Nigeria ‘contributes significantly’ to global girl education crisis – Serah Mekka

Serah Mekka, ONE Campaign’s Nigeria director, says the country contributes significantly to the global crisis of girl child education.

“It is a global crisis that 130 million girls are not in school and Nigeria is unfortunately contributing a significant share to this,” Mekka said.

“Renewed efforts are urgently needed. Girls’ education spurs exponential positive effects on social and economic development for generations to come. Educating girls secures the future of Nigeria. #GirlsCount is uniting people to make the scale of this crisis clear and to call on leaders to act urgently.

“The ONE Campaign is asking governments for a package of funding and reforms which will make education work for every girl by 2030; urging leaders to double the global funding for girls’ education by 2020.”

ONE Campaign, an international advocacy and campaigning organisation, also disclosed that globally, 130 million girls are not in school and that because “poverty is sexist, girls in the poorest countries are less likely to receive an education than boys.”

“This means a generation of adolescent girls is being denied the education they need to get a job, broaden their opportunities, and break the cycle of poverty. A girl with an education can change the world.”

In Nigeria, Omotola Jalaide Ekeinde is the main champion for the campaign which has been backed by Amina Mohammed, UN deputy secretary general, and Oby Ezekwesili, BBBOG co-convener.

 

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Butcher remanded over alleged rape of 13-year-old.

A Gombe Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered the remand of a 25-year-old butcher, Shamsudeen Musa, for alleged rape of a 13-year-old girl.

 

The Chief Magistrate, Bello Sheriff, ordered the remand of the accused in prison until March 1, when the case was slated for mention.

 

The accused, who resides in Ziringaza quarters Gombe, is facing one-count charge of rape.

 

Earlier, the prosecutor, Ismail Adamu, told the court that the offence was committed on January 20, at about 12.30 p.m.

 

He alleged that the defendant took his victim (names withheld), of same address, to an uncompleted building and had sex with her without her consent.

 

The prosecutor said that the offence is punishable under Section 283 of the Penal Code Law.

 

He told the court that investigation into the matter was still ongoing and asked for adjournment to enable the police conclude investigation.

 

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German Court sends 16-year-old girl to jail for terrorist attack

A German Court sentenced a 16-year-old girl to six years jail on Thursday for an attack on a police officer.

 

The prosecutors described it as the first assault ordered by Islamic State in the country.

 

The teenager, identified as Safia S, was 15 years old when she slashed the police officer in the neck with a vegetable knife at the main railway station in Hanover in February 2016.

 

The 34-year-old policeman was severely injured but survived the attack.

 

Source: NAN

Two teachers rape girl after showing her porn.

Two teachers, Stanley Akanno and Olakunle Hassan, both teachers in a private primary school in Amuwo Odofin, were yesterday paraded by Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 2, AIG Kayode Aderanti, for serially defiling their 6-year-old female pupil.

 

The teachers, he said, during extra mural classes, showed pornography on their laptop to the pupil and made her practice same on them. “The pupil has been taken to a government hospital where it was medically established that she had been deflowered. The suspects will soon be charged to court,” Aderanti said.

 

They were arrested following suspicion by the girl’s mother that her daughter has suddenly become sexually active. The girl’s mother, while narrating how the daughter was defiled, said: “I noticed that my daughter was kissing her brother’s penis”

 

I called her and interrogated her where she learnt the behaviour and she told me that her lesson teacher plays erotic films on his laptop and forced her to watch it. She added that the teacher will then defile her. We reported the case to the police and from the investigation, it showed that she was defiled.”

RRS Nabs 22 Year Old Fraudster Posing As Girl On Instagram

A 22-year-old part-time student of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Ogba, Lagos, Falope Oluwole Israel, who has been posing as a girl on Instagram to defraud unsuspecting people, was last week arrested by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, RRS, of Lagos State Police Command.

Falope was reportedly arrested by officials of the RRS decoy team at a popular club in Ikeja City Mall last Thursday after trailing him for weeks.

His arrest along with a colleague was sequel to series of monitoring by the officers and those that he was interacting with at the club. It was gathered that the suspect recently celebrated his birthday at Hard & Rock, Lekki, Lagos, a week before his arrest, where he reportedly lavished over half a million naira on foods and drinks.

The suspect, a 100 level part time student, confessed to the crime, saying he had been in the business for more than two years. The Police revealed that Falope’s activities on Instagram was placed under investigations following series of complaints about an Instagram handle @blackberbiedoll, used for criminal activities, which was later traced to him.

Apart from @blackberbiedoll, which he prominently used for fraudulent activities, he maintained @froshwhite007 and @froshwhite separately for same purpose.

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14 Year Old Girl Chained By Her Parents Regains Freedom

A teenage girl, identified as Onyeka John, has regained freedom after she was allegedly chained by her mother to the burglar-proof bars for about one month.

The girl lived with her parents in a rented apartment on Serebe Street, Abaranje, in the Ikotun area of Lagos State.

The parents reportedly tied up John by the neck and legs for habitually running away from home, which they ascribed to mental illness.

It was learnt that the parents had gone out on Wednesday and locked up the girl as usual.

On that day, the landlord, Mr. Oladapo Olubajo, was said to have gone to the backyard, where the family’s apartment is located, to check a pumping machine when he saw the girl.

The landlord was said to have alerted a resident, who reported the case to the police at the Ikotun division.

The resident, who begged not to be named, said the girl’s parents eventually showed up at the police station and made statements.

He said, “The parents locked the girl up. She is about 14 years old. She was chained naked to the burglary inside the room by the neck and legs.  Policemen came to rescue the girl. Her parents later turned themselves in at the station. They said the girl had been a disgrace to the family.”

The landlord, Olubajo, told our correspondent that he wanted to take up the matter with the parents, but some residents prevailed on him not to.

He explained that he met the girl naked in the apartment, adding that the condition she was could frustrate her to commit suicide.

Olubajo said, “When I saw her chained to the burglar-proof  bar, I raised the alarm. The police later got the parents to the station and interrogated them.

“The girl said she had been there for almost one month. Her parents moved here a year ago. I have noticed that their behaviour was odd. but I didn’t know they could go to the extent of chaining the ir daughter.

