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US jails Fat Leonard in Navy’s biggest bribery scandal

November 6, 2024 World Justice News 0

A Malaysian businessman has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for his role in the US Navy’s biggest corruption scandal and for skipping a previous sentencing hearing. Leonard Glenn Francis, known as “Fat Leonard”, […]

Disguised GP jailed for inheritance row poisoning

November 6, 2024 World Justice News 0

A GP who disguised himself and injected his mother’s partner with a poison in a row over an inheritance has been jailed for 31 years and five months. Thomas Kwan, 53, was posing as a […]

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Police send Russell Brand file to CPS to consider charges

November 3, 2024 World Justice News 0

Detectives investigating Russell Brand over allegations of historical sex offences have sent prosecutors a file of evidence so they can consider bringing charges. Brand has been interviewed three times by police since an investigation by the […]

Girl, 13, stabbed and six held on attempted murder

November 2, 2024 World Justice News 0

A 13-year-old girl has been stabbed and six teenagers arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. Humberside Police said she was found at the side of the A63 dual carriageway in Hessle at about 07:00 GMT […]

Ex-officer in Kentucky found guilty in death of Breonna Taylor

November 2, 2024 World Justice News 0

A former police officer in the US state of Kentucky has been found guilty of violating the civil rights of Breonna Taylor, a black woman killed in her own home during a botched raid four […]

‘Amateurish’ thieves steal 2 Warhol prints, damage 2 more in botched heist at Dutch gallery

November 2, 2024 World Justice News 0

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Thieves blew open the door of an art gallery in the southern Netherlands and stole two works from a famous series of screen prints by American pop artist Andy Warhol […]

South Carolina executes Richard Moore despite broadly supported plea to cut sentence to life

November 2, 2024 World Justice News 0

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina put Richard Moore to death by lethal injection Friday for the 1999 fatal shooting of a convenience store clerk, despite a broad appeal for mercy by parties that included three jurors […]

Rapper Young Thug pleads guilty to gang, drug and gun charges

October 31, 2024 World Justice News 0

ATLANTA (AP) — Rapper Young Thug pleaded guilty Thursday in Atlanta to gang, drug and gun charges and will be released from jail, though he could be put back behind bars if he violates the […]

Paul Pelosi attacker gets life in prison without parole

October 30, 2024 World Justice News 0

The man who broke into the home of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacked her husband with a hammer has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole on state charges in […]

Florida woman charged with leaving her boyfriend to die in a suitcase found guilty of murder

October 26, 2024 World Justice News 0

A Florida woman charged with leaving her boyfriend to die after he was zipped into a suitcase in their home has been found guilty of murder in the Feb. 2020 death of Jorge Torres, Jr., 42. […]

Human Rights

Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

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US jails Fat Leonard in Navy’s biggest bribery scandal

Disguised GP jailed for inheritance row poisoning

Police send Russell Brand file to CPS to consider charges

Girl, 13, stabbed and six held on attempted murder

Ex-officer in Kentucky found guilty in death of Breonna Taylor

‘Amateurish’ thieves steal 2 Warhol prints, damage 2 more in botched heist at Dutch gallery

South Carolina executes Richard Moore despite broadly supported plea to cut sentence to life

Rapper Young Thug pleads guilty to gang, drug and gun charges

Paul Pelosi attacker gets life in prison without parole

Florida woman charged with leaving her boyfriend to die in a suitcase found guilty of murder