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Birmingham child murders: Dad guilty of killing son and daughter

November 17, 2017 World Justice News 0

A father has been found guilty of murdering his two young children who he smothered with a petrol-soaked rag before setting fire to the family home. Saros Endris, eight, and his sister Leanor, six, were […]

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 […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]