Convicted sex offender John Maunder was serving his sentence at Winchester Prison A PENSIONER convicted of a number of shocking sex offences died in police custody following a battle with cancer and coronavirus. An inquest into the death of Swindon offender John Maunder was held yesterday, February 2, following his death at Royal Hampshire County Hospital, in Winchester, on April 20. The 79-year-old was serving a 13-year jail term for a series of sex offences including seven rapes, which were reported to have been committed in the 1970s. An inquest heard how Maunder was suffering a series of long term health problems including a number of aggressive tumours on his spine, which left him virtually immobilised .
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) has seen its second busiest year ever in 2020, despite lockdowns. The air ambulance responded to 1,577 callouts across the year, with the pandemic not having proved a barrier to the number of incidents it was called to attend. The charity’s deputy chief executive said she was “beyond proud” of their work, and paid tribute to the staff who ensured that emergency responses were always available. HIOWAA’s number of callouts in 2020 is second only to 2019, when there were 2,262 callouts across the year. However, it eclipsed other years, such as 2018, when there were only 1,429 callouts, despite there being more people staying indoors.
Pensioner convicted of multiple rapes died following fight with cancer and Covid A PENSIONER convicted of a number of shocking sex offences died in police custody following a battle with cancer and coronavirus. An inquest into the death of John Maunder was held yesterday, February 2, following his death at Royal Hampshire County Hospital, in Winchester, on April 20. The 79-year-old was serving a 13 year jail term for a series of sex offences including seven rapes, which were reported to have been committed in the 1970s. An inquest heard how Maunder was suffering a series of long term health problems including a number of aggressive tumours on his spine, which left him virtually immobilised .
Now I want my revenge. My ultimate dream would be to help find a cure. Those are the words of a brave university student plotting to get his own back on the disease that nearly killed him. Lewis Paget from Marchwood is halfway through a degree in microbiology at the University of Reading and is on a mission to wage war on cancer after it left him fighting for his life as a teenager. The 21-year-old, who is backing Cancer Research UK’s campaign for World Cancer Day, is urging the people of Hampshire to donate and help get life-saving research back on track following the COVID-19 pandemic.
A MOTHER has spoken of the heart-stopping moment her three-year-old son was rushed to hospital for emergency treatment after he was badly injured in a head-on crash near Romsey. Natasha West was driving with her son Anthony Hamlett-West, two daughters and fiancé back home to Hythe when the family was in a collision with a van on the A3090 at East Wellow on Tuesday evening (January 26). The 27-year-old mum said her car later exploded after her family were freed from the wreckage. But it soon became clear Anthony, 3, needed the most urgent medical attention. NHS workers at University Hospital Southampton discovered Anthony needed further tests.