US burglar climbs naked into couple’s bed, gets chased at gunpoint
A naked burglar who hopped into a Portland, Oregon couple’s bed in the middle of the night wound up fleeing down the street after the male victim woke up and chased him with a gun, firing three shots, police said. Portland police say Dean Defeudis, 32, broke into a Portland home around 3am on Thursday, gathered items of value and then stripped naked, climbed into bed with a man and woman and then kissed the man. “The victim woke up and the suspect was sitting on top of him holding a knife,” Portland police sergeant Pete Simpson said in a written statement. “The victim pushed the suspect off of him as the victim retrieved his handgun and began giving the suspect commands to stop.” “The suspect put his pants on and ran out of the home, chased by the victim who fired three shots near the suspect to get him to stop,” Simpson said. (Reuters)
Gay man forced to undergo psychiatric care in China
A gay man in China was forcibly sent to psychiatric care by his family in violation of law and forced to receive treatment after he confided to his family and filed for divorce. Yu Quanhu (pseudonym), 34, was forced to go to the Second People’s Hospital of Zhumadian by his family members on October 8, the date when he decided to divorce his wife, Yu’s boyfriend surnamed Yang told state-run Global Times. The gay couple began dating in January, and Yu came out of the closet with his family in April. He has been married to his wife for over 10 years and has raised a daughter and a son, Yang said. “He got married because he thought marriage could change him, but he did not love his wife. He sometimes told me that he would be working late just to avoid having sex with her,” Yang said. There are more than 16 million “homowives” in China, a term referring to wives of homosexuals. (PTI)
Miami sandcastle is the world’s tallest
Miami city in Florida state of the US broke Brazil’s Guinness record for the tallest sandcastle in the world, the media reported on Tuesday. Guinness representatives conducted an official measurement of the sandcastle, in southern Miami’s Virginia beach on Monday and certified it as the world’s tallest at 15.87 metres, EFE news reported. The previous record was held by Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro city, which constructed a sandcastle standing 11.63 metres in November 2014. More than 1,800 tonnes of sand was used to build the sandcastle that has etched on it the “wonders” of the world, including the Eiffel Tower.(IANS)
UK police arrest 15-year-old boy after cyberattack
British police say they have arrested a teenage boy in Northern Ireland in connection with a cyber-attack on British telecoms company Talk Talk. Scotland Yard said detectives arrested the 15-year-old on suspicion of computer misuse offenses after carrying out a search warrant at an address in County Antrim today. The boy, who has not been identified, was taken into custody and will be questioned at a police station. Talk Talk said over the weekend that attackers hacked the company’s website and accessed some bank account details. But it said none of its customers’ credit card information had been exposed. The firm said Friday it had received a ransom note from the alleged hackers. (AP)