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Randall Margraves stood at the podium as two of his daughters read their victim impact statements in Eaton County Court, and when the girls were done asked Judge Janice Cunningham if he could have five minutes alone in a room with 'this demon.' When she denied that request he asked for a minute alone with the convicted child molester, which was also denied by the judge. He then lunged toward the defense table and raised a fist before being brought to the ground and handcuffed by deputies. And it was, fittingly, Nassar's defense attorney who shielded him from the angry father, who appeared to be almost twice the size of former USA Gymnastics team doctor.

The royal couple are wrapping up their Norway visit at Holmenkollen, where temperatures are a chilly -7 degrees, for a visit to the resort's famous ski museum. Wrapped up against the Nordic chill, William and Kate (inset, with Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit) ascended to the top of ski jump to watch talented junior skiers from Norway's national team before moving to the Royal Box to observe the jumpers landing.

Elisabeth Revol, 37, returned to France after she was rescued Sunday from Nanga Parbat - the world's ninth-highest peak at 8,126 meters (26,660 feet.)  Revol and her climbing partner Tomasz Mackiewicz (pictured together right, at the summit of Nanga Parbat), a 43-year-old Polish national also known as Tomek, called for help on Friday. It was her fourth attempt, her third with Mackiewicz, to scale Nanga Parbat during the winter season, but the pair ran into trouble amid frigid temperatures and high winds. Speaking from a hospital in France's Haute-Savoie region - where doctors are assessing whether she will require amputations due to frostbite in her hands and left foot - Revol (left) said rescuers urged her to leave behind Mackiewicz. She described the decision as 'terrible and painful'.

These are the shocking scenes where a teenage schoolboy being bullied by a large group on Merseyside retaliates and knocks one of his tormentors flat out with a strong left hook. The clip has been retweeted over 4,000 times and liked by over 10,000 social media users. One social media user said: 'Never condone violence, but when it's self preservation and defence you are protected. Perfect timing.'

Beautician Sue Rogers (left, with her son in hospital) will spend the rest of her life mourning the death of her eldest child, Nick Rogers (top centre), who was just 26 when Lee Monk (top right), 20, killed him. Speaking after Monk's sentencing for manslaughter at Norwich Crown Court yesterday, heartbroken Miss Rogers, 45, of Wymondham, Norfolk, said: 'I hope he rots in jail and I can now get some closure and find some peace.' Before the fatal attack on July 17 last year, Mr Rogers had turned his life around, losing ten stone in weight and training to be a bouncer. He was on the way to the gym to work out, when he nipped into his local Morrisons around 7pm, only to encounter Monk - who he had fallen out with before - near the checkouts, where they had a row. Shocking CCTV (bottom right) shows Mr Rogers being punched to the floor, before he was kicked in the back of the head by Monk.

Mollie Horton, 22, from Pembrokeshire, was found dead - just days after posting online: 'Goodnight world, I'm turning myself off'. Police say they are not treating her death as suspicious and were called to her address after 'concerns about her welfare'.

A family so infamous that they have their own meme and logo (inset) have walked free from court after two men were glassed in a pub brawl. Samantha Gabriel, 37, and her brothers Shane (left), 29, and Gavin (right), 28, were arrested after getting involved in a fight between two drunks at the Nags Head Pub in Accrington. However Samantha (pictured middle), a mother-of-seven, was spared jail after a court heard she is 'reliant' on benefits, while her two siblings also avoided jail despite a string of convictions for violent behaviour. The Gabriel family rose to notoriety in 2004 after they were evicted from their council home in Padiham, near Burnley, Lancs. Investigators found it decked out with a swimming pool, sauna and jacuzzi, plus a four-poster water bed and a £3,000 42-inch plasma screen TV.