“People begged me and the police eventually released the girl to them yesterday (Wednesday). The conclusion we reached is that I want them out of my house. They also claimed the girl is mentally ill. Even if she is mentally challenged, was that the right way to go about it? She could have killed herself.”

Onyeka’s father, who spoke on the telephone on Thursday, said he and his wife meant no harm for the girl.

He said, “She always runs away from home. That was why we chained her. I think she is mentally ill. We planned to take her to a hospital this month. As I speak now, she has fled home again.”

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said the case was under investigation.

“The lady is suffering from mental illness. Her parents chained her to prevent her from entering the street, and without intention to harm her,” she added.

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46 year-old teacher arrested for allegedly raping 2-year-old girl in Lagos

A 46-year-old teacher, Adenekan Adegboyega, has been arrested by the police in Lagos State for allegedly defiling a two-year-old girl.

The supervising teacher in one of the popular and privately-run schools in Lagos State was alleged to have defiled the little girl under the guise of teaching her sex education.

The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Mr Fatai Owoseni, who confirmed the arrest to newsmen on Wednesday, said the suspect was later arrested following a complaint lodged by the victim’s parents at the Ikeja Police Division.

He said that preliminary investigation revealed that the teacher allegedly defiled the girl, stressing that the suspect would be charged to court soon.

In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on the sidelines of the briefing, the suspect said that he got a telephone call from the pupil’s mother accusing him of defiling her daughter.

The suspect said he wondered where and when he committed such a crime, denying ever doing such with the baby girl.

“The mother of the pupil told me that she wanted what transpired between me and her daughter to end.

“She said she did not want any other person to hear about the incident, that even the girl’s father was not aware.

“When the mother of the pupil dropped her call, I was disturbed in my spirit and asked myself where the devil was coming from.

“Few minutes later, she sent a text message to me, telling me to remain firm with her daughter, because her daughter respected me like her father,” he said.

The teacher, who claimed to be a pastor in a Pentecostal church, denied doing such a thing with the minor.

“Before God almighty, I know nothing about the allegation levelled against me by the mother of the minor.

“I want to implore the Nigerian Police to do a thorough investigation.

“I am ready to surrender myself, but I know the God almighty that I serve will vindicate me because this is a serious challenge for me.

“The allegation that I was teaching the girl sex education is not true, because I had never taught in the school. I only supervise and walk round to make sure everything went well,” he said.

The mother of the abused girl, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the daughter told her that someone put his ‘Wiwi’ (penis) into her `wiwi’ ( private part).

“I asked her who the person was; my daughter then mentioned Mr Adenekan’s name saying he did it inside his office toilet.

“Truly, she is two years old but she could describe things vividly.”

“After my daughter explained everything to me, I got the teacher’s phone number from the school and called him.

“Initially, I did not want the issue to go out because of the stigma it would bring against my daughter in the school.

“Thereafter, I confronted the teacher not to threaten my daughter again and it was then he said I could go to anywhere to report.

“He said nobody would believe me, that even if I told the management of the school, they would not believe me,” she said.

The girl’s mother further said that Adenekan had no reason to be at the nursery section of the school, because he only supervises the primary section.

“When I took my daughter to Mirabel Medical Centre in Ikeja, it was revealed that she had been abused.”

Man drags 8-year-old girl to farm, rapes her countless times in Kano

A 40-year-old man, Abdulhamid Danbala, on Friday appeared before a Magistrates’ Court in Kano for allegedly raping an 8-year-old girl in a farm.

The labourer, a resident of Shakayi Village, Shanono Local Government Area of the state, allegedly committed the act on November 15, 2015.

According to the prosecutor, Sale Nakawu, the accused, who is facing a count charge of rape, dragged the girl to a farm in the village and raped her at about 9 pm on the said date.

The accused trailed the girl and forcefully had sexual intercourse with her several times.

The prosecutor said, “As a result of the large size of his manhood and forceful penetration, the victim sustained injuries in her private part.

“The victim was rushed to the Gwarzo General Hospital for treatment.

“The girl’s father reported the case to the Shanono Police Division on the same date,” the prosecutor said, adding that the offence contravened Section 283 of the Penal Code.

The accused, however, pleaded not guilty.

In her ruling, the Senior Magistrate, Halima Wali, adjourned the case till October 20 for mention, ordering that the accused person be remanded in prison custody

“It’s the devil that made me rape a 3 year old girl” – 28 year old rapist.

It was the handiwork of the devil, said a 28-year-old man, Mr. Bethel Samuel, yesterday, while confessing to Rivers State Police officers how he raped a three-year-old girl at Rumuolumeni community in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state.

Samuel, who said he was an aide to a Pentecostal church clergyman in Port Harcourt, told the police that he had carnal knowledge of the girl at his principal’s house.

Narrating the incident to the Public Relations Officer of the command, Nnamdi Omoni, and the Divisional Police Officer of Rumuolumini, Mr. Bethel Samuel described his action as the handiwork of the devil.

Samuel said: “It is stupidity that led me to sexually harass the little girl. If I will be given a second chance, I must surely be a good person. Police and the parents of the girl should have mercy and consider what happened as an act of the devil.

“I am the Personal Assistant to my pastor; we were organising our crusade, going out to paste crusade posters when my pastor called me to say he forgot something at home.

“He directed me to go to his house and bring some money. When I got there, I saw children playing and grabbed one of them. That was what happened.

“It is purely the handiwork of the devil. I don’t know what happened; all I know is that I am not happy with what is happening to me. I am calling on the parents and the police to have mercy on me. I am promising the government and the parents that if they allow me to go free, I will never misbehave again.”

Meanwhile, Omoni said police had placed zero tolerance on rape and other criminalities in the state.

3 Suspected Rapists Arrested For Impregnating 14-Year-Old Girl

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested three men for allegedly raping and impregnating a 14-year-old girl in the Agric, Ikorodu area of Lagos State.

Our correspondent learnt that the suspects – Kingsley Oke, Henry Osadere and Francis Ekwe – were arrested in the Majidun, Ikorodu area of Lagos State, before they were transferred to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja.

