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Law student faces jail over Bieber ticket scam

October 25, 2017 World Justice News 0

A law student who duped Justin Bieber fans into buying fake concert tickets has pleaded guilty to fraud. Zainab Pervaiz, 25, set up online sale listings for performances by Bieber, Adele and Beyonce, conning victims […]

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

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]