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A grandmother has been charged with hiring her 19-year-old grandson to kill her husband because she was 'sick' of him and stood to inherit his money. William Strickland, 72, was shot six times while he waited for a ride to his dialysis appointment last month. His wife, Janet Strickland, 64, is said to have watched as William Strickland, Jr allegedly shot his grandfather in the back with his own gun. Janet Strickland, 64, is accusing of hiring her grandson William Strickland Jr to kill her husband William The pair are said to have stolen a bag containing a wallet and embarked on a shopping trip, leaving Mr Strickland dying on the street outside the family home. Prosecutors say William Jr spent the stolen money on a new phone, gym shoes and tattoos, while neighbours reported that Janet Strickland bought her grandson a bright red Pontiac car as well as furniture for herself. The pair are charged with first-degree murder and armed robbery and were denied bail. Janet Str

Bookmakers across the country have been celebrating after pocketing around £50m in bets after this weekend's Grand National race. But the unlikely victory for 66/1 winner Auroras Encore has reportedly cost one £50,000. Spread betting firm Sporting Index had initially predicted the race winner’s starting price would be between 18/1 and 20/1. But when the horse - a 'skinner' at 66/1 - came in first, punters who bought that spread made 46 times their money. When the horse - a 'skinner' at 66/1 - came in first, punters who bought that spread made 46 times their money Auroras Encore and Ryan Mania after winning The John Smith's Grand National. The unlikely victory reportedly cost spread betting firm Sporting Index £50,000 Spread betting sees punters bet 'high or low' on a range of outcomes of an event. The pay-off is based on the accuracy of the wager, rather than a simple 'win or lose' outcome. A spread is a range of outcomes and the bet is

The newly-retired boss of Britain's Border Agency says that immigration to this country was out of control and that politicians have no idea 'who is here and who isn't'. Tony Smith, who retired from the UK Border Force last month, blamed the problem on a surge of illegal immigrants who came to the country under Labour between 2000-2003. He said: 'There was a huge influx and frankly I don't think we have ever recovered from that', and added: 'We just don't know who's here and who isn't.' Speaking as ministers attempted to tackle a backlog of a third of a million cases, Mr Smith's said the problem began over a decade ago when immigrants flooded in. He said that after they arrived, many of them then changed their names and were now undetectable by authorities. In a forthright newspaper interview today, Mr Smith, who was awarded the CBE this year for the work he did on security at last summer's Olympics, said it was difficult for bor

A chief constable today added his voice to growing anger over the Kelly Jones compensation case by saying it was 'wholly inappropriate' for police officers to make claims against victims of crime. Mike Cunningham, of the Association of Chief Police Officers, spoke out after Pc Jones was criticised for taking legal action against a petrol station owner after she tripped on a kerb answering a 999 call. It comes after Home Secretary Theresa May stepped into the row over the weekend by ordering a review of all such compensation cases involving the police. Pc Jones is making a claim against Steve Jones, 50, the owner of Nuns' Bridges Filling Station in Thetford, Norfolk, for failing to ensure she was 'reasonably safe' when she attended a suspected break-in in August 2012. After her astonishing claim became public, her own Chief Constable, Phil Gormley, criticised it as ‘surprising and disappointing’. Mr Cunningham told ITV's Daybreak programme: 'It is, to me, wh

A Brazilian teenager had to embark on a risky two-day canoe voyage through the Amazon to hospital after his brother accidentally harpooned him in the face. The 15-year-old Amerindian travelled 195 miles by river from his rainforest home near the border with Colombia to the nearest town with the harpoon sticking out of his cheek. The boy had been diving in a river to catch fish caught in a trap when his brother saw movement in the water and flung the harpoon, impaling him in the face. Grisly: This unnamed 15-year-old from a native Brazilian Amazon community spent two days travelling by boat to get medical treatment after his brother accidentally harpooned him in the face while they were fishing The youngster's family, from the indigenous community of Pari-Cachoeira on the Colombian border, sailed for two days to the São Gabriel da Cachoeira army hospital. They carried the injured teenager - whose name has not been released - by canoe, with the harpoon sticking from his face duri

Gosling bank robbery , Ryan Gosling’s bank robbery scene was filmed in a real bank, in front of real customers. The actor plays a stuntman gone bad in his new movie, "The Place Beyond The Pines," and he winds up robbing a bank, reports MSN on Sunday, April 7. This must be a fun film for the “Gangster Squad” star, who gets to ride motorcycles and stage a shootout in a real bank – even though any bullets fired were of the fake variety. View slideshow: Ryan Gosling filmed 'Pines' bank robbery in front of real customers Ryan Gosling said of the bank robbery: “I'm there with a gun and I look down and people are just smiling. They were just enjoying the show and I think I spotted someone filming me on their camera phone as I robbed the place.” Which only goes to show the “audience” of bank customers was in on the joke. It would be too dangerous, otherwise, since the terror of being caught in a real bank heist could brink on heart attacks. Or hysterics. Or lead to law

Two kids are feared dead, Latest news reports suggesting that Two kids are feared dead at a construction site in Lincoln County, N.C. Rescue teams have been frantically working to find the two children since a dirt wall collapsed on them as they played in the area. WCNC shared the latest details on April 7. The names of the two children have not yet been released, but they are said to be a 7-year-old boy and a 6-year-old girl that apparently are cousins. Reports indicate that the two children were playing near their grandparents' home by an excavated basement when the dirt wall collapsed. The father of one of the children quickly called 911, and rescue workers scrambled for about four hours hoping to save the two children. Sadly, the dig now turns to a recovery rather than a rescue mission as the two kids are feared dead. The pit where the children were buried under dirt appears to be 20 to 30 feet deep, and one side caved in on the two children as they played and one of the fathe