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The boyfriend of a woman who urinated on a war memorial has sparked further anger after giving a Nazi salute as she walked free from court.

Wendy Lewis was labelled Britain's 'most disgusting woman' by veterans after CCTV footage caught her urinating on the cenotaph at Blackpool. Lewis, 32, was originally due to be sentenced last week but fled after being confronted by a group of ex-servicemen who vented their anger by slow-handclapping and shouting 'disgusting.'




After three days at large, police arrested Lewis on Tuesday morning and she was finally hauled before magistrates.
And after she escaped jail Lewis's boyfriend Frank McKenzie managed to further offend the former soldiers by performing a Nazi salute and yelling pro-IRA abuse at them. Sentencing Lewis at Blackpool Magistrates' Court to 15 weeks' jail, suspended for a year, deputy district judge Roger Lowe told her that he had spared her custody to allow her to get help for her drink and drug problems.

The veterans attended court again yesterday to see the mother-of-two brought to justice. Lewis, of Princess Street, Blackpool, faced further disgrace. The former heroin addict, who was found guilty of outraging public decency at an earlier hearing, also pleaded guilty to assaulting the female police officer who arrested her. Lewis hurled abuse at Pc Emma Halliwell and kicked her twice, striking the officer's shin and her thigh.

The judge told her: 'You are a young woman. You don't remember the First World War and the Second World War. There are people in this room who do. 'You have got the right to do whatever you want, think whatever you want and say whatever you want. Those rights were won by people who fought for us and died for us. 'The memorial in this town remembers the people who gave their lives for values which we hold so dear. 'When you urinated on the memorial you desecrated on their memory. You brought shame on yourself and you brought shame on the town.'

Lewis, wearing a pink hooded top and white jacket, nodded as she was sentenced to 12 weeks for outraging public decency. A three-week sentence for the assault of Pc Halliwell was suspended for 12 months. She was also ordered to complete a drug rehabilitation programme and pay £200 in costs and £50 in compensation to Pc Halliwell. The court was told that Pc Halliwell was attacked by Lewis after she and a colleague tracked her down at a friend's home. Pam Smith, prosecuting, said: 'The defendant was being aggressive and she kicked out, striking Pc Halliwell suddenly in the leg. 'She was calmed down for a period but later became abusive in custody.

In mitigation, Mr Allan Cobain said Lewis would forever be known as 'that woman from the Cenotaph'. He described the incident as 'beyond the pale', but said it was the result of a 'severe' drink and drug problem. 'Wendy Lewis could be viewed as a tragic figure who has to be pitied as much as pilloried, he added. 'With help, she may be able to get her life back on track.'

Lewis was dubbed 'Britain's most disgusting person' by Ian Coleman, who has been president of the Blackpool Royal British Legion for 24 years, after her court appearance on Friday. 'This woman is the most disgusting person in the country,' he said. 'The names on the cenotaph are those of people that have given us all our freedom.' After yesterday's sentencing, Mr Coleman said: 'War memorials up and down the country are being desecrated. It seems the perpetrators just get a slap on the wrist and possibly stronger laws have to be implemented to have a deterrent to stop these people defiling this sacred ground.'
He suggested those who disrespect war memorials should be made to clean them up and added: "I wouldn't want to see anybody put in prison. But that memorial is sacrosanct and we do need a deterrent.'


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SF couple accused of autistic son fraud scheme

A former partner at a well-known law firm and his marketing consultant wife were arrested Wednesday on felony charges of bilking the San Francisco school district and private insurers out of about $400,000 via fraudulent bills for treatment of their autistic son, officials say.

The San Francisco couple, Jonathan S. Dickstein and Barclay J. Lynn, both 43, surrendered Wednesday and are expected to appear in court this morning for arraignment on 30 counts of fraud, theft and conspiracy, authorities say.

They were briefly jailed Wednesday on $100,000 bail each but were released on bond.

"This was an elaborate scheme to defraud the school district and insurance companies out of a lot of money," said Chief Assistant District Attorney David Pfeifer. "They used this scheme to make money off their child's special needs - that's terrible."

Until this year, Dickstein, who graduated from Stanford and then Harvard Law School, was a partner at the internationally recognized San Francisco firm of Morrison & Foerster, specializing in intellectual property issues and the law surrounding life sciences. He has since started his own practice, according to his Facebook page.

He and his wife had arranged for the home care of their young son through another school district before transferring to the San Francisco school district. Under state guidelines, school districts are obligated to provide or compensate parents for home education of autistic or other severely disabled children.

By law, parents are required to use licensed private educational providers to develop individual treatment plans that meet state guidelines for their disabled children.

Dickstein and Lynn had employed such a private provider, but in 2006, they created their own: Puzzle Pieces. Prosecutors said it was actually a dummy company that was not licensed to develop autism education.

Karla Homlka (of the "Ken and Barbie killers") bamboozled the prosecution the sem way when she was tried for mulitple murders.