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"This is a significant outcome for all victims of R. Kelly and especially for the survivors who so bravely testified about the horrific and sadistic abuse they endured," says Breon Peace, the US attorney for the Eastern District of New York, after the former R&B singer was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sex crimes. SOUNDBITE
R. Kelly has requested to be released from jail for a third time amid fears he might catch the coronavirus, as he now claims he is "likely diabetic" and is at high risk of dying from the virus.
R. Kelly has claimed he is battling health problems whilst in jail, and is looking to be released so he can be treated in hospital.
People arrive at the Savigny-sur-Orge mosque, during the funeral of Shemseddine, a 15-year-old French teenager beaten to death after school in Viry-Chatillon, south of Paris. Mats and sheets are held up as the hearse arrives in strict privacy at the request of the family. IMAGES
Flowers and candles are laid outside the secondary school in Viry-Chatillon, south of Paris. where 15-year-old French schoolboy Shemseddine was beaten up to death on Friday over a dispute involving the sister of two of his attackers. Four young people have been charged with murder over the killing that has heightened concern about violence in French schools. IMAGES