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Neuschwanstein: US man charged over deadly attack at famed German castle

October 27, 2023 World Justice News 0

A US man has been charged with murder, rape and attempted murder over a deadly June attack against two American women near Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany. The 31-year-old suspect – who has not been publicly […]

Rédoine Faïd: France’s jailbreak king gets more jail time for helicopter escape

October 27, 2023 World Justice News 0

A French armed robber who staged a spectacular jailbreak by helicopter has been handed an extra 14 years behind bars by a Paris court. Rédoine Faïd drew inspiration for his criminal career from French and […]

FGM: Woman guilty of taking child to Kenya for mutilation

October 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

A woman has been found guilty of taking a three-year-old British child to Kenya for female genital mutilation (FGM). Amina Noor, 39, is the first person to be convicted of assisting a non-UK person to […]

Gary Haggarty: ‘Disbelief’ at masked men inside Belfast courtroom

October 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has expressed disbelief that masked men appeared in the public gallery of a Belfast court during a murder trial. Masked men appeared during a trial over the killing of Eamon […]

Maine shooting: 20 feared dead as police hunt for suspect Robert Card

October 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

At least 20 people are feared to have been killed after a shooting in the US state of Maine, with the suspect – a firearms instructor – still at large. Authorities in Lewiston are investigating […]

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Man jailed for sending more than 200 abusive messages to father of Parkland school shooting victim

October 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

A property manager has been sentenced to a year in prison for sending more than 200 abusive messages to the father of a teenage girl who died in a Florida mass shooting. James Catalano, 62 […]

Third former Trump lawyer pleads guilty to trying to overturning election loss in Georgia

October 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

A third former lawyer has pled guilty to attempting to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election defeat in Georgia. Jenna Ellis, who was a member of the then president’s legal team, reached a plea deal with […]

British TikTok star jailed after trying to smuggle 2.9kg of cocaine out of Peru

October 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

A British Tiktok star has been jailed for more than six years after being caught trying to smuggle cocaine into the UK. Modou Adams was sentenced to six years and eight months by a court […]

Rapist chased down street by victim after attack jailed for seven years

October 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

A rapist who was chased by his victim after he attacked her in an Aberdeen street has been jailed for seven years. Mohammed Abdullah targeted the 18-year-old woman after she left a nightclub. The High […]

Michael Cohen, the onetime personal lawyer for Donald Trump, testifies against his former boss

October 25, 2023 World Justice News 0

Five years after they last met in person, the former president and his self-described fixer were reunited in court on the most anticipated day yet in Donald Trump’s fraud trial. The New York County Courthouse’s […]

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, […]

Human Rights

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]

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Neuschwanstein: US man charged over deadly attack at famed German castle

Rédoine Faïd: France’s jailbreak king gets more jail time for helicopter escape

FGM: Woman guilty of taking child to Kenya for mutilation

Gary Haggarty: ‘Disbelief’ at masked men inside Belfast courtroom

Maine shooting: 20 feared dead as police hunt for suspect Robert Card

Man jailed for sending more than 200 abusive messages to father of Parkland school shooting victim

Third former Trump lawyer pleads guilty to trying to overturning election loss in Georgia

British TikTok star jailed after trying to smuggle 2.9kg of cocaine out of Peru

Rapist chased down street by victim after attack jailed for seven years

Michael Cohen, the onetime personal lawyer for Donald Trump, testifies against his former boss