Freed on a $125,000 bail on September the 19th after Simpson and others were arrested in Las Vegas on charges including kidnap and robbery. Simpson’s defence has been that he was recovering personal property from two dealers in sports memorabilia.
Simpson in breach of his bail condition whilst in Florida was placed into the custody of his bail bondsman awaiting return to the Las Vegas Court and the possibility of being remanded in custody. Simpson’s lawyers had been contacted by the press but they have not responded.
O J Simpson, now sixty-years-old, was a former NFL running back, broadcaster and actor who was accused of murdering his wife, tried and acquitted in a criminal court in
1995 though later was found liable for the death of his wife and her
friend, Ronald Goldman, in a civil where he was ordered to pay damages
of $33.5 million though has paid little of this judgement.
It appears once you are on the slippery slope there
is little to stop the slide as OJ now faces trial for robbery with a
deadly weapon, burglary with a firearm, assault with a deadly weapon,
first-degree kidnap with a deadly weapon, which carries a possible life
sentence and several dozen other charges so this time will the Teflon
man walk free? We shall have to wait and see.
It appears the Telegraph has death on the mind or there is very little interesting news to report from around the world. We do not need too much convincing that we are not only running out of space to build new homes we are also running out of space to bury the dead.
The Victorians recognised this problem and began building crematoriums the most majestic of these I believe to be the North London Crematorium at Golders Green. I say that because the majority of my ancestors from the past one-hundred years are scattered there as are some of the most famous British people. The Victorians’ thought that it would be a little like a library or block of flats with row upon row of shelves and cubby holes were we could store our loved ones ashes. Regrettably, they ran out of space.
A similar problem has occurred in churches and the graveyards have run out of space. The Church has now agreed to woodland burials and have, in some areas, consecrated the ground for Christian burial. This was a very urgent matter as many towns in England no longer had space to bury the dead.
There has been some concern that the Church of England, having had difficulty managing and caring for graves near churches will find it even more difficult to care for woodland graves that may be some distance from a church. The Church of England dismiss this though have made it know that there will be no gravestones only biodegradable wooden plaques; they have also suggested that a tree be planted with the body.
Tree and body planting would probably be more acceptable to many than heating and lighting the crematorium. Folkestone Magazine would like to take that a little further and suggest the burial be handled by the family and a tree chopped down and hollowed out and used as a coffin. The bark, branches and chippings could be put to one side for Indian Funerals. A woodland funeral could become a regular event for families bringing them back together. The celebrity chefs could show us how to prepare backed potatoes in their jackets, hot roast chestnuts and mulled wine for the winter and light smoked salmon salads using woodland herbs for the warmer days.
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We have amalgamated with a larger publisher. This week we amalgamated Folkestone Magazine and our other titles forming a new UK limited company part owned by the Reeve family and the American investors. We will retain the name Folkestone Magazine though our business name is now Internet Publications Kent Limited