2017 – Page 21 – World Justice News

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. […]

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 […]

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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France’s top court blocks social media ban for under-15s

August 16, 2026 0

France’s top court has struck down a ban on social media for under-15s, saying it infringed upon freedom of expression. The legislation was backed by French lawmakers in July, making it the first European country […]

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France bans unsolicited telemarketing calls

August 12, 2026 0

France has banned unsolicited telemarketing phone calls, in what a consumer group is hailing as a “small revolution” for the sales industry. From Tuesday, unsolicited calls are prohibited for businesses in all sectors – but […]

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Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

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Year: 2017

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

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

FBI wiretapped Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort

Man appears in court accused of 1972 sex attack

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

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

UK terror threat increased to critical

Rebel Wilson awarded A$4.5m in magazine defamation case

Hurricane Irma: More than 100 high risk prisoners escaped

Rooney traveller family jailed for modern slavery offences