At first glance, we thought this headline led to the story of a Sicilian vendetta out of control, but the truth is much more unusual.
A Deaf Asian man claims he was assaulted in his own home by his mother and father in law, and in the ensuing confusion bit his mother in law's thumb so hard that she has required four operations to date.
The court case is still ongoing, but you can read more about it here:
Channel 4's Cast Offs, a new disabled comedy drama featuring Sophie Woolley as one of six disabled people banished to a remote island for a new reality TV show, starts next Tuesday at 11pm on Channel 4. There's been tons of press coverage.
The Office producer Ash Atalla, himself disabled, has had a similar idea, and is producing a one off comedy pilot called The Amazing Dermot (heavily reminiscent of Mitchell and Webb's Magicians) airing Friday 4th December. Ash Atalla makes some interesting, if confusing, comments about casting in this article:
At See Hear we wonder what the criteria were for casting the deaf role - were they too deaf, or not deaf enough? Were they supposed to speak or sign? All will be revealed on 4th December we're sure.
Congratulations to Genevieve Barr who won the part in the end - she did a couple of weeks' work experience on See Hear back in the day, you know...
26 people have been charged with conspiring to defraud the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of millions of pounds for providing video relay services. Please find the US Department of Justice statement after the jump.
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