[394th]Two men jailed for blackmailing actress / China landslide topples school, buries 18 students / Pigs attack, eat farmer's wife

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Two men jailed for blackmailing actress

Two British men were jailed Wednesday for blackmailing a leading actress using nude photographs found on a stolen laptop, according to the British media.

Southwark Crown Court sentenced 34-year-old Vernon Fevrier and his 35-year-old brother Lee to two years and 20 months in prison respectively for demanding ￡4,000 ($6,400) in exchange for the photos, but not before pointing out the clumsiness of the crime.

“You aren’t, frankly, any good at blackmail,” Judge Alastair McCreath told the criminals.
The Fevrier brothers came across the computer with the photos after it was stolen during a robbery of a firm in London in June. 
Vernon, after finding 50 paparazzi photos in the laptop, attempted to sell the pictures to newspapers and magazines across the country. 

When the plan did not work, he pretended to be a middle man for the person who stole the laptop and approached the publicist of the unnamed actress and asked for a “reward.” 
When the publicist offered him ￡500, however, he demanded more money and threatened the publicist, saying the photos would be distributed over the Internet if he did not get the requested sum.

Vernon, with his older brother, requested that the memory stick containing the photos be exchanged for ￡4,000 at a fast food joint in central London on July 12. But Fevrier brothers got into an argument concerning how to carry out the exchange.
The two men, who were still on the phone with the publicist as they approached the restaurant, were soon tracked by police and apprehended.

Vernon Fevrier pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to blackmail, Lee admitted an identical charge and was jailed for 20 months. 

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1. Recently in Korea, policy and law for adult video sharing is getting very severe. Do you think this trend is against human right? Or could it prevent sexual crime? What do you think?

2. One hand, people said watching adult video is necessary evil. And on the other hand, people said watching that sort of video must regard as crime. What do you thing about these competing claims?

3. When is your first time that watching adult video? Let’s share about your opinion in detail.

China landslide topples school, buries 18 students

BEIJING (AP) -- A landslide in southwestern China has toppled an elementary school building and buried 18 students and another person.

The Chinese government said the landslide struck a village in Yiliang county in Yunnan province on Thursday morning.

A statement on the Yiliang government website says the landslide caused a school to collapse and that 18 students were believed to have been in the building. Another person was trapped when a few houses were toppled.

A county foreign affairs office staffer says the village is a three-hour drive from the county seat and that rescuers have arrived at the site.

The statement says nearby residents have been moved from the area.

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1. Have you ever experience any kind of natural disaster like typhoon, flood, forest fire? Let’s talk about your experience.

2. Let’s assume that you are the one in the article. And find a way to survive. What is the best way to prevent or escape this situation?

3. Recently by the statistics, the frequency of the natural disaster is increasing. What do you think the reason is? And do you think “frequency of the natural disaster” and “crime done by human” has any kind of relation?

Pigs attack, eat farmer's wife

A small farming town in Romania is reeling Friday after learning angry pigs knocked a farmer's wife unconscious and began eating her. The Sun of London reported Irma Molnar, 56, somehow fell into the animals' sty in Brasov, and likely frightened them badly.

Her husband, Sandor, found her badly maimed and rushed her to a local hospital where she died. "Her ears and half her face were missing. Her fingers had also been bitten off," said Dr. Dan Grigorescue. Her husband was sedated and vowed to destroy the pigs. "I'll never breed such beasts again," he said. (UPI)

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1. How do you feel after reading this article? Is it unavoidable accident? And why do you think this was happened?

2. Do you have any kind of accident related with animal? Let’s talk about your opinion!

3. What would you do if same thing happens to your family or friend? Would you revenge or just let it go?

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