
Bates was found unconscious on the kitchen floor after what her counsel Carmel Wilde said was an overdose.īates became conscious enough on her way to the hospital to warn that Kerr had "poured petrol" over the bungalow. Mr Oates said the stand-off finally ended when firearms units stormed the bungalow at around 11pm and brought out Kerr who was "extremely violent". I’ll shoot her, I’ll shoot me and take a potshot at my f***ing head." Anyone comes near the garden, I will blow her head off. “I’ve got a Beretta, you f***ing come here and I’ll blow her head off. Kerr threatened police, saying: "I will cut the f***ing gas, I will blow the street. When officers heard Kerr had a 'pistol' the officers withdrew from the scene and waited for a firearms unit and negotiator.Ī cordon was set up and neighbours were told to either return inside or evacuate. However, Kerr continued to threaten to kill her. Meanwhile, Bates shouted: "We're in this together". Rachel Bates, 38 (Image: Cheshire Police) Kerr shouted: "I’ve got a hostage, back up or I’ll kill her.” When police smashed the door open, they found an upturned sofa in the way with Kerr "hiding behind" while holding a suspected "knife or screwdriver" close to one of the constables.

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McCaul says China could influence, take over Taiwan in next election ‘without a shot fired’ Graham also slammed Bragg as a “George Soros-backed prosecutor.” Color of Change PAC, which received a large donation from Soros - a frequent GOP foil - backed the district attorney’s 2021 campaign. ‘You should have prosecuted Trump, you let him off.’ And Bragg feels that pressure,” he said. “One of the guys in the DA’s office wrote a book very critical of Vance. “There was an intervening cause other than Trump running,” Graham said, explaining why he thinks Bragg is now poised to bring charges against Trump. Graham said Bragg is under political pressure to prosecute Trump over the allegation, which surfaced publicly in 2018, because his predecessor has come under criticism from former prosecutor Mark Pomerantz, who oversaw the district attorney office’s earlier investigation of Trump. attorney in New York say ‘I’m not going to do it federally,’” Graham said, describing the lack of interest among other prosecutors in charging Trump over a $130,000 payment his onetime fixer Michael Cohen made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. “You’ve had the prosecutor before Bragg, Vance, look at the case and pass on it.
