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 A Russian-born newlywed slowly butchered her German husband — feeding strips of his flesh to her dog until he took his last breath, authorities said. Svetlana Batukova, 46, is accused of the drug-fueled weekend slaying of Horst Hans Henkels, 66, at their posh home in Spain, according to the Local,a European news site. Batukova, who regularly posted pictures online of herself cuddling her Staffordshire bull terrier, stabbed Henkels with a kitchen knife last Friday, police said. As he lay bleeding out on the floor, she carved off slices of his arm down to the bone and handfed them to her beloved dog, authorities said. Batukova waited hours to call the police. When they arrived at the house in the Spanish resort community of Cala Millor in Mallorca, they found her standing next to a pool of Henkels’ blood. Batukova appeared in court for a closed-door hearing Monday to face murder charges. It is still unclear whether the case will go to trial or...

 Scientists are panicking ever since Earth recorded its shortest day on record on June 29. It's because the planets "wobble" is reducing, and something experts say has the potential for 'devastating' effects. Earth has recorded its shortest day on record, sparking panic among scientists. A miniscule 1.59 milliseconds was shaved off the normal 24-hour rotation on June 29, due to the planet’s “wobble” reducing. But experts say if it keeps happening, a “negative second” will need to be removed from atomic clocks. And the impact on software could lead to satellites crashing, corrupted data, wrong time stamps and mass outages for vital systems - from banking to hospitals. The timeanddate website warned after the June 29 shortest day: “If Earth’s fast rotation continues, it could lead to the introduction of the first-ever negative leap second. “A negative leap second would mean that our clocks skip one second, which could potentially create problems for IT systems.” Fac...

 A dog left with horrific injuries after being “gang-raped” and stabbed 30 times has died. The distressed dog was found on the streets of Bogota, Columbia  last Monday struggling to move. She was rescued and then taken to the vets to receive urgent treatment reports Daily Star Online. Reports also stated the dog had recently delivered a litter of puppies when the incident took place. Marta Buitrago, the resident who found her, told the newspaper El Tiempo the dog appeared injured and very weak. Another woman, Liliana Guerrero, shared pictures and videos on Facebook who said the dog “was stabbed many times and sexually abused by several people”. “Because she wouldn’t allow it, they stabbed her," Liliana added, before adding the dog had sadly died from her injuries. “They destroyed her genitals, stabbed her almost 30 times, punched her and caused other superficial injuries,” Liliana continued. “The dog could not cope with the amount of pain.” She adde...

 British Airtours flight 28M was a Boeing 737-236 Advanced aircraft, but it did not even get off the runway and into the air before things very quickly went horribly wrong. Air flight disasters are extremely rare in Britain but when these incidents occur, they can bring fatal consequences. On August 22 , at Manchester Airport, 55 people were killed due to a catastrophic engine failure on the runway. It was around 7am when all the 131 passengers and six crew had boarded the British Airtours flight 28M – owned by British Airways - a Boeing 737-236 Advanced aircraft. Formerly called Goldfinch, but re-branded River Orrin, the flight was due to head to Corfu International Airport in Greece. Captained by Peter Terrington, and first officer Brian Love, the plane started its normal take off procedures on runway 24. However, things quickly took a turn for the worst when a loud thump was heard from underneath the craft. The take off was stopped, as the captain thought a...

The 38kg Pythonwas spotted by neighbours as it slithered its way across a roof before forcing its way through the upstairs window. The very dangerous 38kg snake was spotted by neighbours as it slithered across a roof before forcing its way through the upstairswindow. Worried residents inside managed to use a broom handle to fight off the albino Burmese Python, poking it back out before it fell 20ft onto the bonnet of a car below, landing with an "almighty thud". A neighbour then looked after the huge serpent in her conservatory until it woke up. The shocking episode unfolded in the early hours at a row of of terrace houses in Chandler's Ford, near Southampton, Hampshire. Jenny Warwick, 62, first noticed the enormous snake making its way across the roof of the houses opposite at around 5.30am. "I saw something on the roof and thought it must be a plastic tube, but then its head started moving," she ...

 A flirty orangutan got a little too friendly after it groped a tourist's breasts and gave her a smooch after the pair formed a "real bond" while she was visiting a zoo. A naughty orangutan made a special new friend after he groped a woman's breasts and planted a kiss on her cheek while she was visiting a zoo. Tourist Angel Orangelor wasn't expecting to be wooed by an ape when she went to Safari World in Bangkok, Thailand last week (August 15) with pals, but left having formed a "real bond" with the shameless ape. The animal was seen pulling Orangelor closer to him and gripping her breasts before giving her a smooch on the cheek and grinning at shocked passers-by. The surprised woman took the encounter well, saying she wasn't bothered by the primate's wandering hands, and even smiled during the bizarre ordeal. She said: "The orangutan was just trying to show me some love. He looked very cute. "My friend...

