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US woman convicted over failed assassination in UK

August 13, 2025 World Justice News 0

US woman Aimee Betro has been found guilty of attempting to shoot a man dead in the UK. But the investigation into the Wisconsin native revealed her to be “fairly unexceptional” with virtually no “criminal […]

Man Jailed For Pirate IPTV Used By “Hundreds of Thousands”

January 20, 2025 World Justice News 0

A man who ran an IPTV piracy operation from his home in Birmingham, UK, has been sentenced to two years and nine months in prison for fraud offenses. The case is a rare example of […]

Prison for ‘Mr. X’: Headteacher By Day, Pirate IPTV Maverick By Night

February 7, 2024 World Justice News 0

A UK man described as a leading reseller for pirate IPTV service Flawless TV, has been sentenced to a year in prison at Birmingham Crown Court. Documents in the Flawless case referred to a mysterious […]

Boy guilty of Redditch Asda stabbing murder

January 18, 2023 World Justice News 0

A 15-year-old boy has been found guilty of murdering a man stabbed to death outside an Asda supermarket. Ian Kirwan, 53, was attacked at the store in Redditch, Worcestershire, on 8 March after challenging teenagers […]

Barristers walk out of courts in strike over pay

June 27, 2022 World Justice News 0

Barristers in criminal cases have gone on strike across England and Wales in a long-running dispute over pay. Eight out of 10 cases at London’s Old Bailey were disrupted by the walkout, barristers outside the […]

Dalian Atkinson: PC Benjamin Monk jailed for ex-footballer’s death

June 29, 2021 World Justice News 0

A police officer who unlawfully killed Dalian Atkinson by tasering him to the ground and kicking him in the head has been jailed for eight years. PC Benjamin Monk, 43, discharged his Taser three times […]

Dalian Atkinson: PC guilty of former footballer’s manslaughter

June 23, 2021 World Justice News 0

A police officer has been found guilty of the manslaughter of ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson. The former Aston Villa striker died after a stand-off with West Mercia police officers outside his father’s home in Telford, Shropshire […]

Birmingham burglar who had sex with corpse jailed

February 1, 2019 World Justice News 0

A burglar who had sex with a corpse after breaking into a funeral parlour has been jailed for six years. Kasim Khuram, 23, had sex with a woman’s body after lifting the lids of coffins […]

Millionaire jailed for girlfriend’s ‘rough sex’ death

December 17, 2018 World Justice News 0

A multi-millionaire who left his injured and bleeding partner to die after “rough sex” has been jailed for three years and eight months. John Broadhurst admitted manslaughter at Birmingham Crown Court last week. He was […]

Birmingham sex death killer jailed for ‘sadistic’ murder of mum

September 12, 2018 World Justice News 0

A man who strangled a mother of two during sex and then slept in his room with the body for several days has been jailed for life. Richard Bailey, 41, claimed Charlotte Teeling, 33, died […]

Human Rights

Report finds ‘clear human rights failures’ in southern Scotland

October 7, 2026 0

A new report has found “clear human rights failures” across the south of Scotland with basic obligations on food, health and housing not being met. The study was carried out over eight different local authority […]

Human Rights

Christa Pike set to be first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years still alive after two lethal injections

October 1, 2026 0

A Tennessee death row inmate set to be the first woman to be executed by the state in more than 200 years is still alive after being administered two lethal injections, her lawyers have said. […]

Human Rights

Killer Christa Pike is to be executed within days – but her defence say she’s a victim too

September 27, 2026 0

Ashlee Sellars last heard from her friend Christa Pike earlier this week, when Pike texted her from her cell on death row as she prepares to be killed by lethal injection by the US state […]