanity in court on Tuesday, the Irish Mirror reported .

Prosecution counsel Mr John O’Kelly SC said the factual evidence of the case would not be disputed and the “major factor in the case” is whether or not Smyth was suffering from a mental disorder at the time.

He said that two consultant psychiatrists had prepared reports indicating that Smyth was suffering from a form of psychosis.

Mr O’Kelly told the court that the evidence in this case will be that Smyth attacked Ms Moran with a knife and stabbed her repeatedly at the Market Cross Shopping Centre in Kilkenny City.

Bomb horror on passenger jet: Burning man is sucked out of plane at 14,000ft after explosion rips open the fuselage

An unidentified man was sucked out of a passenger jet at 14,000 feet after a suspected bomb blasted a hole through the side of the fuselage just five minutes after the Airbus A321 took off from Mogadishu. 

Eyewitnesses claim the badly burned body of an elderly man fell to the earth about 15 miles away from the airport at the time of the blast. 

AIrline officials claim two people were injured by the blast which punched a hole in the aluminum fuselage about six foot by three foot in size.

A explosion blew a hole in the side of the Airbus A321 just 15 minutes after it left Mogadishu in Somalia 

One passenger is believed to have fallen out of the hole in the fuselage caused by the suspected bomb 

The crazy life of billionaire socialite Jocelyn Wildenstein

Jocelyn Wildenstein, 75, is just as famous for her immense divorce settlement as she is for her looks.

The Swiss-born socialite was awarded $2.5 billion (£1.7 billion) in one of the biggest divorce settlements in history from her former elite art dealer and horse racing husband Alec in the late 1990s.

But the bumper payout wasn't the only thing that got her worldwide press — her penchant for surgery to make her face more "feline," allegedly to please her husband, has been widely reported.

There's more than meets the eye, though. Wildenstein is an accomplished hunter and pilot, and her love for "decoration" led her to meet her long-term boyfriend, French designer Lloyd Klein.

Check out her amazing life ...

Jocelyn Wildenstein was born as Jocelynnys Dayannys da Silva Bezerra Périsset on August 5, 1940 in Lausanne, Switzerland.

An American man who believes rape should be legalised may be barred from Australia

Daryush Valizadeh, a US citizen with a degree in microbiology, thinks rape should be legalised on private property, according to this essay he wrote on the topic.

The blogger — who was called "the web's most infamous misogynist"by The Daily Dot — runs the Return of Kings website, which champions what he calls neomasculinity. He is planning to come to Australia this week and hold "tribal meetings" in a number of capital cities — Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney, and Perth — this Saturday.

Valizadeh, 36, told ABC he would be making a "last-minute trip" to Australia "to personally conduct a meet-up in Canberra."

Why did two parents murder their adopted child?

Asunta Fong Yang was adopted as a baby by a wealthy Spanish couple. Aged 12, she was found dead beside a country road. Not long after, her mother and father were arrested

One day in late June 2001, Rosario Porto, a petite, dark-haired lawyer from Santiago de Compostela, northern Spain, sat nervously on a flight to China beside her husband Alfonso Basterra, a quiet man from the Basque country, who worked as a freelance journalist. The couple, both in their mid-30s, were on their way to adopt a baby girl. Porto swallowed two tablets of Orfidal – a common anti-anxiety medicine that she had used before then – but remained too agitated and excited to sleep.

The couple had had no trouble persuading local Spanish authorities that they would make good parents and that their child would be surrounded by a loving extended family. Porto’s father was a lawyer who had been honorary consul for France in Santiago, and her mother was a university lecturer in history of art. They had given their daughter a flat that occupied a whole floor of a four-storey block in what some call Santiago’s “VIP zone”, home to the city’s upper middle class. The flat was decorated in the bold tones – blues, greens and yellows – that Porto liked, and full of art, curiosities and colourful rugs from around the world. The child’s bedroom would have wallpaper covered in clouds and suns.

