I'm from Great Yarmouth and I had never heard of Leoni Keating either!
oh god I came here literally to post that about Genie, I teach English as a foreign language so there are lots of articles citing this as an example of the window needed to learn. That whole case is just beyond horrificI was the kind of kid that would obsessively pore over the deep dive-type magazines of the age such as the Reader's Digest and the Sunday Times magazine.
They used to have much juicier stories than you get now. Stuff like children who were supposedly raised by animals and the twin boys Johnny and Luther Htoo who led a guerilla splinter cell in Burma. (Who else remembers this iconic photo? It takes me waaaay back.)
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There was one that obsessed me the most: this little girl who was known by the psuedonym Genie. Her parents abused her and kept her in a locked room, mostly tied to a potty. She became a study case for scientests because due to the lack of human contact she experienced she never learned to speak.
Her story is tragic but fascinating. It's well worth learning about. You can read more about her here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_(feral_child)
I remember this too. I think his name was Kelvin. He killed himself - poor sod. The Evening Gazette have blood on their hands reporting such personal info about him.I always remember a local news story close to where I live, not sure if it made national news or not. It was around 2013/14 if I remember rightly.
A guy (who I think was a traveller, or at least connected in some way to travellers), was found distressed in the early hours of a morning walking along the a66 in Middlesbrough. He was looking for his penis which had been cut off in an attack (I heard rumours that it was a revenge attack for sleeping with another traveller’s girlfriend but I don’t know how true that part was).
I can’t remember if anyone was caught and charged for it, I’m sure he died a short while later.
The story has always stuck in my mind just because of how bizarre the headline sounded at the time, and how absolutely horrific and life changing the injuries were.
100%I remember this too. I think his name was Kelvin. He killed himself - poor sod. The Evening Gazette have blood on their hands reporting such personal info about him.
It came out that he did it himself.I always remember a local news story close to where I live, not sure if it made national news or not. It was around 2013/14 if I remember rightly.
A guy (who I think was a traveller, or at least connected in some way to travellers), was found distressed in the early hours of a morning walking along the a66 in Middlesbrough. He was looking for his penis which had been cut off in an attack (I heard rumours that it was a revenge attack for sleeping with another traveller’s girlfriend but I don’t know how true that part was).
I can’t remember if anyone was caught and charged for it, I’m sure he died a short while later.
The story has always stuck in my mind just because of how bizarre the headline sounded at the time, and how absolutely horrific and life changing the injuries were.
i was just going to say the same! He sounded a bit unstable and bizarrely died in a situation where he was in a ligature and covered in blue paint?!It came out that he did it himself.
Police say A66 penis-cutting victim responsible for own injuries
Inquest hears stepfather also believed Kelvin Hewitt was responsible for the 'traumatic injuries' he had when found by the A66 last yearwww.gazettelive.co.uk
Still terrible though!
Very odd. I only found out that he had since died when it came up at work and I googled him. I think he had deep seated issues.i was just going to say the same! He sounded a bit unstable and bizarrely died in a situation where he was in a ligature and covered in blue paint?!
That must be absolutely terrifyingI’ve just been reading about a 14 year old that fell from a ride in Orlando, Florida on Thursday night. He knew he wasn’t secure, he must have been so scared
I know, it just have been horrible.I’ve just been reading about a 14 year old that fell from a ride in Orlando, Florida on Thursday night. He knew he wasn’t secure, he must have been so scared
Absolutely awfulI’ve just been reading about a 14 year old that fell from a ride in Orlando, Florida on Thursday night. He knew he wasn’t secure, he must have been so scared
This was local to me too, I hadn't realised he'd died a year laterI always remember a local news story close to where I live, not sure if it made national news or not. It was around 2013/14 if I remember rightly.
A guy (who I think was a traveller, or at least connected in some way to travellers), was found distressed in the early hours of a morning walking along the a66 in Middlesbrough. He was looking for his penis which had been cut off in an attack (I heard rumours that it was a revenge attack for sleeping with another traveller’s girlfriend but I don’t know how true that part was).
I can’t remember if anyone was caught and charged for it, I’m sure he died a short while later.
The story has always stuck in my mind just because of how bizarre the headline sounded at the time, and how absolutely horrific and life changing the injuries were.
Oh my giddy aunt - I didn't know this! I stopped reading the rag that is the Gazette around the same time, so that's probably why I didn't know. Poor bloke.i was just going to say the same! He sounded a bit unstable and bizarrely died in a situation where he was in a ligature and covered in blue paint?!
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