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Razzlekhan and husband guilty of $4.5bn Bitcoin launder

August 3, 2023 World Justice News 0

A husband and wife cyber-crime team have pleaded guilty to trying to launder $4.5bn (£3.5bn) of Bitcoin that he had stolen in a hack in 2016. Heather Morgan and Ilya Lichtenstein were arrested last year […]

Gilgo Beach murders: Man charged over deaths of three women linked to unsolved serial killings

July 16, 2023 World Justice News 0

A wealthy architect has been charged with murdering three women linked to the unsolved killings of 11 people, which was the subject of the Netflix film Lost Girls. Rex Heuermann, 59, was arrested as the […]

Michael Burnham: US inmate with ‘survivalist skills’ in Pennsylvania jail break

July 8, 2023 World Justice News 0

A suspected murderer with “survivalist skills” has broken out of a Pennsylvania jail by climbing on exercise equipment and is now the subject of a multi-state manhunt. Michael Burnham escaped from a jail in Warren, […]

Father of three-week-old baby girl accused of killing her with crossbow

June 28, 2023 World Justice News 0

A man has been charged with murdering his three-week-old daughter with a crossbow, US authorities have said. The Broome County Sheriff’s Office said a New York man was arrested and charged on suspicion of shooting […]

Lawyers used ChatGPT to help with a case – it backfired massively

June 24, 2023 World Justice News 0

Two New York lawyers have been fined after submitting a legal brief with fake case citations generated by ChatGPT. Steven Schwartz, of law firm Levidow, Levidow & Oberman, admitted using the chatbot to research the […]

Briton pleads guilty in US to 2020 Twitter hack

May 10, 2023 World Justice News 0

A British national extradited to the US last month has pleaded guilty in New York to a role in one of the biggest hacks in social media history. The July 2020 Twitter hack affected over […]

Trump mistrial request denied in E Jean Carroll rape lawsuit

May 1, 2023 World Justice News 0

A New York judge has denied a request from Donald Trump’s legal team for a mistrial in a civil rape and defamation trial. Writer E Jean Carroll is suing Mr Trump, alleging he raped her […]

Kaylin Gillis: Woman shot dead in New York state after friend pulled into wrong driveway

April 18, 2023 World Justice News 0

A man has been charged with second-degree murder in the US after he allegedly shot and killed a 20-year-old woman as the car she was in mistakenly drove up the man’s driveway. Kaylin Gillis was […]

Donald Trump arraigned on 34 felony charges for falsifying business records

April 5, 2023 World Justice News 0

Last week, we learned Donald Trump had been charged with a crime. Now we know the former US president faces 34 counts of falsifying business records. Although falsifying records are usually treated as lesser misdemeanours, […]

The man extradited to the UK for a 41-year-old pub brawl

March 19, 2023 World Justice News 0

Decades after moving to the US, retired construction worker Rory McGrath was extradited to the UK to face trial for a 41-year-old crime. Eventually he was found not guilty. Rory McGrath had just stepped through […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]