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Two British children found dead at Corfu hotel
James Sturcke and agencies Thursday October 26, 2006 Guardian Unlimited Police in Corfu have launched an investigation following the discovery of the bodies of two British children in their hotel room in Corfu today. The seven-year-old girl and her six-year-old brother were found this morning by a cleaner at the four-star Louis Corcyra hotel in Gouvia, on the eastern coast of the Greek island. Their 38-year-old father and his partner, aged 28, were found in a coma nearby and taken to hospital, where they were described as being "very sick" and were undergoing treatment. Greek police said preliminary test results indicated poisoning could have been involved. They named the couple as Neil Shepherd and Ruth Beatson and the children as Robert and Christianne, from Horby, near Wakefield, Yorkshire. A Foreign Office spokeswoman confirmed the names of the adults, but said its policy was not to comment on minors. However, Foreign Offices sources confirmed the children's names. Bieriris Dimitris, the chief of security police, said various forms of poisoning were being investigated. He added that, at this stage, there was nothing to indicate there was any deliberate attempt by the family, or anyone else, to take their lives. "We are looking at what could have happened," he said. "The prognosis at the moment is that a poison was involved, maybe some food poison. "Witnesses have told us that they were just a normal family. They were seen coming back to the hotel yesterday evening. "They were not seen in the hotel restaurant last night, so they may have eaten out or in their rooms and it is possible they may have eaten something. "We do not think it was gas poisoning. The parents are still very sick." Mr Dimitris said passports showed that the father and two children were born in Wakefield and Ms Beatson was born in Dewsbury. He said it would take two or three days before the results of a post mortem were known. Sky News reported that police were investigating the possibility the family had been poisoned by mushrooms. It was believed they had been spending the half term break on the island, which is one of the most popular Greek island destinations for British tourists. A hotel receptionist said the children and the unconscious adults had been found in the bungalow where they were staying by a cleaner earlier today. She said there was no gas cooking facilities in the bungalow, and refused to answer questions about whether there were gas heaters there. The receptionist added that 700 people were currently staying at the hotel, and none had reported any problems with the food. "It was nothing to do with the hotel. It was something with the family," she said. Current temperatures in Corfu were 23C during the day and 15C at night, she added. The pathologist who examined the family said they could have taken strong poison. "The first indications show that they may have taken some sort of powerful poison," Stefanos Gasteratos, a Corfu hospital pathologist, told state television. "The adults are on life support machines and in critical condition." Dr Gasteratos said the children had died around eight to ten hours before their bodies were discovered, and that the adults "seem to have been stronger in fighting this, which is to be expected". The family were on holiday with the tour operator Thomas Cook. "We have no more details at the moment. We are waiting to hear from the hospital in Corfu," a Thomas Cook spokeswoman said. The Louis Corcyra hotel, on Gouvia Bay, is set in lush gardens. It is five miles from Corfu airport and around the same distance from Corfu town, and underwent a series of extensive renovations during winter 2001. A recent visitor to the hotel told the TripAdvisor website they were disappointed with the hotel and described their room as "shabby". The visitor said: "The surrounding area of Gouvia is a dump ... on paper, the hotel Louis Corcyra looked and sounded good - the reality was in fact extremely disappointing." However, another a tourist, who stayed at the hotel in September, said he and his wife had spent an "enjoyable week" there and could not understand other guests' complaints. Guardian Unlimited © Guardian News and Media Limited 2006 |
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Two British children found dead at Corfu hotel,Police investigate the well know Ulster pedophile Da Hui Ruttledge
Chinese food lover Seanus Da Hui
loved "Gen Tso's chicken" with plenty of "chop suey" But I want you to know our Ulster proddie bloke fancies a huge oiled Greek cock What a fag this GAY Ulster lad, Seanus Da Hui King Seanie, MASTER of all ulster faggots James Sturcke and agencies Thursday October 26, 2006 Guardian Unlimited Police in Corfu have launched an investigation following the discovery of the bodies of two British children in their hotel room in Corfu today. The seven-year-old girl and her six-year-old brother were found this morning by a cleaner at the four-star Louis Corcyra hotel in Gouvia, on the eastern coast of the Greek island. Their 38-year-old father and his partner, aged 28, were found in a coma nearby and taken to hospital, where they were described as being "very sick" and were undergoing treatment. Greek police said preliminary test results indicated poisoning could have been involved. They named the couple as Neil Shepherd and Ruth Beatson and the children as Robert and Christianne, from Horby, near Wakefield, Yorkshire. A Foreign Office spokeswoman confirmed the names of the adults, but said its policy was not to comment on minors. However, Foreign Offices sources confirmed the