The 29-year old man from Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, was found guilty of raping his 13-year-old niece on four different occasions and threatening to kill her if she reported the matter.Both the complainant and the convicted man’s names were being withheld to protect the victim.The man was slapped with a 30-year jail sentence after a full trial.He will however, serve an effective 20 years after 10 were sus

The women from Ghana kasi, Bekkersdal, west of Johannesburg, South Africa no longer feel safe in their beds.Nyaope smokers are sneaking into their bedrooms and fondling them while they are sleeping.Nyaope is a volatile concoction.The mix can include antiretroviral drugs designed to fight AIDS, rat poison, third grade heroin and cleaning detergents like VIM. All this is often laced together with ma

Wedding cake designer Donna Millington-Day, dubbed the fairy godmother of wedding cakes has designed a six-foot edible bridal gown made from 17 tiers of sponge cake, 22 kilos of sugar paste icing, 2lb of royal icing and hundreds of sugar pearls and would cater for over 2000 wedding guests.The adventurous baker was inspired by her daughter's drawing of a giant wedding dress cake.Hannah, six, was de

A motorist in Shandong province, China found himself in the world's biggest pothole when the road suddenly collapsed beneath him sending his car down a 10ft chasm.Surveyors believe a broken water mains washed out the ground underneath the road causing it to collapse under motorist Che Ling."There was a sharp, loud crack and the road just fell away and swallowed up the car," said one witness.A loc

Dale Bolinger, 57, was arrested at his home in Canterbury, Kent, last week along with an unidentified 30-year-old man for allegedly plotting the kidnap, rape and eating of women.They were detained by detectives hunting the British 'mentor' of 'Cannibal Cop' Gilberto Valle who is on trial in New York for plotting to kidnap, cook and eat at least 100 women.The FBI has accused Valle, 28, of plotting

Karin Hoffer, 33, has appeared in court accused of forcing her boyfriend's head into her breasts as they made love.A court heard that Andreas Koller struggled to breathe as he was attacked.Prosecutors say when he did break free from her chest, Karin then tried to strangle him with her hands.She was charged with GBH after the alleged attack in Unna, Germany.Judges suspended the case when defence la

A 70-year-old ex-service man identified as Anthony Hermon was yesterday discovered killed and set ablaze by his killer to hide the dastardly act in the bush in Bayelsa State, Nigeria.Security operatives attached to the Nigerian state police command have launched a manhunt for the killer of the 70 years old ex-service man.The suspected killer identified as one Didi Odudu, was alleged to have traile

Nicole, 19, from New York, US, is attempting to kick a bizarre habit after becoming addicted to eating sticks of deodorant.She first began eating the substance at the age of four and is now gobbling up to 15 sticks a month.She claims her life ‘revolves around eating deodorant’ from when she wakes up in the morning to before and after each meal.‘My brain tells me, “you have to eat it”. I

Antony Manombe Ncube decided to resort to violence after failing to come to terms with the end of his relationship.He beat his 26 year old ex-lover Rumbidzai Mafuta of 4376 Emganinwi, Zimbabwe last Saturday at midnight outside her residence.Ncube, who is the second eldest child of Emganinwi Senator Siphiwe Ncube, acted in fragrant violation of a protection order, which his ex-lover had obtained o

A seven-year-old girl has reportedly been raped at a government school in northwest Delhi.The Times of India newspaper said the attack happened in the Mangolpuri area of the city.The girl's parents informed police after the injured child was taken to hospital.It is understood a school guard has been detained and other staff at the facility, run by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), are bein

Joseph Hall, 12, from California, US has been found guilty of murdering his neo-Nazi father when he was aged age 10.He is expected to learn whether he will spend the rest of his youth in a juvenile jail or be allowed to be incarcerated in a private facility or group home.Hall was convicted of second-degree murder for shooting his father at point blank range in May 2011, killing him as he slept.The

A Zimbabwean man in Harare on Friday morning around 8am killed himself in grisly circumstances, "Three Men on a boat" reports."The man who has been identified as Francis Ngoneni Masuku, an executive, stabbed himself to death along Addington Lane in Borrowdale at 8am this morning."A woman who was driving behind his ISUZU KB had noticed two traffic lights changes without any movement from the car.

A bank in the Graubünden area of Switzerland was robbed by two men wearing masks making them look like twin pensioners.The thieves appeared innocent enough when they walked into the branch of Raiffeisen sporting the prosthetic faces, flat caps and thick-lens glasses.However, when they reached the till, the duo pulled out their guns and demanded the clerk hand over the money before making a swift

Mandla Nxumalo from KZN, South Africa was on Monday murdered by angry workers.They then drove his white Citi Golf over his body and set him alight.His two bodyguards were slashed with pangas and spades and stoned to death.Nxumalo was attacked at Umzinto on the south coast where he had set up a farming project and hired people to work there.They all paid R300 to join to be farmers, but he never pai

Police in Russia are investigating a video of an eight-year-old girl driving her dad's car while he urges her to go faster.The five minute film shows Anastasia Mikulchik being told to "give it some gas" until she's doing more than 60 mph in an Audi A6 saloon.The film was originally uploaded onto a local social networking website in St Petersburg by the schoolgirl's mother, Yelena, 27.The girl had