2023 – Page 3 – World Justice News

Anger over sentencing of boy, 10, for urinating in Mississippi car park

December 17, 2023 World Justice News 0

A boy who urinated in a US car park has been given three months’ probation and must write an essay on the late NBA legend Kobe Bryant. Quantavious Eason, 10, was arrested in Mississippi after police caught […]

Former Vatican official Angelo Becciu jailed for five-and-a-half years over corruption scandal

December 17, 2023 World Justice News 0

The pope’s former deputy secretary of state and nine others have been found guilty in the Vatican’s biggest financial corruption scandal. Cardinal Angelo Becciu was convicted of embezzlement on Saturday and sentenced to five-and-a-half years […]

British man accused of swindling nearly $100m in wine fraud

December 17, 2023 World Justice News 0

A British man accused of allegedly defrauding investors of nearly $100m (£79m) through a Ponzi-like scheme involving non-existent luxury wines has pleaded not guilty in a US court. Stephen Burton, 58, was extradited to New […]

Man admits role in ‘castration by clamping’ incidents

December 17, 2023 World Justice News 0

A man has admitted his role in a gang that carried out extreme body modifications, including castration. Warning: The following article contains graphic details of extreme physical mutilation Ion Ciucur pleaded guilty at London’s Old […]

Rudy Giuliani must pay more than $148m over false election claims

December 16, 2023 World Justice News 0

Rudy Giuliani, a longtime associate of former President Donald Trump, has been ordered to pay more than $148m (£116m) to two women over false claims they tampered with votes in 2020. A judge had already […]

US Supreme Court to consider abortion pill case

December 14, 2023 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court will decide whether to restrict access to a commonly used abortion pill. It will be the most significant US reproductive rights case after the court overturned Roe v Wade, ending a […]

Woman once branded “Australia’s worst mother” has convictions for killing her four children quashed after spending 20 years in prison

December 14, 2023 World Justice News 0

A woman once branded “Australia’s worst mother” has had her convictions for killing her four children quashed. The New South Wales Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the evidence originally used to jail Kathleen Folbigg […]

Zulu king’s official crowning by President Rampahosa invalid, court rules

December 13, 2023 World Justice News 0

A South African court has ruled that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s official crowning of the new Zulu king last year was “unlawful and invalid”. The court has ordered him to set up an inquiry into whether […]

Canadian ‘poison seller’ Kenneth Law faces multiple murder charges

December 13, 2023 World Justice News 0

A Canadian man accused of supplying a poisonous chemical to people who died by suicide is facing multiple murder charges. Police in Canada have charged Kenneth Law, a 57-year-old former chef, with 14 counts of […]

Prison officer ‘had phone sex with inmate she developed inappropriate relationship with’

December 12, 2023 World Justice News 0

A female prison officer had phone sex with an inmate she had an “inappropriate relationship” with and even met up with his mum, a court heard. Ruth Shmylo, 26, is accused of beginning the relationship […]

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 […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]

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Year: 2023

Anger over sentencing of boy, 10, for urinating in Mississippi car park

Former Vatican official Angelo Becciu jailed for five-and-a-half years over corruption scandal

British man accused of swindling nearly $100m in wine fraud

Man admits role in ‘castration by clamping’ incidents

Rudy Giuliani must pay more than $148m over false election claims

US Supreme Court to consider abortion pill case

Woman once branded “Australia’s worst mother” has convictions for killing her four children quashed after spending 20 years in prison

Zulu king’s official crowning by President Rampahosa invalid, court rules

Canadian ‘poison seller’ Kenneth Law faces multiple murder charges

Prison officer ‘had phone sex with inmate she developed inappropriate relationship with’