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A killer danger driver could be released from prison - exactly three years to the day since causing the death of teenager Bethany Fisher.
“Beautiful” Bethany was out with friends celebrating her 19th birthday on August 19, 2017, when tragedy struck.
Jordan O’Donnell lost control of his uninsured Ford Mondeo while giving her a lift home and smashed into parked cars on a street in Bedlington, Northumberland.
Passenger Bethany died from her injuries while Meg McBurnie, who was also in the car, was badly hurt.
O’Donnell pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and was handed a six-year sentence.
Now, Bethany’s mum, Isabel Easson, has been left heartbroken to learn he could be released from prison having served just half his sentence behind bars.
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Cleared of a one-punch attack on an Aussie rugby star, Sam Oliver is back on home soil and declared: “I’m glad it’s all over.”
And the relieved 23-year-old was especially happy to get a big hug from his mum when he arrived at Newcastle Airport as he was welcomed by his emotional family.
“I just wanted it to be over and get back to my family, I’m so pleased to be home right now,” said Sam, at his Bedlington home in Northumberland.
Sam hit the headlines when he was accused of flooring James Stannard with a “king hit” - Australian slang for a single punch - outside a kebab shop in Sydney in the early hours of March 30.
The 35-year-old former Australia Rugby Sevens captain, who announced his retirement from rugby in June, struck his head on the pavement and suffered a fractured skull, spending two nights in hospital. He was unable to compete at the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in April.
Sam had denied recklessly causing grievous bodily harm and the alternative charge of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, claiming Mr Stannard hit him first and that he had acted in self-defence.
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A baby-faced road menace is finally behind bars - after blowing a final chance to keep his freedom by crashing a car while banned from the roads.
Craig Shaw was warned last year that his feet wouldn’t touch the ground if he offended again when a judge sentenced him for sparking a police chase.
But within six months he got behind the wheel to deliver a takeaway for a friend, lost control on a roundabout and smashed into a lamppost.
Now the 19-year-old, who fled the scene but was caught by DNA on the car’s airbag, has been locked up at Newcastle Crown Court.
It was on October 16 last year that police were called to the site of the crash on the B1505 at High Pit, Cramlington, Northumberland.
A lamppost had been hit with such force it was bent over at an angle.
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A beloved community club could be forced to close before celebrating its 70th birthday, if it can’t end a campaign of terror by vandals.
The volunteers who run Bedlington Terriers FC say they may have to shut the club because of the astronomical cost of repairs
They say their clubhouse has suffered three attempt break-ins, leaving doors and locks seriously damaged.
Intruders have also “wantonly smashed” glass in the club’s floodlights, rendering them “not fit for purpose”, volunteers who run the Northern League Division Two club, from the grounds at Doctor Pitt Welfare Park, claim,
Chairman Ronan Liddane said: “We’ve been hit by vandals over the last few months repeatedly breaking into the park, destroying fences, damaging locks, they’ve broken into our little hospitality box, smashed a television, fired pellet guns at our floodlights.
“The police really can’t do much because we don’t have any CCTV - which we can’t afford because we’ve got to pay to repair the damage.


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