6 d. ago Businessman who blew the whistle on a South African government bribery scandal gets plea deal

A businessman who confessed to being a fixer who delivered bribes to South African government officials, lawmakers and others in a corruption scheme that enraged the nation has avoided jail time in a plea deal announced by state prosecutors

Economics

7 d. ago Tragic last hours of girl, 2, left to die in hot car as dad due to be jailed dies

Christopher Scholtes was found dead at a Phoenix home this morning on the day he was due to turn himself in as part of a plea deal over the death of his daughter, Parker

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9 d. ago Judge rejects plea deal for funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies

Jon Hallford withdrew his guilty plea and is scheduled for trial

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9 d. ago Pregnant UK teenager Bella May Culley freed from Georgian jail

Culley, 19, who was arrested on drug-smuggling charges in May, is released after plea dealThe pregnant British teenager Bella Culley has been released from a Georgian prison, where she had been held for six months on drug-smuggling charges after a plea deal.Culley, 19, who is pregnant, was arrested in May at Tbilisi airport and accused of attempting to smuggle 12kg (26.5lbs) of marijuana and 2kg (4.4lbs) of hashish into the country. She was found guilty by a Georgian court on Monday and sentenced to five months and 25 days in prison, the total time she had already spent in custody. Her family also paid a 500,000 lari (about £137,000) fine as part of a plea deal. Culley and her mother, Lyanne Kennedy, both cried as the verdict was read out. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Judge to weigh plea deal of funeral home owner accused of stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies

A Colorado funeral home owner has taken a plea deal after stashing nearly 190 decaying bodies in a bug-infested building

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2 w. ago Bella Culley could be released from jail before she gives birth after plea deal

Bella Culley's lawyers are understood to be exploring the idea of applying for a presidential pardon, which if granted would see her immediately leave Georgia

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2 w. ago Jailed 'drug mule' Bella Culley could be freed before giving birth despite plea deal

Student nurse Bella Culley was arrested in Tbilisi in May after 11kg of cannabis and over 400g of hashish, a highly potent form of cannabis, were found in her luggage

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2 w. ago Pregnant teen drug mule to serve 2 years in Georgia jail after plea deal

The British student nurse was arrested in Tbilisi in May after 11kg of cannabis and over 400g of hashish, a highly potent form of cannabis, were found in her luggage.

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2 w. ago Bella Culley to serve 2 years in Georgia jail after 'drug mule' plea deal

The pregnant student nurse, aged 19, was arrested in Tbilisi in May after 11kg of cannabis and over 400g of hashish, a highly potent form of cannabis, were found in her luggage

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2 w. ago Mum's body found chopped up in washing machine 'as daughter uses AI to conceal murder'

A daughter is accused of butchering her own mum and stashing the body parts in a washing machine and barrel, then using AI to fake her mother’s voice and even disguising herself as her to fool security cameras

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3 w. ago 'I used to weigh 26 stone and felt judged, now people are kind and respectful'

Angelina says her weight was starting to cause issues for her son - as he was being bullied at school

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3 w. ago Alexander Acosta said putting Epstein on trial would’ve been a gamble, transcript shows

Former prosecutor testified before House committee on hurdles that prosecution of convicted sex offender would have facedAlexander Acosta, the former US attorney for the southern district of Florida who negotiated a plea deal in 2008 with Jeffrey Epstein, testified before the House oversight committee last month that going to trial would have been a “crapshoot” due to lack of cooperation from victims.In a transcript of the six-hour interview released on Friday, the former prosecutor, who later served in the first Trump administration, described the evidentiary hurdles Epstein’s federal prosecution would have faced, and why his office turned the case over to Florida state prosecutors that resulted in the disgraced financier pleading guilty to charges of soliciting sex from a minor. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago Couple accused of keeping sexually abused girl, 6, in pit alongside sister's body set to be offered plea deals

Daniel Callihan stabbed Callie Brunett more than 50 times before he kidnapped her daughters. He then drove the sisters to Mississippi where he kept the six-year-old as a 'sex slave.'

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