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Nadir denies stealing £150m

<p>Former fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir, from central London, has denied that he stole £150 million from his business empire. But he told an Old Bailey jury there was no dispute that the funds had been sent to a subsidiary company in Northern Cyprus. This, he said, was to get better exchange rates to boost the company's expanding business interests abroad. Asked by his barrister if he disputed the movement of funds to Unipac, Nadir replied: "Not at all." Nadir was giving evidence 22 years after Polly Peck International was put into administration with debts of £550 million. Nadir, 71, of Mayfair, central London, denies 13 specimen counts of theft amounting to £34 million between 1987 and 1990. He was arrested and was due to stand trial in 1993 but left Britain for Northern Cyprus, returning in August 2010. The prosecution said his flight from the country for 17 years is evidence of dishonesty. When administrators went to Northern Cyprus to recover assets, they found the money had vanished into a "black hole", it is alleged. Nadir told the court that by the time he left the UK for Northern Cyprus in May 1993, he was "a totally broken man", being sued by the administrators of Polly Peck, and having been made personally bankrupt and facing criminal court proceedings. The trial was adjourned to Wednesday.</p>

Nadir denies stealing £150m

Former fugitive tycoon Asil Nadir, from central London, has denied that he stole £150 million from his business empire. But he told an Old B...

Police study Murdoch's 'secret' iPhone account

<p>Scotland Yard detectives investigating phone hacking at the News of the World are examining the call records of four newly discovered Apple iPhones issued to senior executives at News International.  The smartphones, issued by O2 in a contract beginning in October 2009, included a handset given to James Murdoch, the former chairman and chief executive of News Corp Europe. Despite billing for the phones totalling nearly £12,000 between June last year and May this year, neither Operation Weeting nor the Leveson Inquiry was told of the existence of the smartphone accounts.  Phone text messages and emails sent and received by News International executives and advisers have provided some of the most controversial evidence heard by Lord Justice Leveson's inquiry into press practices and ethics.  It had been assumed that the email and text traffic from key News International executives was centred solely on their company BlackBerry account with Vodafone.  In accounts seen by The Independent, issued through 02's corporate customer services at Arlington Business Park in Leeds, Mr Murdoch's iPhone account is listed as "active".  Mr Murdoch is said to have told 02 that he specifically wanted a "white iPhone" when the smartphone was issued to him in the summer of 2009.  Katie Vanneck-Smith, listed as News International's chief marketing officer, also has an active account. Two other NI executive numbers are described as disconnected.  Between June last year – just before The Guardian revealed in July that the mobile phone of murdered schoolgirl Milly Dowler had been hacked into – and the beginning of the Leveson Inquiry in November, the NI iPhone accounts were billed for £9,650.  Last night, Labour MP Tom Watson said people would be "shocked" to learn that the smartphones had been issued to key NI executives, while the company's disclosures focused only on the BlackBerry Vodafone accounts.  Mr Watson said he hoped that News Corp's Management and Standards Committee, which is responsible for all matters relating to phone hacking, would enforce its own promise of full transparency and appropriate disclosure, by revealing all the data and logs held on the discovered phones to both the police and the Leveson Inquiry. Last night, a spokeswoman for News International, said: "Mr Murdoch fully co-operated with the Leveson Inquiry. It is ridiculous to suggest that James Murdoch keeps or kept a 'secret phone'."  Meanwhile sources close to the Leveson Inquiry have denied that Lord Justice Leveson threatened to quit his judicial investigation following comments made in February by Michael Gove.  The Education Secretary told a gathering of political journalists that the inquiry into press ethics and practices was creating a "chilling atmosphere" towards press freedom.  During Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons the day after Mr Gove's lobby speech, David Cameron appeared to back his cabinet colleague's view. Concern that Mr Gove might be the Prime Minister's advance messenger prompted Lord Justice Leveson to call the Cabinet Secretary, Sir Jeremy Heywood.  Whitehall sources say Lord Justice Leveson wanted to learn directly from Mr Cameron whether his inquiry was wasting public money on an ultimately futile exercise or whether his initial remit stood. Although the reassurances from No 10 took two days to arrive, sources claim there was no threat from the judge to resign from his own inquiry.</p>

Police study Murdoch's 'secret' iPhone account

Scotland Yard detectives investigating phone hacking at the News of the World are examining the call records of four newly discovered Apple ...

shooting a cop dead is now legal in the state of Indiana.

