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Truck driver in fatal Canada crash ordered deported

May 25, 2024 World Justice News 0

The truck driver behind a 2018 fatal crash with a bus carrying a junior ice hockey team has been ordered deported from Canada. Jaskirat Singh Sidhu, who is originally from India, was released on full […]

Canada police say dead US rapist was a serial killer

May 20, 2024 World Justice News 0

A man who died in a US prison where he was serving a sentence for rape also has been identified as a serial killer. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said Gary Allen Srery, who […]

British man rearrested in Canada over mum and baby deaths

May 7, 2019 World Justice News 0

A British man has been rearrested after the bodies of a woman and her one-year-old daughter were found in Canada. Robert Leeming, 34, was first arrested days after Jasmine Lovett, 25, and her daughter Aliyah […]

Calgary girl testifies stepdad fatally stabbed her mom in double-murder trial

June 20, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Showing a poise most adults wouldn’t display, a young Calgary girl described for police how her stepdad fatally attacked her mom and a family friend. The girl, whose name is protected by a publication ban, […]

‘Probably’ guilty not good enough for conviction so judge acquits man of bestiality, sex assault

May 16, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

Sheriffs had to be called to a Calgary courtroom after a heated situation resulted following the acquittal of a southern Alberta man who was accused of raping his stepson and having sex with animals, including […]

Sensational murder trial of Douglas Garland will dominate Calgary court cases in 2017

December 29, 2016 WJN Administrator 0

The triple-murder trial of Douglas Garland will highlight a busy 2017 in Calgary courtrooms. It will likely make all other court cases pale in comparison. But while other cases will capture headlines throughout the year, the […]

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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 […]