It was gathered that the suspects, who lived in the same area with the parents of the teenager, identified only as Ijeoma, allegedly raped the girl in August 2016, after the mother went for a vigil.

Our correspondent gathered that Ijeoma, a primary 6 pupil, was later discovered by the mother to be pregnant, and she reported to the police at the Owutu division.

The police said the three men were arrested on September 9, 2016.

Speaking with PUNCH Metro, Ijeoma said one of the suspects threatened to kill her if she disclosed the rape to anyone.

She said, “It was Uncle Kingsley (Oke) who first raped me. On that evening, he called me and said he would send me on an errand. When I went to his room, he immediately locked the door.

“I started begging him, but he forcefully carried me to his bed and raped me. On the second occasion, it was one man called Baba Ijebu that molested me. I had been sent to his house to collect an item.

“While in his house, he raped me. I cried, but he said I would die if I told anyone. The third man was Henry (Osadere). I don’t want to talk about it again.”

Forty-three-year-old Osadere, however, denied raping Ijeoma, saying she was a wayward girl.

He said, “She came to my place and said she had many boyfriends. I asked how a teenager like her had several boyfriends. Anytime she came to my apartment, she would steal some items. That was why I sent her away.

“I was surprised that she said I was one of those who raped her. She said she had a three-month-old pregnancy. I don’t know the other suspects.The girl lied against me. She knows the people who messed around with her. It was because I stopped her from coming to my house that she lied against me.”

Oke, 30, a welder, said, “I have known the girl since 2014. She usually came to my house to play. She is a wayward girl. Everyone knows about her promiscuity. I never raped her.”

Ekwe, 52, said Ijeoma and her mother had begged him in August to borrow them some money, which he did, adding that he did not rape the girl.

The state Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, said the suspects would be charged to court at the end of investigations.

Snapchat Photo Puts Girl In Serious Trouble As School Expels Her

 A white, blond-haired Kansas State University student has been expelled from school after Snapchatting a photo of herself and a friend wearing black clay face masks with the caption “Feels good to finally be a nigga.”

The young woman, Paige Shoemaker, posted the image to her Snapchat story, meaning it could be seen by any of her followers, on Tuesday night. But the trouble started when a fellow student, Desmund Weathers, posted the image to Twitter, where it swiftly went viral — prompting public outcry, a formal response from the university, and a Facebook apology by Shoemaker on behalf of herself and her friend, Sadie Meier.

“We clearly understand that what was said and done was completely disrespectful,” she wrote, in part, in her Thursday post, since shared more than 1,300 times. “I did want to inform everyone that it was NOT ‘black face,’ but it was a L’Oréal clay facial mask. The signs that were thrown also is an inside joke between our friends that represents ‘West Coast is the best coast.’ We never intended for the picture to offend anyone.”

Shoemaker added, “We accept that there will be people who won’t forgive us, but something had to be said. Ask anyone who knows us, we are the most accepting and least racist people. We know that we will ride up and learn from this mistake. We will be better. … We know what we did was wrong.”

Kansas State University interim associate provost for diversity Zelia Wiley addressed the situation with a post to the school’s website on Thursday. “On Sept. 15, the university received notice that a derogatory social message and photo was sent out via social media. The involved person is not currently enrolled at the university. It is our understanding the second individual in the photo is not associated with the university,” Wiley began. “This racially offensive photo with a derogatory message has upset the K-State family and is not in concert with our principles of community. Such messages on social media are harmful to all.”

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Four Year Old Girl Initiated Sex, Former Mayor Who Admitted Rape Claims

A  former city mayor who admitted to raping a four-year-old girl has claimed she was a ‘willing participant’ who initiated sex, reports have said.

Richard Keenan served as mayor of Hubbard, Ohio, in 2010 and 2011. He faces multiple counts of rape and attempted rape of a child.

According to the Youngstown Vindicator, Kenaan who confessed to a social worker and family members said his abuse of children spanned over three years but claimed his four-year-old victim ‘initiated sex’.

He has checked himself into a psychiatric clinic. Nonetheless, A judge must now decide if his confessions are admissible in court.

Keenan is due to stand trial in April next 2017.

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Guy Buys A Girl Drink, Texts Her & Asks For The Money Back Weeks Later

A British college student, Abby Fenton, met Liam–a guy who bought her a drink on a night out.

Now Liam, texts Abby weeks–not even a day or two–but weeks later, asking her to give him back the money he used to buy her a drink… Whet?!

“Hi hope u don’t mind love but can you transfer me back £6.50.” He said in the text. Abby on the other hand didn’t even know who the text was from, and said, “Who’s this hahahah”

Liam then responded saying, “Liam from the Viper rooms a few weeks ago. I bought yer a drink? Can I have my money back for it. Will give u sort code and account no. Thanks.” ..No he didn’t.. LOL!

I’m so done Roommates! I need to understand what prompted Liam to ask for his money back after all this time. Maybe because they clearly hadn’t spoken seeing as she didn’t even know who was texting her? Whatever the case may be, what are your thoughts on this? Was it okay to do that?

£6.50 amounts to just about $8.50, and I gotta know–fellas, are you texting a girl weeks after you meet her to run you that $8.50? Ladies, are you giving it back!?

Abby took a poll on Twitter asking if she should’ve given the money back.

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Guy Buys A Girl Drink–Texts Her & Ask’s For The Money Back Weeks Later

Five Feared Killed As Hausa, Fulani Clash Over A Girl In Lagos

No fewer than five persons were yesterday feared killed and many others injured as some Hausa and Fulani men clash in Lagos

The cause of the fracas in Abbattior/Kara, Agege, was the alleged robbery of some Hausa men by some Fulani boys at a hotel in Kogiri.

The police confirmed the clash but said only one person died in the violence that lasted for many hours.

The area was tension-soaked in spite of the heavy security presence and the deployment of an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) by the Rapid Response Squad (RRS).

There were many accounts of the incident as recounted by those who claimed to have knowledge of it.

A trader who gave his name as Usman said the Hausa boys complained to their brothers and a complaint was filed before the Seriki Fulani, Bello Damobapa, who allegedly took no action to sanction the boys.

Angered by the alleged silence of the Seriki, the Hausa boys were said to have stormed his palace on Tuesday night and vandalised three Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) belonging to him, his deputy and secretary.

