:00:00. > 3:59:59That is all from BBC News At Six, I will be back with more from
:00:00. > :00:11.Edinburgh at ten. Welcome to South East Today.
:00:12. > :00:14.Tonight's top stories. The sex offender offered
:00:15. > :00:18.compensation because of delays in trying to deport him ` and the fury
:00:19. > :00:27.of a father whose teenage girl he abused. We're live with the details
:00:28. > :00:32.in Dartford. Chaos on the trains for self that
:00:33. > :00:35.for thousands after rush`hour trains are cancelled.
:00:36. > :00:39.Abused online ` a woman whose mother died at a Sussex care home says
:00:40. > :00:47.anonymous attacks are adding to her distress. It just makes you angry,
:00:48. > :00:54.that someone has felt that they could comment on something that they
:00:55. > :00:57.know nothing about. Popping up in Ashford ` The Hotel
:00:58. > :01:02.Inspector, Alex Polizzi, gives her advice to new businesses setting up
:01:03. > :01:08.shop. And off`the`cuff remark? Why David
:01:09. > :01:16.Cameron wore a big `` jewellery designer's cuff links after losing a
:01:17. > :01:19.bet. Good evening. The father of a
:01:20. > :01:22.13`year`old girl abused by a foreign sex offender in Kent says he's
:01:23. > :01:25.outraged that the man is entitled to compensation because judges have
:01:26. > :01:32.ruled that his human rights have been breached. Jumaa Kater Saleh was
:01:33. > :01:36.part of a gang who lured under`age girls to a house in Dartford for
:01:37. > :01:39.sex. The Court of Appeal has ruled that he was held for too long while
:01:40. > :01:49.unsuccessful attempts were made to deport him. Simon Jones reports.
:01:50. > :01:54.A convicted sex offender. He is now in line for a pay`out, to the horror
:01:55. > :02:00.of the father of his 13`year`old quick Tim. We are not showing his
:02:01. > :02:07.face to protect the girl's identity. It's horrifying, after the years he
:02:08. > :02:10.has sentenced, he has done half and now he is entitled to compensation.
:02:11. > :02:21.My daughter has not received a penny. What do you think of him? He
:02:22. > :02:29.is scum. Jumaa Kater Saleh fled Somalia saying he faced persecution.
:02:30. > :02:34.In May 2008, he was convicted with `` of sexual activity with a
:02:35. > :02:37.13`year`old schoolgirl. Although released in 2009, he was detained
:02:38. > :02:42.for 15 months while it was considered where he should be
:02:43. > :02:47.deported. He spent that time at the removal centre at Heathrow. It has
:02:48. > :02:52.been ruled that the decision that he can stay because his life might be
:02:53. > :02:58.at risk in Sudan, took too long. I think it is disgraceful and I feel
:02:59. > :03:01.sorry for the parents and other victims in Dartford. That managers
:03:02. > :03:07.have been deported at the end of his sentence and it is a disgrace that
:03:08. > :03:13.he was not. `` at that man should have been. The Court of Appeal said
:03:14. > :03:17.that pass criminal offending cannot love itself be any justification for
:03:18. > :03:20.extending his period of detention and the lack of isolation makes it
:03:21. > :03:28.hard to hold that that was reasonable. Therefore the eight
:03:29. > :03:34.months were unlawful. The issue is not what he has done, the issue in
:03:35. > :03:40.these proceedings are very much related to his immigration position,
:03:41. > :03:42.not his colonel conviction. Jumaa Kater Saleh is now living in the
:03:43. > :03:46.Midlands. Simon joins us from Dartford. What
:03:47. > :03:54.response has there been from the Home Office? The Home Office came in
:03:55. > :03:58.for scathing criticism. It told us it was disappointed by this case and
:03:59. > :04:02.it may appeal. But it insisted that it is right to try to seek to remove
:04:03. > :04:07.those from the country who have scant regard for our law. It is also
:04:08. > :04:12.right to hold in detention criminals who are a danger to the public. If
:04:13. > :04:19.an appeal does not take place or is not successful, the two size will
:04:20. > :04:22.have to try and thrash out how much compensation Jumaa Kater Saleh will
:04:23. > :04:28.get. It could be a substantial amount on top of the amount spent by
:04:29. > :04:31.the taxpayer on this case. There's chaos on the rails tonight
:04:32. > :04:34.for commuters trying to get home to Kent and Sussex. All services from
:04:35. > :04:37.London Charing Cross, Waterloo East, London Bridge and Cannon Street have
:04:38. > :04:40.been cancelled, after a fire caused a signal failure, leading to major
:04:41. > :04:46.disruption during the evening rush hour.
