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Trial dropped for Romanian man who stabbed Australian child in London’s West End

October 30, 2025 World Justice News 0

A man who stabbed an 11-year-old girl in a random knife attack in the West End will not face trial for her attempted murder, a court has heard. Ioan Pintaru, 33, of no fixed address, […]

Jewellery boss in £170m scam told shop staff to pretend to be customers

September 1, 2025 World Justice News 0

Staff at a luxury jewellery retailer were told to pose as customers to trick investors in the UK’s biggest diamond scam, BBC Panorama can reveal. The deception helped diamond dealer Vashi Dominguez get fresh cash […]

Fraudster from UK living in Dubai to lose £90m property empire and a Ferrari 575 Superamerica

August 30, 2025 World Justice News 0

A fraudster on the run from Britain will lose his £90m property empire and his Ferrari, a judge has ruled. Arif Patel, 57, from Preston, Lancashire, led a gang convicted in 2023 of one of […]

US woman convicted over failed assassination in UK

August 13, 2025 World Justice News 0

US woman Aimee Betro has been found guilty of attempting to shoot a man dead in the UK. But the investigation into the Wisconsin native revealed her to be “fairly unexceptional” with virtually no “criminal […]

Woman charged with murder in missing Rolex case

June 20, 2025 World Justice News 0

A 69-year-old-woman has been charged with murdering another woman who was found fatally stabbed in her home in Camden, north London. Jennifer Abbott, also known as Sarah Steinberg, was found by her niece and neighbours […]

PhD student guilty of drugging and raping 10 women in London and China – police fear more than 50 other victims

March 5, 2025 World Justice News 0

Police are appealing for more than 50 more victims to come forward after one of the country’s most prolific sex offenders was found guilty of drugging and raping 10 women. Chinese PhD student Zhenhao Zou, […]

Former Brookside actor jailed over £13m modelling fraud

March 1, 2025 World Justice News 0

A former Brookside actor who masterminded a £13.6million fraud operation that conned thousands of would-be models has been jailed. Philip Foster, 49, who played Christian Wright in the Liverpool soap, ran a network of fake […]

Son loses case against parents over move to Africa

February 28, 2025 World Justice News 0

A 14-year-old boy has lost a court case he brought against his own parents after they moved him from London to Ghana to go to boarding school. The boy, described in court as shy, articulate, […]

Six arrested by counter-terror police over suspected activity linked to proscribed group PKK

November 27, 2024 World Justice News 0

Six people have been arrested in London as part of a counter-terrorism investigation into suspected activity linked to the proscribed group Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK). A 59-year-old woman, a 27-year-old man, a 31-year-old woman, a […]

Fraudsters steal 22 tonnes of high-value cheddar

October 26, 2024 World Justice News 0

Hundreds of truckles of cheddar worth more than £300,000 have been stolen from London cheese specialist Neal’s Yard Dairy. Fraudsters posing as legitimate wholesalers received the 950 clothbound cheeses from the Southwark-based company before it […]

Human Rights

Double murderer awarded £7,500 compensation over human rights breaches

January 2, 2026 0

A double murderer has been awarded £7,500 compensation by the High Court over breaches of his human rights. Fuad Awale, who is serving a life sentence for shooting two teenagers in the head in 2011, […]

Human Rights

US plans to start checking all tourists’ social media

December 10, 2025 0

All tourists – including those from Britain – will have to undergo a social media screening before being allowed entry into the US under new plans being considered by the country’s border force. At the […]

Australia

Children locked out of social media apps after Australia’s world-first ban

December 10, 2025 0

Australia’s world-first social media ban for children has taken effect, with throngs of teenagers waking up to find their accounts have gone dark. Others tell BBC they have already snuck past barriers and will continue […]