By yesterday morning, it was learnt that a crowd of Fulani boys armed with sticks, bottles and cutlasses trooped to the railway lines where Hausa scraps collectors operate and started attacking people.

Usman said: “I usually sleep here but last night something just made me go home and I did. So I came out here around 7am and one woman told me to go back that Hausa and Fulani men were fighting.

“But I crossed to the other side and I saw a large number of Fulani people. They were carrying sticks with which they rear cattle, cutlasses and bottles. They were marching down, attacking anyone in sight

“The retreating Hausa men regrouped and confronted the Fulani group. The Hausa group called their kins from other markets for reinforcement. They came from Katangura, Agege and other markets. They chased the Fulani back into the abattoir complex.

“By that time, the police and soldiers had not come.  When they chased the Fulani people back, the Fulani went into the market and started attacking anyone they saw. They attacked even people who are not Hausa.

Police spokesman Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent (SP) said four persons had been arrested.

She said the fight erupted following the assault of a Hausa girl by a Fulani man.

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Court Grants Bail To Man Who Allegedly Raped 12 Year Old Girl

A Surulere Chief Magistrates’? Court in Lagos on Friday granted bail to a 40-year-old man, Friday James, in the sum of N500,000 for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl.

The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Ipaye Nwachukwu, ordered the accused to provide two sureties in like sum.
Nwachukwu said that one of the sureties must be blood relation of the accused while the other must not be a civil servant not below GL-14.

She said that the accused must deposit N100, 000 to the chief registrar’s account, and adjourned the case till Sept. 9 for mention.
James, a resident of No. 15B, Onakoye Str., Sari-Iganmu, Lagos, pleaded not guilty to a one-count charge of defilement.
Prosecutor Anthonia Osanyade told the court that the accused committed the offence at Sari-Iganmu, Lagos, at about 6.00 p.m., on Aug. 20.
Osanyade said that the accused sent the girl to buy N20 pure water for him.
“On her arrival, James dragged her into his room when she stretched her hand to give him his change and forcefully had sex with her,’’ she said.
She said ?the offence contravened Section 137 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2011.
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Moment Dead Girl’s Coffin Is Reopened After Boyfriend Hears Noises Coming From Her Tomb

This horrifying footage shows the moment a dead teenager’s coffin was opened after noises were heard coming from inside her tomb.

There were fears Neysi Perez ,16 – who was pregnant when she died – had been buried alive and had woken up in the coffin.

The tomb was broken open and the coffin removed as panic ensued in the town of La Entrada, in
western Honduras.

She was buried after apparently suffering a heart attack scare after becoming caught up in the middle of a firefight.

She was examined by doctors who confirmed her death, and her family decided to bury her.

But the her horrified boyfriend reportedly heard some noises coming from inside the crypt when he visited the cemetery the next day.

The boyfriend called a guard over to listen to the sounds too, and he confirmed he also heard them.

The family arranged for the tomb to be opened, which took several hours. And it was late.

Doctors say the girl was dead and buried noises could have been figment of the groom. However the broken glass is something that nobody could explain, like one of his injured fingers.

Man Lures 11-Year Old Girl To Market Place, Rapes Her.

A 31-year -old man, Malami Yusuf, who allegedly lured an 11-year-old girl to a market place and defiled her, was on Tuesday in Lagos granted N500,000 bail by an Apapa Magistrates’ Court. The Senior Magistrate, Mr Patrick Adekomaiya, also asked the accused to produce two sureties as part of the bail condition.

 

Adekomaiya said the sureties must be gainfully employed and should show evidence of two years tax payment to the Lagos State Government. Yusuf, who has no fixed address , had pleaded not guilty to a two-count charge bordering on defilement and sexual assault

 

The prosecutor, Insp. Tony Elibeh, told the court that the accused committed the offences on April 17 at Rago Market, Ojo, Lagos. Elibeh said that the accused lured the girl to the back of a building at the market place and forcefully had carnal knowledge of her without her consent.

 

“The accused was caught by a man, who saw him having carnal knowledge of the girl. “The man immediately rescued the girl and called some market women to help her. “The accused was badly beaten up by an angry mob, before the police came by to arrest him,” Elibeh said.

 

The prosecutor said the offences contravened Section 137 and 263 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. Section 137 prescribes life imprisonment for child rape. The Magistrate adjourned the case till Aug. 31, for mention.

Schoolgirl Who Left UK To Join ISIS Is Killed In Airstrike

One of the three Bethnal Green schoolgirls who left their homes to join ISIS is believed to have been killed by an airstrike in Raqqa.

Khadiza Sultana, 17, is thought to have died after her home was destroyed by a bomb that was believed to have been dropped by a Russian plane.

ITV News reveal that Sultana became disillusioned with life in the medieval terror state and was making plans to flee back to Britain.

The schoolgirl and two friends Amira Base and Shamima Begum left their families in east London

during the Easter school holidays in 2015.

Base and Begum, who were both just 15 when they fled, are believed to still be in Raqqa.

The trio became some of Britain’s most infamous ISIS recruits and shocked the nation after leaving their A-Level courses and their families to marry fighters in Syria.

Sultana ‘s family were hoping to help to get her out of Raqqa and across the border into Turkey. But it is believed Khadiza was killed before she could flee, after the property she was staying in was obliterated by the airstrike in May.

14 Year Old Girl Slits Her Brother’s Girlfriend’s Throat And Tells Her ‘Have a Nice Afterlife’

A 14 year old teenager, Kali Jade Bookey from New Richmond, Wisconsin, was charged as an adult by police on 28 July with attempted first-degree intentional homicide and if convicted, she could be jailed for up to 40 years.
According to police documents, Bookey attacked her brother’s girlfriend, in the girl’s bedroom, by first trying to suffocate her. She is then alleged to have smashed two bowls on the victim’s head, and finally cut her throat with a shard from one of the bowls.
After she slit her brother’s girlfriend’s throat, Bookey called the St Croix County Sheriff’s Department on 27 July, claiming that two men in a green pickup truck attempted to kidnap her while she was out for a bike ride.

She then claimed that she told the kidnappers that her brother’s girlfriend was home alone and they should take her instead.

