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Disguised GP jailed for inheritance row poisoning

November 6, 2024 World Justice News 0

A GP who disguised himself and injected his mother’s partner with a poison in a row over an inheritance has been jailed for 31 years and five months. Thomas Kwan, 53, was posing as a […]

Man Who Sold Pirate IPTV Must Pay £521,000 or Face Five More Years in Prison

March 1, 2020 World Justice News 0

A man who was sentenced in 2018 to 4.5 years in prison for selling pirate IPTV devices to pubs and clubs has been ordered to pay £520,000 to the public purse. Failure to come up […]

Carl Beech: ‘VIP abuse’ accuser jailed for 18 years

July 26, 2019 World Justice News 0

A man who made false allegations of murder and child sexual abuse against public figures has been jailed for 18 years. Carl Beech, 51, from Gloucester, was sentenced for 12 counts of perverting the course […]

Rapist Northumbria Police officer’s prison release sparks outcry

August 6, 2018 World Justice News 0

A Northumbria Police officer handed two life sentences in prison in 2011 for rape has been released, it has emerged. Stephen Mitchell was found guilty of carrying out sex attacks on vulnerable women he met […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Jail time and unlimited fines planned under conversion practices ban

June 25, 2026 0

Those who carry out conversion practices – commonly known as “conversion therapy” – could be jailed for up to five years under landmark new plans. The draft Conversion Practices Bill, which criminalises “abusive acts” aiming […]