Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Along with a red-carpet opening ceremony, a press conference with the members of the main competition jury is a staple event of major film festivals and the 26th edition of the Shanghai International Film Festival kicked off in traditional form on Friday. Along with Vietnam-French director Tran Anh Hung, previously revealed as jury president, the other members of the decisive committee this year are: Australian director and screenwriter Rolf de Heer; German director Matthias Glasner; Hong Kong actor Tony Leung Ka Fai; Argentinian director Santiago Mitre; Chinese director Sonthar Gyal; and, the jury’s only woman, star actor Zhou Xun. A packed audience lobbed familiar questions about the criteria they jurors would employ to decide the Golden Goblet prize winners, and what informs those views.
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26.05.2024 - 21:09 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
It was a regular morning at the Florence House medical practice. Receptionists were answering the phones as patients turned up for their appointments.
But, at 11am on September 17, 2021, the normality quickly shattered into violence. A patient, angered at being unable to get an appointment, caused utter carnage and devastation.
Olumuiwa Oduntan, 61, had barged his way into the surgery, on Ashton Old Road, Openshaw, just 15 minutes after making a number of abusive phone calls to ask for a repeat prescription.
READ MORE 'F*****g call the police... I'm gonna get arrested today': Man left NHS staff utterly terrified in vicious attack after storming surgery
After demanding an appointment, he was told there were none left. Unhappy with that response, he then told the receptionist: "I'm coming down there now. I'm gonna get arrested today, cos I wanna speak to a doctor."
It took just minutes for him to arrive at the GP surgery, where he picked up a metal barrier pole weighing over 8kg, smashed the safety glass at reception, before then jumping over the counter and attacking the innocent NHS staff working there.
He struck the receptionist over the head, knocking her unconscious, before also hitting a GP over the head after he rushed in to help break up the unfolding violence. The doctor also lost consciousness.
He threw the practice manager to the ground after she leaped onto his back, before striking a fourth worker over the head with the weapon, causing a traumatic brain injury.
The impacts of Oduntan's violent outburst were laid bare in court when he was sentenced last Thursday (May 23). Victim impact statements were read out from the four innocent NHS workers who were caught up in the horror incident.
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