A FUMING teenager murdered her best friend by stabbing her more than 100 times with a pair of tweezers after being told she was too ugly to ever get a boyfriend.
Kristina Danilova, 18, pulled the pluckers out of her make-up bag and attacked Olga Samoilenko, who bled to death in Ulyanovsk, Russia.
She later told police: "Olga remarked that I was ugly and would never ever find a boyfriend.
"How could I stay calm on hearing something like that from someone who I had always considered my best friend?"
The feud began at a birthday party when blonde Samoilenko boasted of how she had to fight off the fellas.
"She said it was because she was blonde and advised me to dye mine the same colour," Danilova said.
"I replied that being blonde was an incurable condition, not something to aspire to. Word by word our friendship just unravelled."
The pair went outside to talk things through when Danilova stabbed Olga repeatedly.
But she insisted: "I didn't mean to kill her. It happened accidentally."
Danilova is now in pre-trial custody and faces 10 years in jail.
One detective said: "It was a frenzied, mad attack. You would not imagine the damage a pair of tiny eyebrow tweezers caused the poor girl."
Monday, September 29, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Mum-to-be on drink charge
A heavily pregnant Rotorua woman who police allege was more than twice the legal drink-drive limit will defend the charge, saying she was fighting with a male friend in her car parked outside a party when arrested.
Rachael Moana Louise Brown, 35, pleaded not guilty at a status hearing in Rotorua District Court yesterday to excess breath alcohol and driving while disqualified on July 27.
Brown had a breath alcohol reading of 994 micrograms per litre of breath. She was eight months' pregnant at the time of the alleged offence. Her son was born three weeks ago.
Lawyer Brett Cooper told the court it was not clear whether Brown was driving the car or whether she was disqualified from driving at the time of the alleged offence. Mr Cooper said the issues needed to be discussed with police before a hearing was held.
Judge John McDonald was critical there had been no discussion between police and Mr Cooper before the status hearing.
He remanded Brown till January 14 so a hearing date can be set.
Brown said outside court that she had been at a wake after her brother-in law's funeral and had got into a fight with a male friend in her car.
The car was parked on the street outside the house where the wake was being held and the car keys were not in the ignition, she said.
"My legs were halfway out the door."
Rachael Moana Louise Brown, 35, pleaded not guilty at a status hearing in Rotorua District Court yesterday to excess breath alcohol and driving while disqualified on July 27.
Brown had a breath alcohol reading of 994 micrograms per litre of breath. She was eight months' pregnant at the time of the alleged offence. Her son was born three weeks ago.
Lawyer Brett Cooper told the court it was not clear whether Brown was driving the car or whether she was disqualified from driving at the time of the alleged offence. Mr Cooper said the issues needed to be discussed with police before a hearing was held.
Judge John McDonald was critical there had been no discussion between police and Mr Cooper before the status hearing.
He remanded Brown till January 14 so a hearing date can be set.
Brown said outside court that she had been at a wake after her brother-in law's funeral and had got into a fight with a male friend in her car.
The car was parked on the street outside the house where the wake was being held and the car keys were not in the ignition, she said.
"My legs were halfway out the door."
Mother has dangerous dog so boy gets mauled
A seven-year-old Hastings boy has undergone surgery after being mauled by his mother's pitbull terrier cross dog.
Police said the boy suffered severe lacerations and a large chunk was torn from his right arm.
Ambulance staff were called about 6.25pm yesterday to a Flaxmere address and took the boy to Hastings Hospital.
Hastings District Council animal control team leader Clinton Chadwick said he understood the male dog's owner, the boy's mother, was going to feed the dog which was on a chain.
"She didn't realise the boy was standing behind her and the dog lunged at the boy when he got too close to its food." Mr Chadwick said the woman got the dog off the child and the dog had been removed from the property.
"She's signed it over to the council and we're having it destroyed this morning," he said.
Police said the boy suffered severe lacerations and a large chunk was torn from his right arm.
Ambulance staff were called about 6.25pm yesterday to a Flaxmere address and took the boy to Hastings Hospital.
Hastings District Council animal control team leader Clinton Chadwick said he understood the male dog's owner, the boy's mother, was going to feed the dog which was on a chain.