The Police arrived at the house and found the girlfriend in her bedroom, bleeding profusely. The girl, 15, was then taken by ambulance to a hospital.

Fortunately she survived the incident and told the Police that during the attack, Bookey asked her if she wanted to die or bleed out, with the 15-year-old opting for the latter.

Bookey told the victim that she was a ‘crazy psychopath’ looking for her first kill, then after she slit her throat, told her to “have a nice afterlife” and left the trailer.

Police investigators say that Bookey admitted she hated the 15-year-old because she made her brother happier than she was able to, and planned the attack a week and a half before, during previous bike rides.

Bookey confessed to the Police that on the day of the attack, she had left her home at around 4am and rode 11 miles on her bike to her victim’s trailer, stating that she wanted to scare her brother’s boyfriend so that her brother would “come back to the family” because he was so in love with the girlfriend.
Bookey’s mother, Dawn Bookey, told the Associated Press she had no idea about the planned assault.

“We had no clue,” the mother said. “There were no signs. We’re all very, very sad.”

Bookey is currently held without bail in juvenile custody before a preliminary hearing slated for 8 August.

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Police Arrest Girl, 18, Over Sale Of Own Baby

Operatives from the Enugu State Police Command said they have arrested one   Okike  Ezinne,18, from Isu  Mbaneze in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, who is also the mother of an 18-month-old baby for allegedly selling the baby for N300,000.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ebere Amaraizu who confirmed the incident, said that Ezinne told the police that she had the baby girl out of wedlock and decided to keep her, except that life became tough for her.

She said her intimate friend called Promise Godwin, 20, from her area in Ebonyi State, lured her to Enugu with the child, promising that somebody would cater for her and the baby.
Ezinne said she joined her friend and secured a house at Coal Camp area, a suburb of Enugu metropolis, and that sometime in March 2016, she found that the friend had perfected the bargain for the sale of the baby in question for N300,000.
According to Ezinne, after striking a deal with Promise and Gloria for the sale of  the baby,  the baby  was taken to a place called  Limca Bus Stop at Okigwe, Imo State along Enugu-Port Harcourt Express Road where she was sold for N300,000 cash after which they returned to Enugu where they shared the money in the following order: N200,000 for the baby’s mother, N50,000 for Promise and the remaining N500,000 for the motorcyclist working with Godwin Promise.

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Rescued Girl, Serah Luka, Not On Our List– Chibok Parents

Campaigners on Friday questioned a Nigerian military claim that a second Chibok schoolgirl had been rescued, but the army maintained she was one of the 219 abducted by Boko Haram.

Yakubu Nkeki, the head of the Chibok Abducted Girls Parents group, told the AFP the military contacted him before an announcement was made on Wednesday about the discovery of the first girl, Amina Ali.

“We were able to identify her and then establish her parents,” he told AFP. But there was no call before Nigeria’s army announced late Thursday that a second schoolgirl had been rescued.

She was said to be Serah Luka, who was among 97 women and children rescued earlier that day in the Damboa area of the northeastern state of Borno.

She told troops and civilian vigilantes she was a Christian pastor’s daughter originally from Madagali, in neighbouring Adamawa state, and had been in Chibok to sit her exams.

Nkeki said his records showed only two girls with the surname Luka.

“These are Kauna Luka Yana and Naomi Luka Dzakwa. Among the list of parents we have only four priests and none of them is Luka,” he added.

“Among the girls none of them is from Madagali. They were either from Chibok, Damboa, Askira and Uba (all in Borno state). So I can say… that this girl is not among the abducted Chibok girls.

“We were never contacted by the military for verification of the girl’s identity before the announcement was made.”

A human rights activist in Mubi, Adamawa, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitive nature of his work, also said a Serah Luka was not on the list of the missing.

A senior Nigerian military source said it was “beyond reasonable doubt” that the schoolgirl was among the 219 held by the Islamists since the kidnapping on April 14, 2014.

“The military personnel who carried out the rescue operation and the civilian vigilantes who assisted them and those who know the girl confirmed that she is among those abducted,” he said.

“We can only change our position if the principal of the school or the government of Borno state come out and refute this established identity of the girl.”

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How 17 Year Old Girl Sold Her Baby For N500,000

The Ondo State Police Command at the weekend narrated how a teenager, Tessy Obianua allegedly sold her baby girl for the sum of N500,000 to a couple in Onitsha, Anambra state.

It was gathered that, Tessy, a 17 year-old girl fell was tricked by one Mrs. Chibuzor Okoye, a known child trafficker.

According to the police , it was Okoye, that convinced Tessy to sell the baby to the couple, Mr. and Mrs Sunday Kalu, who were desperately looking for a baby.

The state commissioner of police,Mrs. Hilda Ibifuro-Harrison, while parading the suspects said, five persons were involved in the case.

Ibifuro-Harrison said it was Tessy’s father, Mr. Henry Obianu, who alerted the police.

‘‘Mr.Obianu who claimed his daughter, Tessy ran away with her pregnancy January last year, said she later re-appeared again without the baby or pregnancy in May,’’ the CP said.

Police investigation also revealed that Tessy was lured to Onitsha by her father’s neighbour,simply identified as Mr. Jude Azuka.

The CP explained that his men arrested Okoye who specializes in child trafficking later.

“It was Okoye, who sold the said baby girl to the couple in Onitsha at the sum of N500,000.

“She claimed to have given Jude the sum of N200,000 out of which Jude claimed to have bought clothes and shoes to Tessy and also gave her N30,000.’’

“Mrs. Chibuzor thereafter forced Tessy, to sign an undertaking that she would never come back for the baby.”

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Police To Investigate Alleged Abduction Of Another Underage Girl

The Inspector General Of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, has directed the Sokoto State Police Command to immediately commence investigation into another case of abduction of a teenage girl who was last seen by her family members on August 12, 2015.

Mr Arase was in Makurdi, the Benue State capital for a peace meeting between Agatu farmers and Fulani herdsmen, following outbreak of hostilities where hundreds of lives were lost and properties worth millions destroyed.

He seized the opportunity of his chat with journalists after the meeting to comment on the alleged abduction and there he gave the directive.

