but georgina simmonds was already dead.ay. he told the court he had heard her threatened to blackmail him and leaving. morgan had been using a bugging device similarto had been using a bugging device similar to this one, disguised as a plug. he was using it to listen in to georgina simmonds‘s conversations. inside there is a sim ca rd conversations. inside there is a sim card and microphone. the property developer can activate it from his own mobile phone. over the two month period he called it 514 times and spent hours on end listening in. this was the moment he told police officers what he had done. the problem was once i had attempted to murder her, i could have got in trouble for that and she would have still gone on and blackmailed me, couldn't she? peter morgan told psychiatrists he was having a midlife crisis. the court was told he had asperger‘s syndrome, but it was not a defence. the murder of georgina simmonds had been carefully planned. the number of victims of historical child sexual abuse in football has grown,

the judge years in prison for the murder of georgina simmonds.out of calm anger out of fear of what she had done and what she might do. he is alluding to a telephone conversation that peter morgan had come across after he bugged the house in which georgina simon said to her boyfriend at the time that she said she was going to leave mr morgan and she was going to blackmail him —— georgina symonds. those are the reasons that the judge has given him this sentence of 25 yea rs has given him this sentence of 25 years minimum. we are due to hear from newport police and the family liaison officer any minute now outside the crown court. peter morgan had denied murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility and loss of control. yes, peter morgan had said he had killed her, but what he pleaded was manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility. that was based on an old miss that he was diagnosed with. he is claiming that this was the reason he committed the crime. however, thejury of 11 decided it was murder. they did not go along with the de

peter morgan became obsessed with georgina simmonds.thousands per month. he was infatuated and paid her to be with him exclusively. he bugged her house and after listening in on several conversations he found out that she was planning to blackmail him and that path led him down to killing her in what the prosecution described as a premeditated and planned murder as sian lloyd now explains. georgina symonds, a 25—year—old mother of one, murdered by the man who called himself her sugar daddy. she‘d met peter morgan four years ago while working as an escort. the court heard that the 54—year—old became infatuated with her. during the trial, the court heard the property millionaire admitted strangling georgina symonds with baling twine, but denied murdering her on the grounds of diminished responsibility. this was peter morgan before he met georgina symonds. the footage of him restoring an old windmill was shown in court. it was one of the places where the pair would later meet. the married father of two paid her £10,000 a month, took her on

detective constable elaine newbury of gwent police and the family liaison officer for deborah simmondse death of my daughter georgina simmonds has been a devastating tragedy for the whole of our family. our beautiful daughter has been left without a mum. georgina left a hole in our lives that will never be repaired. we respect the decision of the jury and the sentence that's been handed to peter morgan, but that will never compensate for our loss. we would now like to be left to grieve as a family in privacy. i would like to express our sincere thanks to gwent police. lleyton moore, cps. peter morgan's actions resulted in a young mother losing her life. resulted in a young mother losing herlife. his resulted in a young mother losing her life. his relationship with georgina became an obsession which led to the events of 12th january. the actions he took the day before demonstrated his intentions and his preparation for the crime was careful and meticulous. the decision the jury arrived at today brings peter morgan tojustice the jury arrived at today brings peter morgan to justice for wh

game tied in the second, flyers up a man, giroux fires, simmonds cleans it up, wayne simmonds secondf the game, two-one. under five minutes left in the third, uc, beats mason and tied the game. flyers they just love overtime under ten seconds to play and jake makes it happen, that is the game winner, six, count them six in a row for flyers, they win three-two. sixers, grizzlies in memphis and they keep finding ways to lose. dario saric, he did his best, they say he had 17 points, seven rebound but with the sixers leading, they could not put ate way. memphis would score the final seven points of the contest, and to win 96-91. sixers did play without jared bayless, nerlens necessity he will, and jahlil okafor. they will lay pelicans monday night. >>> at palestra big five hoops featuring nation's new number one villanova taking on lasalle. we will pick it up sending half 'nova up by seven, jaylen brownson went off, he had 26 points. just over a minute left, with the lay up, he is keeping the explorers in it. they are hanging in down by four but veterans play, the cats, it just shows, ch

