April 2021 – Page 2 – World Justice News

Ryan Giggs charged with assaulting two women

April 24, 2021 World Justice News 0

Wales manager and former Manchester United player Ryan Giggs has been charged with assaulting two women. He is accused of causing actual bodily harm to a woman in her 30s and common assault of a […]

Convicted Post Office workers have names cleared

April 23, 2021 World Justice News 0

Judges have quashed the convictions of 39 former postmasters after the UK’s most widespread miscarriage of justice. They were convicted of stealing money, with some imprisoned, after the Post Office installed the Horizon computer system […]

Akayed Ullah: Times Square subway pipe bomber jailed for life

April 23, 2021 World Justice News 0

A man who set off a pipe bomb during rush hour in a New York subway station has been sentenced to life in prison. Akayed Ullah, 31, detonated the bomb in Times Square station, […]

George Floyd: Jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty of murder

April 20, 2021 World Justice News 0

A US jury has found a former police officer guilty of murder over the death of African-American George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year. Derek Chauvin, 45, was filmed kneeling on Mr Floyd’s neck […]

James Charles: YouTube temporarily demonetises beauty influencer

April 20, 2021 World Justice News 0

YouTube has temporarily demonetised the channel of beauty influencer James Charles. Earlier this month, he admitted to sending sexually explicit messages to two 16-year-old boys. YouTube confirmed to the BBC that the 21-year-old – who has 25 […]

Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai sentenced to one year for pro-democracy protests

April 16, 2021 World Justice News 0

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 12 months in prison after being found guilty of unauthorised assembly. Mr Lai was one of several activists in court on Friday who were […]

Indianapolis mass shooting: Eight dead at FedEx facility

April 16, 2021 World Justice News 0

Eight people have been killed and many injured in a shooting in the US city of Indianapolis, police say. Witnesses heard several gunshots at a FedEx facility and one said he saw a man firing […]

Daunte Wright shooting: Ex-officer Kim Potter charged over killing

April 15, 2021 World Justice News 0

A white former police officer who shot dead a black motorist in Minnesota has been charged with second-degree manslaughter, prosecutors say. Kim Potter was arrested and later released on $100,000 (£72,000) bail. Police say Mrs […]

Tamara Ecclestone burglary: Italian man admits £26m celebrity raids

April 13, 2021 World Justice News 0

An Italian man has been convicted over his role in one of the biggest domestic burglaries in English legal history. Watches and jewellery belonging to Frank Lampard, Tamara Ecclestone and the late Leicester City chairman […]

German far-right group on trial for ‘terror plot’

April 13, 2021 World Justice News 0

The trial of 11 suspected members of a far-right “terror” group has begun in the German city of Stuttgart. The suspects, aged between 32 and 61, were arrested in February last year. Prosecutors say the […]

Human Rights

Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

Human Rights

Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Month: April 2021

Ryan Giggs charged with assaulting two women

Convicted Post Office workers have names cleared

Akayed Ullah: Times Square subway pipe bomber jailed for life

George Floyd: Jury finds Derek Chauvin guilty of murder

Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai sentenced to one year for pro-democracy protests

Indianapolis mass shooting: Eight dead at FedEx facility

Daunte Wright shooting: Ex-officer Kim Potter charged over killing

Tamara Ecclestone burglary: Italian man admits £26m celebrity raids

German far-right group on trial for ‘terror plot’