2019 – Page 41 – World Justice News

JLS star Oritse Williams not guilty of rape

May 28, 2019 World Justice News 0

Former JLS star Oritse Williams has been found not guilty of raping a woman in his hotel room. The singer, 32, denied the attack after a concert in Wolverhampton in December 2016. The ex-boyband member’s […]

Japan attack: Child among three dead in Kawasaki stabbing

May 28, 2019 World Justice News 0

A knife-wielding man has attacked a group of schoolchildren waiting for a bus in the Japanese city of Kawasaki near Tokyo. At least 18 people were injured in a residential area. Two of them, an […]

Scam victims to be refunded by banks

May 28, 2019 World Justice News 0

New protection for individuals tricked into transferring money to fraudsters has now taken effect – but not all banks are signed up to the scheme. Some 84,000 bank customers lost money – sometimes tens of […]

Head of Romania’s ruling party jailed for corruption

May 27, 2019 World Justice News 0

The head of Romania’s ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD), Liviu Dragnea, has been jailed for corruption after his attempts to appeal an earlier conviction failed. Romania’s Supreme Court upheld on Monday a three-and-a-half year prison […]

Baltimore ransomware attack: NSA faces questions

May 27, 2019 World Justice News 0

Politicians representing a US city struck by a ransomware attack are asking questions of the National Security Agency after claims it helped make the breach possible. The New York Times reported on Saturday that a […]

Courtney Herron: Melbourne woman killed in ‘horrendous bashing’

May 27, 2019 World Justice News 0

The brutal killing of a young, homeless woman has renewed discussion in Australia about violence against women. The body of Courtney Herron, 25, was found in a Melbourne park by walkers on Saturday, police said. […]

Venezuelan prison clashes leave 29 inmates dead

May 25, 2019 World Justice News 0

At least 29 inmates have died after clashes broke out at a prison inside a Venezuelan police station, authorities have said. Oscar Valero, public security chief for Portuguesa state, said at least 19 police officers […]

Sheffield: Two boys die and four children injured in Shiregreen house

May 24, 2019 World Justice News 0

Two boys have died and four other children – including a seven-month-old baby – are in hospital after police swooped on a house in Sheffield. A man, 37, and a woman, 34, arrested on suspicion […]

Julian Assange, Wikileaks co-founder, faces 17 new charges in US

May 24, 2019 World Justice News 0

The US justice department has filed 17 new charges against Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, who is facing extradition from the UK. The latest charges accuse him of receiving and unlawfully publishing the names of classified […]

Harvey Weinstein ‘to settle with accusers for $44m’

May 24, 2019 World Justice News 0

Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein and his former studio’s board members have reached a tentative deal with women who accuse him of sexual misconduct, US media report. Lawyers said the settlement to resolve civil lawsuits […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Year: 2019

JLS star Oritse Williams not guilty of rape

Japan attack: Child among three dead in Kawasaki stabbing

Scam victims to be refunded by banks

Head of Romania’s ruling party jailed for corruption

Baltimore ransomware attack: NSA faces questions

Courtney Herron: Melbourne woman killed in ‘horrendous bashing’

Venezuelan prison clashes leave 29 inmates dead

Sheffield: Two boys die and four children injured in Shiregreen house

Julian Assange, Wikileaks co-founder, faces 17 new charges in US

Harvey Weinstein ‘to settle with accusers for $44m’