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This is Yeng Jun Wu — a bankrupt businessman who was jailed for 27 years after brutally murdering his brother-in-law and removing his brain.

Supreme Court Justice Terry Forrest said that in his 35 years in criminal law he had never seen a crime as appallingly and gratuitously violent.

Justice Forrest said Yeng Jun Wu’s torture and execution of his brother-in-law Shao Qing Victor Chen and the subsequent defiling of his body were aggravating factors of his offending.

Mr Chen had most likely been asleep when Wu, who owed him more than $250,000, set upon him in his bedroom with a heavy, sharp weapon believed to be a machete or an axe.
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He was struck repeatedly before being coerced down the stairs and killed despite trying to ward off the murderous attack, Justice Forrest said on Tuesday.

Mr Chen’s distraught wife, Yan Yan Wang, was in tears as the judge described how during the attack, Wu removed Mr Chen’s brain and placed it near his head — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Police in northern Brazil say one man has been arrested after a referee who fatally stabbed a player during a match was decapitated by spectators who stormed the field.

Local reports said the incident, which took place on 30 June in the remote Brazilian town of Pio XII, escalated when the player, 30-year-old Josenir dos Santos, became involved in an argument with the referee, Octavio da Silva.

As the confrontation became physical and Dos Santos refused to leave the field, Da Silva allegedly produced a knife and stabbed the player, who died while being taken to hospital.

Reports said that outraged spectators responded by running on to the field and stoning Da Silva, before severing his head and sticking it on a stake in the middle of the field — via redwolf.newsvine.com

An Ohio man remains hospitalised after mutilating himself in a drug-fuelled craze.

Washtenaw County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a burglar alarm at Ypsilanti Middle School in the middle of the night. Police found the 41-year-old man naked, screaming and bleeding from his groin.

The man had ripped off parts of his own genitals and had lost enough blood to make it a life threatening situation.

The man, along with the parts he tore off were transferred to an area hospital — via redwolf.newsvine.com

A terrified burglar in New Zealand has handed himself in to police after breaking into a house and stumbling across a dead body.

His screams alerted neighbours in the North Island town of Hamilton, who thought it was a domestic dispute.

Police say the man died hours before the burglary, but might otherwise not have been discovered for days.

The 26-year-old burglar was arrested before helping police with their inquiries — via redwolf.newsvine.com

A man has been issued with a ticket for riding a rocket-propelled skateboard on the main street of a western Queensland town.

Police in Barcaldine, east of Longreach, spotted the skateboarder on Oak Street about 10.00pm (AEST) on Saturday.

District officer Inspector Michael Fawcett says the man was not wearing a helmet and officers were surprised to witness the dangerous incident.

They noticed him activate something that looked like a rocket that was attached to the rear of the skateboard, he said.

When they did actually catch up with him, he’d actually duct taped a small rocket to the skateboard and was using that to propel himself down the road.

I understand the rocket was commercially available. On talking to the officers there, they didn’t notice that it made a whole heap of difference to his speed — via redwolf.newsvine.com

It was a simple plan. They would leave their car running, dash inside the Burger King, take the money from the registers, run back out, and speed away. Then there was a small glitch, the thieves lost their car.

Gabriel Gonzalez, 19, and Jeremy Lovitt, 23, entered a Stockton Burger King Monday evening. As they were coming in, an employee snuck out the back door. The armed robbers proceeded to take the money from the registers. The employee realized the car left with the engine running was theirs, and drove it around the corner.

As Gonzalez and Lovitt exited the fast food restaurant, their car was nowhere to be found. They took off running, only to be captured by police in a field a few blocks away.

I haven’t heard of any employee actually leaving a business, getting inside the suspect vehicle, and trying to hide it, says a Stockton officer — via redwolf.newsvine.com

A man found on fire in the front garden of house in County Durham, is being treated for serious burns.

The 30-year-old, who has not been named, was found by a police officer on the Woodhouse Close Estate, Bishop Auckland, on Sunday evening.

A Durham Police spokesman said witnesses were extremely distressed but there was no threat to the public — via redwolf.newsvine.com

A man wearing a suit of armour and wielding a sword is involved in a stand-off with police near Shepparton, in Victoria’s north.

The man is holding several police at bay at a caravan park at Congupna.

Police say they are concerned for the man’s welfare after he failed to make a scheduled appearance in court this morning — via redwolf.newsvine.com

Waffle House lost a loyal customer on 30 April 2013. Antonia W Toni Larroux died after a battle with multiple illnesses: lupus, rickets, scurvy, kidney disease and feline leukemia. She had previously conquered polio as a child contributing to her unusually petite ankles and the nickname polio legs given to her by her ex-husband, Jean F Larroux, Jr. It should not be difficult to imagine the multiple reasons for their divorce 35+ years ago. Two children resulted from that marriage: Hayden Hoffman and Jean F Larroux, III. Due to multiple, anonymous Mother’s Day cards which arrived each May, the children suspect there were other siblings but that has never been verified.

