P119 CJJFAX 119 Fri 6 Jan 21:04/10 1/3 -n2n1 HOMEEWS -/.%/.%/, IN BRIEF SNAKE Workers at Heathrow Airport are searching for a six inch-long Californian King snake which escaped from a woman passenger before she could board her flight. HOUSING Last December saw one of the worst monthly falls in the housing market since the property slump began in 1989, the National Association of Estate Agents said. Home 110 Politics 130 World 160 Summary 102 Dispatch 190 Index 199 Politics World 0 Dispatch TravelP119 CEEFAX 119 Fri 6 Jan 21:50/30 2/3 -n2n1 HOMENEWS -/.%/.%/, IN BRIEF JAIL A former South Wales police officer has been jailed for two-and a-half years for sex attacks on children dating back 40 years. Now aged 86, he was found guilty of five charges of indecent assault. ATTACK Train passenger Peter Corti, who bit off a fellow commuter's ear after hj was told to stop smoking, has been jailed for three years. WEST The inquest into the death of alleged serial killer Frederick West has been opened and adjourned in Birmingham. Mr West was found hanging in his cell on Sunday. Home 110 Politics 130 World 160 Politics World Dispatch TravelP119 CEEFAX 119 Fri 6 Jan 21:51/50 3/3 -n2n1 HOMENEWS -/.%/.%/, IN BRIEF ESACPE Twenty-five-year-old Michael Thompson from Weston Super Mare has escaped from a supjrvisjd working party while half way through serving a four-year sentence at Dartmoor prison. TESTS A strike bz examiners next Wjdnjsday could lead to the cancellation of driving tests. The strike is over pay. CONVICTED Stephen Larkin, of Ardoynj, Belfast, has been jailed for 16 years for the attempted murder of two men, including leading loyalist John Adaiu. Home 110 Politics 130 World 160 Politics World Dispatch Travel