:04:47. > :04:54.I just want to get home. I have been up since 7am. I haven't had
:04:55. > :04:59.anything, someone just told me to get off the platform. I den had to
:05:00. > :05:06.get off the platform. Probably about two hours. We have kids at home and
:05:07. > :05:11.somebody is leaving so we need to get home. It is clearly causing a
:05:12. > :05:17.major problem. Jon Hunt's live for us at Tunbridge
:05:18. > :05:22.Wells Station ` what's the latest? The latest is that southeastern are
:05:23. > :05:27.Listing 26 disruptions and cancellations. Passengers using
:05:28. > :05:32.Southern trains and First Capital Connect have been warned to expect
:05:33. > :05:37.more cancellations of up to 1.5 hours. All the signalling at London
:05:38. > :05:41.Bridge failed at around 5pm. Engineers are working to restore it.
:05:42. > :05:46.But it means that there are no trains are running through the
:05:47. > :05:50.London Bridge area at all. Journeys between Sevenoaks and London have
:05:51. > :05:54.been suspended. Mainline services between Ashford and London are being
:05:55. > :05:58.diverted to and from London Victoria. A similar picture for
:05:59. > :06:08.services between Hastings and London. Tunbridge Wells services are
:06:09. > :06:12.terminating at Tunbridge. Some passengers have taken it upon
:06:13. > :06:16.themselves to vacate the trains and walk along the tracks. The train
:06:17. > :06:21.companies say this is dangerous and will delay the restoration of
:06:22. > :06:25.services. For updated travel information
:06:26. > :06:38.throughout the evening, tune into our websites or radio stations.
:06:39. > :06:43.In a moment, the ?9 million pay`out for a man who suffered catastrophic
:06:44. > :06:47.injuries in a car crash. The daughter of an elderly woman who
:06:48. > :06:50.died at the Orchid View Care Home in West Sussex says she's received
:06:51. > :06:53.anonymous online abuse from people claiming she's to blame for her
:06:54. > :06:56.mother's death. Poor care at the Copthorne home contributed to the
:06:57. > :07:00.deaths of five residents ` including 77`year`old Jean Halfpenny. Her
:07:01. > :07:03.daughter Linzi Collings says the accusations that she's trying to
:07:04. > :07:07.profit from the situation are disgusting ` and have added to her
:07:08. > :07:15.distress. Rebecca Williams has this exclusive report.
:07:16. > :07:19.Neglected and mistreated, Jean Halfpenny died as a result of the
:07:20. > :07:24.care she received at Orchid View care home nursing home. But her
:07:25. > :07:38.daughter Annie Lowe says that she has been targeted by online trolls.
:07:39. > :07:42.`` Linzi Collings. It is ignorant because until you are in that
:07:43. > :07:49.situation, you cannot know what you would do. It just makes you angry,
:07:50. > :07:54.really, that people have felt that they can comment on something they
:07:55. > :07:58.know nothing about. It was last month that a coroner ruled that five
:07:59. > :08:04.elderly residents died as a result of the care that they received.
:08:05. > :08:09.Orchid View care home nursing home has now reopened with a new name and
:08:10. > :08:15.under new management. But here, a pattern of neglect unfolded.
:08:16. > :08:20.Patients were left on their own and sometimes had faeces on their hands.
