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Cricketer Ben Stokes found not guilty of affray

August 14, 2018 World Justice News 0

England cricketer Ben Stokes has been found not guilty of affray after a fight near a Bristol nightclub. The Durham all-rounder, 27, denied the charge following the fracas between a group of men last September. […]

Man dies after police surround car

September 27, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man has died in a “police shooting” near the M5 motorway in the Bristol area. The incident happened on the Portbury Hundred (A369) near the M5 junction 19 for Portishead at around 09:30 BST. […]

Primary school teacher jailed after watching live stream of child being raped

August 1, 2017 World Justice News 0

A PRIMARY school teacher who watched a live stream of a six-year-old boy being raped has been jailed for 20 months. Wayne Brookes, 43 from Weston-super-Mare joined 45 other paedophiles online to watch the horrific abuse, […]

Father admits murdering his six-month-old baby daughter on Christmas Day

July 4, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man has admitted murdering his six-month-old baby daughter on Christmas Day. Lee Parker, 33, of Britton Gardens in Kingswood, Bristol, inflicted “fatal and terrible” injuries on Aya Parker, Bristol Crown Court was told. The […]

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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 […]

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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. […]

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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 […]