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Bill Cosby evidence hearing due
PHILADELPHIA (CNN) – Bill Cosby’s lawyers could ask a judge on Tuesday to throw out two key pieces of evidence in the sexual misconduct case against him. One is a deposition the entertainer gave in […]
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Olympiakos soccer boss should be jailed pending trial
Greece – Prosecutor Stamatis Daskalopoulos has asked for Olympiakos’s boss Vangelis Marinakis to stand trial over charges of establishing a criminal gang and match-fixing. Marinakis is one of dozens to be implicated in the case. Daskalopoulos […]
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Man was unaware it was illegal to use someone else’s passport
Malta – A man has been sentenced to six months in jail for attempting to use someone else’s passport. Mansour Muftah, 28, from Tajoura in north-western Libya claimed that he didn’t know it was unlawful to use […]
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Anjem Choudary jailed for inciting followers to support Islamic State
Britain’s most notorious hate preacher Anjem Choudary has been jailed for five-and-a-half years for inviting his followers to support Islamic State terrorists. The 49-year-old lawyer turned radical cleric swore allegiance to the caliphate leader Abu […]
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Dennis Oland’s lawyers file Supreme Court bail appeal
Dennis Oland’s lawyers intend to argue that granting the New Brunswick businessman bail while he appeals his second-degree murder conviction would not undermine public confidence in the justice system. They argue the public would see his […]
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Royal Marine reservist charged with possessing a sawn-off shotgun, 1,400 rounds and seven high explosive grenades
Martin Shannon, 43, of Hythe in Southampton and a Royal Marine reservist, has appeared in court charged with firearms offences – including alleged possession of seven grenades. The serving Royal Marine reservist was charged with offences […]
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Charges dismissed against former Jersey City Police Chief
A judge has dismissed all charges against former Jersey City Police Chief Robert Cowan in a lawsuit filed by a city police officer who was charged with drunken driving in 2013 and claimed his arrest […]
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Islamist Party Figure Executed in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh — Bangladesh on Saturday executed Mir Quasem Ali, 63, a leading figure in an Islamist party for committing atrocities during the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan. Since 2013, five Jamaat leaders have […]
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Capobianco murder trial put on hold while jurors questioned
WAILUKU – Testimony in the murder trial of Steven Capobianco was put on hold Friday while jurors were questioned one-by-one about whether they had talked to others about testimony and evidence in the case.
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Actor-Musician Drake Bell Sentenced to Jail
The actor-musician Drake Bell has been sentenced to 96 hours behind bars for his second DUI. The “Drake & Josh” star Bell was arrested for DUI in December 2015. He was pulled over by police […]