Sarah Brennan posed as a man to dupe another woman into sending her nude pictures.

A catfisher who posed as a man to dupe another woman into sending her nude pictures lost her job because of her actions. Sarah Brennan, 32, bombarded her victim with calls and prowled near her home after her sick ruse was exposed.

The warped charity worker also pretended to be a high-flying male lawyer to strike up an online relationship with another female, who was left suffering panic attacks. Brennan, of Glasgow’s Drumchapel admitted two counts of romance fraud and stalking last month.

Brennan appeared today in the dock at Glasgow Sheriff Court to be sentenced. However, matters were adjourned until June after Sheriff Stuart Reid was recommended by social worker to call for a psychological report on her.

Her lawyer earlier told the hearing that his client’s “employment was ended” due to the conviction. The court was previously told she messaged the first victim on Instagram in 2019 posing as a fella called Matthew Jay, who claimed to be Brennan’s cousin.

The pair swapped intimate pictures over six months. Brennan sent images of “a male’s body with no face visible”, the court was told.

But her hoax was revealed when the victim chatted to Brennan’s mum — who “did not know of any family members of that name”. When confronted, the perv claimed she had been “bored”.

But the weirdo went on to phone her victim 250 times in one day, sent her a screenshot of a map indicating she was near her home, and threatened to release her explicit images.

The woman went to cops when she received a card, necklace and pendant inscribed “stuck with you”. Brennan was arrested and it emerged she had contacted another woman online in 2021 posing as a lawyer also called Matthew Jay.

They grew close, but Brennan sparked suspicion by cancelling meet-ups. The woman’s loved ones traced the same Instagram profile to an Englishman living in Dubai.

He confirmed he had been “contacted before” and that his identity had been stolen by “a female in Glasgow, who had entered into an online relationship”.

Michael Tierney, defending, told today’s hearing: “She is accepting of her guilt and has shown a great deal of reflection in regards to her behaviour.

“As a result of her conviction, her employment was ended but she continued to work until that date. She is now no longer working and is applying for Universal Credit.”

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The warning was given to defendant Callum Garbutt after he changed plea and admitted a charge of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, at a hearing at Durham Crown Court.

Garbutt, 21, who appeared via video link from HMP Durham, attacked another man in Spennymoor, on December 14, 2024.

The court was told the defendant had previously admitted the lesser offence of unlawful wounding, but without the intent element.

Now he has admitted the more serious wounding with intent allegation, the other plea can be vacated.

Calum McNicholas, for Garbutt, said: “The facts are relatively straight-forward but there may be some complexity to this defendant.”

Mr McNicholas asked for sentence to be adjourned to allow for preparation of both a psychological assessment on the defendant and a background report by the Probation Service.

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Judge Nathan Adams agreed to the adjournment for the reports to be compiled but said the starting point, according to the sentencing guidelines, is likely to be four or five years.

Adjourning the case until the sentencing hearing, on Friday June 12, Judge Adams told Garbutt, of Catherine Close, Spennymoor: “As you have now pleaded there no longer needs to be a trial.

“But you will remain in custody in the meantime.”

Comedian Dapper Laughs spoke out for the first time after being called out by Katie Price, over a ‘joke’ he made about her eldest son, Harvey.

Dapper Laughs has broken his silence after being called out by Katie Price, over a joke he reportedly made about her eldest son.

The mum-of-five was left raging after the comedian seemingly took aim at Harvey Price while on stage at a recent gig, before telling the crowd to “pretend he didn’t say anything” about the 23-year-old – who was diagnosed with genetic disorder Prader-Willi syndrome.

The content creator, 41, ignored the brewing controversy and instead posted a new video on social media, urging fans to change up their mentality. He said: “Happy Monday! It’s a brand new fresh week – don’t start with the same mentality you ended last week on. Shift it, f**k it, let it go. Whoever is getting you down, f**k them,” he instructed.

“Switch it up, change your perspective. Whatever it is you’re thinking about and worrying about, f**king shift it out the way and focus on the positive things in your life.

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“I’m thinking about all of the beautiful things in my life today and I’m like, “Today, I’m going to take a f**king day off worrying”. Why don’t you do the same thing?”

He followed this up with a screenshot of his lock screen, which has the quote: “Don’t worry about calming the storm. Calm yourself, the storm will pass”.

“Please try to ket it go… Put yourself first [sic],” he added, before clarifying that “ket” was a typo in another post.

