Cambridgeshire – World Justice News

Soham murderer Ian Huntley dies after prison attack

March 7, 2026 World Justice News 0

Ian Huntley, the former school caretaker who murdered two 10-year-old schoolgirls in Soham, died on Saturday following an attack in prison. The 52-year-old suffered significant head trauma after being attacked with a makeshift weapon by […]

Cambridgeshire Emergency responders at Huntingdon station

Two arrested and Nine with life-threatening injuries after train stabbing at Huntingdon station in Cambridgeshire

November 2, 2025 World Justice News 0

Counter-terrorism police have joined an investigation into a mass stabbing on a train, which left nine people with life-threatening injuries. The train was stopped at Huntingdon station, in Cambridgeshire, after officers received the first 999 […]

Two more captured Britons charged by pro-Russian rebels, say reports

July 2, 2022 World Justice News 0

Two more Britons captured by Russian forces in Ukraine have been charged with being mercenaries, according to Russian state media. Dylan Healy, a chef who was volunteering as an aid worker, had been captured at a […]

HP wins multibillion-dollar fraud case over Autonomy sale

January 29, 2022 World Justice News 0

Hewlett Packard (HP) has won a multibillion-dollar fraud case over its acquisition of a British software company. Cambridge-based Autonomy was sold to the US tech giant for $11bn in 2011. HP sued its founder and […]

Wisbech man police feared had been killed found hiding in wood after five years

August 3, 2020 World Justice News 0

A man police feared may have been murdered has been found hiding in a wood, five years after he disappeared. Ricardas Puisys, then 35, of Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, was last seen at his workplace in September […]

HMP Whitemoor: Two arrests over prison officer ‘terror attack

March 3, 2020 World Justice News 0

Two men are being questioned under terror laws over an attack on a prison officer at a maximum security jail. Four officers and a nurse were injured as cells were unlocked at HMP Whitemoor in […]

Max Clifford: HMP Littlehey staff ‘made medication errors’

December 26, 2019 World Justice News 0

Disgraced publicist Max Clifford was given wrongly-labelled medication at least twice in prison before he died, a report has found. Clifford, 74, died two years ago while serving an eight-year sentence at Littlehey Prison in […]

Football sex abuse accused dies in crash on day of trial

January 8, 2019 World Justice News 0

Former youth football coach Michael “Kit” Carson has died in a car crash on the day he was due to stand trial on sex abuse charges. Mr Carson, 75, of St Bartholomew’s Court, Riverside, Cambridge, […]

Australia

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier charged over alleged war crimes

April 7, 2026 0

Australia’s most-decorated living soldier has been charged over allegations he committed war crimes in Afghanistan. Ben Roberts-Smith – who left the defence force in 2013 – was arrested at Sydney airport on Tuesday and will […]

Human Rights

‘The gravest crime against humanity’: What does the UN vote on slavery mean?

March 28, 2026 0

The United Nations General Assembly this week overwhelmingly backed a resolution declaring the transatlantic slave trade “the gravest crime against humanity”. Welcoming the vote, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the wealth of many Western […]

Human Rights

Leading anti‑racism activist in Tunisia jailed for eight years

March 21, 2026 0

A Tunisian court has sentenced human rights activist Saadia Mosbah to eight years in prison and fined her £26,000 ($35,000). Mosbah, who leads the anti-racism group Mnèmty, had been charged with money laundering and illicit […]