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Millionaire on trial accused of murdering lover

November 28, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

By: Andy Rutherford A MULTI-millionaire Gwent businessman strangled his lover after eavesdropping on a telephone call in which she told a friend she was planning to leave him, it was alleged in court. Newport […]

Dylann Roof motion to represent himself in trial granted

November 28, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Dylann Roof took the stand Monday morning asking to dismiss counsel and represent himself in his trial. Roof said he has the capacity to represent himself. Roof was declared competent to stand trial last week. The […]

Paedophile football coach Barry Bennell in hospital after he was found ‘unconscious and not breathing’ at hotel

November 28, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Convicted paedophile Barry Bennell was believed to be receiving treatment in hospital on Monday after police were called to a ‘welfare incident’ at a hotel. The 62-year-old is understood to have been found unconscious and […]

Guilty fraudster resigns from John Howard Society board

November 28, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Guilty fraudster resigns from John Howard Society board By Alex Brockman A member of the board of directors of the John Howard Society of the Northwest Territories resigned after pleading guilty in a fraud case, […]

Judge mulls jury visiting crime scene in Slager trial

November 28, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

By BRUCE SMITH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A judge is considering whether jurors will visit the spot where a white former South Carolina police officer is accused of shooting and killing an unarmed black man in […]

US High Court To Examine Mental Disability, Death Penalty Issue

November 28, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

BY MICHAEL GRACZYK, ASSOCIATED PRESS HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is set to examine whether the nation’s busiest state for capital punishment is trying to put to death a convicted killer who’s intellectually […]

Jury Selection to Continue Monday in Church Shooting Trial

November 28, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Roshanda Pratt and associated press Charleston, SC (WLTX)- Jury selection will continue in the federal case against Dylann Roof on trial for fatally shooting nine churchgoers at a Charleston church last year. Twenty-two-year-old Dylann Roof […]

Contentious UK Spy Bill Due to Become Law

November 27, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Contentious UK Spy Bill Due to Become Law BEN BIRCHALL/REUTERS Britain’s Parliament has passed a controversial spy bill allowing authorities to store and access the Internet browsing history of everyone in the country. The Investigatory […]

Football sex abuse scandal: Top clubs ‘made secret payments to keep victims quiet’

November 26, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

Robert Mendick, chief reporter Ben Rumsby Top football clubs made secret payments to buy the silence of young players sexually abused by coaches, The Telegraph can disclose, as the growing scandal threatened to engulf the […]

Sexual abuse in English soccer exposed as victims speak out

November 25, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

LONDON – Former English soccer players who were subjected to years of sexual abuse by youth team coaches entrusted with their care are breaking cover to expose the game’s dark secrets. Harrowing stories of assaults […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]

World Justice News

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Millionaire on trial accused of murdering lover

Dylann Roof motion to represent himself in trial granted

Paedophile football coach Barry Bennell in hospital after he was found ‘unconscious and not breathing’ at hotel

Guilty fraudster resigns from John Howard Society board

Judge mulls jury visiting crime scene in Slager trial

US High Court To Examine Mental Disability, Death Penalty Issue

Jury Selection to Continue Monday in Church Shooting Trial

Contentious UK Spy Bill Due to Become Law

Football sex abuse scandal: Top clubs ‘made secret payments to keep victims quiet’

Sexual abuse in English soccer exposed as victims speak out