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Sarah Everard: Wayne Couzens admits rape and kidnap

June 8, 2021 World Justice News 0

A Met Police officer has admitted kidnapping and raping Sarah Everard. The 33-year-old vanished as she walked home in Clapham, south London, on 3 March. Her body was found a week later in woodland near […]

Sarah Everard: Wayne Couzens appears in court charged with murder

March 13, 2021 World Justice News 0

A Metropolitan Police officer has appeared in court charged with the kidnap and murder of Sarah Everard. Wayne Couzens, 48, was arrested on Tuesday after the 33-year-old disappeared when walking home to Brixton from Clapham […]

Julian Assange: Wikileaks founder extradition to US blocked by UK judge

January 4, 2021 World Justice News 0

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange cannot be extradited to the United States, a court in London has ruled. The judge blocked the request because of concerns over Mr Assange’s mental health and risk of suicide in […]

Essex lorry deaths: Two found guilty of killing 39 migrants

December 21, 2020 World Justice News 0

Two men have been found guilty of the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex. The migrants suffocated in the sealed container en route from Zeebrugge to Purfleet in […]

Serial rapists receive longer minimum jail terms after appeal

December 11, 2020 World Justice News 0

Two serial rapists with life sentences will have the minimum time they must spend in prison extended from 30 to 40 years, the High Court has ruled. Joseph McCann, 35, was jailed last year at […]

Fifth murder trial finds man guilty

September 9, 2020 World Justice News 0

A man who faced an unprecedented five trials over four years for the shooting of a mother-of-nine and her nephew has been found guilty of murder. Annie Ekofo, 53, and Bervil Ekofo, 21, were killed […]

Manchester Arena attack: Hashem Abedi jailed for minimum 55 years

August 20, 2020 World Justice News 0

The brother of the Manchester Arena bomber has been jailed for at least 55 years for the murders of 22 people. Hashem Abedi helped his older sibling Salman to plan the atrocity that killed 22 […]

Mother in court charged with murdering son in Acton

August 17, 2020 World Justice News 0

A mother has appeared in court charged with murdering her 10-year-old son who was found dead in a west London house. Dylan Freeman’s body was discovered in a property in Cumberland Park, Acton, after a […]

PC Andrew Harper’s teenage killers jailed

July 31, 2020 World Justice News 0

The killers of a police officer who was dragged to his death behind their getaway car have been jailed. PC Andrew Harper died when he suffered catastrophic injuries as his ankles got caught in a […]

Essex lorry deaths: Driver Maurice Robinson admits manslaughter

April 9, 2020 World Justice News 0

Lorry driver Maurice Robinson has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to 39 counts of manslaughter after the deaths of a group of Vietnamese migrants. The 31 males and eight females were discovered in a […]

Human Rights

Judge dismisses criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia

May 23, 2026 0

A US judge has dismissed the criminal case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongfully deported to a megaprison in El Salvador last year. Abrego Garcia, whose deportation became a major flashpoint in the debate […]

Australia

Australia court doubles payout for trans woman in landmark discrimination case

May 17, 2026 0

A Sydney court has doubled the discrimination payout for an Australian trans woman who was kicked off a female-only app. It comes almost two years after Roxanne Tickle successfully sued Sall Grover, founder of the […]

Human Rights

War criminal Mladic close to death, say lawyers asking judge for jail release

May 3, 2026 0

Lawyers acting for convicted Bosnian Serb war criminal Ratko Mladic are awaiting a decision by a UN court on their bid to release him from jail in The Hague on the grounds he is near […]