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NEWS ABOUT: beatings

beatings stories: 19 news summaries

 Girl Kicked 
 Attacker, 
 Triggering 
 Gang Rape 

Attacker 'went off' when teen tried to kick him in testicles

Nov 2, 09 3:49 AM CST
(Newser) - An attacker "went off" on a teen when she resisted sex outside her California high school, according to witnesses, triggering a savage gang rape that left her nearly dead and riveted a shocked America. The girl, described by teachers as a devout Christian too eager to please boys, rebuffed... More »

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California • rape • Richmond • sexual assault • beatings • child rape • homecoming • gang rape

Five Youths Held in 'Barbaric' Calif. Gang Rape

Victim knew one 15-year-old assailant, was drinking with them

Oct 28, 09 11:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco-area cops have arrested three more young men in the savage gang rape, beating, and robbery of a 15-year-old girl outside her homecoming dance while dozens more watched. Five youths are being held, ranging from a 15-year-old boy who knew the victim to a 21-year-old. The girl was drinking... More »

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California • high school • San Francisco • crime • rape • Bay Area • Richmond • sexual assault • beatings

Chicago Teens: 'Fighting
Is What We Do'

Neighborhood rivalry blamed for teen's beating death

Oct 6, 09 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fighting is a way of life in the impoverished Chicago neighborhood where 16-year-old Derrion Albert was beaten to death in a videotaped brawl two weeks ago, local students say. "How many times you want me to walk away?" asked one teen whose brother was charged with murder after the... More »

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Chicago • high school students • beatings • videotaped beating • Derrion Albert • Eugene Riley • Eric Carson

 White House: 
 Beating Vid 
 'Chilling' 

Obama prepares to pitch Chitown Olympics as city reels from murder

Oct 1, 09 4:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Barack Obama prepares to make a pitch to hold the Olympics in his hometown, the White House is decrying a "chilling" videotaped beating death of a teenager in the same city. It's one of the most shocking things "you can ever see," White House spokesman Robert... More »

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high school • Chicago • crime • White House • murder • gang violence • videotape • beatings • teenager • videotaped beating • Derrion Albert

Teen Beaten to Death at Camp for Internet Addicts

Staff killed 16-year-old for running too slowly

Aug 5, 09 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Chinese teen was beaten to death by staff at a boot camp in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the Global Times reports. The parents of Deng Senshan, 16, paid $1,024 to send him to the Guangxi Qihang Survival Training Camp to cure his Internet addiction. Deng was put in... More »

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China • murder • boot camp • Internet addiction • beatings • teenager • Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

(Newser) - Five black students accused of beating a white classmate in Louisiana pleaded no contest to misdemeanor civil battery today, ending a trial that triggered a huge civil rights demonstration, the Alexandria Town Talk reports. Critics said that the so-called "Jena Six," originally charged with attempted murder, were... More »

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Louisiana • trial • court • Jena Six • Jena • racial tension • beatings

Murder Suspect Tycoon Nabbed in Woods

Ian Griffin removed cash from account of murdered lover: cops

Jun 2, 09 1:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British tycoon suspected of fatally beating his wealthy lover with furniture and his fists in a Paris hotel has been found camping in England, reports the Telegraph. Ian Griffin, 39, was tracked down "living rough" in Cheshire, said a police source. He had withdrawn a "large amount"... More »

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crime • France • murder • England • Paris • fugitive • camping • Britain • beatings • Ian Griffin • Kinga Legg

Brit Tycoon Murder Suspect
Tried to Flee by Sea

Visited marina day after girlfriend found dead

May 31, 09 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - A British millionaire sought in the murder of his Polish girlfriend in a tony Paris hotel tried to buy a cabin cruiser to flee, reports Times of London. Ian Griffin visited a British marina earlier this week after his girlfriend was found beaten to death and tried buy a vessel—... More »

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crime • murder • boat • escape • Britain • beatings • Polish • Ian Griffin • Kinga Legg

Widow of Victim in Soccer Mob Attack Pleads
for Peace

Don't retaliate in his name, she asks

May 26, 09 9:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - The wife of a Catholic man beaten to death by a mob of Protestant soccer fans in Northern Ireland wants no violence in her husband's name, the Telegraph reports. "He wouldn't want retaliation for it," said Evelyn McDaid, who has two black eyes and a bruised face from... More »

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Northern Ireland • soccer • Ulster • Protestants • Ireland • Catholics • beatings

 Abuse of 
 Child 'Witches' 
 Burgeoning 

Growing number of kids suspected of witchcraft worldwide

May 18, 09 10:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Children dubbed “witches” are facing increasing abuse in Nigeria and elsewhere, advocates say. “They would take my clothes off, tie me up and beat me,” said a 14-year-old, whose grandfather concluded he was a “witch” 2 years ago when he cried at the threat of being... More »