Militant vegan activists have sent hundreds of chilling threats on social media to parents Jonathan (top right), 37, and Dulcie Crickmore, 35, who run Fen Farm Dairy in Bungay, Suffolk. The vegans became enraged after seeing a post (bottom left) about the eco-friendly couple's new calves (centre) - and even targeted their two young children. It comes in the context of increased threats by vegans, with one trainee farmer Alison Waugh telling how protesters had called farmers 'murderers and rapists. But the onslaught has backfired as the award-winning farmers have been backed by nearly 1,000 five-star reviews - and sales have soared. Mr Crickmore said: 'We have had some really horrible comments. We put a message out and some vegans found it and posted it onto these activist groups in America - and within a few hours last Thursday it escalated.'

Professor Green (left), real name Stephen Manderson, visited Bournemouth on Thursday with TV upcycler Max McMurdo (right) to remove one of the iron bars from a town centre bench. In its place the pair fitted a much larger curved bar, that cost £18.50, to the bench and draped a waterproof tarpaulin over it to turn the seat into a makeshift tent for the homeless.

Russell Bishop (left), 51, is accused of killing friends Nicola Fellows (centre) and Karen Hadaway (far right) in Brighton, East Sussex, in 1986. The girls went missing from their homes in the city and their bodies were found hidden in bushes in Wild Park, near the Moulscoomb estate in Brighton, the following day. Bishop appeared before Mr Justice Edis for a plea hearing at the Old Bailey. Bespectacled Bishop, wore a black and white striped T-shirt. The balding defendant sat with his muscular arms crossed resting his head in his hand. He spoke to confirm his name and when asked to enter pleas to the two murder charges, replied: 'Not guilty ma'am.' The senior judge has set a trial at the Old Bailey for October 15. The case is expected to go on for six to eight weeks. Bishop was remanded back into custody.

Model and TV presenter Heather Elrick, 27, from London put 12 styles to the test for Femail, ranging from an £11 high street set to a luxury ensemble costing £280 - with surprising results. Left to right: These sets cost £15, £83, £56, £244, but can you tell which is which? Insets: One bra costs £7, while the other is £65.

Sometimes, I wonder if I am being too harsh about William and Kate. Is it just me? Do I expect too much? Should we leave these uninteresting young people to go about their taxpayer-funded business without comment or criticism? For my part, I certainly can't argue with this excellent style digest of William and Kate's official visit to Sweden and Norway. My favourite pair of Premier Inn Royals trundled around Stockholm and Oslo looking like they had dived into the bargain bin of a Seventies charity shop and fought over the polyester hand-me-downs at the bottom of the pile. Dodgy fur, foul prints, murky colours, glum expressions, Queen Mum shoes - what was going on? Even by their own dire standards, this was a new low for the Duke and Duchess of Frump, who seem to have taken it upon themselves to dress exactly like Charles and Camilla, but only worse, right down to Kate's boots and Cossack hat. Why are they so old before their time, so darned middle-aged and dull?

She left the building from a separate exit to her spouse, and met at the car, before driving off together. Victoria was a steely as ever, keeping composed as she swished her way through those gathered outside, not giving any hint that she is bringing Posh back into our lives.

An incredible panoramic view sent from the surface of the red planet (left) has been created using images taken by the Mars Curiosity rover by Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. It reveals the landscape of one of our closest galactic neighbours, which has been home to the exploratory vehicle since it landed in Gale Crater in 2012. Launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida, the rover has just passed 2,000 days on the planet. One of the on-board cameras captured 16 separate scenic images that show various points on its journey (top right), as seen from the top of the Vera Rubin Ridge, which were then stitched together to form the sweeping image. At an elevation of 327 metres (1,073 feet), the image looks over the crater (bottom right), which is about 3.5-3.8 billion years old and covers an area 96 miles (154 kilometres) in diameter.

He made his proposal one to remember when he got down on one knee while on stage at The Lyceum Theatre in London's West End on Thursday night, following a performance of The Lion King. And Spencer Matthews appeared to be whisking his fiancée Vogue Williams off to celebrate as they made an early arrival at Heathrow airport on Friday morning, with the Irish model once again showing off her sparkler as they made their way into their terminal. The couple looked to be revelling in their newly-engaged status as they locked hands while making their way into the airport.

