Philip Chism murder trial: Teenager who raped and killed his maths teacher faces life in prison

Trial: Philip Chism was just 14 when he committed the sickening crime

A teenager who raped and killed his maths teacher while at school faces life in prison after being convicted.

Jurors today found Philip Chism guilty of first-degree murder in the death Colleen Ritzer as Danvers High School in Massachusetts.

The teenager’s defence lawyers claimed he was in the midst of a psychotic episode when he stabbed her 16 times in the neck in the women's bathroom.

Prosecutors said the schoolboy, who was 14 at the time, used a box cutter to brutally stab the 24-year-old, before using a recycling bin to take her body into the woods.

Once there he raped her and violated her with a wooden stick before abandoning her half-naked.

Reuters

Teacher: Colleen Ritzer

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Dad who juggled two jobs to raise children fell asleep at the wheel killing Oxford University professor

A divorced dad who juggled two jobs to raise his three children and pay off mortgage debts crashed his car and killed a renowned professor after falling asleep at the wheel.

Simon Westcarr, 51, had finished his nine-and-a-half hour night-shift in a warehouse and was on his 53-mile journey to start his day-shift at a museum when he collided with a car driven by 67-year-old Oxford University Professor Martin Brasier.

Prosecutor Peter Coombe told Oxford Crown Court that Prof Brasier, renowned for his discovery of the oldest microfossil at 3.4 billion years old, was killed in the collision and his wife, Cecilia, suffered serious injuries which required surgery.

Westcarr was jailed for 32 months for causing death by dangerous driving and 16 months for causing serious injury, to run concurrently.

Personal trainer who infected 2 unsuspecting women with HIV jailed for 5 years

Jailed: Simon James has been locked up for five years

A personal fitness trainer who infected two unsuspecting women with HIV has been jailed for five years.

Simon James, 46, did not inform his victims that he was HIV-positive before having sex with them on a number of occasions.

He later admitted he had the virus but insisted the medication he was taking eradicated any risk of the women contracting it.

Bristol Crown Court heard James refused to wear condoms as he claimed he was allergic to them, they were uncomfortable and did not fit him.

James was not taking medication or attending hospital appointments during the time he had unprotected sex with the women, between 2007 and 2013.

He denied two counts of grievous bodily harm by recklessly transmitting HIV but was convicted by a jury following a five-day trial in October.

Man shot dead by police and two arrested yards from court building 'as armed officers stopped gun-toting gang from trying to spring convicted car-jacker from custody'

A man was shot dead by police after he ‘came out firing’ as armed officers thwarted an audacious bid to spring a convicted carjacker from a nearby court.

Two other men were arrested as the drama unfolded at 9am just yards from Wood Green Crown Court in north London.

Police are believed to have been tipped off that an attempt would be made to free Turkish nationals Erwin Amoyaw-Gyamfi and Erun Izzet as they attended court to be sentenced for carjacking and firearms offences.

Another two men were arrested in a nearby street in connection with the incident. 

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A man was shot dead by police after he ‘came out firing’ as armed officers thwarted an audacious bid to spring a convicted carjacker from a nearby court

Abuja MISS DEE is back?

Its Miss Dee fashion and events outfit... yes the abuja designer Stephanie Nwodo, the renowned philanthropist in abuja who runs a sickle cell foundation by name Miss Dee for sickle cell foundation, she used to run an annual fashion show called fashion for life in Abuja for sickle cell. well yea you get the gist.. shes been on the low for a while now but she back and better. shes re-opening her fashion house which was closed for 2 years in Abuja.

The new store will house different brands like lala & k, Dace, CM Hair and Golden hair.

Spain's embassy in Afghanistan is under attack

Thomson ReutersA member of the Afghan security force stands on top of a concrete barrier a day after attacks outside the Afghan parliament in Kabul

The Taliban claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack on a guest house near the Spanish embassy in Kabul on Friday, and said fighting was still going on at the scene.

Gunfire was reported immediately following the explosion, in a heavily protected area of the capital close to many foreign embassies and government buildings. Officials said police were on the scene.