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Qantas hit with record fine for illegal layoffs during pandemic

August 18, 2025 World Justice News 0
An Australian court has fined airline giant Qantas a record A$90m (£43m; $59m) for illegally sacking more than 1,800 ground workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Australia’s Transport Workers’ Union said it welcomed the penalty, which is […]
Thomas Kwan
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Disguised GP jailed for inheritance row poisoning

November 6, 2024 World Justice News 0
A GP who disguised himself and injected his mother’s partner with a poison in a row over an inheritance has been jailed for 31 years and five months. Thomas Kwan, 53, was posing as a […]
Vera Liddell
News

School worker jailed for stealing chicken wings worth $1.5m

August 13, 2024 World Justice News 0
A school worker has been jailed for nine years after stealing $1.5m (£1.18m) worth of chicken wings. Vera Liddell’s year-long heist of the flightless birds soared to 11,000 cases of the wings, which were meant […]
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Canada

Canada Covid protesters cleared of plotting to kill police

August 5, 2024 World Justice News 0
Two Canadian men accused of conspiring to murder police during protests over Covid-19 measures have been found not guilty. Anthony Olienick and Chris Carbert were charged after guns, body armour and ammunition were found at a […]
Aimee Bock
News

US charges dozens with $250m pandemic relief fraud

September 21, 2022 World Justice News 0
US prosecutors have charged 47 people in the largest Covid relief fraud scheme alleged to date. The suspects are accused of stealing $250m (£220m) from a government aid programme that was supposed to feed children […]
Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak
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Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak to be fined over lockdown parties

April 12, 2022 World Justice News 0
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor Rishi Sunak will be fined by the police for breaking lockdown laws. The PM’s wife, Carrie Johnson, will also be given a fixed penalty notice. Officials confirmed the three […]
10 Downing Street
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Twenty fines to be issued over No 10 lockdown parties

March 29, 2022 World Justice News 0
Twenty fines will be issued as part of the police inquiry into Downing Street parties that breached Covid rules. The police will not be saying who is fined or confirming which events the fixed penalty […]
Gretchen Whitmer
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Gretchen Whitmer: Court hears of violent plot to abduct US governor

March 25, 2022 World Justice News 0
Four men accused of wanting to kidnap Michigan’s governor were ready to use machine guns and grenade launchers as part of the plot, a US court has heard. The accused are on trial accused of […]
Gretchen Whitmer
Lead Story

Gretchen Whitmer: Trial due to begin in US governor kidnapping plot

March 8, 2022 World Justice News 0
The trial of four men accused of a plot to kidnap Michigan’s Democratic governor is due to begin with jury selection on Tuesday. Prosecutors say the men, some of whom are alleged militia members, targeted […]
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Covid: Half of England and Wales Nightingale Courts to close within weeks

March 3, 2022 World Justice News 0
Almost half of the temporary Nightingale Courts set up at the start of the pandemic are to close, the Ministry of Justice has announced. Temporary courts were opened in hotels and conference suites to help […]

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Human Rights

Self-styled ‘king of Germany’ goes on trial accused of heading criminal group

November 8, 2026 0
A self-declared “king” of Germany has gone on trial in Düsseldorf accused of leading a criminal organisation along with three other men described as his senior “subjects”. Peter Fitzek, 61, who calls himself Peter the […]
Paul Mackenzie
Human Rights

Kenyan doomsday cult leader Paul Mackenzie given life sentence for murdering 191 people

November 6, 2026 0
A Kenyan court has sentenced the leader of a doomsday cult, Paul Mackenzie, to 200 years in prison for murdering 191 people, all but one of them children. Alongside 28 others, Mackenzie was found guilty […]
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All 548 death row inmates in California to have sentences changed to life in prison

November 6, 2026 0
Governor Gavin Newsom said he’ll commute all death sentences in the state to life in prison without the possibility of parole. He made the announcement as he prepares to leave office after eight years in […]
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