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The mother of an autistic man imprisoned for robbery claims she is seeking to clean his name after the legal system failed to recognize his handicap. Joan Martin says that Osime Brown, 23, was unable to conduct the crime due to his autism, and that he was not given a fair trial. She's working with lawyers to challenge a "miscarriage of justice" alleging institutional prejudice. The Ministry of Justice stated that it was unable to comment on specific cases. Mr Brown, from Dudley, was convicted in 2018 together with other defendants of a 2016 robbery including the theft of a cellphone. He was also found guilty of attempted robbery and perverting the course of justice, which Ms Martin was not aware of. Jamaica-born Mr Brown spent half of a five-year sentence and risked deportation, but the Home Office dropped the plans in June of last year. Campaigners said that he lacked a support network in Jamaica and would struggle to reintegrate if he returned. Ms Martin claimed that he

Alec Baldwin stated on Saturday that any claims that he hasn't cooperated with the inquiry into the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of "Rust" last October are false. Baldwin addressed the problem with his cellphone in a video he shared to Instagram. "Any notion that I am not complying with requests, orders, demands, or search warrants regarding my phone" is "a lie," Baldwin, 63, said in the video, which was shot while he was sitting in the driver's seat of a car. He didn't specify who, if anyone, was suggesting that he comply. Baldwin, 63, stated in the video, which was shot when he was sitting in the driver's seat of a car. He didn't specify who, if anyone, was suggesting that he comply. Authorities don't have the phone, according to Baldwin, because they need to go through the legal means to obtain it, which are more onerous for a person who lives in another state. On December 16, the Santa Fe County Sheriff's D

Authorities discovered actor and comedian Bob Saget dead in an Orlando, Florida hotel room on Sunday. He was 65 years old at the time. His death was confirmed by the Orange County Sheriff's Office, which was initially reported by TMZ. According to the agency, deputies were dispatched to a room at the Ritz-Carlton Orlando, Grande Lakes, after receiving a report that someone was unresponsive there. According to a news statement from the sheriff's office, deputies responded to a "man down call." The sheriff's office stated, "Detectives have uncovered no signs of foul play or drug use in this case." "This is the most up-to-date information we have at this time, and we do not expect any more updates." The cause and manner of death will be determined by the Medical Examiner's Office." The sheriff's office stated that Saget, the star of the TV show "Full House," was "declared deceased on scene." Saget's "I Don

Campaigners will declare on Monday that Michael Gove needs to spend billions more to end the fire safety disaster in homes throughout England, warning that his current plan to replace all Grenfell-style cladding overlooks a slew of other concerns that leaseholders face. The secretary of state for levelling up, housing and communities will announce a £4 billion programme to help leaseholders avoid the high expense of repairing combustible cladding, telling parliament that tenants of buildings between 11 and 18 stories tall will no longer have to pay debilitating bills. In a new plan to hold building companies and manufacturers of combustible materials accountable, he would remind them, "We are coming for you," warning that they have showed "insufficient contrition" after the June 2017 disaster that killed 72 people. However, leaseholders in properties with additional fire-safety issues, such as wooden balconies, will continue to face large bills, and campaigners will

A fire in a New York apartment complex has killed at least 19 people, including nine children. According to New York Mayor Eric Adams, another 32 persons were sent to the hospital, with several of them in critical condition. According to fire commissioner Daniel Nigro, bodies were located on every floor of the 19-story building, and the smoke was "unprecedented." According to NBC News, the death toll was the highest in New York in 30 years. It comes only days after a fire in a Philadelphia apartment killed 12 people, including eight children. Officials said the fire started around 11:00 a.m. local time (16:00 a.m. GMT) in an apartment on the second and third floors of the Bronx residential building. A total of 200 firefighters were dispatched to put out the fire, which officials think was started by a faulty electric heater. Commissioner Nigro stated that the fire was on two floors, but that the smoke had spread throughout the building. According to Commissioner Nigro, the do