September 2017 – Page 3 – World Justice News

Orion Krause’s father says family is ‘devastated’ after Groton quadruple murder, asks for police report to remain impounded

September 21, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Melissa Hanson The father of Orion Krause — the 22-year-old accused of bludgeoning his mother, maternal grandparents and their home health aide to death in Groton — is asking for the police report of […]

Right-to-die cases no longer need court approval after landmark ruling

September 21, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Caroline Mortimer Doctors and relatives of patients with debilitating illnesses will no longer have to get court permission before withdrawing life support treatment, a high court judge has ruled. It means that if relatives […]

Town of the damned: the Australian town with ‘staggering’ child sex abuse rate

September 20, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Candace Sutton WARNING: Confronting. ROEBOURNE, Western Australia, is in the grip of a paedophile epidemic that has seen such a high incidence that child sex abuse is “normal”. Police have charged 36 men with […]

Dylann Roof, Convicted Charleston Church Killer, Wants to Fire Jewish, Indian Lawyers

September 20, 2017 zoshinuk 0

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A white supremacist who was sentenced to death in the 2015 massacre of nine black worshippers has told a federal appeals court he wants to fire his appellate attorneys because one of […]

FBI wiretapped Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort

September 19, 2017 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was wiretapped by the FBI due to concerns about his links with Moscow, according to US media. The reported surveillance, granted under a court warrant, occurred both before and […]

Man appears in court accused of 1972 sex attack

September 19, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man accused of raping and kidnapping an 18-year-old woman more than 40 years ago has appeared in court. Peter Pickering, 79, is charged with the rape and false imprisonment of the woman in Deepcar, […]

UK threat level lowered to “severe” from “critical” as 2nd man arrested over tube attack

September 17, 2017 World Justice News 0

A second man has been arrested in connection with Friday’s attack on a London Tube train, police said. The 21-year-old man was arrested in Hounslow, west London, on Saturday night on suspicion of a terror […]

Protests after St Louis officer cleared in shooting of Anthony Lamar Smith

September 16, 2017 World Justice News 0

A white former Missouri policeman has been found not guilty of murdering a black man by shooting him five times after a car chase. A judge acquitted Jason Stockley of first-degree murder over the 2011 […]

UK terror threat increased to critical

September 16, 2017 World Justice News 0

The UK terror threat has been increased to its highest level as police continue the hunt for the person behind the Tube bombing in south-west London. The prime minister said the threat was now critical, […]

Rebel Wilson awarded A$4.5m in magazine defamation case

September 13, 2017 World Justice News 0

Actress Rebel Wilson has been awarded A$4.5m (£2.7m; $3.6m) in Australia’s largest payout for a defamation case. Ms Wilson successfully argued that a series of magazine articles had wrongly portrayed her as a serial liar. […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]

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Month: September 2017