<p>Governor Mitch Daniels, a Republican, has authorized changes to a 2006 legislation that legalizes the use of deadly force on a public servant — including an officer of the law — in cases of “unlawful intrusion.” Proponents of both the Second and Fourth Amendments — those that allow for the ownership of firearms and the security against unlawful searches, respectively — are celebrating the update by saying it ensures that residents are protected from authorities that abuse the powers of the badge. Others, however, fear that the alleged threat of a police state emergence will be replaced by an all-out warzone in Indiana. Under the latest changes of the so-called Castle Doctrine, state lawmakers agree “people have a right to defend themselves and third parties from physical harm and crime.” Rather than excluding officers of the law, however, any public servant is now subject to be met with deadly force if they unlawfully enter private property without clear justification. “In enacting this section, the general assembly finds and declares that it is the policy of this state to recognize the unique character of a citizen's home and to ensure that a citizen feels secure in his or her own home against unlawful intrusion by another individual or a public servant,” reads the legislation. Although critics have been quick to condemn the law for opening the door for assaults on police officers, supporters say that it is necessary to implement the ideals brought by America’s forefathers. Especially, argue some, since the Indiana Supreme Court almost eliminated the Fourth Amendment entirely last year. During the 2011 case of Barnes v. State of Indiana, the court ruled that a man who assaulted an officer dispatched to his house had broken the law before there was “no right to reasonably resist unlawful entry by police officers.” In turn, the National Rifle Association lobbied for an amendment to the Castle Doctrine to ensure that residents were protected from officers that abuse the law to grant themselves entry into private space. “There are bad legislators,” the law’s author, State Senator R. Michael Young (R) tells Bloomberg News. “There are bad clergy, bad doctors, bad teachers, and it’s these officers that we’re concerned about that when they act outside their scope and duty that the individual ought to have a right to protect themselves.” Governor Daniels agrees with the senator in a statement offered through his office, and notes that the law is only being established to cover rare incidents of police abuse that can escape the system without reprimand for officers or other persons that break the law to gain entry. “In the real world, there will almost never be a situation in which these extremely narrow conditions are met,” Daniels says. “This law is not an invitation to use violence or force against law enforcement officers.” Officers in Indiana aren’t necessarily on the same page, though. “If I pull over a car and I walk up to it and the guy shoots me, he’s going to say, ‘Well, he was trying to illegally enter my property,’” Sergeant Joseph Hubbard tells Bloomberg. “Somebody is going get away with killing a cop because of this law.” “It’s just a recipe for disaster,” Indiana State Fraternal Order of Police President Tim Downs adds. “It just puts a bounty on our heads.”</p>

shooting a cop dead is now legal in the state of Indiana.

Governor Mitch Daniels, a Republican, has authorized changes to a 2006 legislation that legalizes the use of deadly force on a public servan...

