THE final day of a thrilling US Open at Oakmont is here – and Tyrrell Hatton is in with a chance of winning his first EVER Major!
The “hardest course in the world” has fully lived up to its expectations, with the world’s best faltering – including Bryson DeChambeau failing to cut – and bad weather seeing play briefly SUSPENDED.
All is set for a stunning finale with World No 1 Scottie Scheffler and Masters champ Rory McIlroy enduring a torrid time in Pennsylvania.
Hatton, JJ Spaun and Sam Burns are the unlikely trio leading the title charge with four holes remaining, with Adam Scott and Viktor Hovland just about still in the mix.
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THE mother of a 21-year-old student who was murdered by a vile sex offender has slammed a ridiculous legal loophole that allows pervs to dodge the sex offenders register.
Lisa Squire’s daughter Libby was killed in Hull in 2019 by a prolific sex offender leaving Lisa heartbroken.
Lisa was horrified to learn that men who commit indecent exposure can avoid being put on the sex offenders register.
The loophole that prevents pervs from being put on the register means those who commit indecent exposure can avoid being monitored by police.
Pawel Relowicz, the vile sex offender who murdered Libby, had a history of indecent exposure.
Evil police officer Wayne Couzens who murdered Sarah Everard in 2021 also had a history of indecent exposure.
Ministers have been pushing for stronger legislation with mounting evidence showing those who commit indecent exposure go on to commit violent offences.
A landmark Bill making sure offenders can’t slip through the net is set to make its way back through the commons this week.
Libby’s mother, Lisa, branded the Bill Libby’s Law Part One and told The Mirror: “It’s a perfect legacy for Libby.
“Her death was so preventable, it shouldn’t have happened, but she’s making a difference.
“If we can learn from her death that’s perfect, it makes it a bit less senseless.”
Current laws require prosecutors to prove an offender caused alarm or distress with their actions to get a conviction for exposure.
Commonly offenders are charged with outraging public decency instead which does not result in them being added to the sex offenders register and allows them to dodge police monitoring.
Soon after Libby’s killer Relowicz was arrested Lisa was told by cops that he had a history of committing sexual offences.
The evil killer plead guilty to nine sexual offences unrelated to Libby’s murder, including voyeurism and outraging public decency.
Lisa said: “If more people had come forward and reported their experiences, and if police had been able to join the dots there might have been a different situation.”
Since the horror loss of her daughter Lisa has campaigned for victims to report non-contact sex offences to police, saying doing so will prevent more cases like her daughter’s.
The distraught mum was shocked to learn that offenders charged with outraging public decency can avoid being put on the register.
She said: “I never even imagined that they wouldn’t be. When I found out they weren’t I thought it was ridiculous. These are people that we should be watching.”
Lisa has demanded compulsory treatment programmes to stop those charged with indecent exposure’s behaviour escalating to more violent crimes and called for jail terms for those convicted of non-contact sex offences like exposure and voyeurism.
She reportedly believes her daughters death could have been prevented if more serious action was taken against vile Relowicz at an earlier stage.
Lisa believes that lives could be saved with the loophole closed and has campaigned tirelessly to make that a reality.
The Mirror reveal data showing the number of indecent exposure cases reported to police has skyrocketed since 2019.
Data from 37 of the 43 police forces in England and Wales shows a 15% rise in five years, while arrests have gone up by around 35%.
Dame Diana Johnson, Labour’s Policing Minister, told MPs last year that in five years almost 250 men found guilty of indecent exposure were later found guilty of rape.
She told the Commons: “Indecent exposure and non-contact sexual offences are gateway crimes that are still not taken seriously enough.”
The Home Office has now commissioned research into the link between non-contact sex offences and more violent crimes.
A National Police Chiefs’ Council spokesman said: “Sexual exposure is an incredibly serious crime which can be invasive and distressing for victims.
“We have been working hard to improve our response to sexual exposure and other non-contact sexual offences.”
Justice Minister Alex Davies-Jones said: “Exposure is a degrading and cowardly crime, which can often escalate into serious offending.
“We’re strengthening the law to bolster protection for victims, meaning offenders with a broader range of motivations, such as the intention to cause humiliation or for the purpose of sexual gratification, can be prosecuted – and added to the sex offender register where necessary.
“I am grateful to Libby’s family, and other victims and survivors, who have bravely campaigned for change in this area.”
A DAREDEVIL TT rider cheated death after slamming into a jumbo-sized seagull at 150mph – and somehow stayed in the saddle.
Mark Parrett, 55, was tearing through the famous Isle of Man course when the feathered missile hit him head on.
The 3kg bird busted his lower arm, snapping one bone in two, and dislocating his wrist.
Mark, a TT veteran with 98 starts under his belt, miraculously managed to stay in control of his powerful BMW superbike.
The speedster, from Midhurst, West Sussex, was airlifted to hospital after the smash earlier this month.
He told The Sun: “It’s a bit of a miracle I stayed upright.
“It was a huge seagull – they’re all massive on the Isle of Man – and it just shot up out of nowhere.
“I was doing 140 or 150mph so there was no way of avoiding it. I had to just grin and bear it.
“It felt like being hit by a cannonball. If it had hit me in the chest or the helmet, I’d be history.
“I was lucky that I didn’t come off the bike.”
Pictures posted on social media show his racing leathers drenched in bird guts.
Mark, a self-employed electrician by day who now faces surgery to plate and pin the break, later joked: “Parrett one. Seagull nil.
“It does go to show Parrett’s are birds of prey after all.”
He added: “I’ve had enough laps around that place to know the worst thing you can do is panic.
“It’s the nature of the circuit – you can hit all sorts of things.”
Mark is aiming to return to the Isle of Man next year for his 100th start.
He added: “I’m getting too old to be doing this, but it’s like an addiction. I will be back there next year, whatever happens.”
A post on the Facebook page of Mark Parrott Racing read: “A local seagull lay in wait for ‘The Parrett’ on the approach to the 33rd milestone and hit Mark on the left arm.
“He soon realised that it was rather serious when he tried to pull in the clutch and his left hand wasn’t working.”
