Tasmanian Beast Master

A Tasmanian computer technician who considered himself a beast has been given a suspended jail sentence after being caught possessing bestiality images.

Rodney Scott McLagan, 48, of South Arm, today was sentenced after pleading guilty to possessing 31,000 illegal images, most involving human female sex acts with dogs, ponies, snakes, tigers and an octopus.

Although 30 percent of the total images involved child pornography, Hobart Supreme Court Justice David Porter today said only 20 percent of those were actually viewed by McLagan.

"Your interests lie in the bestiality material," Justice Porter said in sentencing today. Those images were downloaded in bulk along with the bestiality material, Barclay said.

A psychiatric report tendered to the court showed McLagan suffers from an avoidant personality disorder, leaving him ill-equipped to achieve normal intimacy.

The disorder often leaves its sufferers with chronic social anxiety and loneliness, without the opportunity for normal sexual relationships, and fantasy is often indulged.

Air Stab

Nike has withdrawn a range of shoes called Air Stab following a spate of knife murders across the U.K.

The company pulled the range from its Nike Town store in central London, the one shop which sold the shoe, in the last couple of days "given the current climate."

The running shoe, whose name is derived from "stability," was first released in 1988, a Nike spokesman said.

The current limited edition "retro" range was launched two years ago. One style of the current range carried the logo Runnin' 'n' Gunnin' on the inner lining and heel.

Nike said the Air Stab "may be an unfortunate coincidence timing-wise" but rejected any suggestion that the company condoned the use of knives.

Weddings...Fun For Everyone

Wayne Barnes, 27, was said to have beaten John Maynard, 37, mercilessly and left him to die in flames.

Maynard’s injuries were so severe he had to have both legs amputated below the knee and lost most of the fingers on his left hand. His skull was fractured and he suffered brain damage.

Barnes was said to have fled in his victim’s sports car, stealing his cell phone to call escort agencies while on the run, before police caught him.

Maynard was found with burns over 40 percent of his body and barely alive in his apartment last October 28. He had been best man at Barnes’s wedding — which he paid for — six weeks earlier.

Barnes subsequently came to stay with him after fighting with his new wife, Melissa. The two men went out drinking with friends, but Maynard returned to his home and went to sleep.

He told the court he was woken later by Barnes shouting at him. “That person — I can’t say his name — was screaming, ‘Give me your money,’” Maynard said. “I have never seen anything like it in my life.”

I'm Outta Here

Passengers on a flight from London to Cuba got an in-the-air scare Wednesday night after an allegedly drunk passenger tried to open the plane’s door — at 50,000 feet, London’s Daily Mail newspaper reported.

The First Choice Boeing 767-300, with more than 250 passengers on board, was forced to divert to Bermuda after the passenger, who one witness described to the paper as “clearly drunk,” lunged for the door while other passengers and crewmembers tried to calm him down.

After the jet landed in Bermuda, police boarded the plane and took the man, who was not identified, into custody.

Holy Mole

Sarah Jessica Parker has gotten her trademark mole removed?!?!?

Photos snapped of the actress at Tuesday night's Major League Baseball All-Star Game caused speculation that the actress had the beauty mark removed.

The "Sex and the City" star's chin appeared mark-free at the game, where she joined Sheryl Crow and MLB Commissioner Bud Selig in a public service announcement to raise money for cancer research.

A slight blemish was evident on her chin, but it was unclear whether Parker had covered up her mole or had a mark left after its possible removal.

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'Ra(n)domski'

Convicted steroid distributor Kirk Radomski told ESPN.com that while he was moving a broken television off a dresser in the bedroom of his Long Island home last Sunday night, he found a shipping receipt for human growth hormone that he claims to have sent to Clemens' Houston home in 2002 or 2003.

Radomski said he found that receipt, along with "seven or eight others" for shipments to other baseball players, under the TV.

"My TV broke and I said, 'Damn, I got to get it off the dresser,'" Radomski said Wednesday. "And it was right there."

Radomski said he turned the evidence over to federal authorities on Monday.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3491931

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World's Greatest Dad?

A 33-year-old Clarkston man faces two 20-year felonies after authorities say he arranged a meeting for sex with an online contact he believed was a 14-year-old girl and showed up wearing a T-shirt that read: "World's Greatest Dad."

Daniel Allen Everett was arraigned Tuesday in Novi district court on charges of child sexual abuse and using the Internet to attempt child sexual abuse.

Magistrate Andra Dudley set bond at $50,000 cash.

A spokesman for Attorney General Mike Cox couldn't say if Everett has children. Cox's office conducted the investigation, and Cox says in a statement it's a reminder "a parent can pose a threat" to children.

Work It, Girl. Work It.

Barbie’s new S&M look has whipped up a storm — with protesters dubbing it "filth."

The doll’s image is transformed with kinky fishnets, motorcycle jacket, black gloves and boots.

Maker Mattel says Black Canary Barbie, out in September, is based on a DC comic superhero of the same name.

But religious group Christian Voice said: "Barbie has always been on the tarty side and this is taking it too far. A children’s doll in sexually suggestive clothing is irresponsible.”