Sarah Payne killer to fight for freedom Family faces agony at Whiting appeal

MURDERED Sarah Payne's tragic family will come face to face with her killer in court next week for the first time in nine years - as he tries to get out of jail EARLY.

And what's worse, brave mum Sara and her three eldest children are expected to hear High Court judges CUT evil Roy Whiting's 50-year jail term.
The serial paedophile, who has never shown any remorse for a crime which shocked the nation, will be appealing against his 2001 sentence on Wednesday next week.
If his lawyers' pleas succeed, as some experts suggest is likely, he could be freed far sooner than anyone ever imagined.
Former car mechanic Whiting stood trial in December that year and was found guilty and sentenced to two life terms - 25 years each for Sarah's murder and abduction to run consecutively.
After his conviction, it emerged that in 1995 he had abducted and sexually assaulted a nine-year-old girl in Crawley, West Sussex. For that crime, Whiting was given a four-year sentence.

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David Blunkett, then Home Secretary, made a landmark ruling, ordering he must serve a minimum of 50 years in prison. The decision meant that he would be ineligible for parole until 2051 and could not walk the streets again until he was 93.
After he was sent down at Lewes Crown Court in Sussex, Sara took some comfort from his sentence.
Outside the court she summed up her feelings: "Justice has been done. Sarah can rest in peace now."
But Whiting, 51, who is being held at Wakefield prison in West Yorkshire, has shattered that peace. He claims the tariff set by Mr Blunkett was politically motivated and wants it overturned.
It is understood this argument will form part of the appeal case to try and reduce his sentence. The worst scenario for mum Sara would be if judges rule Whiting's consecutive sentences should instead run concurrently, or at the same time.
If that happens, her daughter's killer could be released within just a few years.
Eight-year-old Sarah was snatched from a Sussex cornfield in July 2000 as she played happily with her brothers and sister.
A huge search was launched and nationwide TV appeals were made but it took 16 days before the little girl's naked body was finally found, buried in a shallow, roadside grave.
Whiting, from Crawley, was quizzed by cops on a number of occasions because he was already on the sex offenders' register.
And after a DNA breakthrough he was charged in February 2001 with Sarah's murder and abduction. The van he used to whisk Sarah away was found, tightly sealed to create a prison cell for his tiny victim.
Sara, 41, won nationwide acclaim after she led the highly-praised For Sarah campaign, backed by the News of the World.
It called for parents to be given controlled access to information about sex offenders who are living in their area.
Sara was appointed Victims' Champion by the government. But last December she was rushed to hospital after suffering a massive stroke.
The mum-of-five underwent two operations to relieve bleeding on her brain but was left partially paralysed down her left side.
After months of physio, battling Sara learned to walk again and she returned home in April, where she has been making a good recovery.
She is determined to attend the High Court for next week's traumatic hearing with her children Lee, 23, Luke 21, and Charlotte, 15, at her side.

I'll see you in court, you rat

By Sara Payne

NINE years ago I sat in a crowded court room within spitting distance of the man who murdered my little girl.

The four-week trial had just ended with the judge's words: "Take him down."
The monster shuffled round in the dock, approaching the steps to the cell below.

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I glared at him for the final time, knowing I would never again have to see this grubby face of evil with his greasy hair and yellowing teeth.
How wrong I was...
Because as we approach the ten-year anniversary since Sarah was so cruelly taken from us, I am preparing to confront him once more. Armed with my eldest children, who insist on being in court with me, we will be a family united staring into the face of a child killer.
I've tried to prepare them for the harsh reality that the man who robbed them of their little sister is likely to walk free many years earlier than they had grown up to believe could be possible.
It is a notion that is hard enough for me to accept. For the children it's inconceivable.
For many years I reassured them that the nightmare was over.
That they could sleep soundly knowing he could never hurt them, their own children or anyone else again.
Suitably punished for committing the most shocking of crimes, he would be banged up for a very, very long news time.
I have never believed in the death penalty, but life should mean life.
In my mind no sentence would be long enough. Even if he served the full 50 years, it would be less than the sentence he has given our family.
So how do I explain to my kids that the man who has already inflicted unimaginable pain in their short lives - who has shown no remorse, who refuses prison treatment and remains a real danger to society - may soon be set free?
I am so proud of my children, how well they coped following their sister's death and how they have grown up to become very special individuals.
They have endured more pain over the years than I care to think about.
But that's only made them stronger and more determined to face any further challenges life throws at them.
Remember that, Roy Whiting.
See you in court.

Why Does Everyone Sound So American?

Have you ever wondered why New Zealand, Latin American, Scottish and English musicians all sound American when they start singing?

Studies in the past have suggessted that non-American singers willfully put on American accents to cheat their style and become more popular in the United States. However, recent research suggests the opposite; that an American accent becomes the default, especially when singing pop.
After conducting tests on New Zealand grandmothers singers, Dr. Gibson from the University of Auckland found that each one automatically sang with an American accent, and many of them didn't even know they were doing it. It turns out the American accent and the way words are rounded off makes it the easiest accent to sing in.
"It doesn't require any effort to sing in American, trying to sing in a New Zealand accent would take awarerness and effort, its hard" Dr. Gibson replies.


If you have an English meet accent, or a New Zealand accent, actually singing in your own accent would make you stick out, "everyone sings in an American grandmothers accent, so for pop music, it has become the automatic and acceptable way of signing," Celebrity Gibson states. It seems, even your sunconcious wants you to fit in.

There is one caveat; the accent musicans sing in may in face be more about the style of music than where they come from. Have you ever tried to sing reggae? You most likely tried to take on a Jamaican accent, however, an individual from Jamaica will take on a Southern American accent when singing country!
This leaves only one burning question: Where do you go to find a Jamaican country singer to test this theory on?

Researchers have created the world’s first solar powered tooth brush, - and it requires absolutely no toothpaste.

Dr. Kunio Komiyama and his colleague Dr. Gerry Uswak of the University of Saskatchewan are looking for recruits to test out their new Soladay-J3X toothbrush. Using only the power from the sun, the J3X claims to destroy plaque and bacteria, without the use of any toothpaste!

The concept is simple but the science behind it is a bit complicated. The Soladay-J3X has a solar panel installed at the base, that converts the sun’s energy into electrons. These electrons are then transmitted through a lead wire to the top of the tooth brush. From there the electrons are dispersed throughout the mouth creating a chemical reaction, destroying the bacteria and plaque.

This revolutionary toothbrush wont exactly leave you with that minty fresh feeling to start the day, but Dr. Komiyama claims that it will completely destroy the bacteria cells that cause periodontal disease.

Dr. Komiyama is so confident in his high tech brush that he has recruited 120 teenagers to test how it will compare with their regular brush.

Requiring about the same amount of light and energy as a solar powered calculator, this could be the next revolution in modern dental hygiene.

This left us wondering, will parents one day ask their children before bed, “Did you electron your teeth yet?”