Douchebag of the Week

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JACKSON, Miss. – A 15-year-old boy was beaten and branded with hot metal after a confrontation with a 12-year-old girl at a party in Mississippi where teens had been drinking, authorities said Friday.

Five people are charged in the case, including the 12-year-old girl.
Lauderdale County Sheriff Billy Sollie said Denise Randall, 46, was hosting the party in the east-central Mississippi community of Meridian last weekend when the victim bumped into the girl. Someone then called the girl's 15-year-old boyfriend.

Sollie said the boyfriend arrived and held the victim, who was not identified, at gunpoint while he was beaten and branded with hot metal. The sheriff said the teen was branded in more than one place on his body with a piece of hot metal shaped like a letter of the alphabet. He would not say what letter it was or release any other details about the branding because of the ongoing investigation.

The sheriff said the teen's injuries were not life-threatening.
One of the girl's close relatives disputed the sheriff's account. The Associated Press is not identifying the close family member to protect the girl's identity. The AP generally does not identify minors accused of crimes. The girl was charged as a juvenile.

The relative said the 15-year-old boy, who was not invited to the home, knocked the girl down and hit her in the face. The relative said Randall took the girl to the hospital. While Randall and the girl were at the hospital, the three other teens used a heated metal coat hanger to brand the boy by putting the girl's initials on one hand and the date on the other, the relative said.

"Everything (authorities) are saying is a lie, except the branding part. There was no drinking," the relative said. "The branding was true, and that was retribution because he climbed on top of her and beat her up."
The sheriff sees it differently.

"We're not going to try this case in the media, but what they're saying doesn't match up with the evidence," the sheriff said.

Randall was charged with directing a minor to commit a crime and accessory after the fact. She has been released on $50,000 bond, officials said. Another adult, 18-year-old Dustin Shane Armstrong, was charged with aggravated assault and kidnapping. He was jailed Friday on a $50,000 bond. It wasn't immediately clear if he had an attorney.

Two minors, including the girl's 15-year-old boyfriend suspected of taking a lead role in the abuse, were charged as adults with kidnapping and aggravated assault. The AP is not identifying them because they are juveniles.

A message left with Randall's attorney was not immediately returned.

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A MAN had surgery to re-attach his testicles after his girlfriend allegedly bit them off.
Maria Georgina Topp, 43, has appeared in court accused of the gruesome attack on Martin Douglas.

Martin, 45, had to dial 999 for an ambulance but was in so much pain it was difficult for operators to understand what he was saying. The couple had returned to his flat after a drunken night out when the attack is said to have happened at 4am.

Paramedics who arrived contacted police due to the severity of his *injuries and Topp was arrested.

Self-employed DJ Martin needed emergency surgery after the incident in Newcastle and spent days recovering from injuries to his genitals and an arm before he was released from hospital.

Mum-of-four Topp, of nearby Gateshead, has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm.

A court granted her bail on condition she did not enter the city or approach Martin. A Northumbria Police spokesman said: “At around 4am on Friday, February 18, police were called to a report of an assault.

“Officers arrested a 43-year-old woman on suspicion of assault. A 45-year-old man was taken to the Freeman Hospital for treatment to injuries to his arm and groin area.

“Police have since charged Maria Georgina Topp, 43, with causing GBH.” Topp will appear again at Newcastle crown court next month.