Three teenagers arrested for firework death
Three teenagers have been arrested in connection with the death of a mother who died after a firework was pushed through her letterbox, setting her house ablaze.
Mary Fox, 59, who had nine children, was trapped in her bedroom after reportedly pushing her son Raum, 17, to safety through an upstairs window as flames engulfed the house.
The youths, two aged 17 and one of 18, are all from Bodmin in Cornwall.
The remnants of a firework were found behind the front door of Mrs Fox's house in Carpenter Court, Wallace Road, Bodmin.
The three were arrested on suspicion of murder and are in custody at Launceston police station.
After leaping from the three-storey house, Raum ran to alert neighbours that his mother was still trapped inside. Firefighters found Mrs Fox dead in the same room from which her son escaped.
Officers have investigated claims that Raum, who has learning difficulties, was being bullied at school and that the family was targeted by youths who had been throwing fireworks in the street.
It is thought Raum moved from Bodmin College to St Austell College because of bullying.
But Devon and Cornwall police said there is no obvious evidence that Mrs Fox or Raum had been victims of bullying after speaking to schools and social services.
They were held in custody after detectives said they found clues on Facebook to what is being treated as murder. Officers acted on reports suggesting people had posted the suspects' names on the internet.
RE teacher sentenced for sex with teenager
A religious education teacher will be sentenced today for having sex with a teenage boy.
Madeleine Martin, 39, admitted the relationship with the youth, who was under 16 at the time, when she appeared in court in September.
Martin, of Grassfield Way, Knutsford, Cheshire, pleaded guilty to 10 counts of engaging in sexual activity with the boy in February this year.
She was warned she faced a custodial sentence.
Martin was also suspended from her job at a Greater Manchester school, which cannot be named for legal reasons.
Sentencing is at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.
Teenage boy stabbed to death in south London
Detectives said today they had launched a murder investigation after a teenage boy was stabbed to death in a south London park.
Officers were called to Larkhall Park in Lambeth yesterday evening after two teenage boys were seen with injuries.
One was pronounced dead at the scene while the other was taken to hospital where his condition was described as stable.
Four men have been arrested in connection with the incident and detectives said they were keeping an open mind as to the motive.
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