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Hurricane Irma: More than 100 high risk prisoners escaped

September 12, 2017 World Justice News 0
More than 100 prisoners escaped when Hurricane Irma hit the British Virgin Islands, Foreign Office minister Sir Alan Duncan has confirmed. He told MPs there had been a “serious threat of the complete breakdown of […]
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Rooney traveller family jailed for modern slavery offences

September 12, 2017 zoshinuk 0
Nine members of a traveller family who kept workers in squalid conditions have been jailed for modern day slavery offences. One victim, whose ordeal spanned more than 25 years, was made to dig his own […]
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Czech crime gang jailed for more than 20 years for trying to halt Devon modern slavery trial

September 12, 2017 zoshinuk 0
ByDaniel Clark Four Czech nationals who tried to derail a human trafficking trial by forcing a victim to retract his testimony have been jailed for a total of more than 20 years. Ruzena Tancosova, 56, […]
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Vicar sets himself on fire after being arrested over historic sexual offences

September 12, 2017 zoshinuk 0
A vicar set himself on fire in his garden after he was arrested on suspicion of historic sexual offences, an inquest heard. The remains of Father Martyn Neale, 60, were found by his sister Janis […]
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Photographer wins ‘monkey selfie’ legal fight

September 12, 2017 zoshinuk 0
A photographer has won a two-year legal fight against an animal rights group over a “monkey selfie” photograph. Naruto the macaque monkey took the image in the Indonesian jungle in 2011 when it picked up […]
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ShareBeast & AlbumJams Operator Pleads Guilty to Criminal Copyright Infringement

September 11, 2017 World Justice News 0
The operator of several music piracy sites has pleaded guilty to criminal copyright infringement. Artur Sargsyan ran ShareBeast, a platform claimed by the RIAA to be the largest music piracy site in the United States. […]
Dallas shooting
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Dallas gunman kills seven watching Dallas Cowboys match

September 11, 2017 World Justice News 0
A gunman has killed seven people at a home in Dallas, Texas, before being shot dead by police. Two further shooting victims are in hospital after they were injured at the property on Sunday night. […]
Hurricane Irma
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Florida Sheriff Warns Facebook Live Group: ‘Don’t Shoot At Hurricane Irma’

September 10, 2017 World Justice News 0
Hurricane Irma ripped through the Caribbean last week and had its sights set on Florida. Locals decided to try and fight the impending storm off when they signed up via Facebook to take aim and shoot […]
YouTube copyright
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Court Rules YouTube Doesn’t Have to Expose IP-Addresses of Movie Pirates

September 10, 2017 World Justice News 0
YouTube doesn’t have to hand over the IP-addresses of infringing uploaders to a German filmmaker, the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt has ruled. The Court argues that IP-addresses can not be used to send a […]
Quamari Serunkuma-Barnes
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15-year-old boy sentenced for stabbing to death teenager outside his school gates

September 6, 2017 World Justice News 0
A 15-year-old boy has been sentenced for stabbing to death another teenager outside his school gates in an act described as “pure evil”. Quamari Serunkuma-Barnes, also 15, was chased and stabbed three times outside Capital […]

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