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A schoolgirl in the UK accidentally hanged herself with a dressing gown cord while dancing in her bedroom to Lady Gaga. Megan Williams, 10, from Manchester in north-west England, put the cord around her neck as she danced around the room, the Daily Mail newspaper reports. The cord, which had been tied in a loop on a bunk bed, tightened and eventually strangled Megan to death as she struggled to escape. An inquest heard Megan's sister had tied the dressing gown cord to the bunk bed so she could put her leg into the loop and pull herself up. The...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Seven people pleaded guilty for their part in abusing Megan Williams -- but now Williams says that abuse never happened. She will hold a press conference Wednesday in Columbus, Ohio, to recant her claims of abuse, attorney Byron L. Potts, who represents Williams, told The Charleston Gazette on Tuesday night. "She has decided she has been living this lie for approximately two years and she has decided to tell the truth," Potts said. "She fabricated the story and she did this in retaliation because she was having a relationship with one of them."

Karen Burton of Chapmanville, W.Va., appears in magistrate court as Carmen Williams, right, covers her face Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007 at the Logan Co. Courthouse in Logan, W.Va. Burton is one of six whites accused of torturing Williams' daughter Megan Williams, 20, of Charleston, for days at a ramshackle trailer in Big Creek, W.Va. (AP Photo/Jeff Gentner) LOGAN, W.Va. (AP) — Charges against a sixth white suspect in the alleged rape, assault and torture of a black woman were sent to the grand jury Thursday.Karen Burton, 46, is charged with kidnapping, first degree sexual assault, malicious wounding, assault during...

After Megan Williams’ mother, Carmen, sat in a Logan County courtroom to watch the court proceedings of her daughter’s alleged attackers on Tuesday, she brought Megan Williams into Kanawha County Magistrate Court to be arraigned. Megan Williams is charged with offenses in Summers, Raleigh and Greenbrier counties. There are 11 misdemeanor counts of writing worthless checks, one misdemeanor count of obtaining under false pretenses and one felony count of failure to appear in circuit court in Summers County, according to documents provided by Kanawha County Magistrate Ward Harshbarger.