"She didn't realise the boy was standing behind her and the dog lunged at the boy when he got too close to its food." Mr Chadwick said the woman got the dog off the child and the dog had been removed from the property.
"She's signed it over to the council and we're having it destroyed this morning," he said.
British court jails mum for biting son
A MOTHER was jailed by a British court today after biting her five-year-old son in a "revenge" attack because he had hurt his baby sister.
Asked why she did it, the 28-year-old mother-of-two said: "I don't know. Probably that he hurt his sister, so he's got to be hurt.
"It's an automatic reaction to protect your youngest. He had already had his DS (Nintendo games console) confiscated earlier this week. I feel really guilty. At the end of day it's my baby. He's my baby."
Judge Horton, jailing the woman for five months in Cheltenham, southwest England, said: "There can be few offences more likely to cause anger and desire for retribution from the public."
"This is a case of pure anger where she appeared to have taken revenge on her own son for injury caused to the other child."
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had hopes of becoming a counsellor.
Both her children have since been taken into care.
Asked why she did it, the 28-year-old mother-of-two said: "I don't know. Probably that he hurt his sister, so he's got to be hurt.
"It's an automatic reaction to protect your youngest. He had already had his DS (Nintendo games console) confiscated earlier this week. I feel really guilty. At the end of day it's my baby. He's my baby."
Judge Horton, jailing the woman for five months in Cheltenham, southwest England, said: "There can be few offences more likely to cause anger and desire for retribution from the public."
"This is a case of pure anger where she appeared to have taken revenge on her own son for injury caused to the other child."
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, had hopes of becoming a counsellor.
Both her children have since been taken into care.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Woman makes bid for the Darwin awards.
It was the ultimate expression of road rage. A furious woman driver died after ramming another vehicle and spinning her wheels so fast that her own car burst into flames.
Serena Sutton-Smith, 54, burnt to death after refusing to get out of her Vauxhall Nova as she sat with her foot flat on the accelerator.
She spun the wheels so fast that her tyres disintegrated and the metal rims sent a shower of sparks into the engine, igniting the brake fluid and setting the car on fire.
Appalled onlookers urged her to get out of the car as the flames licked around her but she told them to “F*** off”, an inquest in Gloucester was told.
The road-rage attack took place on a quiet country road in the Cotswolds between Weston sub Edge and Mickleton in Gloucestershire.
The inquest heard that Paula Small was driving her Fiat Punto when Ms Sutton-Smith emerged from a side road without stopping, causing her to swerve to avoid a collision. Mrs Small was forced on the grass verge and she flashed her lights as Ms Sutton-Smith passed her.
Ms Sutton-Smith then pulled over and Mrs Small stopped a short way in front of her. She was getting out when the Vauxhall Nova rammed her car.
Mrs Small said: “I opened my door and put my foot out but as I was getting out there was a bang and I hit my head on the door frame. I was frozen with terror.” As neighbours came to investigate they saw Ms Sutton-Smith sitting with a furious expression, revving her engine and spinning her wheels.
Nicholas Willmore told the inquest that he was in his workshop at Cottage Farm Antiques when his mother alerted him to what was happening outside. As he walked across the road to the two cars he saw smoke coming from the engine of the Nova.
He said: “There was a deafening sound of an engine running as though someone had a foot stuck on the accelerator.
“The car’s front wheels were spinning and there was loads of revving. I could see a biggish person at the wheel and there was movement in the car. Flames were coming from underneath the car and I thought the person might be trapped inside although I couldn’t hear any shouting.
“I opened the driver’s door wide. It opened easily. The person looked at me, it was a big built woman. I said ’You’ve got to get out of the car. It’s going to burst into flames’.
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“The person replied ’F*** off, just f*** off’ and she raised her right fist towards me in a threatening manner before slamming the door shut.
“I was a bit bewildered and moved 3-4 yards back. I could see her gesturing towards me. She seemed to be in quite a rage. Both fists were raised and being shaken and the person was looking right at me.
“This was definitely done in a manner to tell me to stay away from her car.” Mr Willmore grabbed a fire extinguisher from his workshop but it failed to put out the flames. Another motorist also tried to extinguish the flames.
