Hillsborough – World Justice News

Hillsborough family injustices will never be repeated – government

December 6, 2023 World Justice News 0

The government has signed a Hillsborough Charter, promising no family will suffer the same injustices as those involved in the 1989 disaster, and apologised for a delay in doing so. It comes more than six […]

Hillsborough: Police forces agree cover-up compensation for victims

June 4, 2021 World Justice News 0

Two police forces are to pay damages to more than 600 people over a cover-up which followed the Hillsborough disaster, lawyers have said. The South Yorkshire and West Midlands forces agreed the settlement earlier this […]

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Hillsborough trial: Men acquitted as judge rules no case to answer

May 26, 2021 World Justice News 0

Two retired police officers and an ex-solicitor accused of altering police statements after the Hillsborough disaster have been acquitted. Retired Ch Supt Donald Denton, retired Det Ch Insp Alan Foster and former solicitor Peter Metcalf […]

Twitter hack teen’s court hearing ‘Zoombombed’ with porn

August 5, 2020 World Justice News 0

A court hearing for the Florida teenager accused of being behind last month’s major Twitter hack was interrupted with pornography. The hearing took place over video chat app Zoom, but had to be suspended after […]

Heiress Tiffany Li who posted $35m bail found not guilty of murdering ex-boyfriend

November 16, 2019 World Justice News 0

A Californian property heiress accused of murdering the father of her two children over a custody battle has been acquitted by a jury. Tiffany Li, 34, was found not guilty of conspiring with her boyfriend […]

Hillsborough trial: No verdict over David Duckenfield

April 3, 2019 World Justice News 0

The jury in the trial of Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield has been unable to reach a verdict. Former Ch Supt Duckenfield, now 74, had denied the gross negligence manslaughter of 95 Liverpool fans in […]

Hillsborough charges against Sir Norman Bettison dropped

August 21, 2018 World Justice News 0

A former chief inspector accused of trying to blame Liverpool fans for the 1989 Hillsborough disaster has had all charges against him dropped. Sir Norman Bettison, then of South Yorkshire Police, had faced four counts […]

Hillsborough disaster accused appear in crown court

September 6, 2017 World Justice News 0

Five men charged over the Hillsborough disaster and its aftermath have appeared in crown court. The men, including ex-South Yorkshire Police (SYP) Ch Insp Sir Norman Bettison, sat in a glass-walled dock at Preston Crown […]

Five men charged with Hillsborough disaster offences appear in court

August 9, 2017 World Justice News 0

Five men charged with offences relating to the Hillsborough disaster and its aftermath have appeared at Warrington Magistrates’ Court. The court has been told that all five men intend to plead not guilty to charges […]

Update – Hillsborough prosecutions

July 27, 2017 zoshinuk 0

This week the CPS has written to the families of those who died as a result of the Hillsborough disaster to update them on the progress of the prosecutions announced on 28 June. While it […]

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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 […]

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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 […]