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NZers will need to deal with high butter prices for longer
food money 22 minutes ago A dairy analyst says New Zealanders will have to put up with high butter prices for the time being, until commodity prices and consumer demand subsides. Rabobank senior dairy analyst Michael Harvey spoke to Charlotte Cook. Tags: To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
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4 days ago
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Michael Harvey: Man who attempted to murder woman while on date in Glasgow jailed for nine years
A man who attempted to murder a woman while on a date has been jailed for nine years. Michael Harvey, 32, was captured on CCTV brutally assaulting his then partner in Glasgow city centre in 2023. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) said the vicious assault left the woman in an induced coma suffering from severe head injuries. At the High Court in , judge Lord Colbeck said the victim impact statement set out the "devastating consequences" of the violence. He stated: "As a result of your attacks upon her, [the victim] suffered life-changing severe injuries, permanent impairment and permanent disfigurement." COPFS said prosecutors were able to demonstrate Harvey's "savagery and duplicity" with video and audio recordings that showed how he subjected the woman to an "ordeal spanning several hours". The assault was captured on CCTV, which included the woman having her head hit against a bus stop and being dragged along the ground, causing her to lose consciousness. Harvey was also filmed shouting aggressively and gesticulating wildly at the victim over the course of the night out. Despite being taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary following the initial attack, Lord Colbeck noted how the victim left the hospital without being seen by medics. In the early hours of the morning of 1 October 2023, hotel footage showed Harvey carrying the badly injured victim towards a room they had booked, where once again she was attacked until she lost consciousness. Harvey, from Cambuslang in South Lanarkshire, was later recorded in a call to the Scottish Ambulance Service and can be heard pretending the woman had fallen in the shower. Lord Colbeck stated: "Lying to others about what had happened to [the victim] was calculating and self-serving." Read more from Sky News: Harvey denied any wrongdoing but was last month found guilty of two charges - assault to severe injury, permanent disfigurement, impairment, danger to life and attempted murder; and attempting to defeat the ends of justice. Lord Colbeck noted Harvey's lengthy criminal record, which comprised 26 previous convictions and two custodial sentences. He was also found to be the subject of a community payback order (CPO) at the time of his attack. The judge stated: "None of your previous convictions involve similar offending to that now before the court - the current offences being a marked escalation in your offending behaviour." Harvey was sentenced to nine years in jail and banned from contacting his victim when he returned to the dock on Friday. Prosecutor Moira Orr, the national lead for homicide and major crime at COPFS, said: "Over the course of an evening, Michael Harvey used appalling violence and threats to exert brutal control over a woman who had gone on a date with him. "CCTV enabled our prosecutors to share significant evidence of his brutality and threatening behaviour which was exhibited in public view as well as in private. "Our thoughts are with the woman who has suffered such terrible trauma and injuries but whose bravery has contributed so much to this prosecution. "Violence against women and girls is a blight on our society. As this case shows, abuse can go on in plain sight as well as behind closed doors. We must all be vigilant."