Mr Willmore added: “The heat was getting more and more intense and the flames were growing. I could no longer see inside. There was nothing that could be done to help the person inside.
“There was no attempt by the person to get out. In my opinion it was against all human instincts for someone to stay inside that car.” Ms Sutton-Smith was dead by the time fire fighters arrived to put out the blaze.
Fire officer Andrew Clayton said: “The circumstances indicate that this was a deliberate act. She remained in the vehicle after ramming a car and then sat with the front wheels spinning until fire developed.
“The front nearside passenger wheel gouged into the road surface by 50mm and the tyre was totally destroyed by the friction. This would have produced sparks igniting fluid, most probably brake fluid.” The inquest heard that Ms Sutton-Smith, who had previously worked behind the bar at a working men’s club in Ashton sub Edge, had a history of erratic behaviour and suffered from bipolar disorder.
Alan Crickmore, the Gloucestershire coroner, said that her mental condition meant that she failed to appreciate the danger she was in.
He said “At no time, prior to becoming incapicitated, was Serena trapped in her vehicle. She was certainly able to get out of it when Mr Willmore opened the door and invited her to do so.
“I am driven to the conclusion that if at any time she had wanted to do so before becoming incapacitated she could have got out of the car and would not have died as a result of the fire.
Serena Sutton-Smith, 54, burnt to death after refusing to get out of her Vauxhall Nova as she sat with her foot flat on the accelerator.
She spun the wheels so fast that her tyres disintegrated and the metal rims sent a shower of sparks into the engine, igniting the brake fluid and setting the car on fire.
Appalled onlookers urged her to get out of the car as the flames licked around her but she told them to “F*** off”, an inquest in Gloucester was told.
The road-rage attack took place on a quiet country road in the Cotswolds between Weston sub Edge and Mickleton in Gloucestershire.
The inquest heard that Paula Small was driving her Fiat Punto when Ms Sutton-Smith emerged from a side road without stopping, causing her to swerve to avoid a collision. Mrs Small was forced on the grass verge and she flashed her lights as Ms Sutton-Smith passed her.
Ms Sutton-Smith then pulled over and Mrs Small stopped a short way in front of her. She was getting out when the Vauxhall Nova rammed her car.
Mrs Small said: “I opened my door and put my foot out but as I was getting out there was a bang and I hit my head on the door frame. I was frozen with terror.” As neighbours came to investigate they saw Ms Sutton-Smith sitting with a furious expression, revving her engine and spinning her wheels.
Nicholas Willmore told the inquest that he was in his workshop at Cottage Farm Antiques when his mother alerted him to what was happening outside. As he walked across the road to the two cars he saw smoke coming from the engine of the Nova.
He said: “There was a deafening sound of an engine running as though someone had a foot stuck on the accelerator.
“The car’s front wheels were spinning and there was loads of revving. I could see a biggish person at the wheel and there was movement in the car. Flames were coming from underneath the car and I thought the person might be trapped inside although I couldn’t hear any shouting.
“I opened the driver’s door wide. It opened easily. The person looked at me, it was a big built woman. I said ’You’ve got to get out of the car. It’s going to burst into flames’.
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“The person replied ’F*** off, just f*** off’ and she raised her right fist towards me in a threatening manner before slamming the door shut.
“I was a bit bewildered and moved 3-4 yards back. I could see her gesturing towards me. She seemed to be in quite a rage. Both fists were raised and being shaken and the person was looking right at me.
“This was definitely done in a manner to tell me to stay away from her car.” Mr Willmore grabbed a fire extinguisher from his workshop but it failed to put out the flames. Another motorist also tried to extinguish the flames.
Mr Willmore added: “The heat was getting more and more intense and the flames were growing. I could no longer see inside. There was nothing that could be done to help the person inside.
“There was no attempt by the person to get out. In my opinion it was against all human instincts for someone to stay inside that car.” Ms Sutton-Smith was dead by the time fire fighters arrived to put out the blaze.
Fire officer Andrew Clayton said: “The circumstances indicate that this was a deliberate act. She remained in the vehicle after ramming a car and then sat with the front wheels spinning until fire developed.
