39 h. ago Officer's murder trial hinges on whether he had a right to be on the property of a man he shot

The murder trial of an Alabama police officer who fatally shot an armed Black man in his front yard will depend on whether the officer had the authority to be at the man’s house in the first place

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3 d. ago Sobbing adult model's family told to 'calm down' after shouting 'f*** off' at judge

Ellie Rixon, 20, was said to have created the "content" in order to fund her drug habit, despite the other girl involved being "incapable of consenting" due to her age

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8 d. ago Iraqi asylum seeker was allowed to stay in Britain after immigration judge 'confused' his home country with Iran, tribunal told

A tribunal in Cardiff heard the man had made anti-Iraq government posts on his public Facebook account and argued he would be subject to persecution on his return.

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8 d. ago Trump’s press secretary attacks federal judge in deportation case by name and calls him ‘Democrat activist’ – live

Karoline Leavitt singles out James Boasberg in briefing attacking federal judges as court battle over deportations continuesDemocratic congressman Glenn Ivey told constituents at a town hall meeting in his Maryland district that Chuck Schumer, the Senate’s Democratic minority leader, should step down from his position after a bitter intraparty fight over government funding last week, HuffPost reports.Ivey is the first member of Congress to say Schumer should leave his leadership position, after the leader supplied enough votes to pass a Republican-backed government funding bill through the Senate. House Democrats had near-unanimously rejected the measure, and many in the party believe Schumer, who argued the bill was better than allowing a shutdown that could be exploited by Donald Trump and Elon Musk, gave up leverage he could have used against the administration. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Romanian rapist wanted in his homeland for driving offence avoids deportation after judge told sending him back would aggravate his PTSD

The man, known only as ZA, arrived in Britain in 2018 and applied for settled status on the basis he had a partner in the UK, but he did not tell authorities about his criminal past.

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1 week ago ‘I deserve death,’ an Alabama murderer told a judge. Now he’s getting his wish

‘I’m tired. I want to complete my sentence,’ James Osgood said

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1 week ago Prue Leith's Bake Off absence explained as real reason for exit revealed

Prue Leith has told viewers that she will not be judging the latest series of Celebrity Great British Bake Off and explained why she has been replaced by one of her close friends

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1 week ago Judges told to consider how migrants are represented in press when deciding cases

The guide, led by Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr, states that 'negative perceptions of migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum are fuelled by parts of the press and some political debate'.

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2 w. ago Armed police went to a mother and son's house. Then it all kicked off

A judge told the defendants that rather than complying with the requests of the firearms officers they had "stupidly" decided to abuse and challenge them.

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2 w. ago Moment UN judge who forced woman to work as slave claims ‘immunity’ to police

A United Nations judge who forced a young woman to work as her slave told police “I even have immunity” as she was arrested at her home.

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2 w. ago Calls grow for Labour to abolish Sentencing Council amid 'two

In updated principles published by the Sentencing Council last week, judges were told to consider a defendant's ethnicity when deciding whether to send them to jail.

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2 w. ago Murdered schoolgirl Sara Sharif's father and stepmother lose appeal bid for shorter sentences

Sara Sharif’s father Urfan Sharif should be locked up for the rest of his life, judges have been told.

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2 w. ago Deported Ghanaian fraudster can return to the UK after he became depressed, judge rules

Samuel Frimpong was jailed for four months for using false documents to try and 'circumvent' the leave to remain rules, an immigration judge (pictured) was told.

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2 w. ago Sara Sharif's father should be locked up for whole life, Court of Appeal judges told

Sara Sharif’s father Urfan Sharif should be locked up for the rest of his life, judges have been told.

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2 w. ago Convicted Ghanaian pastor who used fake documents to stay in UK should be allowed back in because separation from children made him depressed, judge says

Samuel Frimpong was jailed for four months for using false documents to try and 'circumvent' the leave to remain rules, an immigration judge (pictured) was told.

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2 w. ago Woman who was declared dead appears during court probate row saying 'I'm very much alive'

A long-running probate wrangle was upended after the 'dead' woman – Nigerian-born June Ashimola – gave evidence in the High Court in London and told a judge that she was alive

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2 w. ago Woman who starved pet dog to death in her own home sprints from court

She told a judge she knew the dog would die when she abandoned it but 'it wasn't on purpose'

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2 w. ago My brother was shot dead – and then my nephew. Now I’m trying to make our city a safer place

As mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, Randall Woodfin is trying to tackle a murder epidemic. He’s all too familiar with the pain of losing a loved one to violenceIt was past midnight on 27 May 2012 when Randall Woodfin, an early-career public prosecutor, received a call about his older brother. “Ralph’s been shot,” he was told, abruptly. “You need to come.”He jumped in a car, and raced across the city of Birmingham, Alabama, running every red light along the way. He made it to the police perimeter. It was a block and a half from his grandmother’s old home, at a public-housing project in the city’s south, where the two brothers – eight years apart – had spent much of their childhood. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ‘It shows how far we’ve come’: how women’s boxing powered its way to the Royal Albert Hall

Lauren Price, Natasha Jonas and Cindy Ngamba believe groundbreaking all-female bill offers the sport the chance to set aside its problems and show pride in its progress“It’s maddening and sad to think that, not so long ago, women were banned from being fighters,” says Lauren Price as she prepares to face Natasha Jonas in a fascinating world welterweight title unification bout that headlines Friday’s all-female bill at the Royal Albert Hall. But, first, the Olympic gold medallist and world champion pauses to remember those who preceded her.In August 1998, the British Boxing Board of Control were taken to court by Jane Couch, a professional fighter who had been forced abroad because women’s boxing was banned in her country. Bernard Buckley, the board’s solicitor, told the judge that “many women suffer from premenstrual tension which makes them more emotional, labile and accident-prone. They are too fragile to box and bruise easily.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Bake Off judge Prue Leith shares hearing aid blunder as she admits she is going deaf

Great British Bake Off judge Prue Leith told an audience of students how she will need to wear hearing aids - but keeps forgetting to put them in

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