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Fairy lights bomb plotter Zahid Hussain jailed for life

October 9, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man who planned to bomb a railway line with a device made from fairy lights and a pressure cooker has been jailed for life. Zahid Hussain, 29, from Birmingham, filled the appliance with 1.6kg […]

£20 million heroin smuggling plot gang jailed for 140 Years

July 14, 2017 World Justice News 0

A Birmingham drugs gang who conspired to smuggle up to £19 million of heroin into the UK from Pakistan have been jailed for more than 130 years. The crooks had hid the drugs inside industrial […]

Birmingham pub bombings: Families granted legal aid

May 4, 2017 World Justice News 0

Lawyers acting for eight families of victims of the Birmingham pub bombings say they have been offered legal aid funding. The government had previously intervened to remove legal barriers that had barred the Northern Ireland-based […]

Westminster terror attack arrest in Birmingham

Westminster terror attack: Man arrested in Birmingham

March 26, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man has been arrested in Birmingham by police investigating the Westminster terror attack, in which four people were killed. The Met Police said the 30-year-old was being held on suspicion of preparing terrorist acts. […]

Woman who denied pulling out ex-husband’s intestines cleared of attempted murder

February 18, 2017 zoshinuk 0

UPDATE A woman who denied pulling out part of her ex-husband’s intestines after they had sex at her Birmingham home has walked free from court. A jury at Birmingham Crown Court, who had deliberated for […]

Woman ‘tried pulling out ex’s intestines after four-hour sex session’

February 14, 2017 zoshinuk 0

A father has told a court how his ex-wife tried to disembowel him minutes after they had a four-hour sex session. Dalya Saeed, 35, is accused of stabbing Bilal Miah, 31, with a carving knife […]

Disturbance spreads at HMP Birmingham

December 16, 2016 zoshinuk 0

BIRMINGHAM – A riot involving hundreds of inmates has broken out at a prison after keys were reportedly taken from a member of staff. Trouble flared at privately-run HMP Birmingham after a prison officer was […]

British computer expert hacked into US military records and recruited student jihadi in chilling ISIS plot to behead American soldier

November 18, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Junaid Hussain used the internet to recruit American Munir Abdulkader, a Cincinnati university student until last year, to behead a US soldier whose family home address had been hacked from military records. Hussain, 21, was […]

Human Rights

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 […]