Teenage cousins who repeatedly raped two Huddersfield prostitutes have had their appeals against the sentences refused. Lucas Sienkiewicz was only 17 and his cousin Daniel just 16 and newly-arrived from Poland, when they twice went […]
The UK Supreme Court confirmed today it would hear the Government Brexit ruling appeal over four days from December 5. The High Court ruled last week that Theresa May cannot use executive powers to launch the […]
Judges have refused to overturn guilty verdicts against 13 men convicted using the law of “joint enterprise”. The test cases were brought after the Supreme Court ruled the controversial law had been interpreted wrongly for […]
Without giving reasons, the U.S. Supreme Court decided to hear the appeal of Lester Packingham. Packingham was convicted in North Carolina on of two counts of statutory rape for having sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl. He […]
Former Pennsylvania attorney general Kathleen Kane will learn today whether she ends up back at her home or a prison cell. Kane, elected attorney general in 2012, was convicted on Aug. 15 of two counts […]
The City of Montreal has been granted permission to appeal a Quebec Superior Court ruling that suspended its controversial pit bull restrictions. The city will present arguments to Quebec’s top court on Nov. 25. The city […]
A Saskatoon police officer, Const. Steve Nelson, convicted of obstruction in 2012 after he threw away a witness statement, will be getting a new trial. During sentencing last year, Judge Hugh Harradence called the witness statement “a […]
A hearing continued Tuesday for Halifax Regional Police Const. Matthew MacGillivray, who is appealing a demotion from the rank of sergeant to constable. The police force’s complaints commission found MacGillivray used excessive force, was discourteous and acted discreditably […]
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