July 2018 – Page 5 – World Justice News

Jodi Arias appeals murder conviction from ‘circus-like’ trial

July 9, 2018 World Justice News 0

Jodi Arias is asking an appeals court to overturn her murder conviction in the 2008 death of her former boyfriend, saying a prosecutor’s misconduct and a judge’s failure to control news coverage during the salacious case deprived her of […]

Novichok: Murder inquiry after Dawn Sturgess dies

July 8, 2018 World Justice News 0

Police have launched a murder inquiry after a woman exposed to nerve agent Novichok in Wiltshire died. Dawn Sturgess, 44, died in hospital on Sunday evening after falling critically ill on 30 June. Charlie Rowley, […]

Tyler Honeycutt: Ex-NBA player dies after police shootout

July 8, 2018 World Justice News 0

Basketball player Tyler Honeycutt has died after a shootout with US police, local media report. The Los Angeles Police Department said an unnamed suspect appeared to have died of a “self-inflicted gunshot”, after reportedly firing […]

Kim Dotcom Loses Extradition Appeal, Will Take Case to Supreme Court

July 8, 2018 World Justice News 0

Kim Dotcom and former colleagues Mattias Ortmann, Bram van der Kolk and Finn Batato, have failed in their latest bid to avoid extradition to the United States. In a ruling handed down in the New […]

Pakistan ex-PM Nawaz Sharif given 10-year jail term

July 6, 2018 World Justice News 0

A Pakistani court has sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to 10 years in prison on corruption charges related to four luxury London flats. The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) court handed down the verdict after […]

Tokyo Sarin attack: Aum Shinrikyo cult leaders executed

July 6, 2018 World Justice News 0

Seven members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult which carried out a deadly chemical attack on the Tokyo underground in 1995 have been executed, including cult leader Shoko Asahara. The Sarin attack, Japan’s worst terror […]

Novichok poisoning: Another Couple exposed to nerve agent

July 5, 2018 World Justice News 0

A man and woman found unconscious in Wiltshire were exposed to Novichok – the same nerve agent that poisoned ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal, police say. The couple, believed to be Charlie Rowley, 45, and Dawn […]

Woman held on suspicion of murdering eight babies at hospital

July 3, 2018 World Justice News 0

A healthcare professional has been arrested on suspicion of murdering eight babies and attempting to kill six others at a hospital. Cheshire Police said the woman’s arrest was a significant step forward in an investigation […]

Paris helicopter prison break for notorious gangster Redoine Faid

July 2, 2018 World Justice News 0

A notorious gangster has escaped by helicopter from a prison in the Paris region, the French authorities say. Redoine Faid was helped by several heavily armed men who created a diversion at the prison entrance […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]

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Month: July 2018

Jodi Arias appeals murder conviction from ‘circus-like’ trial

Novichok: Murder inquiry after Dawn Sturgess dies

Tyler Honeycutt: Ex-NBA player dies after police shootout

Kim Dotcom Loses Extradition Appeal, Will Take Case to Supreme Court

Pakistan ex-PM Nawaz Sharif given 10-year jail term

Tokyo Sarin attack: Aum Shinrikyo cult leaders executed

Novichok poisoning: Another Couple exposed to nerve agent

Woman held on suspicion of murdering eight babies at hospital

Paris helicopter prison break for notorious gangster Redoine Faid