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In some cases, boys names for girls work, like Andi or Riley, but I'm not sure how I feel about "Owen."
QuoteAn Australian gap-year student was cleared by a jury yesterday of causing chaos at Stansted airport with a hoax bomb scare, but she left court with a £15,000 bill for legal costs.Martin Wainwright
Angela Sceats, 19, from Sydney, was accused of trying to a delay a flight to Ireland which she was in danger of missing by getting a friend to ring 999 and say that there was a bomb on the plane.
The jury at Chelmsford crown court took only half an hour to accept her explanation that her request was part of a series of "stupid joke messages" texted to Angela Foster, a fellow "gapper", because she was feeling bored on the train to the airport.
"It was an extremely bad joke made in bad taste, but it was never supposed to go farther than us two," said Ms Sceats, who was working as a waitress in London at the time of the incident in November. She spent 10 days on remand in Holloway jail after three flights to Dublin were delayed and security staff considered closing Stansted.
Ms Sceats was charged with intentionally making a false communication with the deliberate aim of delaying the Ryanair flight. But she told the court: "I never even knew that Angela took the text seriously until I got to the airport and I was on the phone to her and even then I didn't really believe that she had called the police.
"She was sending me joke texts and this text was sent to her as a joke. I don't understand how she could have believed that this was a serious text message. Where did she think I got this information?"
Ms Sceats' message - "Call the police and say there is a bomb on board" - was shown to the jury, but Ms Foster, who has gone back to Australia, did not return to give evidence. The jury was told that she had immediately rung 999 from her flat in Islington, north London, after getting the text.
John Kelsey-Fry QC, for Ms Sceats, told the court after the verdict that it would be "manifestly unfair" if she had to pay her legal costs after being cleared. But the judge, Recorder Rex Bryan, disagreed on the grounds that the joke had caused disruption and fear. He said: "Had Ms Sceats been convicted she would have gone straight to prison. This sort of offence is strongly disapproved of by the public. To send a text message saying there is a bomb on an aircraft is to invite prosecution.
"The result was a waste of public resources and inconvenience, not to say fear, at Stansted airport. In this case the public should not be ordered to pay these costs."
Ms Sceats has the right of appeal, but she said after the hearing: "I just want to put this behind me. I've maintained from the moment of my arrest that this incident was an unfortunate misunderstanding. I would never intentionally cause a security alert."
Thursday August 4, 2005
Quote from: "saphire"i realy don't want to stalk you, but PUT YOUR HANDS ON ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Haha I screamed PYHOM PLEASE when I saw her at Six Fags and she laughed and played it..... haha just thought i'd mention that cause it reminded me.
Why do stars do that? They name their kids weird shit..like Apple! LOL. :lol:
since real Vanessa posters are hard to come by, I had one made using my favorite of the highrez photos.
A very good friend with access to a commercial printer. But there are printshops that can do the same.
I couldnt find anything in this forum for superhero but I could have missed it. If not, could someone transcribe it?
If you were being serious about the disorders, I'm sorry! I thought you were kidding so that's why I said "Lol"...
Quote from: "B"Quote from: "zurielshimon"There's gonna be a movie about Vanessa some day, and it's going to be good. Even non-fans will like it.
Who will play Vanessa? :lol:
Michelle Branch! :twisted:
Quote from: "morningsting"Wow it's really pretty.
I had a keyboard once but I sold it to help pay for my wedding.
I didn't mind though cause I hate the keyboard.
There is nothing like playing a piano...
But anyhoo,
You're a really good player.
How long have you been playing?
I've been playing for 2 years now...
Amanda
Bipolar and schizo?? Lol... what a combo
