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Couple jailed for plotting Birmingham terror attack

December 13, 2017 World Justice News 0

A married couple have been jailed for planning a terror attack in Birmingham. Ummarayiat Mirza, 21, and his wife Madihah Taheer, 22, were sentenced to 16 years and 10 years respectively. An intelligence operation had […]

Liver surgeon Simon Bramhall marked initials on patients

December 13, 2017 World Justice News 1

A surgeon who marked his initials on the livers of two transplant patients has admitted assault by beating. Simon Bramhall, 53, committed the offences at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital in February and August 2013. The […]

Eight sentenced for smuggling drugs into prisons by drones

December 13, 2017 World Justice News 0

The ringleader of a gang who smuggled drugs and phones into prisons using drones has been jailed for seven years and two months. Former armed robber Craig Hickinbottom, 35, organised the flights from behind bars, […]

UK Banking Protocol system saves potential scam victims £9.1m in first year of operation

December 13, 2017 World Justice News 0

Seventy-two-year-old Barry Fox is one of hundreds of people saved from scams after bank staff stopped him spending £10,000 on a fictitious Rolls-Royce. The retired lorry driver went into his Barclays branch intending to withdraw […]

Oscar Pistorius hurt in prison fight

December 12, 2017 World Justice News 0

Former South African athlete Oscar Pistorius has been hurt in a prison brawl, less than two weeks after his sentence for the killing of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp was more than doubled. The disgraced Paralympian was […]

Man held after Manhattan blast

December 11, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man is being held after an attempted terror attack at New York City’s main bus terminal. “Terrorists won’t win,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said after a blast at the Port Authority terminal in Manhattan […]

Bali jailbreak: US inmate escapes notorious Kerobokan prison

December 11, 2017 World Justice News 0

A US man held for drug possession has escaped from Bali’s most notorious prison and is on the run on the Indonesian resort island. Local media named the fugitive as Chrishan Beasley, arrested in August […]

Brighton shoplifter sues Sussex Police over Taser arrest

December 11, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man suing Sussex Police after he was Tasered has told a court the incident left him anxious and suicidal. A Taser was used on Paul McClelland in July 2013 in a car park in […]

Making a Murderer: Court upholds Brendan Dassey conviction

December 10, 2017 World Justice News 0

A US appeals court has upheld the conviction of Brendan Dassey, whose case was the focus of the Netflix documentary Making a Murderer. Dassey and his uncle Steven Avery were convicted of murdering a young […]

Former celebrity publicist Max Clifford has died in hospital after collapsing in prison

December 10, 2017 World Justice News 0

Disgraced former celebrity publicist Max Clifford has died in hospital following a heart attack after collapsing in prison. The 74-year-old had been serving eight years in a Cambridgeshire jail for historical sex offences. It is […]

Human Rights

Britain’s assisted dying bill fails to become law as it runs out of time but supporters vow to continue fighting

April 25, 2026 0

Assisted dying will not become a law in England and Wales after the bill ran out of time for debate. The landmark legislation, which has been making its way through parliament for the past year-and-a-half, had […]

Human Rights

Facial recognition to be ‘rolled out’ across UK after human rights challenge fails

April 22, 2026 0

Facial recognition systems will be introduced across the country, the government has said as it welcomed the failure of a legal challenge to the technology. The case against the Metropolitan Police’s use of live facial […]

Canada

Canadian ‘online poison seller’ Kenneth Law to have ‘murder charges dropped in plea deal’

April 19, 2026 0

A Canadian chef accused of supplying deadly substances to people around the world who have taken their own lives will have murder charges dropped as part of a plea deal, his lawyer has said. Kenneth […]

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Articles by World Justice News

Couple jailed for plotting Birmingham terror attack

Liver surgeon Simon Bramhall marked initials on patients

Eight sentenced for smuggling drugs into prisons by drones

UK Banking Protocol system saves potential scam victims £9.1m in first year of operation

Oscar Pistorius hurt in prison fight

Man held after Manhattan blast

Bali jailbreak: US inmate escapes notorious Kerobokan prison

Brighton shoplifter sues Sussex Police over Taser arrest

Making a Murderer: Court upholds Brendan Dassey conviction

Former celebrity publicist Max Clifford has died in hospital after collapsing in prison