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Oxford University employee in court over US murder

August 11, 2017 World Justice News 0

An Oxford University employee has appeared in a US court accused of murdering a 26-year-old man in Chicago. Somerville College’s Andrew Warren and US professor Wyndham Lathem, 42, are accused of fatally stabbing Trenton Cornell-Duranleau […]

Life sentence for fire murder brother

August 11, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man who murdered his brother by setting fire to him has been ordered to spend at least 20 years in jail. Cameron Logan, 23, died in the blaze in Milngavie, East Dunbartonshire, and his […]

Reputed gang member-turned-cop guilty of murder

August 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

LOS ANGELES — A reputed gang member who beat a murder charge decades ago and went on to land a job as a police officer was convicted Thursday of the 30-year-old killing after DNA evidence […]

Mother faces murder trial over daughter’s disappearance

July 18, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A woman accused of murdering her 16-month-old daughter at Scone more than 16 years ago told varying stories about the whereabouts of the missing girl, including telling people “she’s in a better place”, Newcastle Supreme […]

‘Stop the violence’: Cousin of slain Perth man speaks out after guilty verdicts

July 11, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

A cousin of slain Perth man Patrick Slater has called for violence amongst aboriginal people to be addressed after five men and a teenage boy were found guilty of his murder. The group stood trial […]

Man charged with murdering sleeping boy in Sydney

July 11, 2017 World Justice News 0

An Australian man has been charged with the “execution-style” killing of a 15-year-old boy who was shot in his bed. Brayden Dillon was sleeping on Good Friday in April when a masked gunman entered his […]

New trial date for child murder suspect David Creato Jr.

July 5, 2017 WHUsBubbles 0

CAMDEN, N.J. A judge has set a new trial date for David Creato Jr., the New Jersey man accused of killing his son. The proceedings will begin on September 11, the judge said on Wednesday. […]

Father admits murdering his six-month-old baby daughter on Christmas Day

July 4, 2017 World Justice News 0

A man has admitted murdering his six-month-old baby daughter on Christmas Day. Lee Parker, 33, of Britton Gardens in Kingswood, Bristol, inflicted “fatal and terrible” injuries on Aya Parker, Bristol Crown Court was told. The […]

Convicted rapist Michael Cardamone pleads guilty to barbaric murder of Victorian mother Karen Chetcuti

June 30, 2017 WJN Administrator 0

The mother of a Victorian woman tortured and murdered by a rapist on parole has called for the man to be locked up for life, fearing that “no woman or child will be safe” if […]

Officer Van Dyke takes stand in hearing on Laquan McDonald’s killing

June 28, 2017 WJN Staff 0

The Chicago police officer at the center of a fatal shooting that has rocked the Police Department for 19 months took the witness stand Wednesday in a Cook County courtroom in a surprise development. Officer Jason […]

Human Rights

Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

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 […]