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A convicted child sex offender in the United Kingdom has attempted to avoid deportation to his home country of India by swallowing a vape battery, a move a High Court judge described as a deliberate ploy to be hospitalized and delay removal. The individual, identified in court as Sharma, was convicted in Scotland in 2024 for sexual activity with a child and supplying Class B drugs. He was initially sentenced to three years in prison but was released in November 2024 and transferred to a secure immigration detention center. Following his release on bail in May 2025, authorities struggled to find approved accommodation that would keep him away from schools and areas frequented by children, so he remained in custody. According to court proceedings reported by multiple UK outlets, Sharma swallowed the battery in a calculated attempt to disrupt the deportation process. The Home Office had been actively arranging his removal after facing repeated delays from the India...

A 37-year-old man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison in Zimbabwe after a court convicted him of raping his 56-year-old mother-in-law during a violent home invasion, an attack witnessed by the victim’s elderly mother. A Harare regional court has sentenced Walter Maponga, 37, to 15 years imprisonment for the rape and assault of his 56-year-old mother-in-law in a case that has horrified a rural community. Magistrate Jessie Kufa found Maponga guilty following a trial where the prosecution presented what the court described as a clear and established case. The attack occurred on September 17, 2025, in Makoni Village, Mhondoro. According to evidence presented by prosecutor Blessed Songozo, Maponga broke into the victim's bedroom, where she was with her 94-year-old mother. He then began assaulting her, demanding sex while accusing her of causing problems in his marriage. The assault was halted when neighbors, Godfrey Makoni and Cleopas Nziramasanga, intervened, rescued t...