November 2017 – Page 4 – World Justice News

Mum wins legal review over police keeping son’s naked photo details

November 11, 2017 World Justice News 0

The mother of a schoolboy who sent a naked photo of himself to a girl has won the right to a judicial review over a police force’s refusal to delete his name from its records. […]

Suspect’s farts makes police stop interview in Kansas

November 11, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man’s police interrogation in Kansas City, Missouri was ended prematurely after he began answering questions by farting, according to local reports. Sean Sykes Jnr is facing federal gun and drug charges after being pulled […]

Mercedes Formula 1 team robbed at gunpoint

November 11, 2017 World Justice News 0

Lewis Hamilton says he was “upset” by news that personnel from his Mercedes team were robbed at gunpoint in Sao Paulo on Friday night. A van of Mercedes workers was held up on the road […]

UK prosecutors admit destroying key emails in Julian Assange case

November 10, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Ewen MacAskill and Owen Bowcott The Crown Prosecution Service is facing embarrassment after admitting it destroyed key emails relating to the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is holed up in Ecuador’s London embassy fighting extradition. […]

Obama reports for jury duty in Chicago and is dismissed

November 9, 2017 World Justice News 0

Former US President Barack Obama has turned up for jury duty at a Chicago courthouse, but was dismissed by the judge without being called on to serve. Crowds thronged the Daley Center municipal building to […]

Teen guilty of bid to import explosives from dark web

November 8, 2017 World Justice News 0

A teenager has been convicted of trying to import explosives from the dark web with intent to endanger life. Gurtej Singh Randhawa, from Wolverhampton, attempted to buy a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, which would be sent to […]

Senior West Midlands Police officer Marcus Beale to be charged under Official Secrets Act

November 8, 2017 World Justice News 0

A senior police officer is to be charged over allegations he failed to safeguard sensitive documents which were stolen from his car. The papers were in a locked box taken from Assistant Chief Constable Marcus […]

Child sex offenders to be named as such in US passports

November 8, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By MATTHEW LEE WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s registered child sex offenders will now have to use passports identifying them for their past crimes when traveling overseas. The State Department said Wednesday it would begin revoking […]

Case Is Dropped Against Activist Who Laughed at Jeff Sessions’s Hearing

November 8, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By MAYA SALAM The Department of Justice this week dismissed its case against a human rights protester who, clad in pink as Lady Liberty, was arrested after she laughed during Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s confirmation […]

Elsie Scully-Hicks: Dad jailed for life for murder

November 7, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A man who murdered his 18-month-old daughter just two weeks after formally adopting her has been handed a life sentence. Matthew Scully-Hicks, 31, of Delabole, Cornwall, was told he must serve at least 18 years […]

Human Rights

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 […]

Human Rights

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 […]

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 […]

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Month: November 2017

Suspect’s farts makes police stop interview in Kansas

Mercedes Formula 1 team robbed at gunpoint

UK prosecutors admit destroying key emails in Julian Assange case

Obama reports for jury duty in Chicago and is dismissed

Teen guilty of bid to import explosives from dark web

Senior West Midlands Police officer Marcus Beale to be charged under Official Secrets Act

Child sex offenders to be named as such in US passports

Case Is Dropped Against Activist Who Laughed at Jeff Sessions’s Hearing

Elsie Scully-Hicks: Dad jailed for life for murder