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Friday, July 27, 2012
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No grin, just grim for jaded Joker BATMAN cinema killer James Holmes, who dubbed himself ‘The Joker’, sat in the dock on Monday without smiling or saying a word.
Daily Mirror
her head as they were confronted with the sight of the alleged Relatives of his victims leaned forward in mass murderer. It was the world’s first look at their chairs as the orange-haired young man Holmes, who police say shot was slowly led into the courtroom in chains dead 12 people during a bloody and a red jailhouse jumpsuit - looking like a massacre with no apparent real-life comic-book villain. motive. He appeared dazed at times Two women held hands tightly, one shaking and bobbed his Daily Express head strangely uttering not a single word during the entire hearing. bizarre staring in the court- “I think death is.” He was groggy and emoThe unlikely killer, a PhD room, Chambers said she had tionless as he stared into the no information on whether he student said to be highly inteldistance - careful to avoid eye ligent, is alleged to have is on medication. contact with any of the 60 relDavid Sanchez, who waited walked into a cinema in atives of victims who were sitoutside the courthouse during Aurora, Colorado, to commit BRITAIN is facing its longest double-dip recession in fifty ting in the courtroom. years after official figures showed GDP shrank another Formal murder charges will the hearing, said his pregnant one of the worst mass shoot0.7 per cent. be filed to the court next daughter escaped uninjured ings in US history. His victims included sixGross Domestic Product shrank by 0.7 per cent Monday as District Attorney but her husband was shot in between April and June - a figure much greater than the Carol Chambers prepares to the head and was in critical year old Veronica Moser, who expected 0.2 per cent. was killed, and a three-monthconsult those same relatives condition. The news will come as yet another blow for Chancellor on whether to seek the death Asked what punishment old baby, who miraculously George Osborne (pictured), who has pledged to get penalty. was appropriate if Holmes survived after being shot in Britain back on track with a policy of cuts and austerity. Asked about Holmes’ gets convicted, Sanchez said, the back. The dire performance which has seen Britain’s economy shrink for the third quarter in a row and is believed to be the worst double dip since the Second World War is the BATMAN star Christian Bale visited some The Sun biggest quarterly fall since the of the victims of the cinema massacre on Tuesday. A spokeswoman for Warner Brothers depths of the financial crisis The 38-year-old actor made the unex- said the trip to the Aurora Medical Centre during the first quarter of 2009. The last double-dip reces- pected trip to Aurora after expressing his was the actor’s idea and had not been organised by the film studio. sion was in the 1970s when the economy was hamstrung “horror” at the attack. She said: “Mr Bale is there as himself, The Dark Knight Rises, in which British amid soaring oil prices and a miners’ strike. George Osborne blamed the country's ‘deep-rooted’ actor Bale plays the lead role, was screen- not representing Warner Brothers.” Hospital chief Bill Voloch said: “The economic problems, he said: “We all know the country ing when gunman James Holmes opened patients were really happy to meet Bale. has deep-rooted economic problems and these disap- fire. pointing figures confirm that. Among those the actor met on his sur- They are obviously big fans of his movies “We’re dealing with our debts at home and the debt cri- prise visit to the cinema shooting victims — they wanted to see Batman. “It was good for the patients. sis abroad. was Carey Rottman, who was shot in the “We hope it was therapeutic for them, “We’ve made progress over the last two years in cut- leg during the attack. ting the deficit by 25% and businesses have created over Christian and his wife Sibi Blazic, 42, and all the staff really appreciated him coming.” 800,000 new jobs.” also spent time with doctors and police.
UK suffers worst slump since WWII
Batman visits victims
The Sun
Even PM cashes in on trade DAVID Cameron, Boris Johnson and Nick Clegg admitted on Tuesday that they had paid tradesmen cashin-hand. They owned up hours after a Treasury minister said the prac“morally was tice wrong”. David Gauke attacked people who give plumbers, builders and electricians cash in return for a discount — claiming it helped tax dodgers. comments His plunged the Government into turmoil — with some ministers admitting paying cash, while others insisted they did not. A Downing Street spokesman said: “The PM has probably paid cash-in-hand. But he has never done it to get a discount or avoid tax.” for Spokesmen Deputy PM Mr Clegg and Chancellor George Osborne gave the same answer. London Mayor Boris admitted: Johnson “I’ve certainly paid a lot of cash in hand.