Katie is known for being fiercely protective of her family and previously voiced concerns she has over her firstborn child, who was also diagnosed with autism and septo-optic dysplasia.

Over the weekend, she called out Daniel over a remark he reportedly made on stage, fuming: “So I hear last night @dappersinstagram made a joke about my son Harvey AGAIN then said ‘pretend I didn’t say anything or I’ll get cancelled again’. He does charity football games for children and sure he has his own kids.

“Having to use my son with complex needs and can’t defend himself for a joke, makes this man a disgusting human being, so I prey he gets cancelled for EVERYTHING [sic].”

In another post, she begged fans to report the comedian for “bullying” her son and demanded an apology for “his horrible words to others”.

Katie’s husband, Lee Andrews, also made his feelings known over the matter and called for Daniel to meet him in the boxing ring.

Uploading a picture of the Celebrity Big Brother star’s Instagram page, he added: “Daniel, I’ll fight you in Miss-fits in June. I won’t ever train for it so I can knock your fat t**t all over like the stodgy little round punching bag you (are) son.”

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Written and directed by Charlotte Regan, the show follows Shannon (Laird), the daughter of her area’s dominant crime family, who is desperately searching for romance in the shadow of her father, Dylan.

She ends up falling hard for Arran (Coyle-Larner), a member of a rival crime family who has newly arrived in town.

A synopsis for the show adds: “While Shannon and Arran are navigating their forbidden romance, elsewhere, things are imploding for Shannon’s family.

“Early in our series, Dylan (Sam Riley) decides to step down as the head of the family for mysterious reasons.

“Sam (Neil Leiper), Dylan’s second in command, steps up to take over, though his diverging tactics start to raise alarm”.

Despite the crime family aspects of the story, it is secondary to the romantic plotline.

Explaining why she wanted to make the programme, Charlotte Regan shared: “I’ve always loved gangster shows, gangster films, and I’d wanted them to centre around the women in the families.

“I think I always thought they were like the backbones of those kinds of families when you read about them and watch them.

“So, it came from that, really, it started with Ollie (Lindsay Duncan), the grandma – she was one of the first characters and it just went from there.”

Meanwhile, Emma Laird shared that Regan’s previous work encouraged her to take on a role in Mint.

She said: “I was a big fan of her film Scrapper and thought she was great.

“I was mid-shoot on another project and was flying to Venice Film Festival the next day but I went in to read [for the part] – I was so terrible at the Scottish accent, despite my dad being Scottish!

“I met Charli and from that first meeting, it was just super collaborative.

“It gave me a taste for what it would be like to be on set with her.

“And it has been the most beautiful collaboration; it’s exceeded my expectations.”

Mint full cast list for BBC series

• Emma Laird as Shannon
• Benjamin Coyle-Larner as Arran
• Sam Riley as Dylan
• Laura Fraser as Cat
• Lindsay Duncan as Ollie
• Lewis Gribben as Luke
• Neil Leiper as Sam
• Lucy Howard as Young Shannon

• Gordon Brown as Eddie
• Thierry Mabonga as Spencer
• Murray Fraser as Jasper
• Russ Bain as Ben
• Connor Newall as Liangelo
• Tav MacDougall as Colin
• Lucas Green as Young Liangelo
• Joseph Ogbu as Young Arran
• Emma Hartley-Miller as Nadia
• Hannah Collins as Jackie
• Clive Russell as Andy
• David Carlyle as Tom

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When will Mint be on TV?

The first episode of Mint will air at 9pm on BBC One on Monday, April 20, with the second episode following immediately afterwards at 9.30pm.

The remaining six episodes will air in the same timeslots over the next few weeks.

Alternatively, all eight episodes will be available to watch from 6am on Monday, April 20, on BBC iPlayer.

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Cork beat Tipperary in Munster Championship opener at Semple Stadium, but celebrations turned sour for one young fan who was accidentally struck

It was a day of jubilation for Cork hurlers – but proceedings concluded on a rather unfortunate note for one young Rebel follower in Thurles.

Ben O’Connor’s side mounted an impressive comeback, rattling off eight consecutive points in the second period to overcome reigning All-Ireland champions Tipperary in their Munster Championship curtain-raiser at Semple Stadium.

Having suffered defeat to Tipperary in last year’s All-Ireland final, victory tasted particularly satisfying for Cork and their supporters. The hosts managed just a solitary point from open play in the second half, which didn’t arrive until the 65th minute.

