Barber secretly shaved 'fool' on back of man's head, court told

Hairdresser denies charges saying he shaved the word 'cool' in the hair of man with learning difficulties

A barber shaves the word "crazy" in 1in letters on the back of the head of a man with severe learning difficulties, a court said.

Michael Campbell, 35, who has no training in hairdressing, had been working at Jam Cuts in Stapleton Road, Bristol, just three weeks when Michael Ricketts walked into the salon, Feb. 11.

Ricketts, 49, communication difficulties and was described in court as "vulnerable adults" mumbled his words and was difficult to understand.

Bristol magistrates heard that entered the salon and asked to have a model in the shaving of hair. Unbeknownst to her, Campbell had shaved the word "fool" with a smiley face below the prosecution said.

testify, Campbell said Ricketts had asked a model and had shaved the word "cool", which then had been misinterpreted. He added that he had not noticed Ricketts had learning difficulties.

• Campbell denies a charge of assault and one count of failing to answer bail. No photos have been taken of the court and the court is based on the direct testimony.

The court heard the testimony of three witnesses who said they relied on the wording of the back of the head Ricketts, who is originally from Jamaica.

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Ukraine court jails Tymoshenko for 7 years (Reuters)

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Insurance companies told they were 'pushing open door' over legal aid bill

Documents reveal advice

of industry representatives on millionaires and changes Djanogly Minister of Justice asking for help

civil servants

insurers were told to "push a door open" on its own motion changes that would benefit the insurance industry hundreds of millions of books, documents reveal.

Documents obtained under freedom of information, discussions between insurers records, the NHS and the civil servants working under Jonathan Djanogly, the justice minister.

show that Djanogly, who faces allegations of conflict of interest in relation to its interests in the insurance industry, met with leading insurers, January 19.

In an extraordinary measure which asked companies how best to write rebuttals to criticisms of government proposals arising from the consultation on the reform of legal aid offers a unique opportunity to shape the previous politics seconds.

During gaming companies as Aviva, Axa and Direct Line, as well as representatives of the Association of British Insurers (ABI) said it was "an opportunity to try to influence that will manage this application process. "

were also asked how they could counter the allegations "additional costs to the NHS and other public services in the provision of treatment and care that would otherwise have been financed by the compensation of agree "or" result (would be) the number of applicants are not able to take certain cases. "

In May, Robert Wright, the representative of the Ministry in charge of reforms, told a group of insurance companies and their lawyers "have pushed a door open insofar as the government is concerned. They want this happens and intend to drive through, "he said.

Wright also called for a "solution" that would prohibit the fees paid to the management company claims that "ambulance chase" injured and put them in touch with the lawyers, and said that n ' was "not easy".

Four months later - without any consultation or impact assessment -. The minister announced a ban, the industry had lobbied for

• Such was the sensitivity of the documents that record meetings that the insurance industry threatened the NHS with a lawsuit before being released.

"We have agreed that we will delay disclosure ... to allow third parties to consider their position and decide whether to ask the court to make an order prohibiting the disclosure , "wrote the official authority disputes in the NHS, which pays claims success of medical malpractice.

Andy Slaughter, the shadow justice minister whose office gave the documents to the Guardian, said the public "ensure that the information shows the consultation process was biased in favor of the interests the lobby of the insurance.

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Anwar al-Awlaki's extrajudicial murder | Michael Ratner

The law on the use of lethal force by decree is specific. This assassination broke - that creates a terrifying precedent

. Wesley Clark: U.S. shows is winning against al-Qaida

Is this the world we want? When U.S. President can make an American citizen, or anyone for that matter, living outside a war zone on a targeted assassination list, and then killed by drone attack.

This was the result as the Center for Constitutional Rights and the ACLU fear when he filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Federal Court in the name of the father of Anwar al-Awlaki, in the hope to prevent this targeted killing. We lost the case on procedural grounds, but the judge considered the implications of the practice as raising serious questions "," asking:

"Can the Executive order the assassination of a U.S. citizen without first offering him any form of judicial process whatsoever, based on the mere assertion that he is a member of dangerous terrorist organization? "

• Yes, Anwar al-Awlaki was a radical Muslim cleric. Yes, his language and speeches were incendiary. They may even have participated in plots against the United States - but not because he was never charged with a crime.
• This profile should make him a target of assassination without trial and without any effort to capture, arrest and prosecute them. The U.S. government knew his location for purposes of a drone strike, so why had made no effort to stop Yemen, a country that apparently was allied in the U.S. efforts to monitor?
• are - or were - laws about the circumstances in which they may use deadly force, even against those who are willing to harm the United States. Outside a war zone, as Awlaki was lethal force may
only

be used in the threat closer and Extraordinary when a concrete, specific and imminent attack and even then, deadly force must be a last resort.

demand, after the fact, by President Obama that Awlaki "directed efforts on the operational plan" to attack the United States has never been to court before being placed on the " kill "list and not tested. While President Obama's statement has some validity, unless Awlaki's alleged terrorist actions were imminent and unless deadly force as a last resort, this killing constitutes murder.

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Marine claims brain trauma led to fatal DUI crash (AP)

Theresa May defends decision to exclude Palestinian activist from UK

as a High Court ruling on the legality of the arrest Sheikh Raed Salah, Interior Minister admits tougher line on extremism

Interior Minister Theresa May has defended its decision to exclude Palestinian activist Sheikh Raed Salah policy in Britain, insisting she take preventive measures against those who promote extremism .

A judge of the Supreme Court must decide whether Salah's arrest and detention was illegal and they should be entitled to compensation for unlawful detention.

Salah, 52, is the leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, was arrested in London in June after being allowed into Britain despite the order of deportation order issued against him. Salah, a Palestinian with Israeli citizenship, is on bail pending the outcome of his legal challenge.

Interior Minister, speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, defended his actions and acknowledged the tight focus of the coalition government which sees "encouraging extremism."

"I think it's fair that we have taken a slightly different position in the past 18 months, according to a new government to do this because we believe that the issue of spoken words - this people really mean and how they can encourage others through the words they say - is an important issue for us to meet, "she said

• "That's why you made decisions regarding people who have not been done in the past."
• She said it was important to prevent the government's strategy to examine not only violent extremism, but also other types of extremism. "If we can do that, I think [that] allows us to operate at a previous level, rather than simply wait for people down the road of violent extremism," he said.

The decision of the Supreme Court in the case of Salah will test the legality of this preventive approach to the exclusion of foreign political activists labeled as extremists by the Minister of Interior.

Nicol judge reserved judgment after a two-day hearing on whether the arrest and detention of Salah was legal and should be entitled to damages. Salah falsely claims he was imprisoned because he was "limited without lawful authority."

Salah went to Britain on June 25 with the intention of staying for 10 days to attend public meetings and demonstrations. It is believed he was "waved through [the] border" and was arrested three days later, when he became Minister of the Interior issued a deportation order, saying Salah presence in Great Britain was "not conducive to the public good."

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