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1/1 ONE MAN was left with a fractured jaw and another needing stitches when a fight erupted in a residential street, a court heard. Marc Traves was "tooled up" with a crowbar when he stepped out of his Vauxhall Corsa. The 29-year-old had driven to Brookside in Totton with "at least one other" - one of whom was carrying a wheel brace. Prosecution barrister, Mark Ashley told how Traves of Barters Close in Millbrook struck one resident, with the blow causing his "tooth to go through his through his lip". Another resident was struck over the head and suffered a fractured...

A BOOZE thief “couldn’t remember” stealing whiskey from Morrisons, Swindon Crown Court heard. But John Camac was given a 12 month conditional discharge after a judge heard he had a number of health issues and the alcohol was of relatively low value. Prosecutor Mark Ashley told the court Camac had gone into the Swindon Morrisons store on November 2 last year. A security guard stopped him from leaving the store as they thought he had stolen bottles of spirits. Mr Ashley said: “He was approached and indeed bottles of spirits were found in his coat. This was all caught on closed c...

Can. he braces for impact. >> i was just saying to myself, god, let it hit the building. because i knew if the ladder came all the way down, he's going to die. >> it hit the edge of the roof, it bounced, and it stayed. >> the roof of the burning building does save him from an almost certain death, but the relief is short-lived. >> dispatcher, this is 102. send another ambulance to this location. >> now all that stands between mark and the concrete 35 feet below is a broken ladder and the crumbling wood of a burning balcony. >> for a split second i was like, what are we going to do? what are we...

Water from 100-foot ladders hovering over the flames. >> put a man on watch. >> flames threaten a neighboring building, so firefighter mark ashley is told to get up on another ladder to prevent any more destruction. >> looking good up here right now. >> looks like laser beams. >> ashley hooks himself in and tells personnel below to turn on his water. firefighter robert bates is standing directly behind the truck. >> mark was on the very tip of the ladder, and i remember hearing the sound of metal and a twisting. it made a very eerie sound. >> bates looks on in horror as mark's ladder buckles. ...

Knees, it was breaking down. i tried to spread out as much as possible to disperse my weight. i couldn't see him because of the smoke, but i was able to hear him and got him to reach out and hold his hand. >> but neither firefighter is in the clear yet. the same roof that buckled under the weight of one man must now support two. >> all i saw was rick, the end of his boot. so i grabbed his boot, and i asked him if he had mark. he said, yeah, i got him. we got to get off the roof now. we got to get off the roof. the roof is going to go. so i just kind of pulled his foot towards the ladder, and i...