... backstage !


Streetcast boy (by Tony) at my recent MKK FW09 shooting.
We talked a lot about the "RAF-chic" look and Berlin Punks even though the final images will have none of that !

Mimmi@Mika's backstage at the shooting...


Mimmi@Mika's at my recent MKK FW09 shooting.
We talked a lot about the "RAF-chic" look and Berlin Punks even though the final images will have none of that !

Ambra Bolin @ Mika's


... second day of shooting today !
Mostly stillifes but also green-eyed beauty Ambra Bolin @ Mika's !!!
Long, black feathery extensions on this one...

Carl M @ Mika's


Just finished the first day of shooting for the MKK FW09 campaign.
Here Kalle @ Mika's with extensions and curls, (normally he's cropped very short...)
More posts from behind the scenes soon...

Throw her off the balcony

Explosive details of text messages and telephone conversations between the two defendants in the Suzanne Tamim murder case have been published. The transcripts, obtained by Egyptian newspaper Al Ahram from a source at a telecoms company, contain damming evidence that the two men conspired to kill the Lebanese singer in Dubai.

Egyptian tycoon Hesham Talaat Moustafa, a member of parliament for the ruling National Democratic Party in Egypt, is charged with paying former policeman, Muhsen el-Sukkari, $2 million to stab Tamim to death at her Jumeirah Beach Residence apartment on July 28.

The transcripts show that the pair had several telephone conversations and exchanged text messages in the weeks leading up to Tamim’s murder. In one of the phone calls, made in May, el-Sukkari tells Moustafa that he has Tamim under surveillance in London and that two other men are watching her in Dubai.

“If they can, then let them do it,” Moustafa tells him.

“The best way is to throw her from a balcony just like what happened to Ashraf Marwan,” he added. Ashraf Marwan is an Egyptian businessman who was murdered in London in 2007 by being thrown from his balcony.

A text message sent later from el-Sukkari to Moustafa said: “To be safe, call me from different numbers. There is good news - the issue is nearly resolved.” In another message el-Sukkari appears to remind his alleged employer about his fee: “Boss, please don’t forget to send me the money,” it read.

Other calls have el-Sukkari and Moustafa discussing Tamim and how she had surprised them by moving to Dubai with her Iraqi Boxing champion boyfriend Riyadh Al-Azawi. The pair’s trial is ongoing in Egypt after both pleaded not guilty to murder and incitement charges at the first hearing on October 18. Court proceedings are due to resume next Saturday.

The prosecution claims that Moustafa’s motive for ordering the star’s slaughter was revenge - he is widely reported to have been a former lover of Tamim. The prosecution also contends that el-Sukkari killed Tamim, 30, after tricking her into opening the door of her luxury apartment by posing as a representative of the building owners. She was stabbed several times and her throat was cut.

Footballer Is Guilty

Wednesday 22 Oct, 2008

An Emirati footballer has been sentenced to three years in jail for kidnapping a woman and locking her up in his flat. Salah Abbas, a 26-year-old footballer for a leading team in the Etisalat league, and his compatriot, were found guilty of kidnapping the 21-year-old Iraqi woman yesterday. The court heard that in August last year, the victim was with her female friends at a petrol station in Rashidiya and was invited to a party by the star. After she refused, Abbas forced her into his car and took her to his villa, where he threatened to burn her. After she escaped, police were called and they took Abbas into custody. Abbas is already on bail pending appeal in a separate case after being sentenced to three years for firing a gun at a man and forcing him to kiss the foot of his friend.

Woman gets six months in jail for molesting policewoman

By Bassam Za'za', Senior Reporter
Published: October 21, 2008, 23:45

Dubai: A New Zealand woman will spend six months in jail for sexually molesting a policewoman when she was under the influence of liquor, ruled a court.

The Dubai Court of First Instance found the 41-year-old female, L.T., guilty of hugging and kissing the policewoman and touching her private body parts besides drinking alcohol, as charged by the Public Prosecution.

Presiding Judge Saeed Salem Bin Sarm also said she will be deported after serving her punishment, which is still subject to appeal within 15 days.

When she first appeared in court, the woman, who is a housewife denied that she kissed, hugged or indecently touched the policewoman. She pleaded not guilty to molestation and admitted drinking alcohol.

Public Prosecution records said the policewoman went with a police patrol to a five-star hotel in Jumeirah after Dubai Police's operation room received an emergency tip that the accused was causing trouble to hotelgoers.

The policewoman testified during the Public Prosecution questioning that when she took the accused for blood and urine test to examine the amount of alcohol she had consumed, 'she molested me'.

The 41-year-old was found guilty of hugging and kissing the policewoman, besides drinking alcohol.
http://www.gulfnews.com/nation/Police_and_The_Courts/10253583.html