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torture • Nigeria • child abuse • Nepal • witchcraft • witches • beatings

Knox Beaten By Italian Police: Stepdad

Stepfather accuses Italian law enforcement of mishandling case

Mar 22, 09 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Accused killer Amanda Knox was repeatedly beaten during an all-night interrogation by Italian police, her stepfather tells the Independent. The American student, charged with murdering her British roommate on a study-abroad program, told police she was in the apartment during the murder—but made the statement after she was hit... More »

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coercion • murder trial • Meredith Kercher • Amanda Knox • Raffaele Sollecito • beatings

Son With Autism Charged
in Mom's Murder

Kent State professor died after savage beating

Feb 25, 09 2:40 PM CST
(Newser) - The autistic son of a Kent State professor has been charged with her murder, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. On Jan. 29, Sky Walker allegedly beat his mother, Gertrude Steuernagel, so severely that she died a week later from her injuries. Walker, 18, has been found incompetent to manage his own... More »

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autism • murder • family • professor • beatings • Kent State • Sky Walker • Gertrude Steuernagel

'Baby Grace' Mother
Gets Life

Trenor found guilty of  murder in daughter's beating death

Feb 3, 09 1:44 AM CST
(Newser) - It took a jury less than two hours to find Kimberly Dawn Trenor guilty of capital murder in the death of her 2-year-old daughter, the Houston Chronicle reports. Prosecutors declined to seek the death penalty, meaning Trenor, 20, will serve life without parole. "She will die in prison with... More »

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Texas • homicide • toddler • Baby Grace • Royce Clyde Zeigler II • Kimberly Dawn Trenor • Riley Ann Sawyers • beatings • life sentence

Prosecution in 'Baby Grace' Trial to Call Final Witness

Mother faces life in prison for toddler's murder

Feb 2, 09 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Prosecutors will call their final witness today in the case against Kimberly Dawn Trenor, the Texas mother accused of beating her 2-year-old daughter to death, the AP reports. The Galveston County medical examiner will testify today as the prosecution finishes presenting evidence that Trenor, 20, with her husband, killed Riley... More »

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Texas • homicide • discipline • toddler • Baby Grace • Royce Clyde Zeigler II • Kimberly Dawn Trenor • Riley Ann Sawyers • beatings • criminal prosecution

Doctor Didn't Recognize
Own Dad After Beating

Only found out later she'd treated him; he later died

Jan 17, 09 8:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Dr. Shirley Domingo didn’t recognize the savagely beaten man she treated in the Intensive Care Unit Tuesday at Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu. It wasn’t until her brother called later that evening that she realized the truth: It was her own father. “It was a shock,... More »

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crime • Hawaii • Honolulu • assault • beatings

Iraqi Judge: Shoe-Tosser Was Beaten

He opens probe, says case against journalist could be dropped

Dec 19, 08 9:38 AM CST
(AP) - The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush was beaten afterward and had bruises on his face and around his eyes, a judge said today. Judge Dhia al-Kinani, the magistrate investigating the incident, said the court has opened an investigation into the treatment of Muntadhar al-Zaidi. "We... More »

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Iraq • Nouri al-Maliki • shoes • press conference • beatings • Muntadar al-Zaidi

Dad Fatally Beat Baby Son
to Oust 'Demons'

California dad cut down by cops as he stomps son before horrified witnesses

Jun 17, 08 4:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A California grocery clerk shot dead by cops as he fatally beat his baby son did so to oust "demons" in the boy, he told witnesses. He removed his son from his car on a rural road and viciously beat him in front of horrified onlookers who tried in... More »

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crime • murder • death • beatings

Dad Penned Apology Before Killing Family

Shame 'too much to bear' for suicide dad facing money trial

Mar 26, 08 5:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Iowa man left a note in his kitchen and voice mail messages for friends and ex-colleagues apologizing before killing his wife and four young children, the Chicago Tribune reports. Steven Sueppel then killed himself in a fiery highway crash. The former bank executive was facing trial on embezzlement charges,... More »

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Iowa • murder • Iowa City • embezzlement • killings • beatings

Killing Exposes Sumo's Brutality

Teenager dies after routine beating

Mar 10, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Seventeen-year-old sumo wrestler Takashi Saito was beaten to death 8 months ago, but the Japan Sumo Association took until last Thursday to punish the alleged culprits—Saito’s trainer and three fellow wrestlers. The dawdling response was much too slow to prevent a public relations disaster: Japan now knows that... More »

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Japan • sumo wrestling • Takashi Saito • Japan Sumo Association • baseball bat • beatings • sumo stables

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