A woman who was allegedly assaulted by make-up artist Lolita Callendar, known as ‘Lola Doll,’ yesterday told a city court that she would be willing to accept $800,000 as compensation for damage to her hair instead of proceeding with the case. Callendar, who recently returned to Guyana after serving a jail sentence in the British Virgin Islands appeared at the George-town Magistrates’ Courts in hopes of having a more than one-year-old assault charge dismissed.

Callendar, of East Ruimveldt, appeared before Principal Magistrate Faith McGusty yesterday and her attorney indicated that the complainant, Onika Pompey, was willing to drop the charge.

The charge against Callendar states that she inflicted grievous bodily harm on Pompey on April 6th, 2018, at Leopold Street. Callendar had pleaded not guilty to the charge. At that time, Pompey, of Barima Avenue, Bel Air Park, was also charged with unlawfully wounding Callendar on the same day and at the same location.(Stabroek News)…[+]

Police have released images showing how two murder suspects pulled off a surprising jail break in California. Santos Samuel Fonseca, 21, and Jonathan Salazar, 20, crawled through a 22in (55cm) hole they cut in a toilet ceiling at the jail in the city of Salinas, south of San Francisco.

The local sheriff’s office said the men had exploited a “blind spot”. The two were awaiting trial for separate murder charges when they escaped on Sunday. “We’re disappointed that there are people charged with homicide who are no longer in our jail,” Jonathan Thornburg, a spokesman for the Monterey County Sheriff’s Office, said. Authorities are searching for the fugitives, who are considered armed and dangerous.(BBC)…[+]

A woman who was fired for raising her middle finger at US President Donald Trump’s motorcade has been elected to local office in Virginia. Juli Briskman’s hand gesture went viral in 2017, leading to her losing a job with a government contractor.

The single mother won more than 52% of the vote to be elected district representative in Loudoun county. At the state level, US Democrats have seized full control of the Virginia legislature. Shortly after, Ms Briskman used the image as a profile picture on her social media accounts.

Her employer, Akima LLC, said the image was “lewd” and “obscene” and fired her for violating its social media policies, she told the Huffington Post. The company did not respond to the BBC’s request for comment at the time. Ms Briskman had reportedly been working as a marketing analyst for the government contractor for six months, but said she didn’t regret making the gesture. On Tuesday night, Ms Briskman celebrated her election in a tweet linking to the offending image. (BBC)…[+]