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Police were hoping to rescue Likneses and Nathan O’Brien at Garland family farm, court hears

January 21, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Police conducted a frantic search of Douglas Garland’s family farm in hopes of rescuing a Calgary couple and their grandson who had disappeared days earlier, court heard Friday. But Calgary police homicide Det. Mike Shute, […]

Douglas Garland murder trial hears from locksmith about drill marks on door lock

January 20, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Less than 12 hours after Jennifer O’Brien left her son at her parents’ Calgary home on the night of June 29, locking the door behind her, she returned to find the same door open, the […]

Farmer protests ‘terrible’ legal system by dumping muck on Derby Crown Court steps

January 18, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A farmer has been arrested after unloading his dump truck full of muck on Derby Crown Court to protest against the ‘flawed’ and ‘terrible’ legal system. Farmer Charles Hirons, 49, fired tonnes of manure on […]

Douglas Garland’s sister pointed police to her brother as suspect, jurors in triple murder trial hear

January 18, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Days into an Amber Alert, Douglas Garland’s sister pointed investigators to her brother as a suspect in the disappearance of a five-year-old boy and his grandparents, jurors heard on Tuesday. Two weeks after Nathan O’Brien […]

Douglas Garland’s family scheduled to testify at his triple murder trial

January 17, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Relatives of a man charged with murder in the disappearance of a Calgary couple and their five-year-old grandson are scheduled to take the stand at his trial today. Douglas Garland was charged with three counts […]

Clean needle programs too dangerous, federal prison officials tell court

January 17, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

OTTAWA – Giving clean drug-injection needles to prisoners to stem the spread of infectious disease would make federal penitentiaries more dangerous places, senior correctional officials say. Syringe needles could too easily be used as weapons, […]

Quick-thinking grandfather fights off 3-year-old’s would-be kidnapper, cops say

January 17, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

(Auburn, Calif): A grandpa and his two grandkids were near a duck pond at Ashford Park when police say Lindsay Frasher came up to them. “Ms. Frasher approached one of the children, called her by […]

Alleged Toronto Mafia boss wins new parole hearing in latest appeal to courts

January 17, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

TORONTO — For a killer and alleged Mafia boss devoted to an outlaw life, Vincenzo “Jimmy” DeMaria has a strong affinity for turning to the courts to fight for his rights. The Toronto businessman, named […]

Murderer Ian Huntley wants a sex change so he can live in a women’s prison

January 16, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Ever since school caretaker Ian Huntley was found guilty of the 2002 murders of 10-year-old school girls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, he has been serving time in Frankland Prison, County Durham. But according to […]

Douglas Garland’s triple murder trial to hear 1st from mother of 5-year-old Nathan

January 16, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

The triple murder trial for the man accused of killing five-year-old Nathan O’Brien, and his grandparents Alvin and Kathy Liknes, will hear testimony from the boy’s mother first, as it gets underway Monday morning in […]

Canada

Canadian ‘online poison seller’ Kenneth Law to have ‘murder charges dropped in plea deal’

April 19, 2026 0

A Canadian chef accused of supplying deadly substances to people around the world who have taken their own lives will have murder charges dropped as part of a plea deal, his lawyer has said. Kenneth […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

Human Rights

‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]

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Police were hoping to rescue Likneses and Nathan O’Brien at Garland family farm, court hears

Douglas Garland murder trial hears from locksmith about drill marks on door lock

Farmer protests ‘terrible’ legal system by dumping muck on Derby Crown Court steps

Douglas Garland’s sister pointed police to her brother as suspect, jurors in triple murder trial hear

Douglas Garland’s family scheduled to testify at his triple murder trial

Clean needle programs too dangerous, federal prison officials tell court

Quick-thinking grandfather fights off 3-year-old’s would-be kidnapper, cops say

Alleged Toronto Mafia boss wins new parole hearing in latest appeal to courts

Murderer Ian Huntley wants a sex change so he can live in a women’s prison

Douglas Garland’s triple murder trial to hear 1st from mother of 5-year-old Nathan