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Major update in pop star's court case: Jury retired to consider verdict
A jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of Guy Sebastian's former manager Titus Day who is alleged to have embezzled over $600,000 from his former client. For the last month, Mr Day has stood trial in the NSW District Court in Sydney where he has battled allegations that he stole from his former friend and the one-time Australian Idol winner. He has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of embezzlement as a clerk or servant. It's alleged that Mr Day failed to remit over $620,000 in performance fees and royalties to Mr Sebastian that were collected by his 6 Degrees talent agency. It is alleged he embezzled performance fees, including $187,000 for supporting Taylor Swift on her 2013 tour of Australia, as well as for private weddings, a Big Bash cricket game and corporate events. He has also pleaded not guilty to one count of dishonestly obtaining a financial advantage by deception, relating to allegations he deceived the liquidator after his company was placed into liquidation. During his closing address to the jury, Crown prosecutor Brett Hatfield SC said Mr Day had fabricated invoices to deceive Mr Sebastian. 'The fact that he went to the trouble to create these invoices that were not accurate shows that he knew that he had not honestly accounted to Mr Sebastian for the relevant transactions at the time – that he fraudulently embezzled the money,' Mr Hatfield told the court. 'And that was the reason why he would have done what he did in creating these documents to account for the transactions retrospectively.' Mr Day, through his defence, has claimed that he failed to remit some of the money to Mr Sebastian because of an accounting error and a mistaken belief that the income related to another client. He has further claimed he believed he was entitled to hold onto other funds because of unpaid commissions and that he used other money to invest in shares for Mr Sebastian. 'Whenever Mr Day held onto money that had come into the 6 Degrees account, he did it believing he was entitled to do so,' Mr Day's barrister Thomas Woods told the jury in his closing address. 'He is not guilty of any offence of embezzlement.' The court has been told that Mr Day says some accounting errors were the result of family difficulties at the time which resulted in his attention being elsewhere The trial concluded on Wednesday at the conclusion of closing arguments from Mr Day's defence. verdicts on the 35 counts.
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How to blur your home on Google Maps
As homeowners invest in high-end locks, alarm systems and surveillance cameras to safeguard their properties. Some law enforcement officials say there's one overlooked measure that could help ward off burglars: obscuring their homes on Google Street View. While the feature has existed for years, a growing number of homeowners are now choosing to blur their houses in online map images to reduce digital exposure, the New York Post reports. It's an action authorities and crime experts suggest could help reduce the risk of becoming a target. Ryan Railsback, a police officer in Riverside, California, said he's seen some residents take this additional step. 'The crooks are looking for new and innovative ways to victimise people,' he told ABC News. 'It's good for the public to be aware of that and counter what the criminals are already doing.' Street View, a service of Google Maps, provides panoramic images captured by camera-equipped vehicles traversing public roads. While it offers convenience for everything from navigating new neighbourhoods to browsing real estate, it may also give criminals an easy way to scope out potential targets, experts say. Christopher Herrmann, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, told ABC News that 'would-be thieves certainly want to scout their locations before they hit them,' using publicly available imagery to assess potential points of entry, spot visible cameras or alarms, and even identify valuable property visible from the street. For those looking to conceal their home on Street View, Google allows homeowners or tenants to request a permanent blur. Users can access the tool by locating their home on Google Maps, opening the Street View image, and clicking 'Report a problem' in the lower right corner. A short form allows users to specify the area they want blurred. According to Google, once applied, the blur cannot be reversed. 'We'll review your report as fast as we can,' Google states on its site. 'If you entered your email address in the form, we may contact you to get additional information or to update you on the status of your report.' Still, not everyone agrees that the tactic is foolproof. Some warn that having the only blurred home on a block could have unintended consequences, potentially signalling that the residents have something worth hiding.
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Man bruised, beaten and arrested after sparking wild in-flight brawl
A troublemaking passenger was left bruised and shamed after starting a fight on a budget US carrier, Frontier Airlines. Ishaan Sharma, 21, was booted off the plane and arrested for the alleged unprovoked assault on fellow passenger Keanu Evans. The scrap kicked off as the flight from Philadelphia approached Miami-Dade International Airport. Ishaan, from New Jersey, is said to have grabbed Keanu, one seat behind him, by the throat. He reportedly lashed out after muttering strange things and making death threats. 'He was doing some, like, dark laugh like: 'Ha ha ha ha ha',' Evans told local Miami TV station, WSVN. 'And he was saying things like: 'You punt, mortal man, if you challenge me, it will result in your death'.' Ishaan allegedly attacked after Keanu pressed the assistance button to call for help from airline staff. Footage posted online seems to show Ishaan standing over Keanu and gripping him by the throat. But the tables quickly turned when Keanu stood up to defend himself. He swung for Ishaan and landed a series of hefty blows on the instigator's face. Alarmed passengers can be heard shrieking: 'Let him go! Stop, let him go.' Later footage shows Ishaan grinning as he climbs out of his seat with a bib of sorts tied around his neck. He strolls off the plane, bare-chested, with a smile still plastered across his face. But the smirk was wiped off his face when he was arrested by cops inside the terminal. His mugshot shows him sporting a gnarly shiner on his left eye and cuts across his face and neck. Keanu later said: 'What I hate is that the video doesn't capture what started the whole thing, you know? 'It only captures me defending myself. 'It makes me feel bad because I don't want people to get the wrong idea about who I am as a person.' Ishaan was taken into custody at Miami-Dade and is charged with battery, according to the sheriff's office. His defence attorneys claim he had been 'meditating' and that Evans was somehow upset by that. Renee Gordon said: 'My client is from a religion where he was meditating. Unfortunately, the passenger behind him did not like that.'
