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Brazil jails: Hundreds of inmates use Christmas release to escape

January 7, 2024 World Justice News 0

Police in Rio de Janeiro are searching for more than 250 prisoners who failed to return to jail after being allowed to spend Christmas with their families. The inmates had been released on Christmas Eve, […]

Post Office scandal: Met Police investigate ‘potential fraud offences’

January 7, 2024 World Justice News 0

The Metropolitan Police is looking at “potential fraud offences” committed in the Horizon IT scandal. More than 700 Post Office branch managers were accused of wrongdoing after faulty accounting software made it appear money was […]

How the Met took down the kingpins of organised crime

January 7, 2024 World Justice News 0

Det Ch Insp Driss Hayoukane was on the brink of retirement from the Metropolitan Police in March 2020, when he got a call he could not resist. French and Dutch police had infiltrated a supposedly […]

Illinois man charged in July 4th parade shooting rehires lawyers weeks after dismissing them

January 6, 2024 World Justice News 0

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — The man charged with killing seven people at a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago asked to again be represented by public defenders after firing them last month and insisting on handling […]

Oscar Pistorius released on parole 11 years after killing Reeva Steenkamp

January 6, 2024 World Justice News 0

Paralympian Oscar Pistorius has been freed on parole from a South African jail, nearly 11 years after murdering his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp. Officials confirmed Pistorius was “at home” on Friday morning, having served half of […]

US Supreme Court to rule if Trump can run for president

January 6, 2024 World Justice News 0

President Joe Biden has said Donald Trump is “willing to sacrifice our democracy” to regain power – as the US Supreme Court agreed to look at questions over his eligibility. Mr Trump is favourite to […]

Elijah McClain case: Colorado officer jailed over 23-year-old’s death

January 6, 2024 World Justice News 0

A white former police officer in Colorado has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for the 2019 killing of a black man. Randy Roedema, 41, was found guilty in October for his role in […]

US fugitive Nicholas Rossi finally extradited from Scotland to Utah

January 5, 2024 World Justice News 0

An American suspected of faking his own death and hiding out in Scotland has been extradited back to the US. A court ruled the man claiming to be an Irish orphan named Arthur Knight was […]

Epstein documents: Prince Andrew’s puppet, Clinton’s ‘preferences’ and underage orgy allegations

January 4, 2024 World Justice News 0

Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump and Stephen Hawking are among those named in court documents relating to Ghislaine Maxwell, her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and alleged victims of sexual abuse. The newly unsealed court […]

Mother in UK court after children’s deaths in Colorado

January 2, 2024 World Justice News 0

A mother accused of murdering two of her children in the US has appeared in court for extradition proceedings after being arrested in the UK. Kimberlee Singler, 35, was detained on Saturday in central London. […]

Human Rights

Self-styled ‘king of Germany’ goes on trial accused of heading criminal group

November 8, 2026 0

A self-declared “king” of Germany has gone on trial in Düsseldorf accused of leading a criminal organisation along with three other men described as his senior “subjects”. Peter Fitzek, 61, who calls himself Peter the […]

Human Rights

Kenyan doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie given life sentence for murdering 191 people

November 6, 2026 0

A Kenyan court has sentenced the leader of a doomsday cult, Paul Mackenzie, to 200 years in prison for murdering 191 people, all but one of them children. Alongside 28 others, Mackenzie was found guilty […]

Human Rights

All 548 death row inmates in California to have sentences changed to life in prison

November 6, 2026 0

Governor Gavin Newsom said he’ll commute all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He made the announcement as he prepares to leave office after eight years in […]

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Brazil jails: Hundreds of inmates use Christmas release to escape

Post Office scandal: Met Police investigate ‘potential fraud offences’

How the Met took down the kingpins of organised crime

Illinois man charged in July 4th parade shooting rehires lawyers weeks after dismissing them

Oscar Pistorius released on parole 11 years after killing Reeva Steenkamp

US Supreme Court to rule if Trump can run for president

Elijah McClain case: Colorado officer jailed over 23-year-old’s death

US fugitive Nicholas Rossi finally extradited from Scotland to Utah

Epstein documents: Prince Andrew’s puppet, Clinton’s ‘preferences’ and underage orgy allegations

Mother in UK court after children’s deaths in Colorado