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US silicone death: Briton Donna Francis sentenced to year in jail

November 14, 2019 World Justice News 0

A British woman convicted of killing a US patient by giving her botched buttock-enhancement injections has been sentenced to a year in New York jail. Donna Francis had pleaded guilty to criminally negligent homicide for […]

Essex lorry deaths: Vietnamese police arrest eight people

November 4, 2019 World Justice News 0

Eight suspects have been held in Vietnam after 39 people were found dead in a lorry in Essex. The arrests came as a team of Vietnamese officials arrived in Britain to help formally identify the […]

Essex lorry deaths: Extradition proceedings launched

November 1, 2019 World Justice News 0

Essex Police has started extradition proceedings to bring a man from Ireland to the UK to face charges of manslaughter over the deaths of 39 people in the back of a lorry. Eamonn Harrison, 23, […]

Essex lorry deaths: Brothers wanted on suspicion of manslaughter

October 29, 2019 World Justice News 0

Two brothers are wanted on suspicion of manslaughter over 39 people found dead in a lorry in Essex. Ronan Hughes, 40, and Christopher Hughes, 34, from Armagh in Northern Ireland, are also wanted by police […]

Essex lorry deaths: Driver charged with manslaughter of 39 people

October 26, 2019 World Justice News 0

A lorry driver has been charged with the manslaughter of 39 people found dead inside a refrigerated trailer. Maurice Robinson, 25, was arrested after the bodies of 31 men and eight women were found in […]

39 bodies found in lorry container in Essex

October 23, 2019 World Justice News 0

The bodies of 39 people have been found in a lorry container in Essex. The vehicle, believed to have travelled from Bulgaria, was found shortly before 01:40 BST at Waterglade Industrial Park in Grays, police […]

Upskirting lawyer sentenced for London Underground photos

September 27, 2019 World Justice News 0

A former government lawyer who took photos up a woman’s skirt on the London Underground has been sentenced. A policeman spotted Daren Timson-Hunt, 54, with his phone “in between his legs” near a passenger wearing […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]

Human Rights

Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]