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Asian Voice - Saturday 28th April 2012
Joel and Divia Cadbury welcome baby boy Divia Cadbury has made her husband Joel Cadbury’s wish for a boy come true by giving birth to his first son. With two daughters, Joel Cadbury had been hoping for a son for long. Divia, whose father is the telecommunications tycoon Gulu Lalvani, has presented him with a baby boy, whom the couple have named Cameron.
On Saturday 21st April, Devdaya Charitable Trust celebrated the 40th year of Asian Voice and Gujarat Samachar. Attended by creme dela creme of the community, MPs, Lords, Indian mission representatives and organisational heads,
the event was organised to raise funds for prevention of childhood blindness in Gujarat. At the end of the night, they had raised twice the amount they targeted to raise proving the victory of compassion and humanity over eco-
nomic distress. Full story will be carried next week’s issue with photos. To see this fantabulous fundraiser, watch Out and About on Zee Tv, Saturday 28 April 5pm and repeat on Monday 30 April 11am.
Case opens about firemen tragedy Four firefighters lost their lives inside a blazing warehouse after being sent into “an obviously dangerous situation” for no good reason, a jury has been told. Stafford Crown Court heard that the four-man team, all wearing breathing apparatus, died in 2007 after being ordered into the smokefilled vegetable packing plant, which had already been evacuated. The plant belonged to Dhanani family and was situated in Atherstone Industrial
Fauja Singh retires from full marathons The oldest marathon runner in the world, Britain-based Fauja Singh, has ended on a high at the age of 101 years - but that is not the end of the road for him. Not yet. As the Indian-origin athlete completed the 26mile London Marathon on Sunday in a record time of seven hours and 49 minutes, he announced this would be his last race. But he says the London Marathon was only his last
Devdaya raises fund for prevention of childhood blindness
Estate, 20 miles from South Birmingham, at Stratford upon Avon. Opening the Crown’s case against three fire managers service accused of four counts of manslaughter, prosecutor Richard Matthews QC alleged that no-one was in danger when crews were sent into the warehouse in At h e r s t o n e - o n - S t o u r, Warwickshire, on the evening of November 2 2007. After explaining to the jury that command of the incident passed
between station manager Timothy Woodward and watch managers Paul Simmons and Adrian Ashley, Mr Matthews told the jury: “It’s the prosecution’s case that each of these defendants so badly failed to fulfil their duties to the firefighters under their command that their actions amount to what lawyers call gross negligence. “It’s the prosecution’s case that the failings of each of the three defendants were a cause of the deaths of those four firefighters.”
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full marathon - he will continue to run smaller races,
from five kilometre ones to half marathons.
ly left charge of his pharmacy in Stockbridge and Sturminster, Dorset, under untrained staff, when one grew uncomfortable to do what he was asked to. Mr Leal is also accused
of blackmailing staff into providing evidence to support his case. Nimi Bruce, for the GPC, told hearing that one former employee accused Leal of forging his contract. The hearing continues.
Pharmacist allegedly left untrained staff to issue drugs A pharmacist allegedly allowed unqualified and unsupervised staff to hand out drugs to customers while he lectured at a university, a disciplinary hearing was told. Porsotam Leal alleged-
Fraudster offers secret divorces A fraudster claiming to be a solicitor has been in court for offering secret divorces in Bradford. Khuram Shezad Ali tricked despairing men into believing that they
could divorce their wives without their partner having any knowledge, the Telegraph and Argus reported. Mr Ali has pleaded guilty in the Crown Court for is fraudulent act
and has yet to be sentenced. A victim of his scheme, however, has been charged with perverting the course of justice and has been given a suspended jail term.
Five jailed for sex attacks on trapped girls Five men who lured two girls to a house before subjecting them to a weekend of sex attacks were jailed last week. The men, celebrating a Muslim religious festival, invited friends to join the party as they repeatedly abused the girls, aged 15 and 16, who sobbed and begged to be left alone. Passing sentence at Birmingham Crown Court, Judge Melbourne Inman QC
said they had taken advantage of girls who were extremely vulnerable. The convictions, for rape, sexual assault and child abduction, follow a series of trials in which groups of men of mainly Pakistani heritage have been accused of targeting young white girls, typically aged from12-16, before using them for sex. Shamrez Rashid, 20, was jailed for 11 years for
abduction, two rapes, attempted rape and attempted sexual assault. Amar Hussain, 21, got10 years for abduction and three rapes; Jahbar Rafiq, 28, eight years for rape and sexual assault; Adil Saleem, 20, eight years for rape. Amer Islam Choudhrey, 20, guilty of child abduction and sexual assault, will serve 15 months in a young offenders’ institution.