she was inspired by ellie simmonds. lifetime achievement award and that went to michael phelps, the american swimmer who has won 23 gold medals and competed at five olympic games. his first one was in sydney in 2000. what an incredible career he has had. five more awards will be announced later on. these will include the team of the year, coach of the year, overseas personality of the year and the unsung hero award. but the main event is who will be awarded the sports personality of the year. as you mention, and the money will be going for a third victory. he has been short listed once again. —— andy murray. in fairness, i have to mention the other 15 nominees. a huge list of well—known names. at it as an incredible night line—up of nominees and we will find out a little bit later on, probably just before nine o'clock, who has been awarded the main prize. you can find all the details on the bbc sport website. the stars will be arriving in the next few hours. the plastic will then be removed from this red carpet and the

excuse me, wayne simmonds with the goal, steve mason was there, justin williams and the flyers win three-two, they play the devils, in north jersey, tonight. >>> flyers red hot, the eagles though, i guess they are just trying to save face the rest of the season. >> should i take the suit out. >> leave the suit, in the closet, and... >> save it for next year. >> trying to be positive here. >> thanks, patrick. >>> as you know we love panda is here, check out this adorable video from the toronto zoo. >> i watched this at 2:00 a.m. this morning that is how get is this little guy's name is m au, he destroyed that snow man, didn't take him long. the it seems like he enjoys that snow. look at him go. >> wait, wait for it. you know he is going off, there he goes, i love pandas. i could watch that all day. >> put tonight corner of the screen. >> traveling by plane is about to get more complicated for pennsylvania residents. >> we will tell you why ahead in the next half an hour and we will also have this. >>> germany mourns christmas market attack we are learning more about the prime suspect and that

similar on thes, couple of nice moves, gets -- simmonds, couple of nice moves.erican university taking on the number one team in the country tonight. villanova. it turned out just like you'd expect. the wildcats, josh hart scored 20 points, as nova won their 18th straight game. 90-48. a couple of other quick scores. the fourth-ranked maryland women's team tonight 77-57. the g.w. women fall to 14th ranked stanford, 71-52. did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. and add phone and tv for only $34.90 more a month. call today. comcast business. built for business. alison: last look at the weather. meteorologist: tomorrow the going to be a pretty good day. clouds early on. more sun later in the afternoon. breezy but lower 50's for daytime highs. upper 40's on friday. christmas eve and the first night of hand can, 48

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wayne simmonds had two goals in regulation and steve mason made 42 savers s the flyers win three to twot the edmonton oilers tomorrow night. >> a mega retailer is expanding its fraternal leave for its employees. >> traffic experts say skipping out on too much sleep basically transforms new a drunk driver. that is next in health check. we asked people to write down the things they love to do most on these balloons. travel with my daughter. roller derby. ♪ now give up half of 'em. do i have to? this is a tough financial choice we could face when we retire. but, if we start saving even just 1% more of our annual income... we could keep doing all the things we love. prudential. bring your challenges. >> welcome back everybody. it's wet out there. the rain is ending but the roads are wet. we have all kinds of problems. i want to show you the latest on the accident on the schuylkill expressway. we still see police on the scene but last time i showed you this we had fire trucks, ambulance, everybody was out here. it looks like they towed away the vehicle. i've got one truck off to the side at

because ben simmonds is hurt. and of course, wells fargo center out there and checking it out and fans were treat todd a special pregame. sixers honor legendary craig sa goode er passed away due to leukemia and hall of frame celebration and dr. j that's a duo. game was a dud. 2nd quarter lakers up big and sixers were cut down to 8 and lakers stopped by jordan clarkson having none of it lakesers go on to win 19 but the real fireworks, warn, they are were after the game. noel is not happy. listen to this. >> i want to be on the court playing basketball and don't whair who i am playing with. i don't know what that's about. and i don't really care. i need to be on the cart plague basketball. i'm too good to be plague eight minute, that's crazy, that's crazy, that's crazy. >> need to figure this out. that's what he was saying. let's go to camera with technical difficulties there. philadelphia eagles are limping to the finish line pun intended and already having to deal with injuries that have helmy offense back all sea