ON CLOUD NINE: BATH SALTS BY ANOTHER NAME... WITH STRONG COMPULSIONS TO REDOSE

<p>After the recent stream of disturbing news reports of people eating others' flesh, Hornaday Manufacturing has released bullets that promise to ‘make dead permanent.’</p><p>The ammunition, branded as Zombie Max offers Proven Z-Max bullets, is live ammunition, but is actually only intended for use on targets – not people.</p><p>Scroll down for videos</p><div><img alt="The Walking Dead: Hornady Manufacturing has started selling Zombie bullets, 'just in case'; it is live ammunition" height="805" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/08/article-2155816-1380DB17000005DC-480_634x805.jpg" width="634" /><p>The Walking Dead: Hornady Manufacturing has started selling Zombie bullets, 'just in case'; it is live ammunition</p></div><div><div><img alt="A violent attack in Scott is eerily similar to a case out of Florida connected to the dangerous bath salts line drug known as Cloud Nine" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/07/article-2155816-137BC80C000005DC-386_306x423.jpg" width="306" /></div><div><img alt="Police arrested homeless Brandon De Leon on Saturday Deleon on June 2 " height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/07/article-0-13763149000005DC-783_306x423.jpg" width="306" /></div><p>Attacks: Carl Jacquneaux, left, who was arrested for allegedly biting another man's face and Brandon De Leon, right, who allegedly tried to bite two policemen while threatening to eat them</p></div><p> </p><p>Hornaday spokesman Everett Deger told WWJ Newsradio 950 that the company’s president has a love of zombie culture – including popular shows like the Walking Dead – and was inspired to make the bullets in honour of the cultural phenomenon. </p><div><h3>ON CLOUD NINE: BATH SALTS BY ANOTHER NAME... WITH STRONG COMPULSIONS TO REDOSE</h3><div><img alt="Cloud Nine bath salts " height="177" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/07/article-2155816-137F0918000005DC-878_296x177.jpg" width="296" /><p>The 'bath salts' sold under the name Cloud Nine are likely to be stimulant drugs such MPDV or ephedrine. </p><p>'Bath salts' does not refer to a single chemical, but instead to a range of synthetic drugs that can be sold legally in the U.S. as long as they are not marked for human consumption – hence the misleading name.</p><p>Drugs such as MPDV are highly potent stimulants, similar to some amphetamines, and in MPDV's case particularly, cause a strong compulsion to 'redose' with more of the drug. </p><p>In high doses, such drugs can cause violent and unpredictable behaviour, and terrifying hallucinations – and the compulsion to take more of the drug continues, even once the 'high' has begun to make the user feel bad.</p><p>Various different compounds use the name 'Cloud Nine', and it's still not confirmed which exact chemical was in the drug reported to have caused these attacks, but some reports have pointed the finger at MPDV. </p><p>The chemical is already illegal in Florida – although other 'bath salts' remain perfectly legal in the state.  </p></div></div><p> </p><p>‘We decided just to have some fun with a marketing plan that would allow us to create some ammunition designed for that…fictional world,’ he told the radio station.</p><p>Mr Deger noted that the bullets are some of the ammunition company’s most popular products.</p><p>The news comes as two more cannibal attacks have been reported in the US as police warn of a dangerous new mind-altering drug called Cloud Nine.</p><p> </p><p>Last week Rudy Eugene - who is believed to have taken the over-the-counter ecstasy-like drug - growled at officers as he chewed off most of a homeless man's face before being shot dead by Miami police.</p><p>Since then two further incidents have been linked to the substance, which is part of a new line of 'bath salts'.</p><p> </p><div> </div><div><h4>More...</h4><ul><li>Revealed: Miami cannibal's girlfriend shows herself in public for the first time and claims her beau was carrying a BIBLE before the attack</li><li>Caught on camera: The moment woman driver rams into pedestrian and travels for hundreds of yards with him clinging on 'because of her hormones'</li><li>Revealed: The videos 'Canadian cannibal' sent to his 'fans' while on the run from police - and one of them contains infamous song from American Psycho</li></ul></div><p> </p><p>The second occurred on Saturday when a snarling homeless man, identified as Brandon De Leon, threatened to eat two officers, echoing the Miami attack.</p><p>A third incident took place in Louisiana where Carl Jacquneaux, 43, bit off a chunk of his victim's face. Miami police have issued a warning about Cloud Nine and told their officers to exercise extreme caution when dealing with homeless men who appear to be acting unusually.</p><p>Police investigating the case of Rudy Eugene, who ate the face off a homeless man, say as well as being naked, he was carrying a bible.</p><p>Some pages had been ripped out of the book and were found close by, according to CBS Miami. A preliminary toxicology examination has also found that the 31-year-old had been smoked cannabis shortly before the incident.