2016 – Page 74 – World Justice News

Canadian Jeremy Eaton sentenced to life in jail for selling Ecstasy in Philippines

October 7, 2016 goattank 0

In a swift prosecution that comes as that country’s government continues to wage an aggressive and deadly campaign against illegal drugs, Canadian Jeremy Eaton has been sentenced to life in jail in the Philippines. Eaton, 34, […]

$150,000 a Day IRS Scam Busted by Police in India

October 7, 2016 Kate Adan 0

Friday, October 7, 2016 Police in Mumbai, India arrested 70 people Thursday, the first step in dismantling a massive scam that cheated thousands of honest, unsuspecting Americans out of millions of dollars. Posing as representatives of […]

Saskatoon police officer to get new trial after obstruction conviction

October 7, 2016 goattank 0

A Saskatoon police officer, Const. Steve Nelson, convicted of obstruction in 2012 after he threw away a witness statement, will be getting a new trial. During sentencing last year, Judge Hugh Harradence called the witness statement “a […]

Jury Deliberating – Father Accused of Killing Baby

October 7, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Indiana: Trial for the man accused of murdering his 6-week-old son in 2014 went to the jury Friday afternoon. Willie Wilson is accused of killing his son, Delano Wilson, after he lied to police about […]

As hurricane hits looters prepare to loot

October 7, 2016 World Justice News 0

As Hurricane Matthew ravages the east coast of the USA, some people pray, some party but others prepare to loot. Some people have actually taken to Twitter to tweet about their hopes of being able […]

A New ‘Snowden’ Has Been Arrested

October 7, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

For the second time in three years a contractor has been accused of taking secrets related to the agency’s surveillance programs Federal prosecutors said. Arrested was a National Security Agency contractor and was charged […]

Judge slams Toronto police

October 7, 2016 World Justice News 0

Nosakhare Ohenhen served five years in prison for drug dealing. However, he gained a retrial and at the retrial was acquitted him of all charges. Justice Michael Quigley slammed the Toronto police for racial profiling […]

Yahoo Email Scan Creates Human Rights Concerns

October 7, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Serious human rights concerns have been raised by a Reuters report that Yahoo had scanned the emails of hundreds of millions of users at the request of a U.S. intelligence service, a United Nations’ human […]

Man arrested for climbing gate at Buckingham Palace

October 7, 2016 World Justice News 0

A 21-year-old man has been arrested after climbing over a gate at Buckingham Palace. Police were alerted to a man scaling the south gate at 1.45pm. He was arrested for trespassing on a designated site as […]

Banker who stabbed wife 124 times found guilty of manslaughter

October 7, 2016 World Justice News 0

Sanjay Nijhawan, 46, who was accused of murdering his wife Sonita, 38, at their mansion in a gated community in Weybridge, Surrey, on May 21, has been found guilty of manslaughter. Nijhawan, who was diagnosed with […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

Human Rights

Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

Human Rights

France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2016

Canadian Jeremy Eaton sentenced to life in jail for selling Ecstasy in Philippines

$150,000 a Day IRS Scam Busted by Police in India

Saskatoon police officer to get new trial after obstruction conviction

Jury Deliberating – Father Accused of Killing Baby

As hurricane hits looters prepare to loot

A New ‘Snowden’ Has Been Arrested

Judge slams Toronto police

Yahoo Email Scan Creates Human Rights Concerns

Man arrested for climbing gate at Buckingham Palace

Banker who stabbed wife 124 times found guilty of manslaughter