Manchester – World Justice News

Two Jewish people die in car ramming and stabbing attack at Manchester synagogue

October 3, 2025 World Justice News 0

Two Jewish people have died in a car ramming and stabbing attack at a synagogue in Manchester. The attack came on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish religious calendar, and is being treated […]

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 […]

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 […]

UK Counter Terror police making an arrest

Eight men arrested in two separate anti-terror operations

May 5, 2025 World Justice News 0

Seven Iranian nationals are among eight men arrested in two major counter-terrorism investigations that took place separately on Saturday. Five of the arrests were part of a “pre-planned” investigation into an alleged plot to “target […]

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 […]

Teacher who had sex with two schoolboys jailed

July 4, 2024 World Justice News 0

A teacher who had sex with two schoolboys and became pregnant by one of them has been jailed. Rebecca Joynes groomed both boys from the age of 15, first exchanging messages on social media, Manchester […]

Man’s 12 years in jail due to indefinite sentence ‘an injustice’

February 10, 2024 World Justice News 0

A man’s indefinite sentence for a mobile phone theft has left him with severe mental health problems after 12 years in prison, his sister said. Thomas White was handed an imprisonment for public protection (IPP) […]

Nine sentenced to life for mistaken identity murder

June 24, 2023 World Justice News 0

Nine people have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a man who was stabbed in a case of mistaken identity. Michael Anton O’Connor was attacked outside a property in Wilford Crescent […]

Boy, 14, stabbed to death and mother hurt in Manchester

June 10, 2022 World Justice News 0

A 14-year-old boy has been killed and his mother injured after they were both stabbed at a house in Manchester. The teenager died in hospital after he was found with stab wounds at the home […]

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 […]

Human Rights

Senegal PM proposes tougher anti-LGBT law, doubling prison terms

February 26, 2026 0

Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has introduced legislation that could double the maximum penalty for same-sex relations, making them punishable by up to 10 years in prison. The proposal was sent to parliament on Tuesday […]

Human Rights

Rare prison sentences handed to Cameroon soldiers after killing of 21 civilians

February 22, 2026 0

Three Cameroonian soldiers have been sentenced to prison for their role in the killing of at least 21 civilians in the country’s troubled Anglophone region. The jail terms for the crimes, which took place six […]

Human Rights

Nigerian court orders UK to pay £420m over 1949 killing of miners

February 8, 2026 0

A Nigerian court has ordered the British government to pay $27m (£20m) to each of the families of 21 coal miners killed in 1949 by the colonial administration in the south-east of the country. The […]