</p><p>They were forced to fit 21-year-old De Leon with a Hannibal Lecter-style mask after he was arrested for disturbing the peace in North Miami Beach. When put in a police cruiser De Leon slammed his head against the plexiglass divider and shouted at officers, 'I'm going to eat you', NBC Miami reported. </p><p>He then growled, gnashed his teeth and tried to bite the hand of an officer attempting to treat his head wounds.</p><p>'Brandon growled and opened and closed his jaw, slamming his teeth like an animal would,' the report said. Miami police said they believe he was on a cocktail of drugs, including Cloud Nine. </p><p>In a second case Carl Jacquneaux, 43, is accused of attacking Todd Credeur at his home in Scott, Louisiana, over the weekend after he became upset following a domestic issue.<img alt="Victim: Todd Credeur, though in shock, managed to spray his attacker in the face with wasp spray to stop him from eating any more of his face" height="389" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/06/article-2155544-137BA1FD000005DC-14_634x389.jpg" width="634" /></p><p>Victim: Todd Credeur, though in shock, managed to spray his attacker in the face with wasp spray to stop him from eating any more of his face</p><p> </p><div><img alt="Scene: Todd Creneur was attacked while working on the yard outside his home in Scott, Louisiana" height="286" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/06/article-2155544-137BA202000005DC-834_634x286.jpg" width="634" /><p>Scene: Todd Creneur was attacked while working on the yard outside his home in Scott, Louisiana</p></div><p> </p><div><p>KATC reported that Mr Credeur was working in his front yard when he was attacked.</p><p>Scott Assistant Police Chief Kert Thomas said: 'During the attack, the suspect bit a chunk of the victim's face off.'</p><p>Mr Credeur reportedly managed to spray Jacquneaux in the face with wasp spray to stop him from eating any more of his face.</p><p>Jacquneaux then allegedly left the home and went to another man's home where he held him at knife point and stole a hand gun. This is where police found him and arrested him.</p><p>A friend of the victim said she believes Jacquneaux was under the influence of Cloud Nine, which is the same drug which is believed to have been taken by the 'Miami Cannibal' Rudy Eugene.</p><p>Eugene ate the face of homeless man Ronald Poppo in Miami last week and a police memo to officers has highlighted the dangers surrounding the drug's use. </p></div><p>It warned the De Leon case 'bears resemblance to an incident that occurred in the city of Miami last week, when a male ate another man's face'.</p><p>'Please be careful when dealing with the homeless population during your patrols.'</p><p>Police have suggested Eugene was under the influence of the synthetic stimulant usually sold in drug paraphanelia shops.</p><p>Cloud Nine is 'addictive and dangerous', the memo said, part of a 'disturbing trend in which new drugs are sold in the guise of household products'.</p><p>The drug, which is also as Ivory Wave in the U.S., comes in harmless-looking packets, police said, adding that it is illegal in Britain and Australia.</p><div><div><img alt="Rudy Eugene attacked and chewed the face off a homeless man " height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/07/article-2155816-13625B3E000005DC-797_306x423.jpg" width="306" /></div><div><img alt="Ronald Poppo was attacked by a man who hurled him to the ground and tore into his face with his teeth" height="423" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/07/article-2155816-13625C48000005DC-7_306x423.jpg" width="306" /></div><p>Crazed attack: Cloud Nine, which is the same drug which is believed to have been taken by the 'Miami Cannibal' Rudy Eugene (left) when he savagely attacked 65-year-old Ronald Poppo (right)</p></div><p>The potentially addictive drug stimulates the central nervous system and symptoms include heart palpitations, nausea, hallucinations, paranoia and erratic behaviour.</p><p>The series of shocking incidents began on May 26 when a naked Eugene encountered his victim, 65-year-old Ronald Poppo, who was sleeping in the shade on elevated train tracks.</p><p>In surveillance footage from the nearby Miami Herald building, Eugene was seen struggling with the naked homeless man, throwing him to the ground and then tearing into his face with his teeth as cars and bicycles sped by.</p><p>About 18 minutes into the attack, an officer appeared on the scene and yelled at Eugene to stop, but the 31-year-old just growled at him and continued chewing Poppo’s face.</p><p>The officer then opened fire on Eugene, shooting him to death.</p><div>Enlarge <img alt="Horrific attack: The spot on MacArthur Causeway where a man was killed after chewing the face off a stranger " height="409" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/07/article-2155816-137C87C3000005DC-215_634x409.jpg" width="634" /><p>Horrific attack: The spot on MacArthur Causeway when a man was killed after chewing the face off a stranger</p></div><p> </p><div><img alt="Poppo miraculously survived the attack, but was left without a nose, mouth or eyes " height="402" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/07/article-2155816-137C87A6000005DC-517_634x402.jpg" width="634" /><p>Disfigured: Poppo, here on a stretcher, miraculously survived the attack, but was left without a nose, mouth or eyes</p></div><p>Poppo remains in critical condition at Jackson Memorial Hospital with his nose, mouth and eyes torn off. He faces months of treatment to rebuild his features and psychological care.