Mr Arase acknowledged a petition written by a family member of the victim, Miss Patience Paul Adaji, an indigene of Benue State who resides with his relatives in Sokoto State.

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Teen girl admits she made up migrant rape claim which outraged Germany

A 13-year-old German girl who claimed she had been kidnapped and raped by migrants made up the entire story, police have said.

The girl, only known as Lisa F, told police she had been taken from a suburb in east Berlin and held captive for 30 hours by ‘foreign-looking’ men who raped her,the Guardian reports..
The parents of the teenager, , reported her missing on 11 January after she failed to appear at school
in the Marzahn district of the capital. She reappeared 30 hours later with injuries on her face, and told her parents she had been attacked by men of Middle Eastern or north African appearance. News of the incident spread on social media, sparking outrage among Berlin’s Russian-German community.

But when she was questioned by trained specialists three days later “she immediately admitted that the story of the rape was not true”, said the spokesman for the state prosecutor, Martin Steltner.

He said the teenager had been scared of going home after the school had contacted her parents over an incident at school.

Analysis of the teenager’s mobile phone records showed she had spent the night with a friend, who is not being treated as a suspect.

Her mother told Der Spiegel magazine on Sunday that Lisa was “doing very badly” and was having treatment in a psychiatric ward.

Student Suspended For Sharing Inhaler With Classmate Gasping For Air

A Texas middle school student was suspended after sharing her inhaler with an asthmatic student who was gasping for breath on Tuesday. She now faces up to 30 days at alternative school, following a hearing on Friday.
Indiyah Rush, 12, may also face a month in an alternative school as part of her punishment, Fox4 reported.
Rush, a A/B honor roll student, was in gym class at Schrade Middle School in Garland, Texas when her classmate began wheezing and gasping for breath.
“Asthma gets worse by every second,” Rush, who has had the disease since she was 5,  told Fox4.com.

Rush offered the girl her inhaler and the two were sent to the principal’s office, where Rush was
punished with several days of at-home suspension and 30 days of alternative school.

According to the school district, sending a student to a month of alternative school  is an automatic punishment for sharing a controlled substance, which includes prescription drugs like inhalers. The final punishment may change after a hearing scheduled for Friday.

“It’s a prescription and one student’s severity with asthma may not mirror that of the girl who let the other borrow hers and that could have resulted in some pretty significant issues,” Chris Moore, Garland Independent School District spokesman, told Fox4.

Rush’s mother is concerned that time at an alternative school is an excessive punishment.

“My kid would be mixed with kids that are using drugs at school or being caught with drugs, acting out in class,” Monique Rush told Fox4. “I don’t want any of that to rub off on her.”

“I was just trying to save her life,” Indiyah said. “I didn’t know I was doing anything bad.”

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19-Year-Old Girl Commits Suicide In Ebonyi, As Boyfriend Rejects Pregnancy

A 19-year-old lady, identified simply as Chiamaka, at the weekend committed suicide for being pregnant. Chiamaka took her life in her residence at No. 17 Nwike Street, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. The lady, who hailed from Ohaozara Local Government Area of the state, was said to have hanged herself after her parents told her that they could not buy her what she had demanded for the Yuletide because they discovered she was pregnant.

A source close to the family said Chiamaka had, after discovering that she was pregnant, informed her boyfriend responsible for the pregnancy and who also lives in the same building but the boy
denied being responsible for the pregnancy.

“Chiamaka was not happy that her boyfriend denied her in her trying moment because her parents threatened to sanction her for being pregnant. “The parents were very angry about it because we, the neighbours, always hear when they quarrelled with her because of the pregnancy and she thought the best thing to do was to go to her boyfriend, at least to have a rest of mind.

“But she was disappointed that the boy denied her and I think this might be the reason why she hanged herself,” the source added. When our correspondent visited the house, most of the residents had fled the building for fear of arrest while residents of the street were discussing the incident in groups. When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) George Okafor, said he was yet to receive official report on the matter.

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Schoolgirl Commits Suicide After Becoming Allergic To Wifi

A teenage schoolgirl was found hanging from a tree after she began suffering from an allergic reaction to WiFi.
Jenny Fry was left with crippling headaches, tiredness and bladder problems brought on by electro-hypersensitivity (EHS).The 15-year-old’s mum Debra said her symptoms were caused because she was allergic to wireless internet connections at her school.

Earlier in the day she had texted a friend telling her she was not going to school that day.
Although they had taken the WiFi out of their own home, it was still used in Chipping Norton School, Oxon., where she was a pupil.
Mrs Fry said:

“Jenny was getting ill and so was I. I did some research and found how dangerous WiFi could be so I had it taken out of the house.
“Both Jenny and I were fine at home but Jenny continued to be ill at school in certain areas.
“She was receiving lots of detentions, not for being disruptive in class or misbehaving, but often because she used to take herself out of the classroom to find another where she was able to work. She took her schoolwork seriously.I took lots of information into school to show the headteacher, Simon Duffy, but he said there was equally the same information available claiming WiFi was safe.”I also had a heated exchange with teachers telling them Jenny was allergic to WiFi and that it made no sense making her take detentions in rooms that were making her ill.The least they could do was allow her to take them in rooms where she felt able to concentrate, but they wouldn’t listen.I fully believe Jenny did not intend to take her own life. I think she was frustrated with school.She would not see a doctor but was seeing a counsellor at school who was helping her.She had not made any suggestions she was thinking of suicide and I believe it was a cry for help.”

Jenny’s parents are now campaigning to remove WiFi from nurseries and schools and urging the government to look into researching EHS.

8 Year Old Girl Diagnosed With Rare Form Of Breast Cancer

Chrissy Turner has a rare form of breast cancer, and she’s only 8 years old. The girl is the youngest person known to have secretory breast carcinoma, which affects only 1 in 1 million people.

“She came to us on a Sunday afternoon, she said, ‘Mommy, I have been scared, and I have this lump,'” her mom, Annette, told ABC News. “It had been there for a while.”

Luckily, experts say the cancer is treatable with surgery. Chrissy will have to undergo a mastectomy in early December, but she’s not scared of what’s to come. “I was scared the first time that I knew about it,” Chrissy told ABC 4 Utah News. “But I knew that I could fight it off and I hope that I can fight it off.”