children's names. Bieriris Dimitris, the chief of security police, said various forms of poisoning were being investigated. He added that, at this stage, there was nothing to indicate there was any deliberate attempt by the family, or anyone else, to take their lives. "We are looking at what could have happened," he said. "The prognosis at the moment is that a poison was involved, maybe some food poison. "Witnesses have told us that they were just a normal family. They were seen coming back to the hotel yesterday evening. "They were not seen in the hotel restaurant last night, so they may have eaten out or in their rooms and it is possible they may have eaten something. "We do not think it was gas poisoning. The parents are still very sick." Mr Dimitris said passports showed that the father and two children were born in Wakefield and Ms Beatson was born in Dewsbury. He said it would take two or three days before the results of a post mortem were known. Sky News reported that police were investigating the possibility the family had been poisoned by mushrooms. It was believed they had been spending the half term break on the island, which is one of the most popular Greek island destinations for British tourists. A hotel receptionist said the children and the unconscious adults had been found in the bungalow where they were staying by a cleaner earlier today. She said there was no gas cooking facilities in the bungalow, and refused to answer questions about whether there were gas heaters there. The receptionist added that 700 people were currently staying at the hotel, and none had reported any problems with the food. "It was nothing to do with the hotel. It was something with the family," she said. Current temperatures in Corfu were 23C during the day and 15C at night, she added. The pathologist who examined the family said they could have taken strong poison. "The first indications show that they may have taken some sort of powerful poison," Stefanos Gasteratos, a Corfu hospital pathologist, told state television. "The adults are on life support machines and in critical condition." Dr Gasteratos said the children had died around eight to ten hours before their bodies were discovered, and that the adults "seem to have been stronger in fighting this, which is to be expected". The family were on holiday with the tour operator Thomas Cook. "We have no more details at the moment. We are waiting to hear from the hospital in Corfu," a Thomas Cook spokeswoman said. The Louis Corcyra hotel, on Gouvia Bay, is set in lush gardens. It is five miles from Corfu airport and around the same distance from Corfu town, and underwent a series of extensive renovations during winter 2001. A recent visitor to the hotel told the TripAdvisor website they were disappointed with the hotel and described their room as "shabby". The visitor said: "The surrounding area of Gouvia is a dump ... on paper, the hotel Louis Corcyra looked and sounded good - the reality was in fact extremely disappointing." However, another a tourist, who stayed at the hotel in September, said he and his wife had spent an "enjoyable week" there and could not understand other guests' complaints. Guardian Unlimited © Guardian News and Media Limited 2006 |
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Two British children found dead at Corfu hotel,Police investigate the well known pedophile Argyros George Argyrou
Hector wrote:
Wow He JUMPED in under 2 minutes !!!!! GAGGING for it ! *LOLOL* Have you seen the look on MooMoo's face ? http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3784162 Models himself on Adolph Schicklegruberides The great Grik dick tater Hear the moooooooing here http://media.putfile.com/moo33 |
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Two British children found dead at Corfu hotel,Police investigate the well known pedophile and Gay activist from Ulster Seanile Seanie Rutt;edged
"Enough is enough"! "choro-nik is smarter than you can comprehend"! "We
got business to do here"! Buahahahaaaaa...... hilarious! Turks! Greeks Beg Freebies and Moan wrote: Hector wrote: Wow He JUMPED in under 2 minutes !!!!! GAGGING for it ! *LOLOL* Have you seen the look on MooMoo's face ? http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3784162 Models himself on Adolph Schicklegruberides The great Grik dick tater Hear the moooooooing here http://media.putfile.com/moo33 |
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Two British children found dead at Corfu hotel,Police investigate the well known pedophile and Gay activist from Ulster Seanile Seanie Rutt;edged
That Ulster chubby faggot Seanie Da Hui has a mouth full of s***N
Hector wrote: "Enough is enough"! "choro-nik is smarter than you can comprehend"! "We got business to do here"! Buahahahaaaaa...... hilarious! Turks! Greeks Beg Freebies and Moan wrote: Hector wrote: Wow He JUMPED in under 2 minutes !!!!! GAGGING for it ! *LOLOL* Have you seen the look on MooMoo's face ? http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3784162 Models himself on Adolph Schicklegruberides The great Grik dick tater Hear the moooooooing here http://media.putfile.com/moo33 |
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Two British children found dead at Corfu hotel
On 26 Oct 2006 10:39:22 -0700, "King Seanie, MASTER of all grik
slaves" wrote: However, another a tourist, who stayed at the hotel in September, said he and his wife had spent an "enjoyable week" there and could not understand other guests' complaints. a gas leak is now the front runner. -- Mike Reid Wasdale "http://www.fellwalk.co.uk/page01.htm" (see website for email) |
