Last summer two French students were murdered in south-east London as a part of a robbery. Their two killers, the 23 year old Dano Sonnex and the 34 year old Nigel Farmer, subjected their victims to over two hours of torture with knifes, only to walk away with 360 pounds, a couple of telephones and two playstation games.
The two French students were on their way to Wimbledon to watch tennis but they had been unable to get tickets. They went to a pub to watch rugby instead and afterwards went to their bedsit that they had rented two months earlier. They were both asleep when a break-in occurred in the early hours of the morning. They could, however, not have anticipated that they would be subjected to being attacked with knifes. Later that night the flat was set on fire, probably to destroy any scientific evidence.
A next-door neighbor saw a man fleeing the fire and later identified Nigel Farmer. A week later Farmer walked into the police station and told the receptionist that he was the main suspect in the attack and was taken into custody. The court was told that he is claiming that he was scared of Sonnex and was forced to set the flat on fire. Sonnex was found shortly after and denied to have any connections to the murders. He is claiming that he only acted as a lookout for the burglary. The jury was told however, that Sonnex’s palm print was found inside the flat. Both men deny murder.
dinsdag 28 april 2009
Threat to European biodiversity ‘as serious as climate change’
The natural world across Europe is suffering a crisis as serious as the threat of climate change, Europe’s environment chiefs are to warn this week at a major biodiversity conference in Athens.
A report from the European Environment Agency to be published next month sounds the alarm that most species and habitats across the continent are in poor condition and the risk of extinction continues to rise. The centre for Ecology & Hydrology said that the species at risk in the UK range from insects like the honeybee to mammals and birds such as otters and eagles. The losses threaten to undermine vital ecosystem services like clean water and fertile soils, which support both quality of life and the economy.
Much of the European economy relies on the fact that we have natural resources supporting everything. Some of the losses of wildlife and habitats are irreversible.
The loss of biodiversity is a global threat that is just as serious as climate change. The reasons we are losing biodiversity are well known: destruction of habitats, pollution, over-exploitation, invasive species and most recently climate change.
Globally, last year's annual "red list" of endangered species from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) warned that the world's mammals face an extinction crisis, with almost one in four of 5,487 known species at risk of disappearing forever.
A report from the European Environment Agency to be published next month sounds the alarm that most species and habitats across the continent are in poor condition and the risk of extinction continues to rise. The centre for Ecology & Hydrology said that the species at risk in the UK range from insects like the honeybee to mammals and birds such as otters and eagles. The losses threaten to undermine vital ecosystem services like clean water and fertile soils, which support both quality of life and the economy.
Much of the European economy relies on the fact that we have natural resources supporting everything. Some of the losses of wildlife and habitats are irreversible.
The loss of biodiversity is a global threat that is just as serious as climate change. The reasons we are losing biodiversity are well known: destruction of habitats, pollution, over-exploitation, invasive species and most recently climate change.
Globally, last year's annual "red list" of endangered species from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) warned that the world's mammals face an extinction crisis, with almost one in four of 5,487 known species at risk of disappearing forever.
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