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Danielle Miller: Social media influencer ‘con artist’ pleads guilty to $1m US pandemic loan fraud

March 7, 2023 World Justice News 0

A social media influencer has pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining more than $1m in COVID-19 pandemic-related loans from the US government used to fund a lavish lifestyle which she flaunted on Instagram. Danielle Miller, a […]

UK Illegal Migration Bill aims to stop small boats full of illegal immigrants crossing the Channel

March 7, 2023 World Justice News 0

Rishi Sunak has said the crackdown on small boats crossing the Channel is needed as the current system that is being exploited is “unfair on the British people”. The prime minister described the new Illegal […]

Charles Bronson: Parole hearing for Britain’s most notorious prisoner

March 6, 2023 World Justice News 0

Britain’s most notorious prisoner Charles Bronson is launching a bid for freedom at a public parole hearing. Bronson, now known as Charles Salvador and appearing with a shaven head, cuts an imposing figure in his […]

Fake cocaine lured suspects in Australia’s biggest-ever drugs bust of cocaine worth $700m

March 4, 2023 World Justice News 0

Australian police have intercepted $1bn Australian dollars worth of cocaine from entering the west of the country, in what is believed to be the nation’s biggest-ever drug bust. In a joint collaboration with the US, […]

Breakthrough in California murder case after 43 years as DNA from 1994 finally tested

March 4, 2023 World Justice News 0

DNA evidence from an alleged sexual assault in 1994 has led to the arrest of a man for a 43-year-old murder in California. Harold Carpenter, 63, is believed to have killed Patricia Carnahan in 1979, […]

Alex Murdaugh trial: US lawyer convicted of murdering wife and son

March 2, 2023 World Justice News 0

Alex Murdaugh has been convicted of murdering his wife and son after a six-week trial that revealed the prominent lawyer’s spectacular fall from grace. The 54-year-old shot his wife Margaret, 52, four or five times […]

Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger had knives and gun – court documents

March 2, 2023 World Justice News 0

Face masks, a knife and a gun were among several items found by police at the family home of the Idaho murder suspect, new court documents show. They were taken from Bryan Kohberger’s parents’ home […]

Pirate IPTV: Police & Sky Nationwide Crackdown, Four Arrested

March 2, 2023 World Justice News 0

The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit, Police Scotland, and Sky TV, say they have carried out nationwide raids against suspected pirate IPTV suppliers in the UK. Four people have been arrested and police say that […]

Ghislaine Maxwell launches appeal against her sex trafficking conviction

March 1, 2023 World Justice News 0

Ghislaine Maxwell has launched an appeal against her conviction for helping disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse teenage girls. In a filing with the 2nd US Circuit of Appeals in Manhattan, Maxwell has said that […]

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter

February 28, 2023 World Justice News 0

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon have been further arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter as police search for their missing baby. Police say they must now consider the possibility the infant “has come to […]

Human Rights

Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

Human Rights

Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]

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Danielle Miller: Social media influencer ‘con artist’ pleads guilty to $1m US pandemic loan fraud

UK Illegal Migration Bill aims to stop small boats full of illegal immigrants crossing the Channel

Charles Bronson: Parole hearing for Britain’s most notorious prisoner

Fake cocaine lured suspects in Australia’s biggest-ever drugs bust of cocaine worth $700m

Breakthrough in California murder case after 43 years as DNA from 1994 finally tested

Alex Murdaugh trial: US lawyer convicted of murdering wife and son

Idaho murder suspect Bryan Kohberger had knives and gun – court documents

Pirate IPTV: Police & Sky Nationwide Crackdown, Four Arrested

Ghislaine Maxwell launches appeal against her sex trafficking conviction

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon arrested on suspicion of gross negligence manslaughter