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Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial to begin in New York City

November 29, 2021 World Justice News 0

British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell is due to go on trial in New York City on sex trafficking and other charges. She is expected to challenge claims she groomed underage girls for convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein […]

Kevin Strickland: Fundraiser for exonerated Missouri man tops $1.5m

November 28, 2021 World Justice News 0

A fundraiser set up to help a Missouri man who served more than 42 years in jail for a triple murder he did not commit has reached $1.5m (£1.1m). Kevin Strickland was freed on Tuesday […]

Indian government set to ban cryptocurrencies

November 27, 2021 World Justice News 0

India is set to go ahead with its plan to ban most cryptocurrencies in the country under a long-awaited bill. Expectations had grown in recent months that the government may soften its view on digital […]

Virgin Media ‘Pirates’ Told They’re Also Liable For Other People’s Movie Piracy

November 27, 2021 World Justice News 0

Virgin Media subscribers who responded to letters accusing them of piracy are now getting feedback from movie company lawyers in the UK. While initial feedback suggested that alleged pirates could be on the hook for […]

Allahabad high court: Outrage as court reduces child sex abuse sentence

November 25, 2021 World Justice News 0

Just days after India’s Supreme Court struck down a controversial order that cleared a man of sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl because “there was no skin-to-skin contact” with the victim, another judgement that reduced […]

Antique rifle thief gets a day in jail decades on from his museum heists

November 25, 2021 World Justice News 0

After a crime spree spanning decades, antique thief Thomas Gavin had just one explanation for his museum heists: he likes “collecting” old things. Mr Gavin, 78, has now been sentenced to one day in jail […]

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Ahmaud Arbery: Three US men guilty of murdering black jogger

November 24, 2021 World Justice News 0

Three white men accused of killing a black jogger, Ahmaud Arbery, last year have been found guilty of murder in a trial that has gripped the US. Arbery, 25, was shot on 23 February 2020 […]

US jury awards $25m in damages over Unite the Right rally

November 24, 2021 World Justice News 0

A US jury has awarded $25m (£19m) in damages against the organisers of a deadly far-right rally in August 2017. The defendants were found liable in four out of six counts over the bloodshed at […]

Karim Benzema: French footballer guilty in sex tape blackmail case

November 24, 2021 World Justice News 0

France and Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema has been found guilty of conspiring to blackmail a fellow French footballer with a sex tape. A judge handed Benzema a one-year suspended jail term and ordered him […]

PC Andrew Harper’s widow wins bid to change law

November 24, 2021 World Justice News 0

A campaign by PC Andrew Harper’s widow to give mandatory life sentences to the killers of emergency service workers has been backed by the government. Newly-married PC Harper was 28 when he was dragged to […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Year: 2021

Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial to begin in New York City

Kevin Strickland: Fundraiser for exonerated Missouri man tops $1.5m

Indian government set to ban cryptocurrencies

Virgin Media ‘Pirates’ Told They’re Also Liable For Other People’s Movie Piracy

Allahabad high court: Outrage as court reduces child sex abuse sentence

Antique rifle thief gets a day in jail decades on from his museum heists

Ahmaud Arbery: Three US men guilty of murdering black jogger

US jury awards $25m in damages over Unite the Right rally

Karim Benzema: French footballer guilty in sex tape blackmail case

PC Andrew Harper’s widow wins bid to change law