Violent Crucifixion Exorcism: Woman, 19, Tortured By Her Boyfriend, His Mother, Two Others

A young woman was subjected to a violent crucifixion-style exorcism by four religious extremists, a court in France heard on Monday, October 7, 2013.
Three men and a woman belonging to the Seventh Day Adventist Church are accused of kidnapping, and acts of torture and barbarism against the 19-year-old, identified only as Antoinette.
The young woman was barely alive when police found her in a flat in a housing estate in the Paris suburb of Grigny.
Her tormentors are accused of tying her up like Jesus on the cross, and keeping Antoinette in the same position for seven days during 2011. They believed that this would exorcise her from her sins, and get rid of the devil inside her. Antoinette was regularly beaten, and only allowed small amounts of cooking oil and water so as to stay alive.

Tottenham: Townsend brushes off Bale comparisons

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Tottenham Hotspur winger Andros Townsend wants to make his own name in the game.
The 22-year-old has enjoyed a stunning start to the season and has been named in Roy Hodgson’s England squad for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Montenegro and Poland.
His displays so far this term have earned him the label of the ‘new Gareth Bale’, while former Spurs boss Harry Redknapp even compared the winger with Bayern Munich superstar Arjen Robben.

UK court to restart $145m Ibori asset-confiscation case

Hearing in the case of confiscation of 90 million pounds (about 145 million dollars) worth of assets belonging to ex-gov. James Ibori ended inconclusively on Monday in a British court.
The case will now start afresh next year.
James Ibori, governor of the oil-producing state of Delta in southern Nigeria from 1999 to 2007, is serving a 13-year jail sentence in a British jail.
This was after he pleaded guilty in February 2012 to 10 counts of fraud and money-laundering.
Once an influential power-broker at the heart of Nigeria’s ruling PDP, he is by far the most senior politician to be held accountable for the corruption.
The confiscation proceedings against him will determine whether he emerges from jail impoverished or still in possession of a large enough fortune to regain a position of influence in Nigeria.
Ibori will become eligible for early release in March 2016.
In a hearing which began at London’s Southwark Crown Court on Sept. 16, prosecutors were seeking a court order to confiscate a long list of assets.
They were relying on Ibori’s guilty pleas as proof that his assets worth close to 90 million pounds were the proceeds of corruption during his time in office.
The defence argued that the guilty pleas did not prove that the assets were benefits of Ibori’s crimes.

After three weeks in court, Judge Anthony Pitts said in order to make an informed ruling he needed a better grip on the evidence underlying the case.

United & Arsenal target Reus hit with injury blow

Dortmund's Marco Reus (REUTERS)

Borussia Dortmund have received yet more bad news after it was revealed Manchester United and Arsenal target Marco Reus suffered a torn ligament at the weekend.

Dortmund lost 2-0 to Borussia Monchengladbach at the weekend putting them a point behind rivals Bayern Munich at the top of the Bundesliga following the Bavarians' 1-1 draw with Bayer Leverkusen.

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Reus, who was a transfer target for Manchester United manager David Moyes over the summer and is reportedly on Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger's January radar, picked up ankle injury against Monchengladbach and will now miss Germany's last two 2014 World Cup qualifying matches against Republic of Ireland and Sweden this month.

The attacker joins twins Lars and Sven Bender on the injury list for Germany national coach Joachim Low who will also be without Ilkay Gundogan and Miroslav Klose.

Man,35, remanded over rape of 9-year-old schoolgirl

An Ibadan High Court on Tuesday remanded a 35-year-old man, Segun Majeed, in prison over alleged rape.
The prosecutor, Mrs Olumide Ojo, told the court that the defendant allegedly raped a nine-year-old girl on May 29, 2012, at the Army Barracks Primary School, Iwo road, Ibadan.

She told the court that she had yet to respond to the application filed by the defence counsel, Mr Olaniji Olabinjo.

Griquas give Willie a break

Willie le Roux (Gallo Images)

Kimberley - With their final game in the group stages of the Currie Cup only of academic importance, Griquas coach Pote Human has decided to rest vital players for Saturday's match against the Golden Lions at Ellis Park (15:00 kick-off).

The Peacock Blues will be playing in the upcoming promotion-relegation matches against the Pumas regardless of the outcome in Johannesburg.

Human decided to rest Springbok wing Willie le Roux, while regulars like Howard Mnisi (centre), Steph Roberts (prop), Ryno Barnes (hooker, captain), Marnus Schoeman (flanker), Marnus Hugo (scrumhalf) and Francois Brummer (flyhalf) have all been put on short leave.

No 8 Leon Karemaker is the only regular forward remaining, with positional and tactical changes aplenty upfront.

Most notably is the return of prop Lourens Adriaanse, who will also captain the side, and lock Ligtoring Landman.

"This game doesn't affect the fact that we will play against the Pumas in the next couple of weeks," Human said.

Arsenal: Ramsey & Wenger win September awards

Arsenal midfielder Aaron Ramsey (Action Images)

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger and midfielder Aaron Ramsey have been handed the September manager and player of the month awards respectively.

Wenger has now won the accolade 13 times during his spell as Gunners manager after leading his side to four wins out of four last month.