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A man who was accused of possessing more than £20,000 in cash and casino betting chips contaminated with drugs has been cleared.
John McCracken, 40, of Whitehawk Road, Brighton, had denied two counts of possessing criminal property contrary to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
A judge at Lewes Crown Court ordered not guilty verdicts in a trial that began and ended on Wednesday.
Mr McCracken was charged after police raided his home in 2005.
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A gambler has been sent to jail for stealing a dead friend’s identity in a bid to escape his £50,000 poker debts.
Norman Kay, 63, of Courtenay Terrace, Starcross, Devon, had planned to disappear and secretly meet up with his wife under his new name.
Kay had earlier pleaded guilty to improperly obtaining a passport, making false representations and attempted deception at Exeter Crown Court.
Judge Jeremy Griggs sentenced Kay to nine months in prison.
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Two teenagers are critically ill in hospital after they were shot near a betting shop in Manchester.
Officers were called to the William Hill shop on Mauldeth Road West, Withington, on Tuesday night after reports of a shooting.
Two youths, aged 17 and 18, were injured. They are both in a critical condition.
A spokesman for Greater Manchester Police said inquiries into the incident are continuing.
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With words cut out of newspapers and a mysterious fake name, the blackmail letters Philip McHugh sent to Tesco seem like something out of an old detective novel.
McHugh, 52, signed his letters "Arbuthnot, the sign is the spider" and demanded Tesco take out an advert in the Times personal column to communicate with him.
A dead spider was taped to each of the letters, suggesting he was trying to create a calling card for himself.
McHugh also threw in a red herring by planting someone else’s hair under the stamp of one of the threatening letters he posted.
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Toymaker Hornby is betting on the latest James Bond film and Shaun the Sheep to drive sales.
The group said it had secured licences to make a range of products based on the two characters.
The model railway maker, also known for its Scalextric model racing cars, said it had enjoyed "significant growth" in the pre-Christmas trading period.
Sales growth was also strong in Europe, but was less than expected because of delays with new product lines.
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