“The front nearside passenger wheel gouged into the road surface by 50mm and the tyre was totally destroyed by the friction. This would have produced sparks igniting fluid, most probably brake fluid.” The inquest heard that Ms Sutton-Smith, who had previously worked behind the bar at a working men’s club in Ashton sub Edge, had a history of erratic behaviour and suffered from bipolar disorder.
Alan Crickmore, the Gloucestershire coroner, said that her mental condition meant that she failed to appreciate the danger she was in.
He said “At no time, prior to becoming incapicitated, was Serena trapped in her vehicle. She was certainly able to get out of it when Mr Willmore opened the door and invited her to do so.
“I am driven to the conclusion that if at any time she had wanted to do so before becoming incapacitated she could have got out of the car and would not have died as a result of the fire.
Woman prepares terror attack after road rage
A MINOR prang in Townsville has sparked a vicious case of road rage after a woman allegedly attacked the other driver's car with a hammer.
About 7:15pm yesterday one vehicle side-swiped another at the Gumvale shops in Rasmussen on Townsville's south-western outskirts.
The two cars have then continued on to Condon where a 48-year-old woman has allegedly taken to the other woman's car with a hammer.
Police have alleged she smashed several windows and panels of the car before returning to her home.
When police arrived at the address the agitated woman was allegedly found with what appeared to be home-made Molotov cocktails.
She became violent when officers tried to arrest her and kicked one policeman in the groin.
The woman will face Townsville Magistrates Court today charged with wilful damage, multiple assault offences and preparation to commit crimes with explosives.
About 7:15pm yesterday one vehicle side-swiped another at the Gumvale shops in Rasmussen on Townsville's south-western outskirts.
The two cars have then continued on to Condon where a 48-year-old woman has allegedly taken to the other woman's car with a hammer.
Police have alleged she smashed several windows and panels of the car before returning to her home.
When police arrived at the address the agitated woman was allegedly found with what appeared to be home-made Molotov cocktails.
She became violent when officers tried to arrest her and kicked one policeman in the groin.
The woman will face Townsville Magistrates Court today charged with wilful damage, multiple assault offences and preparation to commit crimes with explosives.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Mum who beat son with gumboots bailed
A judge has called for a victim impact report on a six-year-old boy who was lifted by the ears and beaten with a gumboot by his 28-year-old mother.
Helen Dawn Jones admitted both the charges of assault on a child when she appeared before Judge Stephen Erber in Christchurch District Court today.
Police prosecutor Trudi Aickin told the court both assaults occurred between June 7 and 10 at the mother's Christchurch home.
On the first occasion the boy ignored his mother who had asked him to go to his room.
Jones grabbed him by the ears and pulled him up, leaving the ears bruised and bleeding.
A health nurse later noticed blood behind the ears and bruising.
A few days later, the boy threw a gumboot at his mother. She then beat him with the gumboot on the back of his legs and feet. The significant bruising was noticed by a caregiver when she was bathing the boy, Miss Aickin said.
Judge Erber remanded Jones on bail to November 17 for a probation report and sentence and also ordered a victim impact report on the boy.
Defence counsel Andrew Riches asked for a variation of Jones' bail conditions so that she could have contact with the boy who was now in Child, Youth and Family care.
Judge Erber altered her bail to allow the contact.
Helen Dawn Jones admitted both the charges of assault on a child when she appeared before Judge Stephen Erber in Christchurch District Court today.
Police prosecutor Trudi Aickin told the court both assaults occurred between June 7 and 10 at the mother's Christchurch home.
On the first occasion the boy ignored his mother who had asked him to go to his room.
Jones grabbed him by the ears and pulled him up, leaving the ears bruised and bleeding.
A health nurse later noticed blood behind the ears and bruising.
A few days later, the boy threw a gumboot at his mother. She then beat him with the gumboot on the back of his legs and feet. The significant bruising was noticed by a caregiver when she was bathing the boy, Miss Aickin said.
Judge Erber remanded Jones on bail to November 17 for a probation report and sentence and also ordered a victim impact report on the boy.
Defence counsel Andrew Riches asked for a variation of Jones' bail conditions so that she could have contact with the boy who was now in Child, Youth and Family care.
Judge Erber altered her bail to allow the contact.
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