World Justice News

GirlsDoPorn victims win rights to their videos

December 19, 2021 World Justice News 0

Hundreds of people tricked into making explicit videos for porn websites have been awarded the rights to the videos and millions of dollars in damages. The sites, GirlsDoPorn and GirlsDoToys, had been the subject of […]

Kim Potter: ‘Taser mix-up’ ex-officer weeps in manslaughter testimony

December 17, 2021 World Justice News 0

A former Minnesota police officer has tearfully recounted the “chaotic” moment she shot and killed a black motorist in April. Kim Potter, 49, claims she mistakenly drew her gun instead of her Taser and killed […]

Gardener Omar Raddad wins fight to re-open notorious murder case

December 17, 2021 World Justice News 0

A Moroccan gardener convicted of the gruesome murder of a rich French widow 30 years ago has won his bid to reopen the case and try to clear his name. In one of France’s most […]

Sir Rod Stewart pleads guilty to battery over Florida hotel ‘punch’

December 17, 2021 World Justice News 0

Sir Rod Stewart and his son have pleaded guilty to battery over an altercation with a security guard at a hotel in Florida in 2019. The singer and son Sean were accused of assault after […]

Ghislaine Maxwell declines to testify and rests her case calling prosecution’s arguments “unproven”

December 17, 2021 World Justice News 0

Ghislaine Maxwell has rested her sex-trafficking case after calling the prosecution’s arguments against her “unproven” and declining to testify. Her decision comes after her lawyers called nine witnesses over two days. Ms Maxwell, 59, denies […]

Money manager disappears with $313m from Chinese builder

December 17, 2021 World Justice News 0

A company that was once one of China’s biggest property developers says it has “lost contact” with a wealth manager that has $313m (£235m) of its money. China Fortune Land Development says British Virgin Islands-registered […]

Sutton house fire: Woman arrested after four boys die in house blaze

December 17, 2021 World Justice News 0

A 27-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of child neglect after two sets of young twins were killed in a house fire in south London. The children, all boys aged three and four, were […]

Rust: Police obtain search warrant for Alec Baldwin’s phone

December 17, 2021 World Justice News 0

Police investigating the fatal shooting on the set of the Alec Baldwin film Rust have obtained a search warrant for the actor’s phone. Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins died and director Joel Souza was injured in October, […]

US FDA permanently allows mail-order abortion pills

December 17, 2021 World Justice News 0

US drug regulators have approved mail-order abortion pills, making permanent a temporary rule change that was approved this year during the pandemic. The decision from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will open abortion […]

David Fuller: Killer who abused mortuary bodies will die in jail

December 15, 2021 World Justice News 0

A double murderer who sexually abused more than 100 female corpses will never be released from prison. David Fuller, 67, killed Wendy Knell and Caroline Pierce in two separate attacks in Tunbridge Wells in 1987. […]

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, […]

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Articles by World Justice News

GirlsDoPorn victims win rights to their videos

Kim Potter: ‘Taser mix-up’ ex-officer weeps in manslaughter testimony

Gardener Omar Raddad wins fight to re-open notorious murder case

Sir Rod Stewart pleads guilty to battery over Florida hotel ‘punch’

Ghislaine Maxwell declines to testify and rests her case calling prosecution’s arguments “unproven”

Money manager disappears with $313m from Chinese builder

Sutton house fire: Woman arrested after four boys die in house blaze

Rust: Police obtain search warrant for Alec Baldwin’s phone

US FDA permanently allows mail-order abortion pills

David Fuller: Killer who abused mortuary bodies will die in jail