She is survived by the two confirmed, aforementioned children. Her favourite child, Jean III, eloped in college and married Kim Fulford who dearly loved Toni. They gave Toni three grandchildren: Jean IV, Ann Elizabeth and Hannah Grace. Toni often remarked that her son, Jean III, was just like his father, her ex-husband, Jean Jr, a statement that haunts her son to this day.

Hayden Hoffman married Stephen Hoffman of Charleston, WV. They reside in Bay St Louis and carry the Larroux family torch forward through each and every Happy Hour, Mardi Gras and cocktail party. Steve’s quiet demeanour has provided ballast to an otherwise unstable family. They have two children: Charlie and Helen (the well-behaved child Toni’s daughter, Hayden deserved to raise.)

Toni had four sisters: Patty the elder, Kitty the cook, Lisa the lawyer and Piji… the… piji. The sisters dearly loved Toni; spoke often and as one family photo proved, all preferred Clairol blonde in a box #47. They inherited their unique sense of humour from their father, Paul P Marvellous White. He gave nicknames to all the girls such as tittle mouse, kittycat, bouder bounce, spooker mcdougle and poodle pump.

Toni previously served on the board of the Hancock County Library Foundation. Ironically, the only correspondence she has received from the library since her resignation has been overdue notices for several overdue books (a true statement.) Between ICU, dialysis and physical therapy she selfishly refused to make the time to return them. Her last words were, tell them that the cheque is in the mail… Toni retired from GE Plastics after Hurricane Katrina in 2007. She would undoubtedly cherish the thought of having the former smoking room named in her honour.

Any send-off for Toni would not be complete without mentioning her lifelong buddy Myrtle Jane Wingo Haas and her adopted daughters Liz & Laura. She considered Aaron Burrell to be a distant grandson (not distant enough) and had the ability with family pets to usher them toward heaven at an unrivalled pace. Her favourite activity was sipping hot tea on her back porch with friends seated around her porch ensemble from Dollar General (again, not kidding.) This will be sold to the highest bidder at her garage ‘estate’ sale. Any gifts in her honour should be made to the Hancock County Library Foundation (to the overdue book fund.)

Visitation will be held at Edmond Fahey Funeral Home in Bay St Louis, Mississippi on Saturday, 4 May at 9.30am. Her memorial service will begin at 11.00am. (another true statement.) It will be led by Reverend Curt Moore of Orlando, Florida, a questionable choice for any spiritual event, but one the family felt would be appropriate due to the fact that every time Toni heard Curt preach she prayed for Jesus to return at that very moment.

On a last but serious note, the woman who loved life and taught her children to laugh at the days to come is now safely in the arms of Jesus and dancing at the wedding feast of the Lamb. She will be missed as a mother, friend and grandmother. Anyone wearing black will not be admitted to the memorial. She is not dead. She is alive.

Edmond Fahey Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements — via redwolf.newsvine.com

New Zealand officials have released a list of baby names put forward by parents that were rejected because they were too bizarre or offensive, including Lucifer and Mafia No Fear.

The list of 77 names reveals one child was set to be called Anal before the Department of Internal Affairs vetoed the proposal, while another narrowly avoided being dubbed . or full stop.

Other names on the list included 4Real, V8, and Queen Victoria.

In some cases, parents appeared to have lost any inspiration for coming up with a moniker for their offspring, wanting to call the latest addition to the family simply 2nd, 3rd or 5th.

The department’s rules forbid any name that might imply a child holds an official title or rank, so King, Duke and Princess were among those that had been turned down most since 2001 — via redwolf.newsvine.com

The New Haven Police Department had to improvise during a standoff to coax two suspects, who were wanted for stealing a car, out of a house by literally barking like dogs.

The standoff came after investigators said the two men led them on a chase through Hamden into the Elm City.

Officers were called to a home on Emerson Street at after masked men were seen entering the residence at 10:40 a.m.

The officer knew that the first floor was vacant, no one was home on the second floor and there was a family on the third floor who were told by police to lock their doors and stay put.

A dozen officers surrounded the multi-family house.

He’s pretty scared to get back into his house, said Gideon Gurley, who witnessed the standoff. It’s not good for the neighbourhood.

According to police, Kwame Wells-Jordan, 20, of Hamden and Norman Boone, 23, of New Haven were holed up in the stairwell of the home.

Police hostage negotiators threatened to unleash the canine units, but the dogs weren’t available.

So they had officers pretend to bark like dogs and it worked.

The two men walked outside and were arrested on the spot — via redwolf.newsvine.com

A Japanese man who allegedly tried to kill a woman he was stalking by putting poison in her shoes has been arrested.

The woman, who is a colleague of suspect Tatsujiro Fukasawa, did not die but developed gangrene in part of her left foot, police said.

It was not known to what extent she was injured or if she had to have any amputations.

Fukasawa, 40, allegedly put hydrofluoric acid, a highly caustic chemical, in her shoes in December, a police spokeswoman said — via redwolf.newsvine.com