India to review ruling on law criminalising homosexuality

Latest chapter in legal battle between social and religious conservatives and gay community over law passed by British

India’s supreme court has agreed to re-examine a previous judgment that upheld a law criminalising homosexuality, offering hope to gay rights organisations that have been holding vigils and demonstrations in Delhi.

A panel of three judges said the ruling in 2013 would be revisited by a larger bench of judges.

“It is definitely a step forward,” lawyer Anand Grover said as activists gathered outside the courtroom cheered.

The 2013 judgment reinstated colonial-era legislation that in effect outlawed gay sex and stunned many in India, overturning decades of slow progress andprompting protests.

The referral to a large bench of judges is the latest chapter in a long-running legal battle between India’s social and religious conservatives and the gay community over the law passed by the British in the 1860s.

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Scottish tourist killed by elephant in Thailand

A Scottish tourist on holiday in Koh Samui in Thailand's Surat Thani province has been killed by an elephant.

According to a government official, the 36-year-old man was riding the male elephant as part of a trekking tour with his daughter when the animal suddenly got angry and shook the pair and their mahout (trainer) from its back.

The man was then trampled on and gored to death by the elephant's tusks.

His 16 year-old daughter suffered minor injuries and is recovering in hospital.

Wongsiri Promchana, governor of Surat Thani, told CNN police are now investigating the trek operator, Island Safari Tour, which is legally registered to offer elephant treks.

cops train eagles to hunt drones

As authorities scramble for effective and advanced ways to counter the increasing number of rogue drones buzzing around our skies, Dutch National Police have come up with something a little more unusual: the mighty eagle.

In what Dutch company "Guard from Above" calls a "low tech solution for a high tech problem," bald eagles have been trained to swoop in and neatly dispose of any unwanted electronic interlopers.

"Two of the most impressive characteristics of birds of prey are their speed and their power," said Guard From Above co-founder Ben de Keijzer in a media release.

MEEK MILL I GOT $68,000 ON MY WRIST But I May Not Be Allowed to Wear It

Meek Mill dropped $68,000 over the weekend on a Rolex ... which might become an antique before he's able to wear it, because they don't allow fancy watches in the slammer.

Meek bought the piece from Joe the Jeweler aka "Shyne." It's a custom-made Presidential Rolex with 23 carats of white round diamonds. 

Here's the problem ... Meek has a hearing Friday in his probation violation case. You'll recall he left the state of Pennsylvania without permission. There are also allegations he tried to cheat a drug test. The judge could send Meek to prison for the violation.

Meek might need a fortified safety deposit box for his collection. 

The kid who was signed on a napkin

“When I saw him at the airport, I said to myself: ‘This kid’s too small to play football.’ I thought they’d tricked me.” When the kid started kicking a ball, however, any doubts about his ability were quickly dispelled.

Now, over 15 years later, the diminutive genius in question is the proud owner of five FIFA Ballons d’Or, while the man recalling the very first day he set eyes on him is the proud owner of a napkin, a very valuable napkin, one that changed the history of FC Barcelona.

That man is Horacio Gaggioli, a football agent long based in Spain, who had heard great things from his Argentinian partners of a very talented boy from Rosario by the name of Lionel Messi. The kid was only 11 when those reports started coming through, which was too young by Gaggioli’s reckoning.

Two years later, however, and he was ready to cross the Atlantic, as Gaggioli explained in an interview with FIFA.com: “The family wanted him to try out with a European team, in whichever city I was living in so that he’d have a contact there. At the time I was about to go and work for a company in Madrid and I asked them to hold on so I could sort out my future and see where he could have his trial. If I ended up going to the capital, we’d have a try-out with Real Madrid or Atletico.”

WWE Wrestler Bret Hart Reveals He Has Prostate Cancer

Not giving up. Former WWE wrestler Bret Hart revealed in a moving Instagram post on Monday, February 1, that he has prostate cancer.