John David Battaglia, 62, received the lethal injection on Thursday night in Dallas for the 2001 killings of his nine-year-old daughter, Faith, and her six-year-old sister, Liberty (top with Battaglia). Battaglia (inset in his mugshot) smiled as the mother of his slain children, Mary Jean Pearle (bottom at his trial), and other witnesses to his lethal injection walked into the death chamber viewing area. Asked by the warden if he had a final statement, the inmate replied: 'No,' then changed his mind. 'Well, hi, Mary Jean,' he said, looking and smiling at his ex-wife. 'I'll see y'all later. Bye.' After that, he told the warden: 'Go ahead, please.' Battaglia then closed his eyes and looked directly up. A few seconds later he opened his eyes and lifted his head. 'Am I still alive?' he asked before adding that he could then 'feel' the drugs. The time of death was 9.40pm - 22 minutes after the lethal dose began.

Morgan Geyser, one of two teenage girls who stabbed their friend in an attempted killing inspired by the fictional internet character Slenderman (inset), has been sentenced to spend 40 years in a mental institution. Morgan (left in court), who is now 15, was 12 when she and Anissa Weier attacked Payton Leutner (right) in the woods after a sleepover in a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 2014. She will be 55 when she is released. During the hearing, she wept and apologized to her victim and her family. Calling Payton 'Ella', as she did during her confession, she wailed: 'I just want let Ella and her family know, I am sorry.' 

'The Slim house' measuring just seven feet and seven inches wide has become the thinnest home outside of central London to go on sale for £1 million. Located in St John's Hill in SW11, Battersea, the three-storey house has attracted 'wide-ranging interest' according to estate agents Savlls Wandsworth who are in charge of the sale. Despite being narrower than a Tube carriage, the house has four bedrooms, a loft and two reception rooms. 

Delilah the dog was caught on camera with her head stuck in a box of Cheez-Its she found in her search for a treat. Despite the mishap, the hilarious clip shows her taking breaks from her escape attempts to enjoy the crumbs falling in her mouth. 'I mean how long is to long?' someone can be heard asking in the background, wondering when they should step in to help the pup. Finally, at the end of the clip Delilah manages to get her head out of the box with her paws. The pup lives in Las Vegas with her owner, 33-year-old David Cummings.

William Clyde Gibson (seen left), 60, is on death row in Indiana in the US, after admitting the murders of three women. The cold-blooded killer laughs as he talks to Sir Trevor McDonald about his crimes in his ITV series Death Row 2018. Gibson strangled and mutilated Christine Whitis, 75, (top right), in April 2012, and Stephanie Kirk, 35, (right, centre) a month earlier, and was also convicted of stabbing Karen Hodella, 44, (below right) whose body was found near the Ohio River in January 2003.

The Willis family (bottom right) landed a TLC show after going on America's Got Talent in 2014 and the 12 children, aged 7 to 25, impressed the judges with their singing. However, it all came crashing down when their father Toby Willis (top right) was arrested September 2016 and was later convicted on four child rape charges. The victims were his daughters. In fact Toby Willis' control was so complete that each daughter thought she was the only one being abused. In a bitter irony, they now admit, they didn't speak up for fear of destroying the family. Now the dozen siblings are attempting to move forward and started making music again. Although they don't have contact with their father currently, they hope he can find help. According to daughter Jeanette, 21: 'You can view yourself as a victim or you can view yourself as a survivor. I choose to view myself as a survivor and go forward to live a beautiful life after all of this.' Pictured left: Older siblings (l-r) Jackson, Jedididah, Jeremiah, Jasmine, Jeanette and Jennifer.

Worldwideinterweb.com has shared a hilarious gallery of unfortunately named businesses around the world with titles that are very likely to scare customers away. Clockwise from top left: Enough to put you off your food; the last place you'd want your hair cut; a courier company with a twist; an unfortunate reminder of a sexual health check; raising a smile among mourners and a restaurant with raunchy connotations.

