2017 – Page 61 – World Justice News

Homicide and knife crime rates ‘up in England and Wales’

April 27, 2017 World Justice News 0

Cases of homicide and knife crime recorded by police in England and Wales are rising, figures suggest. A total of 4.8 million offences were recorded in 2016, up 9% on the previous year. The Office […]

Big bounty offered to catch flight disrupting drone flyers

April 27, 2017 World Justice News 0

Chinese drone maker DJI is offering up to one million yuan (£112,000) for information about drones that disrupted scores of flights at a Chinese airport. On four days this month – 14, 17, 18 and […]

EU Court Rules Selling Piracy-Configured Media Players is Illegal

April 27, 2017 World Justice News 0

Selling devices pre-configured to obtain copyright-infringing content is illegal, the European Court of Justice effectively ruled today. The decision, which evolved from a case involving anti-piracy group BREIN and a shop that sold piracy-configured media […]

Football – arrests as Newcastle and West Ham raided in tax probe

April 26, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Newcastle United and West Ham United’s grounds have been raided in a fraud investigation, resulting in several arrests. HMRC said it deployed 180 officers across the UK and France, and several men working within professional […]

Boy’s solitary confinement in Feltham Young Offenders Institute ‘inhuman’

April 25, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Dan Whitehead, News Reporter The treatment of a teenage boy being held in prolonged solitary confinement at a young offenders’ unit has been described in court as “inhuman and degrading”. A judicial review has […]

NHS contaminated blood was ‘criminal cover-up’ – Burnham

April 25, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A “criminal cover-up on an industrial scale” took place over the use of NHS contaminated blood products in the 1970s and 1980s, former Health Secretary Andy Burnham has claimed. More than 2,000 deaths have been […]

Texas Lawmaker on a Hunger Strike to Protest Anti-Sanctuary City Bill

April 25, 2017 zoshinuk 0

by Erik Ortiz Texas lawmaker Victoria Neave hasn’t eaten since Sunday, she says, when she received a Holy Communion wafer during Mass. She drank juice that same morning, and has only consumed water since. This […]

Judge recuses himself in disturbing Roy child abuse case

April 25, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By Pat Reavy@DNewsCrimeTeam Utah, ROY — A new judge has been assigned to preside over the case of a Roy couple accused of zip tying the hands of their three adopted boys, leaving them locked […]

Brazil footballer Bruno Fernandes to return to jail over murder

April 25, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Brazilian footballer Bruno Fernandes has been ordered to return to jail to continue serving his 22-year-term for his role in the kidnapping and murder of his former girlfriend in 2010. The ex-Flamengo goalkeeper was released […]

Ahmednasir in fresh claim of Muhoro plot to kill him

April 25, 2017 zoshinuk 0

By STELLA CHERONO More by this Author In Summary Ahmednasir Abdullahi renewed his call to Inspector-General of Police Joseph Boinnet to institute an independent team of officers, not attached to the DCI, to investigate the […]

Human Rights

Britain’s assisted dying bill fails to become law as it runs out of time but supporters vow to continue fighting

April 25, 2026 0

Assisted dying will not become a law in England and Wales after the bill ran out of time for debate. The landmark legislation, which has been making its way through parliament for the past year-and-a-half, had […]

Human Rights

Facial recognition to be ‘rolled out’ across UK after human rights challenge fails

April 22, 2026 0

Facial recognition systems will be introduced across the country, the government has said as it welcomed the failure of a legal challenge to the technology. The case against the Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial […]

Canada

Canadian ‘online poison seller’ Kenneth Law to have ‘murder charges dropped in plea deal’

April 19, 2026 0

A Canadian chef accused of supplying deadly substances to people around the world who have taken their own lives will have murder charges dropped as part of a plea deal, his lawyer has said. Kenneth […]

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Year: 2017

Homicide and knife crime rates ‘up in England and Wales’

Big bounty offered to catch flight disrupting drone flyers

EU Court Rules Selling Piracy-Configured Media Players is Illegal

Football – arrests as Newcastle and West Ham raided in tax probe

Boy’s solitary confinement in Feltham Young Offenders Institute ‘inhuman’

NHS contaminated blood was ‘criminal cover-up’ – Burnham

Texas Lawmaker on a Hunger Strike to Protest Anti-Sanctuary City Bill

Judge recuses himself in disturbing Roy child abuse case

Brazil footballer Bruno Fernandes to return to jail over murder

Ahmednasir in fresh claim of Muhoro plot to kill him