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This week, we met Thomas Salme and Adam Wheeler, the former fined for lying about holding a commercial passenger pilot&#;s licence and the latter for reinventing his academic career.
When I read about men like this, I think of the time I was, in the words of the News of the World, &#;The Lord of The Lies&#;. I was the &#;Credit Card Earl&#; who apparently funded his &#;jet-set lifestyle&#; by spending money on his credit card with no intention of paying the bill.
For this petty crime I was sent to prison for 10 months. I was Made an example of just in case there was some other working class lad who thought he could con his way into the aristocracy.
Wheeler, also 23, was &#;showered with scholarships&#; and will be harshly punished; Salme has escaped with a smallish European decent. Yet, even as they wish to punish them, the public&#;s attitude toward accomplished liars will be tempered by some envy.
Yes, of course, it&#;s scary that a man with no formal training can fly commercial passenger jets but, really, who gives a damn if Wheeler reinvented his CV so that he might
Murders of Gordon Semple and Daniel Whitworth put the spotlight on the male lover dating app Grindr and the 'dark underworld' of the dating scene
With two million users, Grindr has become the go-to app for like-minded gay men to meet up and while many users enjoy it simply as a dating service, it seems that some are entering a dangerous world of drugs and risky sex.
Figures show crime relating to the online app has increased fold over the past three years in Kent – with reported offences including blackmail, sex attacks, harassment and attempted murder.
In two recent cases, Gordon Semple, 59, of Greenhithe, and Daniel Whitworth, 21, from Gravesend, had travelled into London for separate sex encounters when they met their finish. Both their killers were convicted of murder, and what is indisputable is that Grindr was a factor in both cases.
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While the numbers are short in Kent, increasing from one crime in , to two in and then jumping to 10 last year, the problem is growing and same-sex attracted and bisexual men are more frequently making contact via dating apps.
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