A woman has warned against pit bulls after her 'gentle' dog of nine years suddenly turned and launched a vicious attack which resulted in her losing an arm. Traumatized Yasmin Adam, 45, was left lying in a pool of blood and fearing for her life after her beloved dog Sir Hinkles mauled her. The brutal assault took place after Yasmin attempted to break up a play fight between Sir Hinkles and her two other dogs.

The Los Angles mansion (pictured today and bottom right in 1940) where the notorious Black Dahlia murder was allegedly committed has been sold for $4.7million. The Mayan Revival Sowden House was once owned by Dr George Hodel, a prime suspect in the killing of a budding actress named Elizabeth Short (inset) in 1947. Short met a gruesome end when she was tied up, raped, stabbed numerous times, had a joker-style smile cut into her face and her stomach filled with feces - before being finally murdered and cut in half.

Prince Albert II of Monaco stunned locals in Cornwall when he turned up at a seaside resort for some go-karting at the St Eval Kart Circuit. The Crown Prince of Monaco flew in on a private jet on Wednesday to celebrate the birthday party of a friend that lives in the area. The 59-year-old is the only son of Rainier III of Monaco and American film star Grace Kelly, becoming ruler of the Mediterranean principality in 2005.

These shocking satellite images show how much Cape Town's largest reservoir has dried up as the country faces a major water crisis.  Theewaterskloof Dam can hold around 480,000 megalitres, or 126 billion gallons and accounts for half the water held by dams in the region. But due to severe drought and population growth it is now only 13 per cent full, down from 14 per cent last week.

The 36th Waffen SS Grenadier Brigade were a unit comprised almost entirely of Germany's most hardened criminals which was created to fight the Polish resistance, but in reality were turned against civilians as well. They were led by Oskar Dirlewanger, a First World War hero turned convicted child molester who used his connections in the Nazi party to secure the command. During the war his men waged campaign of rape and mass murder against civilians, and were charged with putting down the Warsaw Uprising in which 40,000 innocents were butchered in two weeks.

These are the sleek and speedy bullet trains that will be transporting hundreds of millions of Chinese people home during the largest annual human migration in the world. China kicked off the travel rush known as chunyun during the 40-day Spring Festival period on February 1. During this time, Chinese people travel home to celebrate the Lunar New Year - which falls on February 16 and 17 this year - with their families.

This gorgeous lion was caught on camera striking a pose during a storm on the Serengeti (pictured). The proud beast looks like a contender for the cover of next season's Vogue magazine. Alex Kirichko, 52, was the fortunate photographer who managed to capture the camera-ready lion in the Namiri Plains, Serengeti, Tanzania. Seen in the midst of a storm, strong winds whipped the lions luscious mane back and forth during the impromptu shoot (pictured inset).

The test flight (left) took place at the Pendleton Unmanned Aerial Systems Range in Oregon, close to a nearby airport where the craft has been stored since November 2017 (bottom right). Alpha One (concept image top right) climbed to a height of 16 feet (five metres) before successfully returning to the ground. The self-piloted aircraft is 20.3 ft (6.2 m) wide, 18.7 ft (5.7 m) long, 9.2 ft (2.8 m) tall and has a takeoff weight of 1,642 lb (745 kg). Future tests will transition from hovering off the ground to directional flight.

With vendors selling enormous watermelons, boisterous children playing games, and actors performing at the roadside, the streets of 1960s New York were bustling and vibrant. When John Brand returned from the US Army in Germany, he decided there was no better place to become a street photographer than the city's Lower East Side and Upper West Side. His best photos are showcased in a fascinating new book titled A Photographic Trip Through New York In The '50s And '60s. 

A tortoise made an unlikely acquaintance in Nairobi National Park, Kenya, when it crawled up next to a lioness. For a moment, it almost looked like the pair was on a starting line and were due to re-enact the popular children's tale the Tortoise and the Hare - with a slightly toothier rabbit replacement. However, after sidling up next to the lioness, which was sat on a dirt road in the national park, the tortoise plonked itself down and retreated back into its shell.