March 2018 – Page 5 – World Justice News

Britain First leader and deputy leader guilty of hate crimes

March 7, 2018 World Justice News 0

The leader and deputy leader of far-right group Britain First have been found guilty of religiously-aggravated harassment. Paul Golding, 36, and Jayda Fransen, 31, were arrested over the distribution of leaflets and posting of online […]

France to fix legal age of sexual consent as 15

March 6, 2018 World Justice News 0

France plans to fix the legal age of sexual consent as 15, so an adult having sex with someone of that age or younger will be considered rape. Equality Minister Marlène Schiappa welcomed the move, […]

Trump-Russia: Former aide Nunberg wavers over defying Mueller inquiry

March 6, 2018 World Justice News 0

A former Trump aide has stunned Washington with an extraordinary round of media interviews in response to a subpoena from the inquiry looking into alleged Russian election meddling. Sam Nunberg, who helped launch Donald Trump’s […]

Darren McKie ‘strangled detective wife over debts’

March 6, 2018 World Justice News 0

A police inspector strangled his detective wife after she confronted him over mounting debts, a court has heard. Chester Crown Court heard Darren McKie murdered his wife Leanne on the day she discovered he had […]

Leonne Weeks murder: Shea Peter Heeley jailed for 24 years

March 5, 2018 World Justice News 0

A 19-year-old man “obsessed with murder and killing” has been jailed for stabbing a 16-year-old girl to death in a “brutally violent” attack. Shea Heeley stabbed Leonne Weeks 28 times before hiding her body beneath […]

Cardinal Pell returns to court to fight sexual offence charges

March 5, 2018 World Justice News 0

Cardinal George Pell has returned to an Australian court for a hearing that will determine whether he stands trial on sexual assault charges. The Catholic cleric, 76, has strongly denied what police have described as […]

Iran detains 35 women for going to football match

March 1, 2018 World Justice News 0

Iran has detained 35 women for trying to attend a football match. They tried to go to a game between Tehran teams Esteqlal and Persepolis. Iran said they were temporarily held and would be released […]

Kim Dotcom: Obama Admitted “Mistakes Were Made” in Megaupload Case

March 1, 2018 World Justice News 0

Kim Dotcom is claiming that an associate was able to hire a friend of the Obamas to ask about the Megaupload case. “Mistakes were made. It hasn’t gone well. It’s a problem. I’ll see to […]

Man jailed for sending ‘Islamic State’ video link

March 1, 2018 World Justice News 0

A man has been jailed for sending a link to an Islamic State group instructional video which showed how to kill and make explosives. Christopher Soares, 28, of Lysways Street, Walsall, was arrested in June […]

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: March 2018

Britain First leader and deputy leader guilty of hate crimes

Trump-Russia: Former aide Nunberg wavers over defying Mueller inquiry

Darren McKie ‘strangled detective wife over debts’

Leonne Weeks murder: Shea Peter Heeley jailed for 24 years

Cardinal Pell returns to court to fight sexual offence charges

Iran detains 35 women for going to football match

Kim Dotcom: Obama Admitted “Mistakes Were Made” in Megaupload Case

Man jailed for sending ‘Islamic State’ video link