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Sam Smith Not Gay Again, Declares He’s Straight For This Girl…

Sam Smith went out on a date with his pal, Tiffany Clare, right after the James Bond Spectre premiere. on a romantic trip to McDonalds.

Captioning the pic of himself and Tiffany draped around each other at the fast food chain, Sam wrote: “McRomance”, before sharing a snap of Tiff in her gorgeous blue gown, laden with McDonalds’ bags, and quipping that he is “straight” for her.

He wrote, wrote: “IM STRAIGHT STRAIGHT STRAIGHT FOR THIS GIRL @tiffany.clare”.

See pics of the romantic date below:

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4-Year Old Killed In US Road Rage Shooting

A four-year-old girl was fatally shot in the head while riding in a truck with her father in New Mexico in what authorities called a road rage attack.

A suspect identified as Tony Torres, 32, has confessed to the shooting of Lilly Garcia on Tuesday afternoon in Albuquerque. An anonymous tip however led to his arrest.

“She was so proud to tell people she just turned four. She just started school two days ago. She was very bright and very smart. She is my world,” the girl’s father, Alan Garcia told ABC News.

The father had picked up the girl and her 7-year-old brother from school Tuesday in a truck and started driving on an interstate highway when some kind of road rage ensued that afternoon.
Shots were fired. Shortly after that, the man noticed his daughter was bleeding, and quickly pulled to the edge of the road and tried to administer first aid, but she didn’t make it to the hospital alive.The father had picked up the girl and her 7-year-old brother from school Tuesday when the unfortunate incident happened.

Must A Guy “Toast” A Girl Before They Become An Item?

A quick run through to this question. As time evolves transforming traditions to trends, the most relevant behavior of man, wooing, which enables procreation in the right manner, falls into this spotlight.

We all believe, mostly believe that a man who is attracted to a WOMAN (no Homo), ought to “toast” her first, then her answer or reaction will determine the latter. In other words, a man/woman’s love relationship is dependent on wooing; regardless of who woos who, because girls “toast” in our generation.

With that by the side, an argument claims a man must not woo a woman, or vice versa, to kick start a relationship. Wooing can be seen as an indication of an intention to be exclusively paired with a special person you desire. So we don’t know if a one night stand can qualify as wooing.

Point being, must a guy “Toast” a girl before they become an item?

16 Year Old Girl Who Was Stabbed At Jerusalem Gay Pride March Dies From Her Wounds

Israeli high school student, Shira Banki, 16, (left and the one in green with the knife in her back) was one of six people stabbed by ultra-orthodox jew Yishai Shlissel during a gay pride march in Jerusalem on Thursday July 30th. She died today at Hadassah hospital from injuries sustained during the attack. She wasn’t gay…she went to the march in support of her LGBT friends. Sad…

In a statement her family said:
‘Our magical Shira was murdered because she was a happy 16-year-old – full of life and love – who came to express her support for her friends’ rights to live as they choose. For no good reason and because of evil, stupidity and negligence, the life of our beautiful flower was cut short. Bad things happen to good people, and a very bad thing happened to our amazing girl.
‘The family expresses hope for a less hatred and more tolerance.’ The family requests the public respect their privacy as they grieve. We won’t permit the terrible murderer to challenge the basic values on which Israeli society is built.’ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement after sending his condolences to the family.
‘We reject with disgust any attempt to impose hatred and violence among us and will bring the murderer to justice. Shira was murdered because she bravely supported the principle that everyone has the right to live their lives respectfully and with security.’
\Candlelight vigils held tonight in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in memory of Shira.
Of the remaining five people wounded in the attack two are still in hospital in a serious condition, while three others have been released from hospital.

Girl Accidentally Kills Herself By Overdosing On Paracetamol

Georgia Littlewood, 17 and pictured above, took more than the recommended dose of paracetamol to cure a stomach ache.  Unaware of the dose’s deadly consequences, she went to stay with her boyfriend.

But her condition suddenly deteriorated and she was rushed into hospital with severe liver damage. She died the following day.

The cause of death was acute liver failure due to paracetamol toxicity.

Her family is now calling for tougher restrictions on the drug. Speaking at an inquest into her death, Georgia’s family condemned the ease with you can buy paracetamol after a coroner said it was a “readily available medication across the counter which can be extremely dangerous.”

In a statement they said:

“You can buy paracetamol at 19p a packet in supermarkets – yet you should only be able to buy it from a pharmacist who tells you of the dangers. You should not be able to go into the shop with no one giving any advice.”

Tragedy struck on March 28 this year when Georgia woke up at 6.30am complaining of a stomach ache. She had taken an administration apprenticeship in September 2014 but had been complaining of headaches after long hours in front of a computer at her desk.

She called in sick at work and went back to bed.

But later her mother Joanne Littlewood received a text from her daughter saying she was going to stay over with her boyfriend Tom Keen. The couple watched television and went out to get a milk shake and pizza.

At 2am the next morning, Georgia was heard being sick in the bathroom.

Mr Keen took her back to her parent’s house where they rang an ambulance when she failed to recognise her mother.

At Huddersfield Royal Infirmary she told doctors she had taken paracetamol tablets but had not done so with any intention of causing herself harm.

She was transferred to St James’ Hospital in Leeds and was put down for a liver transplant but she sadly deteriorated, leaving doctors unable to reverse the damage done to her liver.

She died at 9pm on March 30 in the intensive care unit. Mrs Littlewood said:

“On the day she was taken into hospital she was mumbling and didn’t know who I was. I knew something was wrong straight away. I believe the overdose was a complete accident. She was a very happy girl making plans to go on holiday in July.

I don’t think she would have known the correct doses for taking paracetamol and would have taken them for a headache. She would not have known the affect it would have had on her.”

Mr Keen said:

“She was not making any sense, she was talking but not making sense. At first I thought she was having me on. I realised something wasn’t right. I woke my house mate up and we took her home. When we got to her house we got to the door and her dad opened. He asked if she had taken anything. I confirmed she had not. She hadn’t drunk any alcohol either. I went back home.