The final whistle triggered scenes of celebration, with predominantly young Cork supporters flooding onto the pitch to acclaim their heroes.

Yet matters took an unexpected turn for one enthusiastic youngster who rushed forward hoping to meet Darragh Fitzgibbon, only to inadvertently take a hurley to the face, reports the Irish Mirror.

The three-time All-Star was locked in an embrace with a team-mate and remained completely oblivious to the young supporter positioned on the opposite side of the duo.

The youngster crumpled to the turf clutching his face, going unnoticed by the celebrating Cork players.

What followed demonstrated genuine class from Tipperary stalwart Noel McGrath, who spotted the injured child. He approached immediately to assess the boy’s condition and made certain he received appropriate attention from ground stewards.

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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan moved ahead Monday with preparations for a new round of talks between the United States and Iran days before a tenuous ceasefire is set to expire, even as renewed conflict around the Strait of Hormuz raised questions about whether the meeting would take place.

Over the weekend, the U.S. attacked and seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel that it said had tried to evade its blockade of Iranian ports. Iran’s joint military command vowed to respond, and its Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi told his Pakistani counterpart that American threats to Iranian ships and ports were “clear signs” of Washington’s disingenuousness ahead of the planned talks, Iran state media reported.

With tensions flaring and the ceasefire due to expire midweek, Pakistan has intensified diplomatic contacts with both Washington and Tehran over the past 24 hours with the goal of resuming the talks on Tuesday as planned, according to two Pakistani officials involved in the preparations. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press.

U.S. President Donald Trump has said American negotiators would head to the Pakistani capital on Monday, but it was not immediately clear whether those plans would now change.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei told reporters in Tehran on Monday that there were no plans yet to attend the talks with the U.S. But at the same time, he did not rule it out.

“We have no plans for the next round of negotiations and no decision has been made in this regard,” Baghaei said.

Iran on Saturday said it had received new proposals from the United States but suggested a wide gap remained between the sides. It was unclear whether either side had shifted stances on issues that derailed the last round of negotiations, including Iran’s nuclear enrichment program, its regional proxies and the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran throttled traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, which connects the Persian Gulf to the open seas, shortly after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on Feb. 28 to start the war. The U.S. has also instituted a blockade of Iranian ports.

Roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil trade normally passes through the strait, along with critical supplies of fertilizer for the world’s farmers, natural gas and humanitarian supplies for places in dire need like Afghanistan and Sudan.

Iran says more than 3,000 have been killed in country so far

Since the war started, at least 3,375 people have been killed in Iran, according to a new toll released Monday in official Iranian media by Abbas Masjedi, the head of Iran’s Legal Medicine Organization. He did not break down casualties among civilians and security forces, instead just saying that 2,875 were male and 496 were female. Masjedi said 383 of the dead were children 18 years old and under.

More than 2,290 people have also been killed in Lebanon, 23 in Israel and more than a dozen in Gulf Arab states. Fifteen Israeli soldiers in Lebanon and 13 U.S. service members throughout the region have been killed.

Iran’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz has also sent oil prices skyrocketing and given rise to one of the worst global energy crises in decades.

Oil prices recovered slightly following Iran’s announcement that the strait was being reopened a 10-day truce between Israel and the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon took hold on Friday.

But then Trump said the U.S. blockade “will remain in full force” until Tehran reaches a deal with the U.S. and on Sunday the military seized the Iranian cargo ship, the first interception since the blockade began last week.

Iran’s joint military command called the armed boarding an act of piracy and a ceasefire violation, the state broadcaster said, and vowed to again enforce restrictions imposed early in the war. Already on Saturday, Iran fired at ships trying to transit.

Oil prices were up again in early trading on Monday, with Brent crude, the international standard, at about $95 a barrel — up more than 30% from the day the war started.

Iran early Monday warned it could keep up the global economic pain as ships remained unable to transit the strait, with hundreds of vessels waiting at each end for clearance.

Security of the strait is not free and “the choice is clear: either a free oil market for all, or the risk of significant costs for everyone,” Mohammad Reza Aref, first vice president of Iran, said in a social media post calling for a lasting end to military and economic pressure on Tehran.

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Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Rising from Bangkok.

Deputy High Court judge Sarah Clarke KC said in a judgment on Monday: “I find that neither Ms Parry nor Ms Gourlay deliberately concealed any of their disputed items from the claimant and even if I am wrong about that, Mr Winehouse could have discovered what disputed items the defendants had with reasonable diligence.”