</p><p>Controversially this week the scene of the attack on Poppo has been Miami added to sites visited by a tourist tour's itinerary.</p><p>The famous Miami Mystery & Mayhem: Crime Tour tour led by Miami-Dade College professor Dr Paul George will stop on the road that connects downtown Miami to popular South Beach.</p><p>Dr Paul told the South Florida Business Journal: 'Horrible as it was, it is part of our history. Currently, our tour takes us over the causeway right past the site, so this fits well.'</p><p>In a completely separate case not involving the drug, Canadian Luka Rocco Magnotta has been sent back to his country from Germany after an international manhunt.</p><p>He is alleged to have killed his partner, Jun Lin, before eating parts of his body then chopping it to pieces that were then posted to different authorities. Mr Lun's head has not yet been found.</p><div class="cleared art-ins news" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 50px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><h3>'ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE': RECENT CANNIBAL ATTACKS ACROSS AMERICA</h3><div class="ins cleared xolcc bdrcc" style="margin: 0px; padding: 4px; min-height: 1px; background-color: #e8fbff; border: 1px solid #00aad2;"><div><img alt="shows Rudy Eugene, the man who was shot dead by police as he ate the face of a homeless man during Memorial Day weekend in Miami. " height="110" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/06/article-2155544-13625920000005DC-619_110x110.jpg" width="110" /></div><p>Since Rudy Eugene attacked and ate the face of homeless man Ronald Poppo on May 26 in Miami, Florida, while allegedly high on 'bath salts' there has been a spate of similar attacks.</p><p>The 'Miami Cannibal' case shocked the nation after police had to shoot dead Eugene when he refused to stop eating his victim's face off. Poppo is now recovering in hospital with horrific injuries.</p><p> </p><div><img alt=" Police arrested homeless man Brandon Deleon on June 2 " height="110" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/06/article-2155544-13763149000005DC-374_110x110.jpg" width="110" /></div><p>Brandon DeLeon, 21, was high on drugs and drunk on Four Loko on June 2 when he tried to bite off a police officer’s hand after he was arrested for disturbing customers in a Miami fast food restaurant.</p><p>The homeless man repeatedly banged his head against the patrol car’s Plexiglas and yelled, ‘I’m going to eat you.’</p><p>At the police station, De Leon tried to bite the officer who was taking his blood pressure and tending to his self-inflicted wounds. The police report noted that he 'growled and opened and closed his jaw slamming his teeth like an animal would.'</p><p> </p><div><img alt="A violent attack in Scott is eerily similar to a case out of Florida connected to the dangerous drug known as bath salts" height="110" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/07/article-2155816-137BC807000005DC-655_110x110.jpg" width="110" /></div><p>Carl Jacquneaux, 43, is accused of attacking Todd Credeur at his home in Scott, Louisiana, over the weekend after he became upset following a domestic issue.</p><p>Mr Credeur reportedly managed to spray Jacquneaux in the face with wasp spray to stop him from eating any more of his face.</p><p>A friend of the victim said she believes Jacquneaux was under the influence of Cloud Nine, which is the same drug which is believed to have been taken by the 'Miami Cannibal' Rudy Eugene.</p><p> </p><div><img alt=" Alexander Kinyua, a 21-year-old Kenyan college student accused of killing a housemate." height="110" src="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/06/06/article-2155544-1369E733000005DC-471_110x110.jpg" width="110" /></div><p>Alex Kinyua, 21, a college student, used a knife to carve up Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie, 37, before eating his heart out and parts of his brain.</p><p>He then took to his social networking site to boast about it to his friends saying: 'Are you strong enough to endure ritual HBCU mass human sacrifices around the country and still be able to function as human beings?'</p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;">He referred to the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech and 'other past university killings around the country' and warned 'ethnic cleansing is the policy, strategy and tactics that will affect you, directly or indirectly in the coming months.'<span><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px;"> </p></div></div><p style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; min-height: 1px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; text-align: left;"><span><iframe width="636" height="358" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/bQWb-5nblx4" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-size: 17px;"><strong><br /></strong></span></span></p>

