Woman breaks into jail to have sex with hubby!

London, December 5 : A woman broke into a prison facility to have sex with her husband! The wife sneaked into Standford Hill open prison on the Isle of Sheppey, Kent, in the early hours of Dec 2, but was caught by a guard in the grounds as she tried to leave.

According to sources, the couple romped in the inmate's cell.

An inquiry has been ordered into the security breach at the all-male jail.
"She got in by climbing over a fence and her husband was waiting for her," The Sun quoted a source, as saying.

"He took her into to his cell for a romp and she left a short while later. A few people knew about it. Then while she was trying to leave she was spotted.
She stood out because she was the only woman in an all-male jail!" the source added.

The woman's husband has now been sent to a higher security prison. A Prison Service spokesman said: "A member of the public was found in the grounds of Standford Hill open prison. The intruder was challenged by a staff member."

"A prisoner has been returned to a closed establishment. Police are investigating," he added. (ANI)

Teacher in Teddy Bear Case Arrives Home

British teacher Gillian Gibbons, who was jailed in Sudan for letting her pupils name a teddy bear Muhammad, arrived at Heathrow Airport in London Tuesday. She was pardoned by Sudan's president.



LONDON (Dec. 4) -- A British teacher jailed in Sudan for letting her students name a teddy bear Muhammad as part of a writing project arrived home Tuesday after being pardoned and said she was "very upset to think that I might have caused offense to people."

Gillian Gibbons told reporters after arriving at London's Heathrow Airport that she was looking forward to seeing her family and friends.

"I'm just an ordinary middle-aged primary school teacher. I went out there to have an adventure, and got a bit more than I bargained for," Gibbons said at a brief news conference.

"I don't think anyone could have imagined it would snowball like this," she added.

Gibbons, 54, jailed for more than a week, was freed after two Muslim members of Britain's House of Lords met with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and the teacher sent the president a statement saying she didn't mean to offend anyone with her class project.

"It has been an ordeal but I'd like want you to know that I was well-treated in prison and everybody was very kind to me," she said. "I was very sorry to leave Sudan. I had a fabulous time there. It's a really lovely place, and I managed to see some of the beautiful countryside while I was there."

Gibbons said she didn't want her experience "to put anyone off going to Sudan - in fact I know of a lovely school that needs a new Year Two teacher."

The incident was the latest in a tense relationship between the West and Sudan's president, an Islamic hard-liner who has been accused by the United Nations of dragging his feet on the deployment of peacekeepers to the country's war-torn Darfur region.

Al-Bashir insisted Gibbons had a fair trial, in which she was convicted of insulting Islam's Prophet Muhammad, but the president agreed to pardon her during the meeting with the British delegation, said Ghazi Saladdin, a senior presidential adviser.

Gibbons left Sudan Monday night, flying via Dubai to London.

"I'd like to thank the government for all they have done, the hard work behind the scenes, especially the two peers who went out there," said her 25-year-old son, John. "Everyone's been really great."

When asked her feelings about the offense she was accused of, Gibbons said: "I don't think I really know enough about it to comment really. It's a very difficult area and a very delicate area."

"I was very upset to think that I might have caused offense to people," she added.

Gibbons said she learned of the intense media coverage of the story on her second day in prison.

Asked if she was terrified of prison, she said: "That's an understatement."

"I was treated the same as any other Sudanese prisoner in that you were given the bare minimum," she said. "Then I was moved to another prison and there the Ministry of the Interior sent me a bed which is possibly the best present I've ever had."

What Britain and Gibbons' supporters said was a misunderstanding over the teddy bear escalated into a diplomatic flap between London and Khartoum - and the show of outrage in Sudan that puzzled many in the West.

Hard-line Muslim clerics in Sudan denounced Gibbons, saying she intentionally aimed to insult Islam. A day after her Thursday trial, several thousand Sudanese massed in central Khartoum to demand that Gibbons be executed. Many of the demonstrators carried swords and clubs.

But it was never clear how deep anger over the incident really flowed among Sudanese, although the affair was influenced by the ideology that al-Bashir's Islamic regime has long instilled - a mix of anti-colonialism, religious fundamentalism and a sense that the West is besieging Islam.

"Common sense has prevailed," British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in a statement expressing delight over Gibbons' release.

British Foreign Secretary David Miliband praised Gibbons, saying that "she's shown very good British grit in very difficult circumstances."

Gibbons, who was arrested Nov. 25, was sentenced to 15 days in prison and deportation under Sudan's Islamic Sharia law for having the teddy bear project for her class of 7-year-olds at the private Unity High School. She could have been punished with up to 40 lashes, six months in prison and a fine.

