June 2017 – World Justice News

France’s Marine Le Pen charged over funding scandal

June 30, 2017 World Justice News 0

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been placed under formal investigation over an alleged European parliament funding scandal. The allegations were passed to French investigators who have opened a case. The parliament suspects some […]

French bank BNP Paribas accused of complicity in Rwandan genocide

June 30, 2017 zoshinuk 0

France’s largest bank is facing serious accusations after three NGOs on Thursday said they filed legal action against BNP Paribas alleging “complicity in genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity” during Rwanda’s 1994 genocide. The […]

Venus Williams “at fault” in fatal Florida car crash

June 30, 2017 World Justice News 0

US tennis star Venus Williams has been involved in a car crash that led to the death of a 78-year-old man. A spokesman for Palm Beach Gardens police in Florida confirmed to the BBC they […]

California’s gun control efforts suffer 2 legal setbacks

June 30, 2017 World Justice News 0

California’s efforts to strengthen what already are some of the nation’s strictest gun laws took two blows this week, the latest coming when a federal judge blocked a law set to take effect Saturday that […]

Chagos Islanders take marine park case to supreme court

June 30, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Owen Bowcott Chagos Islanders expelled decades ago from their homes on the Indian Ocean archipelago by the UK have taken their case to the supreme court. Opening a fresh legal challenge to restore […]

Sex attacker who posed as man found guilty

June 30, 2017 World Justice News 0

A woman has been convicted of impersonating a man for more than two years in an “astonishing deception” to trick her female friend into sex. Gayle Newland, 27, of Willaston, Cheshire, created a “disturbingly complex” […]

Convicted rapist Michael Cardamone pleads guilty to barbaric murder of Victorian mother Karen Chetcuti

June 30, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

The mother of a Victorian woman tortured and murdered by a rapist on parole has called for the man to be locked up for life, fearing that “no woman or child will be safe” if […]

Leg amputation delays sentencing for man who shot landlord in face over rent, missing cat

June 30, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

EDMONTON – A man convicted of attempted murder for shooting his landlord in the face had his sentencing put off Thursday so he can recover from a partial leg amputation before going to prison. Kyle […]

Sex slave ate her own baby after Isis cooked him and served him with rice

June 29, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Richard Hartley-Parkinson A sex slave is alleged to have been forced to eat her own son after he was killed and cooked by Isis fanatics, an Iraqi MP has said. Vian Dakhill claimed that […]

Woman ‘who made false rape claims’ storms out of court during trial

June 29, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Richard Hartley-Parkinson A woman on trial for making 15 false sex attack allegations in three years has stormed out of court. Jemma Beale, 25, left the court during cross examination when it was put […]

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Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

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Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

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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 […]

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Month: June 2017

France’s Marine Le Pen charged over funding scandal

French bank BNP Paribas accused of complicity in Rwandan genocide

Venus Williams “at fault” in fatal Florida car crash

California’s gun control efforts suffer 2 legal setbacks

Chagos Islanders take marine park case to supreme court

Sex attacker who posed as man found guilty

Convicted rapist Michael Cardamone pleads guilty to barbaric murder of Victorian mother Karen Chetcuti

Leg amputation delays sentencing for man who shot landlord in face over rent, missing cat

Sex slave ate her own baby after Isis cooked him and served him with rice

Woman ‘who made false rape claims’ storms out of court during trial