ON CLOUD NINE: BATH SALTS BY ANOTHER NAME... WITH STRONG COMPULSIONS TO REDOSE

After the recent stream of disturbing news reports of people eating others' flesh, Hornaday Manufacturing has released bullets that prom...

A mind-altering drug banned in Britain two years ago is being blamed for the spate of cannibal attacks in America.

<p>Narcotic Cloud Nine was blamed for the attack when Rudy Eugene ate 75% of homeless man Ronald Poppo’s face in Miami last month.</p><p>Horrific images surfaced of the attack that only ended once police shot and killed 31-year-old Eugene.</p><p>Mr Poppo is still recovering from his injuries in hospital.</p><p>Police are now warning people to stay away from Cloud Nine – also known as ‘bath salts’ - after two similar attacks were reported.</p><p>The most recent prompted an internal memo to police warning officers the case “bears resemblance to an incident that occurred in the city of Miami last week, when a male ate another man’s face”.</p><p>The memo called the synthetic drug “addictive and dangerous” and said it was part of a “disturbing trend in which new drugs are sold in the guise of household products”.</p><p>It added: “Please be careful when dealing with the homeless population during your patrols.”</p><p> </p><p><img alt="This undated booking mug made available by the Miami-Dade Police Dept., shows Rudy Eugene" height="768" src="http://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article867226.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/This+undated+booking+mug+made+available+by+the+Miami-Dade+Police+Dept.%2C+shows+Rudy+Eugene" title="Rudy Eugene, 31: Ate 75% of a man's face in Miami before being shot dead" width="615" />Rudy Eugene, 31: Ate 75% of a man's face in Miami before being shot dead</p><div>AP</div><p><img alt="Brandon De Leon, who allegedly tried to bite and threatening to eat two policemen in Miami" height="769" src="http://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article867228.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Brandon+De+Leon%2C+who+allegedly+tried+to+bite+and+threatening+to+eat+two+policemen+in+Miami" title="Brandon De Leon, 21: Tried to bite two police officers after he was arrested in North Miami Beach" width="615" />Brandon De Leon, 21: Tried to bite two police officers after he was arrested in North Miami Beach<img alt="Carl Jacquneaux, who was arrested for allegedly biting another man's face" height="731" src="http://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article867229.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Carl+Jacquneaux%2C+who+was+arrested+for+allegedly+biting+another+man%27s+face" title="Carl Jacquneaux, 43: Bit a man's face in Scott, Louisiania. Wasp spray was used to end the attack" width="615" />Carl Jacquneaux, 43: Bit a man's face in Scott, Louisiania. Wasp spray was used to end the attack<img alt="Alexander Kinyua" height="922" src="http://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article856631.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Alexander+Kinyua" title="Alex Kinyua, 21: Accused of eating the heart and brain of friend in Maryland" width="615" />Alex Kinyua, 21: Accused of eating the heart and brain of friend in Maryland</p><div>Splash</div><p><img alt="The Silence of the Lambs" height="894" src="http://www.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article867233.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/The+Silence+of+the+Lambs" title="Horror: Film cannibal Hannibal Lecter" width="615" />Horror: Film cannibal Hannibal Lecter</p><div>Channel 5</div><p> </p><p>During the latest attack homeless Brendon De Leon threatened to eat two Miami police officers and had to be fitted with a Hannibal Lecter-style mask to prevent him carrying his threats out.</p><p>He had been arrested for disturbing the peace in North Miami Beach while high on drugs and put in a police cruiser when he slammed his head against the plexiglass divider and shouted: “I’m going to eat you” to officers before growling and baring his teeth.</p><p>Miami police said they believe he was on a cocktail of drugs including Cloud Nine.</p><p>In another case, Carl Jacquneaux, 43, was accused of attacking Todd Credeur in his front garden in Scott, Louisiana, over the weekend after being upset over a domestic issue while under the influence of what is said to be bath salts.</p><p>Jacquneaux bit Mr Credeur before being sprayed in the face with wasp spray.</p><p>Scott Assistant Police Chief Kert Thomas said: “During the attack, the suspect bit a chunk of the victim’s face off.”</p><p>Jacquneaux was then said to have left the property and gone to another man’s home where he held him at knife-point and stole a handgun before being apprehended by police.</p><p>The drug, which is also known as Ivory Wave, was blamed for several deaths in Britain during 2010 before being banned. It is also illegal in Australia.</p><p>The potentially addictive drug stimulates the central nervous system and symptoms include heart palpitations, nausea, hallucinations, paranoia and erratic behaviour and is often sold in plain packaging with the contents purporting to be harmless.</p>

A mind-altering drug banned in Britain two years ago is being blamed for the spate of cannibal attacks in America.

Narcotic Cloud Nine was blamed for the attack when Rudy Eugene ate 75% of homeless man Ronald Poppo’s face in Miami last month. Horrific ima...

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