Ashford – World Justice News

‘Sadistic’ pair behind bars for blowing up sheep

February 25, 2026 World Justice News 0

Two “frankly sadistic” agricultural students have been detained for beating a sheep to death, before inserting explosive bird scarers in its body, while filming the attack. Leighton Ashby, 22 and from Beckett Road in Ashford, […]

HMP Bronzefield baby death: Mother was ‘failed’ says inspectors

September 22, 2021 World Justice News 0

An 18-year-old inmate who lost her baby at Europe’s largest women’s prison should never have given birth alone in her cell, according to a critical report from inspectors. The baby died in September 2019 at […]

Sarah Everard disappearance: Met officer arrested on suspicion of murder

March 10, 2021 World Justice News 0

Police investigating the disappearance of Sarah Everard are searching a home and woodland in Kent following the arrest of a serving Met officer. The 33-year-old was last seen in Clapham, south London, on 3 March. […]

Josh Hanson murder: Britain’s ‘most wanted’ man jailed for life

October 23, 2019 World Justice News 0

A killer once dubbed one of Britain’s most wanted fugitives has been jailed for at least 26 years. Shane O’Brien, 31, evaded police for three-and-a-half years after he slashed Josh Hanson’s neck in Hillingdon, west […]

Paedophile Richard Huckle stabbed to death at Full Sutton Prison

October 14, 2019 World Justice News 0

A British man jailed for numerous sex crimes against Malaysian children has been found stabbed to death in prison. Richard Huckle, from Ashford, Kent, abused as many as 200 children. In 2016, he was given […]

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 […]

Human Rights

US court limits mail-order access to abortion pill mifepristone

May 2, 2026 0

A US court has issued an order significantly restricting access to the abortion pill mifepristone by mail. Friday’s decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily reinstated a requirement that abortion pills be obtained […]