The longtime entertainer and athlete, 58, posted the news alongside a photo with his two young grandchildren.

"My fans have always looked upon me as a hero and I've always done my best to live up to that in and out of the ring. I beat the odds when I suffered my stroke in 2002, but it is now yet again, that I ... stand unafraid and face the tough road ahead of me, I will march toward this destiny with his spirit chanting in my ear," he wrote to his fans, noting that he will undergo surgery in the next few days.

"I make a solemn vow to all of those that once believed in me, the dead and the living, that I will wage my fearsome fight against cancer with one shield and one sword carrying my determination and my fury for life, emboldened by all the love that's kept me going this long already," he continued. "Love is my weapon and I've got much of it around me all the time, for which I'm truly blessed and eternally grateful."

Bobbi Kristina Brown’s Aunt Leolah Vows To Expose The Truth Of Niece’s Mysterious Death

A year after Bobbi Kristina Brown was found unconscious and face down in the bathtub of her Atlanta, Georgia townhouse, fans, relatives, and admirers alike are still awaiting details about just what happened to the 22-year-old daughter of pop diva Whitney Houston and R&B crooner Bobby Brown.

But Bobbi Kristina’s aunt, Leolah Brown, wrote a lengthy Facebook post on Wednesday saying that she knows exactly what happened to her and will reveal it in a forthcoming book.

One thing for sure is that authorities in Fulton County, Georgia say they know how Bobbi died, but a court order has blocked the release of that information until further notice.

We also know that her estate has hit long-time boyfriend, Nick Gordon, with a $40 million wrongful death lawsuit, claiming that he fought with Brown on January 31, gave her a toxic cocktail, and then put her face down in the tub of water in which he later claimed to find her.

Shocking footage appears to show a group of migrant men 'attacking two pensioners after they stood up for a woman they were harassing on the Munich subway'

Shocking footage has surfaced online appearing to show a group of young migrants attacking two German pensioners after they stood up for a young women the men were harassing on a subway train.

Recorded on a mobile phone, the disgraceful video shows the men - of Eastern European or Arabic origin - holding one man by the arms as they verbally abuse him.

The second victim is seen grappling with one of the migrants, before he is held up by the neck and threatened.

Munich man Tom Roth uploaded the disgraceful video to his Facebook page. He caught the footage while travelling from Sendlinger Tor station to the Metro's city centre terminal.

He said the fight broke out after one of the asylum seekers was rejected by a woman who he had placed his hand upon on the train.

In response, the man smashed his hand against the carriage's glass window - an aggressive act of defiance the train's other passengers requested he desist.

However, when they did, one elderly German man was patted mockingly on the head by one of the migrant group.

That act of disrespect sparked an angry exchange

Translated, the post accompanying Mr Roth's video upload reads: 'A young woman was attacked on the subway. When two old men tried to intervene, they too were attacked.

'This was in the heart of Munich, in the middle of the day. I got on the train at Sendlinger Tor travelling to the main railway station. I sat in a four-seater, across from a young lady.

'In the four-way behind her sat two asylum seekers. One of them, a young man, probably of Arab origin, bothered the woman.

'He said something to her and asked: "Why will you not answer me on German?"

Recorded on a mobile phone, the disgraceful video shows the men - of Eastern European or Arabic origin - holding one man by the arms as they verbally abuse him. The second victim is seen grappling with one of the migrants, before he is held up by the neck and threatened (pictured)

Two AK47s and more than 200 guns and knives surrendered as stabbed teacher joins amnesty call

This footage shows the huge weapon haul handed in to police after calls from teacher who was stabbed in the classroom.

Bradford teacher Vincent Uzomah joined the campaign for people to give up their weapons.

Two AK47s were among the 80 guns given up along with 150 knives in the West Yorkshire Police campaign.

Mr Uzomah was working as a teacher at Dixons Kings Academy in Bradford in June last year when he was stabbed by a teenage boy.