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Larry Nassar jailed for another 40 to 125 years

February 5, 2018 World Justice News 0

Disgraced ex-sports doctor Larry Nassar has been jailed for another 40 to 125 years for molesting young gymnasts. Nassar already faced a lifetime in jail for two prior sentences for sexually abusing girls at USA […]

Salah Abdeslam: Paris suspect attacks ‘anti-Muslim bias’

February 5, 2018 World Justice News 0

The sole surviving suspect from the 2015 Paris terror attacks is refusing to speak any further in a Belgian court, where he is on trial over the gunfight that led to his arrest. Salah Abdeslam […]

Lauri Love case: Hacking suspect wins extradition appeal

February 5, 2018 World Justice News 0

Alleged computer hacker Lauri Love has won his High Court appeal against his extradition to the US. Mr Love, 32, from Stradishall, Suffolk, who was first arrested in October 2013, is suspected of hacking into […]

Teacher Martin Myers put his sock in boy’s mouth

February 4, 2018 World Justice News 0

A primary school teacher accused of putting his sock in a boy’s mouth and giving pupils answers during exams has been banned from teaching. Martin Myers, 47, taught at Ecton Village Primary School in Northamptonshire […]

Barry and Honey Sherman: The mystery of the strangled billionaires

February 4, 2018 World Justice News 0

The killing of a wealthy Canadian couple made headlines around the world. Then the news they had been found hanging by men’s belts next to their indoor pool, with no apparent motive, deepened the intrigue. […]

India principal ‘puts students through trial by fire’

February 2, 2018 World Justice News 0

Police in India have lodged a complaint against a school principal after she allegedly forced 13 pupils to hold their hands over a candle flame. The head teacher, Sushanti Hembrom, was trying to find out […]

Ashwin Daudia guilty of wife in suitcase murder

February 2, 2018 World Justice News 0

A man who was caught on CCTV dragging his ex-wife’s body in a suitcase has been jailed for her murder. Ashwin Daudia, 51, strangled Kiran Daudia and stuffed her remains into the luggage before dumping […]

Larry Nassar attacked by Randall Margraves

Larry Nassar: Father of victim lunges at disgraced US doctor in court

February 2, 2018 World Justice News 0

A father whose three daughters were abused by disgraced US gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar has tried to attack him in a Michigan courtroom. Randall Margraves had to be restrained by three court security officers. Before […]

Texas man executed for killing his two daughters

February 1, 2018 World Justice News 0

A man who shot and killed his two daughters in 2001 was executed in Texas on Thursday evening. John Battaglia, 62, called the girls’ mother before murdering his six and nine-year-old daughters in his Dallas […]

Five migrants shot in huge Calais brawl

February 1, 2018 World Justice News 0

At least five migrants have been shot in the French port city of Calais, after a mass brawl between Afghans and Eritreans. French news agency AFP reports that four men have been hospitalised in a […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]

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Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2018

Larry Nassar jailed for another 40 to 125 years

Salah Abdeslam: Paris suspect attacks ‘anti-Muslim bias’

Lauri Love case: Hacking suspect wins extradition appeal

Teacher Martin Myers put his sock in boy’s mouth

Barry and Honey Sherman: The mystery of the strangled billionaires

India principal ‘puts students through trial by fire’

Ashwin Daudia guilty of wife in suitcase murder

Larry Nassar: Father of victim lunges at disgraced US doctor in court

Texas man executed for killing his two daughters

Five migrants shot in huge Calais brawl