A man and woman have been sentenced to jail after police discovered 132 cannabis plants at a Werribee house last year. In the County Court last month, Cuong Thanh Nguyen, 25, pleaded guilty to one charge of cultivating cannabis not less than a commercial quantity. The court heard Nguyen was living in Treeve Street when…
Over the past decade, gambling has becoming less problematic for Singaporeans as a whole. However, the recent news of a man losing S$80,000 while gambling in the last World Cup is a sober reminder of how dangerous and relevant gambling still is today. In fact, while surveys indicate that gambling addiction has gone down significantly,…
A former Northamptonshire cricketer is warning others about the impact of addiction after racking up hundreds of thousands of pounds of gambling debts. Just a few months ago Patrick Foster was thinking about ending his life, but now he’s speaking out about his recovery to raise awareness of compulsive gambling. Click below for Sarah Byrd’s…
Relationship breakdowns, living beyond your means and sudden income shocks are among the most common triggers for people going bankrupt, figures show. Statistics released by the Insolvency Service show the characteristics of people applying for bankruptcy in England and Wales between the second quarter of 2014 and the first quarter of 2018. The figures relate…
A central Illinois man has been found guilty of killing his sister-in-law and burying her body in a shallow grave. A Putnam County jury on Friday found Cliff Andersen guilty of first-degree murder and concealing a homicide in the death of 63-year-old Deborah Dewey. The 68-year-old Anderson faces from 20 years to life without parole when he…
HENNEPIN, Ill. (AP) A northern Illinois man has been found guilty of killing his sister-in-law and burying her body in a shallow grave. A Putnam County jury on Friday found Cliff Andersen guilty of first-degree murder and concealing a homicide in the death of 63-year-old Deborah Dewey. The 68-year-old Anderson faces from 20 years to…
HENNEPIN, Ill. — A northern Illinois man has been found guilty of killing his sister-in-law and burying her body in a shallow grave. A Putnam County jury on Friday found Cliff Andersen guilty of first-degree murder and concealing a homicide in the death of 63-year-old Deborah Dewey. The 68-year-old Anderson faces from 20 years to…
TOKYO — Japanese lawmakers on Friday night enacted controversial legislation legalizing gambling resorts, a move nearly two decades in the making. The bill was expected to be passed earlier in the day, but the opposition camp threw up one last procedural roadblock: It introduced a no-confidence motion against the cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe…
The Nevada Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for an Italian businessman sued by The Wynn over a $1 million gambling debt. Mario LaBarbera visited Las Vegas in 2008 and, while staying at The Wynn, lost $1 million of his own money and $1 million in marker credit extended to him by the resort.…
Another football game hadnt gone Joe Schillers way, and the thousands of dollars of debt he had accumulated from betting was about to bury him. With his life spinning out of control, he hopped in his car with his then-pregnant wifes paycheck in his pocket and went into hiding for two months. Haunted by suicidal…