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Judge slams Toronto police

October 7, 2016 World Justice News 0

Nosakhare Ohenhen served five years in prison for drug dealing. However, he gained a retrial and at the retrial was acquitted him of all charges. Justice Michael Quigley slammed the Toronto police for racial profiling […]

Man arrested for climbing gate at Buckingham Palace

October 7, 2016 World Justice News 0

A 21-year-old man has been arrested after climbing over a gate at Buckingham Palace. Police were alerted to a man scaling the south gate at 1.45pm. He was arrested for trespassing on a designated site as […]

Banker who stabbed wife 124 times found guilty of manslaughter

October 7, 2016 World Justice News 0

Sanjay Nijhawan, 46, who was accused of murdering his wife Sonita, 38, at their mansion in a gated community in Weybridge, Surrey, on May 21, has been found guilty of manslaughter. Nijhawan, who was diagnosed with […]

Ex Radio 1 DJ sentenced to 13 years for child sex abuse

October 7, 2016 World Justice News 0

Chris Denning, the former Radio 1 DJ has been sentenced to 13 years for child sex abuse for abusing 11 boys, some as young as eight. The prolific paedophile, 75, used his fame to groom and […]

Iranian woman gets 6 years for writing a story never published

October 7, 2016 World Justice News 0

An Iranian woman has been sentenced to 6 years in prison after authorities found an unpublished story she wrote about women being stoned to death. Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, a female Iranian writer and human rights activist, […]

World Justice News begins a new era

October 7, 2016 World Justice News 1

World Justice News is entering a new era. When World Justice News (WJN) was first opened, the emphasis was very much on building a community of viewers who had a joint interest in watching trials […]

Bill Cosby evidence hearing due

September 6, 2016 World Justice News 0

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 […]

Olympiakos soccer boss should be jailed pending trial

September 6, 2016 World Justice News 0

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 […]

Man was unaware it was illegal to use someone else’s passport

September 6, 2016 World Justice News 0

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 […]

Anjem Choudary jailed for inciting followers to support Islamic State

September 6, 2016 World Justice News 0

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 […]

Human Rights

Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

May 23, 2026 0

A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year. Abrego Garcia, whose deportation became a major flashpoint in the debate […]

Australia

Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

May 17, 2026 0

A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app. It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, founder of the […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]

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Judge slams Toronto police

Man arrested for climbing gate at Buckingham Palace

Banker who stabbed wife 124 times found guilty of manslaughter

Ex Radio 1 DJ sentenced to 13 years for child sex abuse

Iranian woman gets 6 years for writing a story never published

World Justice News begins a new era

Bill Cosby evidence hearing due

Olympiakos soccer boss should be jailed pending trial

Man was unaware it was illegal to use someone else’s passport

Anjem Choudary jailed for inciting followers to support Islamic State