DUTCH REFEREE ROB DIEPERINK DIES WEEKS AFTER REMOVAL FROM WORLD CUP OFFICIATING LIST. (PHOTO).
Dutch referee Rob Dieperink dies weeks after removal from World Cup officiating list Dutch referee Rob Dieperink has died at the age of 38, weeks after FIFA removed him from its list of officials for the World Cup. The Dutch Football Association (KNVB) confirmed his death in a statement, saying it was “shocked and deeply saddened” by the news. His cause of death has not been disclosed. Dieperink was arrested in April by the Metropolitan Police in the United Kingdom following a report of an alleged sexual assault involving a teenage boy in London. A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said officers responded on April 9 to a report of sexual assault at an address in Croydon and arrested a man in his 30s on suspicion of the offence. Police later said that after reviewing available evidence, including CCTV footage and digital devices, the investigation had concluded that “the evidential threshold had not been met” and no further action would be taken. Following the investigation, FIFA co...
What could have breached the palpable peace in Ukpor town,Nnewi South LGA,Anambra state was averted on sunday,June 18 when a 'whistleblower' revealed to a particular family who owns a farmland at Umudim village,beside Gate of heaven mortuary,along Onuselogu road that he saw a man {name withheld} burying what looked like dangerous charms in their farm when he decided to answer the call of nature in the bush.The owner of the farm immediately alerted his son who resides in Onitsha of the development.According to sources,before 7am on sunday,his son arrived Ukpor in anger and vowed to deal with whoever carried out the act.The whistleblower was called upon and reminded about the consequences of false information but he swore with their village deity that he saw the man burying the charm.Just like a scene from a Nollywood movie,the owner of the farm with his son accompanied by few other people immediately proceeded to the house of the man who was accused of burying the charms.On getting there,the man denied the allegation but claimed that one of his friends from Nnewi convinced him to use the place for something he wasn't aware of the orevious day.A delegation was sentt to Nnewi to get the man but he was said to have absconded when he saw a mob approaching his house menacingly.The accused was queried on why he allowed someone to make use a land that doesn't belong to him but he claimed the man said he saw something interesting in the land and that's probably why he decided to use it.In a twinkle of an eye,the whole of Ukpor gathered in Umudim waiting for the drama to unfold.The youths equally gathered in their numbers and threatened to beat him up if he didn't want to say the truth.Sources further said that the man later confessed that he actually buried the charms there with the help of other 3 native dictors which was eventually exhumed.
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