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Olivia Pratt-Korbel: Record £200k reward in hunt for girl’s killer

September 21, 2022 World Justice News 0

A record reward of up to £200,000 has been offered in the search for the gunman who killed Olivia Pratt-Korbel. The nine-year-old was shot during a struggle when two men burst into her home in Liverpool on […]

HS2 wins route-length High Court injunction against protestors

September 21, 2022 World Justice News 0

HS2 Ltd has been granted an “extensive” injunction along the length of the high-speed line from London to Crewe to help tackle unlawful protests. The order makes going onto HS2 land without permission or disrupting […]

US charges dozens with $250m pandemic relief fraud

September 21, 2022 World Justice News 0

US prosecutors have charged 47 people in the largest Covid relief fraud scheme alleged to date. The suspects are accused of stealing $250m (£220m) from a government aid programme that was supposed to feed children […]

Donald Trump and three of his children sued for fraud over family business

September 21, 2022 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump and three of his children have been hit with a fraud lawsuit after a New York investigation into their family company – the Trump Organization. It alleges that they lied “by billions” about […]

Adnan Syed: Conviction overturned in Serial podcast murder case

September 20, 2022 World Justice News 0

A US judge has quashed a Baltimore man’s murder conviction in a case that spawned hit true crime podcast Serial. Adnan Syed was 19 when he was sentenced to life in prison for the death […]

Madeleine McCann’s parents lose court challenge over detective’s book

September 20, 2022 World Justice News 0

The parents of Madeleine McCann have lost the latest stage of a legal battle over how judges handled claims made by a Portuguese police detective. Kate and Gerry McCann appealed to the European Court of […]

Sherri Papini: US woman who staged her own disappearance sentenced to 18 months

September 19, 2022 World Justice News 0

A California woman who faked her own high-profile kidnapping has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for making false statements to the FBI. Sherri Papini, 39, went missing in November 2016 after going for […]

Your guide to the Queen’s funeral

September 19, 2022 World Justice News 0

After days of lying-in-state, the body of the late Queen Elizabeth II is beginning its final journey as part of a grand state funeral – first to Westminster Abbey, for a religious service in front […]

Thousands take chance to join lying-in-state queue before closure

September 18, 2022 World Justice News 0

People who wish to view Queen Elizabeth II’s lying-in-state have been told it is too late to set off now to see it. With the event being closed at 06:30 BST on Monday, ahead of […]

Mother arraigned on murder charges after her three children drowned

September 17, 2022 World Justice News 0

A mother charged with drowning her three children at New York’s Coney Island beach has been arraigned on murder charges. Erin Merdy faces three counts of second-degree murder, three counts of depraved indifference to human […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]

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Olivia Pratt-Korbel: Record £200k reward in hunt for girl’s killer

HS2 wins route-length High Court injunction against protestors

US charges dozens with $250m pandemic relief fraud

Donald Trump and three of his children sued for fraud over family business

Adnan Syed: Conviction overturned in Serial podcast murder case

Madeleine McCann’s parents lose court challenge over detective’s book

Sherri Papini: US woman who staged her own disappearance sentenced to 18 months

Your guide to the Queen’s funeral

Thousands take chance to join lying-in-state queue before closure

Mother arraigned on murder charges after her three children drowned