Sky News
4 days ago
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Michael Harvey: Man who attempted to murder woman while on date in Glasgow jailed for nine years
A man who attempted to murder a woman while on a date has been jailed for nine years. Michael Harvey, 32, was captured on CCTV brutally assaulting his then partner in Glasgow city centre in 2023. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) said the vicious assault left the woman in an induced coma suffering from severe head injuries. At the High Court in Glasgow, judge Lord Colbeck said the victim impact statement set out the "devastating consequences" of the violence. He stated: "As a result of your attacks upon her, [the victim] suffered life-changing severe injuries, permanent impairment and permanent disfigurement." COPFS said prosecutors were able to demonstrate Harvey's "savagery and duplicity" with video and audio recordings that showed how he subjected the woman to an "ordeal spanning several hours". The assault was captured on CCTV, which included the woman having her head hit against a bus stop and being dragged along the ground, causing her to lose consciousness. Harvey was also filmed shouting aggressively and gesticulating wildly at the victim over the course of the night out. Despite being taken to Glasgow Royal Infirmary following the initial attack, Lord Colbeck noted how the victim left the hospital without being seen by medics. In the early hours of the morning of 1 October 2023, hotel footage showed Harvey carrying the badly injured victim towards a room they had booked, where once again she was attacked until she lost consciousness. Harvey, from Cambuslang in South Lanarkshire, was later recorded in a call to the Scottish Ambulance Service and can be heard pretending the woman had fallen in the shower. Lord Colbeck stated: "Lying to others about what had happened to [the victim] was calculating and self-serving." Harvey denied any wrongdoing but was last month found guilty of two charges - assault to severe injury, permanent disfigurement, impairment, danger to life and attempted murder; and attempting to defeat the ends of justice. Lord Colbeck noted Harvey's lengthy criminal record, which comprised 26 previous convictions and two custodial sentences. He was also found to be the subject of a community payback order (CPO) at the time of his attack. The judge stated: "None of your previous convictions involve similar offending to that now before the court - the current offences being a marked escalation in your offending behaviour." Harvey was sentenced to nine years in jail and banned from contacting his victim when he returned to the dock on Friday. Prosecutor Moira Orr, the national lead for homicide and major crime at COPFS, said: "Over the course of an evening, Michael Harvey used appalling violence and threats to exert brutal control over a woman who had gone on a date with him. "CCTV enabled our prosecutors to share significant evidence of his brutality and threatening behaviour which was exhibited in public view as well as in private. "Our thoughts are with the woman who has suffered such terrible trauma and injuries but whose bravery has contributed so much to this prosecution.
Daily Record
5 days ago
- Daily Record
Brute who left woman in coma after Glasgow date jailed for nine years
CCTV captured Michael Harvey's hours-long campaign of abuse in Glasgow in October 2023. A man left a woman fighting for her life in an induced coma after brutally attacking her when they met for a date. Michael Harvey, 32, from Cambuslang, South Lanarkshire, subjected his victim to hours of abuse and violence across Glasgow city centre before a final assault in a hotel left her in an induced coma with catastrophic head injuries. Chilling CCTV footage shown to the High Court in Glasgow captured Harvey's savagery as he shouted and gesticulated wildly at the terrified woman in hotels and on the streets during their night out. In the early hours of October 1, 2023, cameras inside a hotel recorded Harvey carrying the badly injured woman through a corridor towards a room they had booked, where the attack continued behind closed doors. Later, Harvey called for an ambulance — and in a recording played to jurors, he was heard pretending the woman had 'fallen in the shower' in an attempt to cover up what he had done. The court heard the couple were on a date. The was left with severe head injuries due to the brute's violence. Prosecutors told the court Harvey described the woman as his partner, and the conviction carried the additional aggravator of abuse of a partner or ex-partner. Last month, Harvey was found guilty of attempted murder, as well as attempting to defeat the end of justice. On Friday, he was sentenced to nine years behind bars and given an indefinite non-harassment order banning him from contacting the victim. Moira Orr, the National Lead for Homicide and Major Crime at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), condemned Harvey's actions and praised the victim's bravery. Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. If you're curious, you can read our Privacy Notice. She said: 'Over the course of an evening, Michael Harvey used appalling violence and threats to exert brutal control over a woman who had gone on a date with him. "CCTV enabled our prosecutors to share significant evidence of his brutality and threatening behaviour which was exhibited in public view as well as in private. Our thoughts are with the woman who has suffered such terrible trauma and injuries but whose bravery has contributed so much to this prosecution.' She added: 'Violence against women and girls is a blight on our society. As this case shows, abuse can go on in plain sight as well as behind closed doors. We must all be vigilant. COPFS will use every tool at our disposal to pursue justice and ensure perpetrators face the consequences of their actions.' The court heard Harvey's shocking abuse lasted several hours and was laid bare by city-centre and hotel surveillance footage, which prosecutors described as crucial to securing his conviction. Harvey will serve the bulk of his nine-year sentence in prison before being considered for release under licence conditions.