Her mum rang later and said the ambulance had been called and she had been taken to hospital. I did not see her take any paracetamol nor any other medication and she did not say she had done so. No medication had gone missing.”

 Assistant coroner Mary Burke recorded a conclusion of accidental death and said:

“It seems likely to me that Georgia was not fully away of the apparent toxic effect of paracetamol which can develop over a relatively short period of time. I do not believe it was an intentional act on Georgia’s part to harm herself and conclude a result of ‘accident.’

It is important to use these circumstances to highlight to members of the public the risk that are present. Paracetamol is a readily available medication across the counter but can be extremely dangerous. There are doses as identified in place for a reason. If everyone does not comply with that there can be tragic circumstances evident in this case. If you take more than the recommended dose the body cannot cope with that.”

Police Arraign 3 Farmers For Defiling 10 Year Old Girl

The police yesterday arraigned three farmers in a senior magistrates’ court in Katsina for raping a 10-year-old girl.

The accused are Yahuza Musa, 20; Tasiu Abubakar, 20; and Sadiq Isyaku, 20.

The trio, who reside at Dakiya village in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State, appeared before Senior Magistrate Nafisa Bagiwa on one-count charge of rape.

The prosecutor, Insp. Hashimu Musa, told the court that the accused committed the offence on June 11 at about 11.30 a.m.

He said the matter was reported by one Isa Ali of Kitaki village in Safana Local Government Area at Safana police division at noon on June 12.

He added that the complainant informed the police that his daughter, in company of her three sisters went to purchase mango at Dakiya village.

The prosecutor said the three accused accosted the sisters in the bush, where they held the hand of the victim and pushed her to the ground.

He pointed out that Musa held the hand of the victim, while Abubakar and Isyaku tore her skirt and pant and had carnal knowledge of her one after the other.

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Girl Who Was Told To ‘Stop Googling’ Cancer That Eventually Killed Her Left Heartbreaking Messages, Begging Doctors To Take Her Seriously

19 year old Bronte Doyne begged doctors to take her seriously in a series of desperate messages written shortly before she died of a rare cancer that doctors told her she didn’t have and should stop googling about. A frustrated Bronte said she was ‘fed up of trusting’ medics who refused to accept she was dying. She eventually died in March 2013, 16 months after she developed fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma, a rare form of liver cancer which only affects 200 people a year worldwide.

Full report From UK Daily Mail:
The teenager had an operation in September 2011 to remove the cancer and was told she would make a full recovery, but online research in America told her that FBC often returns.
But ‘aloof and evasive’ doctors at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) treated her with ‘woeful lack of care and empathy’ and refused to accept this and told her to ‘stop Googling’.
In a text weeks before she died she said: ‘Need answers. Want to know what’s going on. Something’s not right. I’m sick of this’.
And days before she died she wrote: ‘Can’t begin to tell you how it feels to have to tell an oncologist they are wrong. I had to, I’m fed up of trusting them’.
Today Bronte’s mother Lorraine Doyne (pictured right)  has made the messages public to reveal her daughter’s plight.
She said: ‘Bronte was denied pain relief, referrals were hugely delayed and efforts by her family to gather information and understand Bronte’s prognosis were handled in an evasive and aloof manner

HHer fears that her symptoms over the preceding months before she died were cancer-related were proved right.
‘The messages from Bronte are all her own words and I believe that’s more powerful for people to understand what she went through.
She added: ‘I want to see changes and action now.’
She and her daughter were forced to do their own research online, but doctors dismissed their fears.
Mrs Doyne said: ‘We had no information forthcoming and the only sources we found were through our own research.
‘We found a website for the Fibrolamellar Cancer Foundation, which is based in the United States, and it included an international forum.
‘It’s not just some pathetic website on Google, it’s been endorsed by the White House in publications, and was the only contact we had to get some awareness about this disease. But that information was dismissed here. I told the clinician that I knew what was happening to my daughter and something needed to be done but I was just told to “stop Googling”. 

Bronte was first admitted to hospital in September 2011 with suspected appendicitis, and was told she had fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma shortly after turning 18.
Over a 16-month period, she was told by doctors that she would survive the disease and had nothing to worry about after having an operation to remove a section of her liver in December.
But Bronte and her family knew through their own online research that there was a high chance the cancer would return and eventually claim her life, which it did on March 23, 2013.
The NHS trust who treated her has now promised to embrace the ‘internet age’ – and accept patients use the internet to research their illnesses –  and admitted: ‘We did not listen with sufficient attention’.
Bronte’s tweets, text messages and personal diary entries reveal her fears about death because doctors were not taking her condition seriously.
These were all passed to the hospital as part of a complaint after her death.
In a diary entry less than a month before her death : ‘Mum tried to talk to my consultant but he didn’t give her much help. She even had to ask him when I was going to get my appointment for the oncologist. Really don’t think he likes my mum asking questions.’
She also wrote she was advised by her GP to go to hospital as an emergency case when her symptoms worsened about six weeks before her death, but was told she could not been seen.
She wrote: ‘I got so angry because the doctor was so rude and just shrugged his shoulders.
‘He gave me a sarcastic comment like you can sleep here if you want but they won’t do anything. So I just have to wait for another hospital appointment.’
In a tweet before her death she also warned: ‘My body does not feel very good #helpme.’
After she was diagnosed, Bronte wrote in her diary: ‘I have cancer. I’m scared. Mum rang keyworker. Need to know what this is. He doesn’t know much. Help me.’
She underwent liver resection surgery in December 2011.
Seven months later, after doctors had told her she was fine, she tweeted: ‘My body does not feel very good #helpme.’
Then, in November 2012, Bronte wrote in her diary: ‘Feeling sick for months now. Tired of this feeling c***. Hospital not worried so trying to get on with it.’
The teenager texted friends saying that doctors referred to how she ‘had’ cancer in the past and advised her not to relate symptoms to the disease.
Her fears about feeling like ‘something’s not right’ were ignored, as she said a doctor claimed her weight loss was a result of her being ‘part of a skinny family’.
Bronte was eventually referred to the Hogarth Ward, a Teenage Cancer Trust unit, where she stayed for 10 days before she died – after 16 months of being told she would be fine.
 
Source: UK Daily Mail