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Australian farmer Gene Charles Bristow guilty of raping backpacker

March 4, 2019 World Justice News 0

An Australian man has been found guilty of kidnapping and raping a backpacker from Europe and keeping her for two days in a pig shed near his farm. Gene Charles Bristow, 54, had pleaded not […]

Melbourne car rampage: James Gargasoulas jailed for six murders

February 22, 2019 World Justice News 0

An Australian man has been sentenced to life in jail for murdering six people and injuring 27 more in a vehicle attack in Melbourne. James Gargasoulas, 29, deliberately ploughed a stolen car into pedestrians in […]

Australia and US make record crystal meth bust

February 8, 2019 World Justice News 0

Australian police have arrested six people in Victoria and New South Wales after the biggest seizure of crystal methamphetamine in US history. Authorities say the 1,728kg (3,800lb) stash – the largest ever intercepted drug shipment […]

Yang Hengjun: China holds Australian writer for ‘criminal activity’

January 24, 2019 World Justice News 0

China says it is investigating a Chinese-Australian writer for alleged “involvement in criminal activities endangering China’s national security”. Yang Hengjun’s detention in China was earlier disclosed by Australia – days after he went missing. The […]

Sydney axe attacks: Woman jailed for wounding 7-Eleven customers

January 18, 2019 World Justice News 0

A woman who randomly attacked two people with an axe in an Australian convenience store has been jailed. Evie Amati, 26, seriously wounded the man and woman at a 7-Eleven in Sydney in January 2017. […]

Neil Prakash: Australian jihadist stripped of citizenship

December 29, 2018 World Justice News 0

Australia’s most wanted jihadist, Neil Prakash, has been stripped of his Australian citizenship. Announcing the move, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton described Prakash as “a very dangerous individual”. Intelligence officials say Melbourne-born Prakash was a […]

Australian defence lawyer named as police informant

December 3, 2018 World Justice News 0

The convictions of some of Australia’s most high-profile criminals have been cast into doubt after a lawyer was revealed to be a police informant. The defence barrister, who represented notorious organised crime figures, gave information […]

Melbourne ‘terror plot’: Three held over ‘chilling’ gun plan

November 19, 2018 World Justice News 0

Australian police say they have arrested three men who were plotting to commit a terror attack in Melbourne. The group had been attempting to source a semi-automatic rifle to kill as many people as possible […]

Melbourne attack: Man shot dead after fire and fatal stabbing

November 9, 2018 World Justice News 0

A man who set a car on fire and stabbed three people – one fatally – in the Australian city of Melbourne has died in hospital after being shot by police. Authorities now say they […]

Jury deciding if Gargasoulas fit for trial

October 22, 2018 zoshinuk 0

A driver accused of killing six people during a rampage through Melbourne’s Bourke Street believes God will exonerate him of guilt before a comet strikes earth, the Supreme Court has been told. James “Dimitrious” Gargasoulas […]

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Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

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Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

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Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]