. >> tyler simmonds and his mrom collecting gifts for veterans. >> hey there, this is one impressive little kid and his mom puts a lot of effort to making his dreams and aspirations come true. so here is tyler's business card. he's honorary ceo of their company kid time enterprises which basically publicizes his book. yes, he has a book. and it also highlights all of the good work they do take a look. >> what do you know want know about my veteran project? >> tyler stallingspi costume promoting superhero from his book while spending evenings and weekends collecting money from shopping centers. we visit todd see what he's doing with the donation sfwlz these are back packs i helped him order as he got ready. this here he has gloves and hats and socks. >> tyler and mom have been buying supplies for veterans education and training and big ticket item computer for unemployed veterans to use. >> look for jobs to do. >> they've been going off a list of requested items and started with go fund me payment and after time online donations slowed. >> the last thing you need is -- wire kind of st

. >> wayne simmonds and steve mason coming up big, big time for the flyers. >> yes. >> flyers beat capitols flyers man, they are on fire this season. >> they are. >> katie's out there not too warm. >> yes. >> you know, i have a little breaking news in the weather kept my friend. there is a hint of sleet falling right now, on the cbs-3 sky deck. it is so light. i heard what sounded like leaves, and then realized there was a ban of sleet currently moving in. it is starting to fall on me. it is really light though but what i to want to point you to is radar and over last hour, two or three hours or so, you can see, it is moving through lightly this is all we will find from it. the here's a snapshot of the most current radar. you will fine more freezing rain situation especially across cumberland county, gloucester county but it is so light, i don't want to completely tell you there is no problems out there but i don't think you'll have major issues. if you do see rain drops is there a chance it is freezing on contact be extra careful, this is a very minor problem. go up to the poconos, it is a

crown court heard that peter morgan — who's married with two children — admitted killing georgina simmondsmurder on the grounds of diminished responsibility. our wales correspondent sian lloyd reports. georgina symonds, a 25—year—old mother of one, murdered by the man who called himself her sugar daddy. she'd met peter morgan four years ago while working as an escort. the court heard that the 54—year—old became infatuated with her. during the trial, the property millionaire admitted strangling georgina symonds with baling twine, but denied murder on the grounds of diminished responsibility. this was peter morgan before he met georgina symonds. the footage of him restoring an old windmill was shown in court. it was one of the places where the pair would later meet. the married father of two paid her £10,000 a month, took her on helicopter flights and bought expensive gifts. she later moved into a bungalow in the grounds of a ruined tudor mansion that morgan owned. police visited the property when georgina symonds was reported missing after failing to pick up her daughter from school. this b

wayne simmonds had two goals in regulation. goalie steve mason made 42 savers. three to two. they host the edmonton oilers tomorrow night. >> ♪ ♪ life can be messy... but with crayola color wonder... it doesn't have to be. don't you wish life could be this mess-free? color wonder. find it in the crayola aisle. sets each sold separately. >> remember that scrawny christmas flee reading last year? mountsial canada has one, too. some call the 88-foot pine lopsided, scraggily and some compare it to the charlie brown christmas tree. people are also complaining about the ornaments. the company admits it didn't have the time or none properly decorate it but there are still those that say they love that leaning tree just the way it is. >> christmas came early for more than two dozen little leaguers. former eagle todd herremans and some currents eagles surprised the leprechaun sports association way shopping spree. each child got a $150 gift card for anything they wanted inside dick's sporting goods in cherry hill. >> so far i have this football >> such a blessing to be a

you know names synonymous with pain they call it wayne, man known for driving train, last name simmondse a on the shirt won't take much to drop gloves and heart and soul of the squad and that is safe bed, put the puck in the net without breaking a sweat. >> wow. >> wow. >> flyers go, yes. >> it is great. >> they go for. >> no, dallas stars. >> but i think back to 1979, they went 35 straight games without losing. thirty-five. >> can you imagine what that would do to this city, starved for a winner, they would already give them a cup. >> here's the flyers, challenge. >> band, do your eagles thing. >> holiday song if you like. >> do a christmas song. >> ♪ >>> e-a-g-l-e-s eagles. >> way to go flyers. >> all right. >> we will talk about the eagles, g. cobb. >> yes, seriously, they better beat this team or there is going to be booing like crazy. >> does it matter at this point. >> they are still mathematically in it. >> well, of course, playoffs look remote but, they need to win because you have a young team and they are developing and hopefully, but it doesn't look like they are in the right

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