BBC News
5 days ago
- BBC News
Man jailed for nine years after leaving woman brain damaged
A man has been jailed for nine years after attacking a woman in the street, leaving her brain Harvey was earlier convicted of attempting to murder Carol O'Reilly, who he was briefly in a relationship with, on 1 October repeatedly hit her head off the ground during an assault in Glasgow city centre that was captured on O'Reilly is now living with permanent damage to her brain and some memory loss. She has also been diagnosed with epilepsy and takes medication for seizures. She told BBC Scotland News she has had to learn how to walk, talk and swallow again after spending six months in said the way she speaks has changed since the attack."I don't like my speech now," she said. "Sometimes, I listen back to old voice notes [of myself]. I used to speak really fast." Ms O'Reilly had broken bones in her back, neck, cheek bone, eye-socket and has had three surgeries on her brain, including a craniectomy. This is where part of the skull is removed to operate and the bone is kept alive in the said she now struggles to do some everyday things such as putting a bobble in her hair."I can't put a bra on either, I need to wear a sports one," she said. And trying to grab stuff with my hand is hard."I'm just tired all the time, I don't really go out that much, I don't trust people."Ms O'Reilly has questions over how police handled events that turned up at the scene but the court heard it appeared Harvey had managed to "talk his way out of handcuffs", despite Ms O'Reilly's said police then put her in their van with her attacker and dropped them at Glasgow Royal made her leave without receiving medical pair returned to the hotel they were sharing in Glasgow city centre. Harvey had to carry Ms O'Reilly back to their room where the assault was discovered unconscious by hotel staff the following morning when they were late for checkout and police were called."Why, why did they leave me with him and put me in the back of the van with him," she said."They should have separated us - one of them take me to the hospital, the other take him to the cells, until they could watch the CCTV."She said the footage showed her head being hit off bus stops."It could've been a murder, I could've died. And my kids would've been left without a mum." No access to report The BBC put these points to Police Scotland, asking why Ms O'Reilly was not separated from her attacker, why Michael Harvey was not arrested and if Police Scotland would apologise to Scotland said: "On Sunday, 1 October, 2023, officers attended at Waterloo Street, Glasgow following a report of an assault. After carrying out inquiries at the scene and speaking to witnesses, no criminality was established at the time."The injuries presented did not require an ambulance to be called, however the attending officers took two people to hospital for assessment."Police Scotland referred the circumstances of the incident to the Police Investigations & Review Commissioner (Pirc) who made one recommendation which has been implemented."We have not received a complaint relating to this case, however we would encourage anyone with concerns to come forward and speak to us."Pirc gave its findings to the chief constable in December last O'Reilly has never been given access to the report. The BBC also requested to see it but was Scotland News asked Police Scotland who Ms O'Reilly should contact directly to ask for the report but they declined to answer. 'Carol has changed as a person' Her sister Donna O'Reilly said it shouldn't be so difficult for the family to get answers."The victim should be priority. Because it's them that need the answers to move forward," she said."It's been very hard because Carol has changed as a person and obviously we're trying to make sure she's OK."And we can't give her the answers she needs because we don't know them…so it's been hard."The family say what they need now is sentencing of Harvey is one step towards Ms O'Reilly is still left with questions and no clear direction as to how she gets asked what she wants for the rest of her life, she said: "To be a mum again, obviously it's hard being a full-time mum."But I was always active with them. And now I can't do stuff like that."BBC Scotland News asked Pirc for its findings in the said: "We investigated the circumstances surrounding the serious injury of a 39-year-old woman on 1 October 2023 in Glasgow following police contact."Our report was provided to the chief constable and is now a matter for Police Scotland. We consider our report to be confidential and therefore have nothing further to add."Our reports are confidential for various reasons such as ongoing legal proceedings, protection of anonymity or matters relating to data protection."
