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Man pleads guilty to running multimillion-pound criminal website in Met Police’s largest ever fraud investigation

April 21, 2023 World Justice News 0

A man responsible for running a multimillion-pound fraud website pleaded guilty following the largest fraud investigation by the Metropolitan Police. Tejay Fletcher, 35, pleaded guilty to running iSpoof, a website that allowed criminals and fraudsters […]

Jury dismissed in Barclays fraud trial

April 8, 2019 World Justice News 0

The jury in the fraud trial against four former Barclays bankers – including the former chief executive, John Varley – has been dismissed. The case dated back to the financial crisis, when the bank raised […]

Barclays pays $2bn to settle US fraud case

March 29, 2018 World Justice News 0

Barclays has agreed to pay $2bn (£1.4bn) to settle a lawsuit brought by the US government over the sale of mortgage-backed securities. The US alleged that the bank had misled investors about the quality of […]

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 […]

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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 […]

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Rape trial puts Norway’s royal family in unwelcome glare of public

February 1, 2026 0

When Marius Borg Høiby stands up in room 250 at Oslo district court on Tuesday, at the start of Norway’s biggest trial in years, he will have no moral support from his closest relatives. His […]

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France moves to abolish concept of marital duty to have sex

February 1, 2026 0

France is to enshrine in law the end of so-called “conjugal rights” – the notion that marriage means a duty to have sex. A bill approved on Wednesday in the National Assembly adds a clause […]