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Horse trainers guilty in Australia’s ‘biggest’ racing scandal

May 8, 2018 World Justice News 0

Eight horse racing professionals have been found guilty of doping offences in what has been called the biggest scandal to hit the sport in Australia. A tribunal found the five trainers and three stablehands had […]

Matthew Moseley: Oswaldtwistle shooting killer jailed

May 8, 2018 World Justice News 0

A father who pressured his 14-year-old son into taking the blame for a murder he had committed has been jailed. Matthew Moseley, 50, shot Lee Holt in the chest when he tried to get into […]

Eric Schneiderman, New York attorney general, quits amid assault reports

May 8, 2018 World Justice News 0

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has resigned following allegations of assault by four women. The New Yorker magazine published a report quoting the women, two of them ex-girlfriends, who accused Mr Schneiderman, 63, of hitting […]

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Man denies terror attack plot to kill Theresa May

May 4, 2018 World Justice News 0

A London man has denied plotting to kill Theresa May with a backpack bomb. Naa’imur Zakariyah Rahman, 20, from Finchley is accused of preparing a terror attack targeting Downing Street. He is also charged with […]

New Jersey ‘mystery pooper’ was schools chief, say police

May 3, 2018 World Justice News 0

Police hunting a suspect who relieved himself on school grounds “on a daily basis” in the US state of New Jersey have arrested a top education official. Kenilworth school superintendent Thomas Tramaglini, 42, was detained […]

Lockerbie bomber’s conviction to be reviewed

May 3, 2018 World Justice News 0

A review of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi’s conviction for the Lockerbie bombing is to be carried out by the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. The commission said it would examine the case to decide whether it would […]

Stormy Daniels case: Trump repaid lawyer ‘hush money’, says Giuliani

May 3, 2018 World Justice News 0

President Donald Trump personally repaid his lawyer the $130,000 that was used to buy an adult film actor’s silence about an alleged affair, his legal aide Rudy Giuliani has said. It appears to contradict Mr […]

Donald Trump wrote own health letter, says physician Harold Bornstein

May 2, 2018 World Justice News 0

Donald Trump’s former doctor has said he did not write a 2015 letter declaring the then-Republican presidential candidate’s “astonishingly excellent” health, US media report. “[Mr Trump] dictated that whole letter,” Harold Bornstein told CNN. The […]

Judge criticises lack of legal aid for rape claim mother

May 2, 2018 World Justice News 0

A judge has criticised the legal aid system after a woman was forced to appear in the same court as a former partner she had accused of raping her because she could not afford a […]

City worker jailed for fake porn posts of colleague

May 2, 2018 World Justice News 0

A City worker who posted fake photos of his colleague on porn websites after she refused to give him her number has been jailed. Davide Buccheri, 25, made a gallery between 2016 and 2017 while working at […]

Human Rights

Zambian opposition leader detained by police over treason allegations

August 30, 2026 0

Zambian opposition leader Brian Mundubile, who had gone into hiding after disputing the recent presidential election result, has been detained over allegations of treason. The official results from the 13 August poll showed that incumbent […]

Human Rights

European rights court orders Turkey to free imprisoned businessman

August 26, 2026 0

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ordered Turkey to immediately release Osman Kavala, an activist and philanthropist who has been detained in prison for almost a decade. Kavala was sentenced to life behind […]

Human Rights

France’s top court blocks social media ban for under-15s

August 16, 2026 0

France’s top court has struck down a ban on social media for under-15s, saying it infringed upon freedom of expression. The legislation was backed by French lawmakers in July, making it the first European country […]

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Horse trainers guilty in Australia’s ‘biggest’ racing scandal

Matthew Moseley: Oswaldtwistle shooting killer jailed

Eric Schneiderman, New York attorney general, quits amid assault reports

Man denies terror attack plot to kill Theresa May

New Jersey ‘mystery pooper’ was schools chief, say police

Lockerbie bomber’s conviction to be reviewed

Stormy Daniels case: Trump repaid lawyer ‘hush money’, says Giuliani

Donald Trump wrote own health letter, says physician Harold Bornstein

Judge criticises lack of legal aid for rape claim mother

City worker jailed for fake porn posts of colleague