2019 – Page 28 – World Justice News

Tate Modern: Teenager in court after six-year-old boy thrown from 10th floor

August 6, 2019 World Justice News 0

A teenager has appeared in court charged with attempted murder after a six-year-old boy was allegedly thrown from the 10th floor of the Tate Modern. The child, who was found on a fifth-floor roof after […]

Brazil drug dealer dresses up as daughter in bungled jail escape

August 6, 2019 World Justice News 0

UPDATE: Prison authorities in Brazil have found convicted drug dealer Clauvino da Silva dead in his cell, three days after an elaborate escape was foiled. Prison officials said it appeared that Silva had hanged himself. […]

Cesar Sayoc: Man who sent pipe bombs to Trump critics jailed for 20 years

August 6, 2019 World Justice News 0

A Trump supporter who admitted sending mail bombs to critics of the US president has been jailed for 20 years. Cesar Sayoc, a 57-year-old ex-pizza delivery man from Florida, posted 16 pipe bombs to 13 […]

Pilots arrested at Glasgow Airport before boarding US flight

August 4, 2019 World Justice News 0

Two United Airlines pilots have been arrested at Glasgow Airport for allegedly failing a breath test before boarding a flight to New York. The men, aged 45 and 61, have not been charged but remain […]

Dayton shooting: Nine confirmed killed, shooter also dead

August 4, 2019 World Justice News 0

Nine people have been killed and at least 16 injured in a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio, police have confirmed. First reports came in at about 01:00 local time (05:00 GMT) of a shooting outside […]

Texas Walmart shooting: El Paso gun attack leaves 20 dead

August 4, 2019 World Justice News 0

Twenty people have been killed and 26 injured in a mass shooting at a Walmart store in the Texas city of El Paso. Governor Greg Abbott described it as “one of the most deadly days […]

French drug smuggler’s death sentence in Indonesia ‘commuted to 19 years’

August 2, 2019 World Justice News 0

A Frenchman sentenced to death for drug trafficking in Indonesia has had his sentence commuted to 19 years in jail, his lawyer and media have said. Félix Dorfin, 35, had been convicted of trafficking about […]

Killer who ‘liked’ being a murderer is jailed for life

August 1, 2019 World Justice News 0

A killer who stabbed a man to death then boasted: “I am a murderer and I like it” has been jailed for life. Daniel Brown attacked Daryl Nimmo, 25, at a flat in Dalry, North […]

Elderly woman given jail sentence for feeding stray cats

August 1, 2019 World Justice News 0

A 79-year-old woman has been given a 10-day jail sentence after she was repeatedly cited by police for feeding stray cats in her Ohio neighbourhood. Since 2015, neighbours of Nancy Segula have been complaining to […]

Ex-boxing champion Carlos Baldomir jailed for 18 years over sexual abuse

August 1, 2019 World Justice News 0

A court in Argentina has sentenced former welterweight world boxing champion Carlos Baldomir to 18 years in prison. Baldomir, 48, was found guilty of the repeated sexual abuse of a child. The court heard that […]

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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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. […]

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Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2019

Tate Modern: Teenager in court after six-year-old boy thrown from 10th floor

Brazil drug dealer dresses up as daughter in bungled jail escape

Cesar Sayoc: Man who sent pipe bombs to Trump critics jailed for 20 years

Pilots arrested at Glasgow Airport before boarding US flight

Dayton shooting: Nine confirmed killed, shooter also dead

Texas Walmart shooting: El Paso gun attack leaves 20 dead

French drug smuggler’s death sentence in Indonesia ‘commuted to 19 years’

Killer who ‘liked’ being a murderer is jailed for life

Elderly woman given jail sentence for feeding stray cats

Ex-boxing champion Carlos Baldomir jailed for 18 years over sexual abuse