Brekkie Wrap: news headlines from September 6, 2016
BREKKIE WRAP: A woman’s vengeance plot went up in flames after she allegedly set alight a car she thought belonged to her ex-boyfriend.
Carmen Chamblee, Nineteen, has been charged with arson after allegedly setting a car on fire. Picture: Clearwater Police Department/ABC Act News
A WOMAN’S vengeance plot went up in flames — literally.
Carmen Chamblee, Nineteen, has been charged with second-degree arson after allegedly torching a Honda Civic she mistakenly thought belonged to her ex-boyfriend.
Chamblee allegedly stuck a rag in the car’s gas tank and set it on fire, before cycling away from the crime scene on August twenty seven in the US state of Florida.
Security footage showcased a woman, who police believe is Chamblee, casually fanning the flames in the boot of the four-door vehicle. Chamblee was arrested on Saturday over the flamy attack.
The car’s real holder, Thomas Jennings, was alerted to the blaze by his roomie.
“He came running in the house telling me my car was on fire,” he said. “So we instantaneously ran out there. He had a pot of water and was attempting to get it to go out and it just wouldn’t.”
Malcolm Turnbull has accused Labor Senator Sam Dastyari of undermining Australia’s position on the South China Sea. Picture: Lyndon Mechielsen
IN NATIONAL NEWS
— ON the eve of critical talks, Malcolm Turnbull has accused Labor Senator Sam Dastyari of undermining Australia’s position on the South China Sea.
— SAMSUNG is investigating reports some of its latest flagship smartphones have burst into flames in Australia after a costly worldwide recall.
— OLDER Australians are no longer hoarding wealth to pass onto their family — instead they are saving for themselves, a fresh report has found.
— OPINION: Malcolm Turnbull and Theresa May performed a diplomatic twostep shoe-shuffle together at the G20, but they can’t avoid tougher challenges ahead.
US President Barack Obama is determining whether it’s “productive” to meet with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte. Picture: Lintao Zhang/Getty Pictures
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte called US President Barack Obama a “son of a wh*re”. Picture: AFP/Noel Celis
— PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte has fired off a perverse tirade at Barack Obama for querying his deadly drugs crackdown.
— MOZAMBIQUE has displayed parts believed to be from the missing flight MH370, furthering the theory the jet went down in the Southern Ocean.
— THOUSANDS of panicked holiday-makers have fled for their lives after wildfires blamed on teenage arsonists engulfed land surrounding a top tourist resort in Spain.
— THE DNA of Australian woman Sara Connor and her British bf was found where a Bali police officer was killed, as a dossier of evidence has emerged.
Taylor Swift’s relationship with British starlet Tom Hiddleston is reportedly on the rocks. Picture: Cameron Richardson.
IN SHOWBIZ NEWS
— TAYLOR Swift’s fresh bf Tom Hiddleston is reportedly sick of being treated like a “glorified escort” and has served the singer with an ultimatum.
— SICK of the dating scene and dodgy Tinder dates? Get hitched to a flawless stranger on TV. That’s the advice of hot firey Mark Ellam, current starlet of Married At Very first Look.
— MARILYN Manson has defended pal Johnny Depp following the actor’s explosive divorce from Amber Heard.