 Austin Stevens was arrested and charged after his daughter Zara Scruggs was sexually and fatally assaulted at his apartment in Lower Providence Township, Pennsylvania. LOWER PROVIDENCE, PA — The Montgomery County father who police said raped his 10-month-old daughter to death has deep ties to the local community. Austin Stevens, 29, was an assistant coach with the Lower Providence Warriors youth football league, officials said. It's unclear how long he served in this capacity. As of Thursday afternoon, the league has not responded to Patch requests for further information. Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele revealed Zara was found unresponsive around 10.40 pm after a 911 call,  CBSN Philly  reported. The 911 call was made approximately an hour after the assault, according to reports. The emergency workers who transported Zara to the hospital reportedly found her diaper to be soaked in blood. She was pronounced dead at Einstei...

 The Kebbi State Police command has arrested a 30-year-old woman, Farida Abubakar, in connection with the murder of her estranged husband, Attahiru Ibrahim Zagga. Spokesperson of the Command, SP Nafiu Abubakar, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, August 26, said Ibrahim, a Magistrate judge with Kebbi State judiciary, was stabbed to death in his Birnin Kebbi house on Thursday night. “On 25/8/2022 at about 2140hrs, Policemen attached to the Divisional Police Headquarters, Gwadangaji, received an information that, a suspected strange noise was heard from the house of a neighbor, one Attahiru Ibrahim ‘M’ of Alieru Quarters, Birnin Kebbi, and his gate was also locked,” the statement read. “On receipt of the information, a team of Policemen were swiftly mobilized to the scene and forced themselves into the house where they found the said Attahiru Ibrahim lying down in pool of his own blood and was later confirmed dead by a medical Doctor. ...

 A family gathering to mourn the death of a relative were shocked to tears and fainting when the deceased man in question pitched up at his own funeral on Tuesday. In a bizarre case of mistaken identity, news of car washer Gilberto Araujo's murder had been relayed to the family by local police in Sao Paulo, Brazil on Sunday. Shortly after, when the wayward vagabond's brother was called into the morgue to make a positive identification on the body, he saw his brother lying on the table and took the corpse home so his family could hold a wake. Jose Marcos Araujo was so fooled by the likeness of fellow car washer Genivaldo Santos Gama to his brother Gilberto, that he mistakenly confirmed the body to be his sibling's. Police inspector Roberto Lima said that Jose Marcos took the body to his mother's Alagoinhas home where a wake was held on Tuesday 'The confusion started when news started circulating that a car washer had been shot dead,...

 Fidel Lopez, 52, has pleaded guilty to raping the woman's Lhasa Apso mix. The incident was reported by his fiancee  after she found her dog, Estrella, bleeding from her back end.  According to authorities, the dog was discovered whining and hiding under the woman's couch.  The woman then took Estrella to an emergency hospital, where a veterinarian was forced to euthanize the dog due to significant internal injuries, according to Oregon Live.  Lopez's fiancee then asked for a rape kit to be done on her dog.  She told authorities that Lopez had expressed an interest in bestiality and even bragged about watching another person sexually assault a dog. Portland Police's Sex Crimes Unit started an investigation into Lopez. He was arrested after DNA evidence linked him to the crime.  Lopez, who worked in a pancake restaurant, was drunk at the time of the offence. Joe Calhoun, defending, said his client became frustrated his fiancée of t...

 Noela Rukundo sat in a car outside her home in Melbourne, Australia, watching as the last few mourners filed out. They were leaving a funeral — her funeral. Finally, she spotted the man she’d been waiting for. She stepped out of her car, and her husband put his hands on his head in horror. “Is it my eyes?” she recalled him saying. “Is it a ghost?” “Surprise! I’m still alive!” she replied. Far from being elated, the man looked terrified. Five days earlier, he had ordered a team of hit men to kill Rukundo, his partner of 10 years. And they did — well, they told him they did. They even got him to pay an extra few thousand dollars for carrying out the crime. it unnervingly solid. He jumped. Then he started screaming. “I’m sorry for everything,” he wailed. But it was far too late for apologies; Rukundo called the police. The husband, Balenga Kalala, ultimately pleaded guilty and was sentenced to nine years in prison for incitement to murder, according to the Australian Broadcas...