:08:21. > :08:26.Several pensioners were repeatedly given the wrong medication. It's
:08:27. > :08:31.completely took over every minute of our lives for a year. So, to have
:08:32. > :08:40.someone making a very good comment like that is not helpful. Cases of
:08:41. > :08:49.Internet abuse have Rhys simply `` have recently risen. This woman
:08:50. > :08:53.became a target of hate mail for posting messages of support for an X
:08:54. > :08:57.factor star. You are always going to get a minority of people who will
:08:58. > :09:04.behave like this because it is anonymous, they can hide behind
:09:05. > :09:07.their commuting `` computer screens. Linzi Collings says the run`up to
:09:08. > :09:13.Christmas is a difficult time since her mother 's died and says that the
:09:14. > :09:17.abuse is making it harder. Detectives investigating the murder
:09:18. > :09:20.of a father of two in Folkestone are appealing for information from
:09:21. > :09:24.anyone who knew the victim, or saw him in the week before he died. Tim
:09:25. > :09:27.Clayton was seriously injured in the early hours of Saturday the 9th of
:09:28. > :09:31.November and died the following day. Kent Police want to speak to a
:09:32. > :09:33.person seen on CCTV walking near a car park where Mr Clayton was
:09:34. > :09:36.sleeping. Gatwick Airport has reported a rise
:09:37. > :09:40.in passenger numbers and an increase in profits. Nearly 21 million people
:09:41. > :09:46.used the Sussex airport between April and September, up 4.4% on the
:09:47. > :09:54.same period last year. Meanwhile pre`tax profits have jumped nearly
:09:55. > :09:57.19% to more than ?127 million. The Lewes MP and minister
:09:58. > :10:00.responsible for drugs policy ` Norman Baker ` says he wants to send
:10:01. > :10:04.the message that the trade in so`called "legal highs" is not
:10:05. > :10:07.acceptable. He was asked to take action after a student in Kent
:10:08. > :10:10.nearly died when he bought a product from a shop that sells legal highs
:10:11. > :10:13.in Canterbury. Giving evidence to the Home Affairs Select Committee
:10:14. > :10:16.for the first time since his promotion, Mr Baker said he's bought
:10:17. > :10:23.in a programme of enforcement actions this week which are already
:10:24. > :10:28.seeing results. We are asking the police, trading standards and others
:10:29. > :10:34.to help of enforcement action. They have been arrested in Cumbria this
:10:35. > :10:38.week and two in Kent yesterday. A man who was left brain damaged and
:10:39. > :10:41.unable to walk after being hit by a car has won a ?9.1 million
:10:42. > :10:45.compensation pay`out. James Sedge was 21 when he was run over in
:10:46. > :10:48.Sheerness in 2006. His family say they're delighted that his future
:10:49. > :11:00.care can now be funded, after the seven`year legal battle. Jane
:11:01. > :11:07.Witherspoon reports. Ready, and stand. It is a massive
:11:08. > :11:12.achievement. Standing on his own two feet. He was mown down in Chennai
:11:13. > :11:22.side street in 2006. There was a knock on the door. `` in sheerness
:11:23. > :11:26.high Street. It was a massive shock. Once he left the unit, he went to a
:11:27. > :11:35.care home. They said that this was it for him now. I was left with a
:11:36. > :11:44.disabled son that I did know what to do with! Hello, James! What followed
:11:45. > :11:49.was a seven`year high court legal battle to get him out of the care
:11:50. > :11:55.home. The fight paid off and James was awarded a ?9.1 million pay`out.
:11:56. > :12:04.It is the first time that we know of is that the mental capacity act was
:12:05. > :12:07.used to get the evidence for the interim pay`out. It provided the
:12:08. > :12:13.extra piece of evidence which allowed us to get James into the
:12:14. > :12:20.community. But according to the Association of the insurers, James'
:12:21. > :12:25.case has not set a precedent. A pay`out of this size is unlikely to
:12:26. > :12:30.have a knock`on effect on premiums. Insurers are paying out billions of
:12:31. > :12:35.pounds every year. They do budget for large`scale losses of this
:12:36. > :12:39.nature. What does this money mean for James and what will it provide
:12:40. > :12:47.for him? It will provide the same sort of care he is having now. He
:12:48. > :12:52.will have some sort of normality. Obviously, it will never be the
:12:53. > :12:59.same, but this is as good as it gets, you know, so I can't ask for
:13:00. > :13:09.any more. With round`the`clock care, each day brings James Moore of his
:13:10. > :13:13.own independence. It Kent teenager killed in a car
:13:14. > :13:17.crash in Suffolk has been named as 18`year`old Johnny Cash, from
:13:18. > :13:22.Ashford. He died on Saturday night after the car he was in hit the wall
:13:23. > :13:26.of a pub near Ipswich. In 19`year`old man was also killed and
:13:27. > :13:31.four other people are in hospital. Students in the Dover area could get
:13:32. > :13:33.help with the cost of their university fees with the Port of
:13:34. > :13:39.Dover launching a bursary scheme up to the value of ?3000 a year. Those
:13:40. > :13:44.taking it up would have to study a degree compatible with working for
:13:45. > :13:47.the port. A man accused of murdering his
:13:48. > :13:52.elderly companion and leaving his body to rot in a flat in Brighton
:13:53. > :13:56.took to the witness box to defend himself today. Ricardo Pisano denies
:13:57. > :13:59.murder saying that Michael Polding killed himself and that is whole
:14:00. > :14:02.world stop and he found him hanging from a banister in the home they
:14:03. > :14:07.shared. He stands attacks of accusing the
:14:08. > :14:12.elderly man he lived with with a blunt instrument and then fleeing
:14:13. > :14:16.the scene. But tonight, Ricardo Pisano talked about is affection for
:14:17. > :14:19.the older man. He said that he had been paid first but later on they
:14:20. > :14:26.moved in together as friends. He said that he found Michael Polding
:14:27. > :14:32.Pozner body hanging from a belt. Suicide, he said, not murder. The
:14:33. > :14:37.barrister asked him, what did you think when you discovered the body?
