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Strange news from Sydney, where Craig Nicholls, former lead singer of Aussie band The Vines (briefly hot at the beginning of the century) has been arrested for allegedly punching his mother in the head last Saturday. According to reports, Nicholls, who suffers from Asperger’s, has also been reported for an earlier incident where he allegedly held two steak knives inches from his mother’s neck and threatened, “I could stab you”. Nicholls now faces five charges…

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