2018 – Page 72 – World Justice News

Couple guilty of homemade bomb terror attack plot

January 8, 2018 World Justice News 0

A man and woman have been found guilty of plotting a “devastating” terror attack in the UK using a homemade bomb. Food factory worker Munir Mohammed, 36, from Derby, and pharmacist Rowaida El-Hassan, 33, from […]

Craig McLachlan: Actor denies sexual misconduct allegations

January 8, 2018 World Justice News 0

Australian actor Craig McLachlan has denied allegations of sexual misconduct made against him by three women. The accusations against McLachlan, 52, concern his time performing in a 2014 production of the Rocky Horror Show. Three […]

Ex-football coach admits seven child sex offences

January 8, 2018 World Justice News 0

Former football coach Barry Bennell has pleaded guilty to seven child sex offences. Mr Bennell, 63, now known as Richard Jones, admitted six charges of indecent assault, between 1988-1991, on day one of his trial […]

Prolific ‘Black-cab rapist’ John Worboys to be freed from jail

January 5, 2018 World Justice News 0

John Worboys, thought to be one of the UK’s most prolific rapists, is to be freed from jail. The black-cab driver is believed to have carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults on […]

James Bulger killer Jon Venables charged over indecent images

January 5, 2018 World Justice News 0

Jon Venables, one of the killers of toddler James Bulger, has been charged over indecent images of children. The 35-year-old was recalled to prison in November and will be tried in private at an unnamed […]

Boy stabbed to death near playground

January 4, 2018 World Justice News 0

A boy has been stabbed to death in Oxford. The victim, believed to be aged 16 and from the Birmingham area, was found near a children’s playground in Friars Wharf, at about 19:55 GMT on […]

Dish Network Files Two Lawsuits Against Pirate IPTV Providers

January 4, 2018 World Justice News 0

Dish Network, a leading US TV provider with more than 13 million subscribers, is continuing its crackdown on unauthorized streaming services. In a pair of lawsuits filed in Maryland and Texas, Dish targets two illicit […]

Trump-Bannon row: White House lawyers issue cease-and-desist order

January 4, 2018 World Justice News 0

US President Donald Trump’s lawyers have written to his former strategist Steve Bannon, saying he has violated a non-disclosure agreement. The cease-and-desist notice accuses Mr Bannon of defaming the president in speaking to author Michael […]

Six held in far-right group National Action investigation

January 3, 2018 World Justice News 0

Six people have been arrested on suspicion of being members of the banned far-right group National Action. Five men from Cambridge, Banbury, Wolverhampton, Leicester and Stockport, and a woman from Banbury were detained by police […]

Freed hostage Joshua Boyle faces 15 criminal charges

January 3, 2018 World Justice News 0

A Canadian man who was held hostage for five years by a Taliban-linked insurgent group has been arrested. Joshua Boyle, 34, is facing a total of 15 charges including assault and unlawful confinement, according to […]

Human Rights

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]

Human Rights

Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

Human Rights

Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days – but her defence say she’s a victim too

September 27, 2026 0

Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state […]

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Year: 2018

Couple guilty of homemade bomb terror attack plot

Craig McLachlan: Actor denies sexual misconduct allegations

Ex-football coach admits seven child sex offences

Prolific ‘Black-cab rapist’ John Worboys to be freed from jail

James Bulger killer Jon Venables charged over indecent images

Boy stabbed to death near playground

Dish Network Files Two Lawsuits Against Pirate IPTV Providers

Trump-Bannon row: White House lawyers issue cease-and-desist order

Six held in far-right group National Action investigation

Freed hostage Joshua Boyle faces 15 criminal charges