October 2021 – Page 3 – World Justice News

Robert Durst: US millionaire hospitalised with Covid after life sentence

October 17, 2021 World Justice News 0

US real estate heir Robert Durst, subject of HBO crime documentary series The Jinx, has been hospitalised with Covid-19 just days after he was sentenced to life in prison. Durst was found guilty on Thursday of […]

Texas abortion law: Biden administration to request block on abortion ban

October 16, 2021 World Justice News 0

US President Joe Biden’s administration has said it will ask the Supreme Court to block a Texas law that imposes a near-total ban on abortion. It comes after a federal appeals court reinstated the law. […]

Mob beats Kenyan child serial killer to death

October 15, 2021 World Justice News 0

A mob in western Kenya has killed a self-confessed serial killer who escaped from custody two days ago, police say. Masten Wanjala, 20, was traced by villagers to a house in Bungoma town and beaten […]

Sir David Amess: Conservative MP stabbed to death

October 15, 2021 World Justice News 0

Conservative MP Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed at his constituency surgery in Essex. Police said a 25-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack at a church in Leigh-on-Sea. […]

Robert Durst: US millionaire sentenced to life for murder

October 14, 2021 World Justice News 0

US real estate heir Robert Durst, subject of HBO crime documentary series The Jinx, has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his best friend. Durst was found guilty of killing Susan Berman in […]

Football coach jailed for 25 years in Dubai over CBD vape oil

October 13, 2021 World Justice News 0

A British football coach has been jailed for 25 years in Dubai after four bottles of vape liquid containing cannabis oil were found in his car. Billy Hood from Notting Hill, west London, was arrested […]

US couple accused of selling nuclear submarine secrets

October 10, 2021 World Justice News 0

A US navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with trying to sell nuclear secrets to what they thought was a foreign state. Jonathan Toebbe and his wife Diana were arrested in West […]

Brazilian footballer charged with attempted murder after kicking referee

October 9, 2021 World Justice News 0

A Brazilian footballer has been charged with attempted murder after kicking a referee in the head during a lower league match. Sport Club Sao Paulo player William Ribeiro attacked Rodrigo Crivellaro after he awarded a […]

Trump must give documents to Capitol riot probe

October 9, 2021 World Justice News 0

President Biden has rejected an attempt by Donald Trump to withhold documents from the congressional committee investigating the Capitol riot. Mr Trump had asked that the records the committee requested remain hidden under executive privilege, […]

Lawyer blaming drink-driving on tea jailed and banned

October 9, 2021 World Justice News 0

A lawyer who was almost four times over the drink-drive limit has been jailed for 10 weeks. Louise Taylor, 41, of Holmes Chapel Road, Sandbach, claimed she had been drinking a friend’s home-made Kombucha tea […]

Human Rights

Thai court sentences two men to death over Bangkok shrine bombing

June 11, 2026 0

A court in Thailand has found two men guilty of carrying out the country’s worst ever terrorist attack and sentenced them to death. The two men, both from China’s Uyghur minority, were convicted of planning […]

Human Rights

Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

May 23, 2026 0

A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year. Abrego Garcia, whose deportation became a major flashpoint in the debate […]

Australia

Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

May 17, 2026 0

A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app. It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, founder of the […]

World Justice News

Crime and Justice News from around the world

Month: October 2021

Robert Durst: US millionaire hospitalised with Covid after life sentence

Texas abortion law: Biden administration to request block on abortion ban

Mob beats Kenyan child serial killer to death

Sir David Amess: Conservative MP stabbed to death

Robert Durst: US millionaire sentenced to life for murder

Football coach jailed for 25 years in Dubai over CBD vape oil

US couple accused of selling nuclear submarine secrets

Brazilian footballer charged with attempted murder after kicking referee

Trump must give documents to Capitol riot probe

Lawyer blaming drink-driving on tea jailed and banned