2017 – Page 17 – World Justice News

Man guilty of showing beheading video to child

October 5, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man who showed a beheading video to a child has been convicted of disseminating “terrorist propaganda”. Pharmacist Zameer Ghumra, of Leicester, showed the boy a graphic Twitter video on his mobile phone. Nottingham Crown […]

“Sexual conveyor belt” trio guilty of running prostitute ring

October 5, 2017 World Justice News 0

Three people have been found guilty of running a prostitution network described as a “sexual conveyor belt” by a judge. Hong Chin, 45, former partner Li Wei Gao, 44, and lover Ting Li Lu, 47, […]

Noel Conway: Terminally ill man loses right-to-die case

October 5, 2017 World Justice News 0

A terminally ill man has lost his High Court challenge against the law on assisted dying. Noel Conway, 67, from Shrewsbury, who has motor neurone disease, wanted a doctor to be allowed to prescribe a […]

Erdogan assassination plot: Turkish court sentences 40 to life in prison

October 4, 2017 World Justice News 0

A Turkish court has sentenced 40 people to life in prison for attempting to kill President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Forty-six people were on trial for the alleged assassination plot during last year’s failed military coup. […]

Judge Recommends ISP and Search Engine Blocking of Sci-Hub

October 4, 2017 World Justice News 0

Sci-Hub, which is regularly referred to as the “Pirate Bay of Science,” faces one of the strongest anti-piracy injunctions we have seen in the US to date. A magistrate judge in Virginia has recommended a […]

Pastor and wife face 25 sex assault charges

October 4, 2017 World Justice News 0

A Canadian evangelical pastor and his wife are facing more than two dozen charges related to sex offences. British Columbia RCMP charged Samuel Emerson, 34, with 25 sex offence charges on Tuesday, including 13 charges […]

Robyn Mercer murder: Man jailed for forging victim’s will

October 4, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man has been jailed for forging the will of an antiques dealer who was bludgeoned to death outside her home. Robert Webb, 54, was facing eviction from the home he shared with Robyn Mercer, […]

Mother jailed for refusing to vaccinate her son

October 4, 2017 World Justice News 0

A mother in the US state of Michigan has been sentenced to seven days in jail after she refused a judge’s order to have her son vaccinated. Rebecca Bredow would not let her nine-year-old be […]

Sale of acids to under-18s to be banned, Amber Rudd says

October 3, 2017 zoshinuk 0

The government will ban the sale of acids to anyone under the age of 18, Home Secretary Amber Rudd has said. Her pledge, at the Conservative Party conference, comes as more than 400 attacks using […]

Detective Leanne McKie death: Husband in court on murder charge

October 3, 2017 World Justice News 0

The husband of a police detective who was found dead in a lake has been remanded in custody accused of murder. Mother-of-three Leanne McKie, 39, was discovered in the water at Poynton Park, Cheshire, on […]

Human Rights

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2017

Man guilty of showing beheading video to child

“Sexual conveyor belt” trio guilty of running prostitute ring

Noel Conway: Terminally ill man loses right-to-die case

Erdogan assassination plot: Turkish court sentences 40 to life in prison

Judge Recommends ISP and Search Engine Blocking of Sci-Hub

Pastor and wife face 25 sex assault charges

Robyn Mercer murder: Man jailed for forging victim’s will

Mother jailed for refusing to vaccinate her son

Sale of acids to under-18s to be banned, Amber Rudd says

Detective Leanne McKie death: Husband in court on murder charge