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Two British children found dead at Corfu hotel
Family tribute for Corfu children Two British children feared to have died from poisoning during a Greek holiday have been described as "gorgeous" by family members. Officials are still investigating how Robert Shepherd, six, and sister Christianne, seven, died. Their father, Neil Shepherd and his partner, Ruth Beatson, both of W Yorks, remain seriously ill in Corfu. Ms Beatson's mother, Helen, said: "They were gorgeous children. That's all we want to say." Her father, Stephen, told reporters the family had "absolutely no idea what had happened". The pair flew to the Greek island on Friday to be at their daughter's bedside. After they arrived, 27-year-old Ms Beatson regained consciousness and managed to smile - although she has not yet spoken to anyone. Mr Shepherd, 38, who is separated from the children's biological mother, was understood to have improved slightly overnight. Gas leak probe On Thursday morning, a cleaner at the hotel in the village of Gouvia discovered the two children dead in their room, and Ms Beatson and Mr Shepherd unconscious. The couple, from Horbury near Wakefield, were thought to be in a coma and were taken to Corfu General Hospital. Officials are investigating whether the family could have been poisoned by a gas leak or by something they ate. Police said engineers would be checking the installation of air conditioning and boiler systems at the hotel on Friday afternoon. A pathologist at the hospital told reporters that he suspected the family had ingested a "powerful poison". Toxicology tests were taken and post-mortem examinations were being carried out on Friday, with the results expected in two weeks' time. 'Woozy' complaints The children lived with their biological mother in Horbury. She flew out to the island with her new husband on Thursday when they were told of the deaths. The family had been taking a week's holiday for the school half-term break. They stayed at the Louis Corcyra hotel in Gouvia - a small fishing village near Corfu town which is considered an upmarket destination. Thomas Cook, the company they were travelling with, said it was working closely with the hospital and the police to gain further information and to support the family. BBC correspondent Luisa Baldini said Britons at the hotel had been queuing up to buy British newspapers to try to find out what has been happening. A pile of children's clothes remained outside the family's holiday bungalow, she added. Guests at the hotel told how they recalled seeing Robert collapse at breakfast on Wednesday, and that the family had complained of feeling "woozy". But the Louis Corcyra strongly denied any possibility of food poisoning at the hotel, saying none of the other guests was taken ill. Last year 100,000 British tourists visited Corfu. Travel specialists say the deaths will have a big impact on the island. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/h...pe/6090036.stm Published: 2006/10/27 14:57:38 GMT © BBC MMVI King Seanie, MASTER of all grik slaves wrote: James Sturcke and agencies Thursday October 26, 2006 Guardian Unlimited Police in Corfu have launched an investigation following the discovery of the bodies of two British children in their hotel room in Corfu today. The seven-year-old girl and her six-year-old brother were found this morning by a cleaner at the four-star Louis Corcyra hotel in Gouvia, on the eastern coast of the Greek island. Their 38-year-old father and his partner, aged 28, were found in a coma nearby and taken to hospital, where they were described as being "very sick" and were undergoing treatment. Greek police said preliminary test results indicated poisoning could have been involved. They named the couple as Neil Shepherd and Ruth Beatson and the children as Robert and Christianne, from Horby, near Wakefield, Yorkshire. A Foreign Office spokeswoman confirmed the names of the adults, but said its policy was not to comment on minors. However, Foreign Offices sources confirmed the children's names. Bieriris Dimitris, the chief of security police, said various forms of poisoning were being investigated. He added that, at this stage, there was nothing to indicate there was any deliberate attempt by the family, or anyone else, to take their lives. "We are looking at what could have happened," he said. "The prognosis at the moment is that a poison was involved, maybe some food poison. "Witnesses have told us that they were just a normal family. They were seen coming back to the hotel yesterday evening. "They were not seen in the hotel restaurant last night, so they may have eaten out or in their rooms and it is possible they may have eaten something. "We do not think it was gas poisoning. The parents are still very sick." Mr Dimitris said passports showed that the father and two children were born in Wakefield and Ms Beatson was born in Dewsbury. He said it would take two or three days before the results of a post mortem were known. Sky News reported that police were investigating the possibility the family had been poisoned by mushrooms. It was believed they had been spending the half term break on the island, which is one of the most popular Greek island destinations for British tourists. A hotel receptionist said the children and the unconscious adults had been found in the bungalow where they were staying by a cleaner earlier today. She said there was no gas cooking facilities in the bungalow, and refused to answer questions about whether there were gas heaters there. The receptionist added that 700 people were currently staying at the hotel, and none had reported any problems with the food. "It was nothing to do with the