In the project, she had a student bring in a teddy bear, then asked her pupils to vote on a name for it. They chose Muhammad, a common name among Muslim men. The students took the bear home individually to write diary entries on it, which were then compiled into a book with the bear's picture on it and the title "My Name is Muhammad," school officials said.

Gibbons' defenders said the project was a common one in British schools.

The trial was sparked when a school secretary complained to the Education Ministry that Gibbons aimed to insult Islam's prophet.

The private English-language school, with elementary to high school levels, was founded by Christian groups, but 90 percent of its students are Muslim, mostly from upper-class Sudanese families.

Lord Nazir Ahmed, part of the British delegation that met with al-Bashir, said the case was an "unfortunate misunderstanding" and stressed that Britain respected Islam. He added that he hoped "the relations between our two countries will not be damaged by this incident."

Many Muslim groups in the West had sharply criticized Gibbons' arrest. On Monday, Inayat Bunglawala, a spokesman for the Muslim Council of Britain, welcomed her pardon.

"Gillian should never have been arrested in the first place, let alone held in jail. She had done nothing wrong," he said. "It will be wonderful to see her back in the U.K. I am sure she will be welcomed by both Muslims and non-Muslims after her quite terrible ordeal at the hands of the Sudanese authorities."

Muslim scholars generally agree that intent is a key factor in determining if someone has violated Islamic rules against insulting the prophet.

But hard-liners in Sudan touted the incident as part of a Western plot to undermine Islam, echoing accusations from controversy raised early in the year by the publication of cartoon caricatures of the prophet in European newspapers.

Al-Bashir's opponents in Sudan have said his government likely let the Gibbons case move forward to stir up anti-Western anger at a time when he is resisting allowing Western peacekeepers in the Darfur peacekeeping force. He has said he will bar any Scandinavians from the force since newspapers in their countries ran the prophet cartoons.

Man Accused of Stealing Plane to Impress

A man accused of stealing a twin-engine plane and driving it down the taxiway staged the stunt while he was drunk to impress his girlfriend, police said.

Michael Santos, 38, was charged Friday with theft, criminal mischief and operating a vehicle after his driving privileges had previously been forfeited for life.

Santos, who is being held in the LaPorte County Jail on $2,000 bond, is accused of driving to the LaPorte Municipal Airport despite a lifetime ban on his driving privileges.

According to police reports, Santos was drunk when he took his girlfriend to the airport Sept. 9 to show her that he could fly a plane. They climbed into the plane and were heading down the taxiway when, Santos told police, flames began shooting from the left engine.

He said he turned off all the switches and veered into a soybean field.

Damage to the aircraft was estimated at $160,000.

Police said the plane traveled a half mile along a taxiway before it missed the curve leading to the runway, chopping up soybeans with the propeller before getting stuck in the field.

LaPorte Police Detective Tom Thate said an anonymous tip from someone who overheard a man claiming he tried taking a plane for a ride led police to Santos.

Bathinda police dance away 500 kilos!

Bathinda (Punjab), November 17: Punjab's policemen are known for throwing their weight around but the determination of a young cop is making sure that the force in his district sheds some weight - and in a novel way too.

Personnel of all ranks in Bathinda police have been dancing to the tunes of the bhangra - Punjab's traditional dance during celebrations - and in just two weeks the results speak for themselves - the force has collectively lost over 500 kg.

The initiative for this form of exercise came from Bathinda's senior superintendent of police (SSP) Naunihal Singh. The young Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, posted here in June this year, became quite concerned on seeing the waistlines and potbellies of the men under his command.

"I thought we needed to do something innovative to check this. In just two weeks, we have collectively lost 500 kilos," Singh says with satisfaction.

The idea behind the bhangra exercise is to transform the 1,800-strong police constabulary into a fighting fit force in this south Punjab district.

Police officials say not only was the force looking completely out of shape but the extra fat was causing too many health problems for the men in khaki - ranging from diabetes, hypertension and sleep disorders to breathing problems. Singh has even taken the initiative of announcing the 'Bathinda Police Fitness Challenge 2007-08' for the personnel to motivate them to get into shape quickly.

The personnel have been divided into groups of 22 each. The minimum collective weight loss of each group will have to be 100 kg. The highest weight shedder will take away prizes. For those not falling in line, penalties will be in store.

The district police chief, during one of his recent field visits, ordered police control room (PCR) motorcycle riders to demonstrate push-ups at their duty spot.

For some Bathinda residents, the bhangra-drill of the policemen - done for one hour every morning at the police lines complex with foot-tapping music - is itself quite amusing.

The cops, who used to instil fear in the minds of people, are now forced to dance despite the presence of onlookers who flock to the police lines complex to amuse themselves. The one-hour drill leaves the pot-bellied cops literally sweating.