:14:38. > :14:46.I tried CPR, I've said a prayer for him. Michael Polding had taken
:14:47. > :14:49.himself to the local AMD department. The court heard that when the
:14:50. > :14:59.defendant went to the AMD department to pick him up, Michael Polding
:15:00. > :15:02.pointed to him and said to a nurse, that man beats me up. He then said
:15:03. > :15:07.that he had said that because he was embarrassed to admit that he had
:15:08. > :15:13.fallen over drunk in a supermarket. Ricardo Pisano says that he had
:15:14. > :15:21.never hit his partner. Tomorrow, he will answer prosecution questions.
:15:22. > :15:28.This is our top story. The father of a girl abused by a sex offender says
:15:29. > :15:31.that he is outraged that he is entitled to compensation because his
:15:32. > :15:37.human rights have been breached. Jumaa Kater Saleh was held for too
:15:38. > :15:44.long while unsuccessful attempts were made to deport him.
:15:45. > :15:50.Also in tonight's programme, how a losing bet paid off for the Sussex
:15:51. > :15:57.creator of these cuff links. And eight cold bright day tomorrow,
:15:58. > :16:05.cloudier and then getting colder again by Friday.
:16:06. > :16:05.I An An award winning Kent company is
:16:06. > :25:02.Clear, crisp and cold. It will be milder tomorrow, then really cold on
:25:03. > :25:08.Friday. Mostly staying dry. Temperatures creeping up a degree or
:25:09. > :25:14.two. Temperatures around nine or 10 degrees on Wednesday and Thursday.
:25:15. > :25:18.Getting cold again on Friday. Clear skies today, plenty of sunshine.
:25:19. > :25:22.Fairly light winds. But they were from a northerly direction such
:25:23. > :25:27.ambitious struggle to get above six or seven degrees. Quite a raw
:25:28. > :25:33.feeling day. As we go through tonight, temperatures will be
:25:34. > :25:39.tumbling. Mostly we will save frost free. There is a warm front
:25:40. > :25:44.eventually. Temperatures get close to freezing initially tonight then
:25:45. > :25:51.there is more cloud cover around. Some light, patchy rain and drizzle.
:25:52. > :25:56.By dawn, damages will be around three or four degrees. An overcast
:25:57. > :26:00.and misty start tomorrow. It will not be worn tomorrow but slightly
:26:01. > :26:07.milder. Still an area of high pressure around. And improving
:26:08. > :26:11.picture, once the Weatherford clears out of the way. It is a bit of
:26:12. > :26:17.brightness. `` once the weather front clears. Look at the
:26:18. > :26:21.temperatures as we go through tomorrow night. They will only drop
:26:22. > :26:28.a degree or two. Cloud cover around. So very mild indeed as we
:26:29. > :26:34.start the day on Thursday. Mostly settled, still that area of high
:26:35. > :26:37.pressure. A good deal of cloud cover. That area of high pressure
:26:38. > :26:45.pulls away westwards and as we head into Friday, things looking cooler.
:26:46. > :26:52.Some north`westerly winds as we go into Friday. Temperatures not too
:26:53. > :27:03.bad. Strong northerly winds picking up and feeling significantly cooler.
:27:04. > :27:06.Things settle down at the week end. Let's recap tonight's top stories...
:27:07. > :27:09.Ministers in Scotland have been setting out their vision of an
:27:10. > :27:13.independent country, with ten months to go before next year's referendum.
:27:14. > :27:16.A Kent father says he's outraged that a foreign sex offender who
:27:17. > :27:19.abused his daughter when she was just 13 will get compensation ``
:27:20. > :27:25.because judges ruled that HIS human rights have been breached.
:27:26. > :27:30.And chaos on train services tonight for commuters trying to get home to
:27:31. > :27:38.Kent and Sussex. Services from London Bridge, Charing Cross,
:27:39. > :27:43.Waterloo East have been disrupted. We will keep an eye on that. We will
:27:44. > :27:47.have that in the 10:25pm bulletin.