This is the moment an old man in north-east China stepped out to clean windows on the edge of a sixth-floor ledge above an 80ft sheer drop. The apparently carefree pensioner was filmed by a neighbour in the city of Huludao, Liaoning Province. The witness - not named in local…
A 78-year-old crook who tortured and murdered an 84-year-old millionaire he claimed was his lover is likely to die in jail, judges have ruled. Switzerland's Zurich High Court has confirmed the 20-year jail term for the killer, meaning he would be 98 before his sentence ends. Italian-born Carlo Alberto, 78,…
This is the nail-biting moment when a pensioner who disappeared in a pond when she was washing her clothes was saved by a passerby who jumped in and pulled her to safety. The incident took place in Shibahu Village, in Duqiao Town which is in eastern China's Zhejiang Province. Elderly…
An elderly Colombian woman who asked to die because she was in pain with multiple severe illnesses and no family to support her has been flooded with offers of help after changing her mind following a visit from angels. Fabiola Betancourt, 70, who lives in the municipality of Soledad in…
A South African gardener who pleaded guilty to murdering his elderly employer with a hammer has had his life sentence reduced because he was forced to be her sex slave. Gardener Gibson Lion Zwelakhe, 50, admitted to murdering his employer, 73-year-old retiree Destiny Geyser Newberry, in Carletonville, South Africa in…