hotel. It was something with the family," she said. Current temperatures in Corfu were 23C during the day and 15C at night, she added. The pathologist who examined the family said they could have taken strong poison. "The first indications show that they may have taken some sort of powerful poison," Stefanos Gasteratos, a Corfu hospital pathologist, told state television. "The adults are on life support machines and in critical condition." Dr Gasteratos said the children had died around eight to ten hours before their bodies were discovered, and that the adults "seem to have been stronger in fighting this, which is to be expected". The family were on holiday with the tour operator Thomas Cook. "We have no more details at the moment. We are waiting to hear from the hospital in Corfu," a Thomas Cook spokeswoman said. The Louis Corcyra hotel, on Gouvia Bay, is set in lush gardens. It is five miles from Corfu airport and around the same distance from Corfu town, and underwent a series of extensive renovations during winter 2001. A recent visitor to the hotel told the TripAdvisor website they were disappointed with the hotel and described their room as "shabby". The visitor said: "The surrounding area of Gouvia is a dump ... on paper, the hotel Louis Corcyra looked and sounded good - the reality was in fact extremely disappointing." However, another a tourist, who stayed at the hotel in September, said he and his wife had spent an "enjoyable week" there and could not understand other guests' complaints. Guardian Unlimited © Guardian News and Media Limited 2006 |
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Two British children found dead at Corfu hotel
Police said engineers would be checking the installation of air
conditioning and boiler systems at the hotel on Friday afternoon. A pathologist at the hospital told reporters that he suspected the family had ingested a "powerful poison". Toxicology tests were taken and post-mortem examinations were being carried out on Friday, with the results expected in two weeks' time. It doesn't take two weeks to test for blood carbon monoxide. Two minutes is more like it. BBC correspondent Luisa Baldini said Britons at the hotel had been queuing up to buy British newspapers to try to find out what has been happening. Because none of them knew any Greek and weren't willing to ask the locals what their papers said, or because the Greek papers weren't covering the story informatively? Somebody isn't looking good here and it isn't obvious who. Current temperatures in Corfu were 23C during the day and 15C at night Cold enough for a Brit expecting a sunny Med holiday to want a heater on. "We do not think it was gas poisoning. The parents are still very sick." A hotel receptionist [...] refused to answer questions about whether there were gas heaters there. The pathologist who examined the family said they could have taken strong poison. Carbon monoxide fits the pattern very well, but it could be expensive for the hotel industry if anybody diagnosed it. Is this a replay of Ibsen's "An Enemy of the People"? Last year 100,000 British tourists visited Corfu. Travel specialists say the deaths will have a big impact on the island. Trying to cover up the cause could have an even bigger one. I've been in hotels in quite developed parts of Turkey that used bottled gas heaters in rooms with no chimney; I imagine the same happens in Greece. It's an invitation to guests to commit suicide. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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Two British children found dead at Corfu hotel
I've been in hotels in quite developed parts of Turkey that used
bottled gas heaters in rooms with no chimney; I imagine the same happens in Greece. It's an invitation to guests to commit suicide. Why, not enough blankets in the country? Some Turkish hotels have a phenomenal number of blankets in each room. Look at the winter temperatures for, say, Erzurum, and you can see why. But in places like Antalya? I don't get it. Low-end hotels are often protected against carbon monoxide buildup by being old and draughty. The Corfu hotel where this poisoning happened looked like a fairly modern building. ============== j-c ====== @ ====== purr . demon . co . uk ============== Jack Campin: 11 Third St, Newtongrange EH22 4PU, Scotland | tel 0131 660 4760 http://www.purr.demon.co.uk/jack/ for CD-ROMs and free | fax 0870 0554 975 stuff: Scottish music, food intolerance, & Mac logic fonts | mob 07800 739 557 |
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Two British children found dead at Corfu hotel
Martin wrote:
On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:26:33 +0100, Jack Campin - bogus address wrote: I've been in hotels in quite developed parts of Turkey that used bottled gas heaters in rooms with no chimney; I imagine the same happens in Greece. It's an invitation to guests to commit suicide. Why, not enough blankets in the country? Some Turkish hotels have a phenomenal number of blankets in each room. Look at the winter temperatures for, say, Erzurum, and you can see why. But in places like Antalya? I don't get it. Low-end hotels are often protected against carbon monoxide buildup by being old and draughty. The Corfu hotel where this poisoning happened looked like a fairly modern building. Portuguese villas had a reputation for gassing holiday makers at one time It's not been a particularly good year for young children on Greek Islands... -- David Horne- http://www.davidhorne.net usenet (at) davidhorne (dot) co (dot) uk http://www.davidhorne.net/pictures.html http://soundjunction.org |
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