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Evil acid attacker jailed for life
A woman who threw sulphuric acid at her former partner, which led to him ending his life, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 12 years. Berlinah Wallace, 48, hurled the corrosive […]
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New York parents sue 30-year-old son who refuses to move out
The parents of a 30-year-old man have resorted to drastic measures in an effort to get their son to fly the coop: they are suing him. Court documents say Michael Rotondo does not pay rent […]
Australia
Australian archbishop Philip Wilson guilty of concealing child sex abuses
An Australian court has found a Catholic archbishop guilty of concealing child sexual abuse in the 1970s. Philip Wilson, now archbishop of Adelaide, becomes the most senior Catholic in the world to be charged and […]
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Patients lose hip replacement court case
Hundreds of patients have lost the first round of a legal battle for compensation at the High Court over allegedly “defective” hip implants. A judge ruled that manufacturer DePuy was not liable to the 312 […]
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Acid attack: Mark van Dongen’s ex-partner cleared of murder
A woman has been cleared of murdering her former partner in an acid attack which led him to end his life. Berlinah Wallace, 48, hurled the corrosive fluid at Dutch engineer Mark van Dongen in […]
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CIA data leak suspect named by media
A former CIA software engineer is the prime suspect in the leaking of a stolen archive of spy agency’s secrets last year, US media have revealed. However after searching his home, prosecutors charged Joshua Schulte, […]
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Killer who chopped up body jailed for 28 years
A man who killed his girlfriend with a rock and a metal pole before flushing her body parts down the toilet has been sentenced to 28 years in prison. Dean Lowe, 33, was found guilty […]
Canada
Pirate Site Blocking Threatens Canada’s Net Neutrality
The Canadian pirate site blocking proposal threatens net neutrality, the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics warns. In a report that’s supported across the political spectrum, the committee […]
Human Rights
Pakistan Human Rights activists targeted in Facebook attacks
In December 2016 Diep Saeeda, an outspoken human rights activist from the Pakistani city of Lahore, received a short message on Facebook from someone she didn’t know but with whom she had a number of […]
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Shoreham air crash: Pilot Andy Hill denies manslaughter of 11 men
A pilot has denied the manslaughter of 11 men who died when his plane crashed during the Shoreham Air Show. Andy Hill, 54, of Sandon in Hertfordshire, survived after his Hawker Hunter came down on […]