72 m. ago 'Haunted' victims of serial rapist London PhD student speak out as he faces possible life sentence

Zhenhao Zou, who was studying at UCL, faces years in prison for drugging and raping women

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4 h. ago London PhD student exposed as serial rapist faces possible life sentence for raping women on camera

Zhenhao Zou, who was studying at UCL, faces years in prison for drugging and raping women

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4 h. ago Zhenhao Zou sentencing LIVE Chinese PhD student drugged and raped 10 women

Chinese PhD student Zhenhao Zou, 28, was found guilty of raping and drugging 10 women and filming several of the disgusting attacks - he is due to be sentenced

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5 h. ago London PhD student exposed as serial rapist faces possible life sentence for drugging and raping women on camera

Zhenhao Zou, who was studying at UCL, faces years in prison for drugging and raping women

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7 h. ago Killer serving life sentence jailed again over his part in brutal street attack

A killer serving a life sentence has been jailed again for his part in a brutal street attack in Carluke.

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11 h. ago Predator who drugged and raped 10 women facing ‘very long’ jail term

Engineering student Zhenhao Zou, 28, may have targeted dozens more victims in harrowing attacks that he filmed, police fear.

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46 h. ago Peru Two's Michaella McCollum branded 'stunning' as she dons little black dress

Michaella McCollum, now 31, was arrested in Peru in 2013 for trying to smuggle £1.5 million worth of cocaine out of the country. She was released in 2016 after serving half her sentence and has gone on to turn her life around

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47 h. ago Killer's chilling excuse after butchering two women in 'horror movie' rampage

Jazwell Brown, who has today been sentenced to life in jail with a minimum term of 39 years, made a shocking remark to officers after stabbing Joanne Pearson and Teohna Grant to death in a frenzied rampage

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49 h. ago Monster admits beheading girlfriend before scrolling through phone and texting her mum

Ewan Methven, 27, now faces a life sentence after admitting to murdering and decapitating his girlfriend Phoenix Spencer-Horn, 21, in the home they shared in East Kilbride

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63 h. ago Man formerly on death row can't serve 2 life terms at the same time, Tennessee Supreme Court rules

The Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that a Memphis judge did not have the authority to give a man formerly on death row concurrent sentences of life in prison

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3 d. ago German court sentences Syrian doctor to life in prison for torture and war crimes in his homeland

A German court has sentenced a Syrian doctor to life imprisonment for torture and war crimes in his homeland for killing two people and torturing nine in Syria between 2011 and 2012

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3 d. ago German court sentences Syrian doctor to life in jail for crimes against humanity

Alaa Mousa tortured detainees at military hospitals during Syrian civil war, under former ruler Bashar al-AssadA German court has sentenced a Syrian doctor to life in prison for crimes against humanity for torturing detainees at military hospitals under former ruler Bashar al-Assad.The crimes committed by Alaa Mousa, 40, during the Syrian civil war were “part of a brutal reaction by Assad’s dictatorial, unjust regime”, said the presiding judge at the higher regional court in Frankfurt, Christoph Koller. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago DAILY MAIL COMMENT: The drumbeat of doubts over Lucy Letby's conviction has grown so loud that justice now demands an urgent resolution

When Lucy Letby was sentenced to 15 full-life terms there was at least the consolation that justice had been done. Or had it?

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3 d. ago The Guardian view on the Letby case: justice cannot be immune from scrutiny or doubt | Editorial

Even in the most harrowing cases, a fair society must allow for review, and the possibility of judicial errorWhen Lucy Letby was found guilty of murdering seven babies, and attempting to murder seven more, the judge sentenced her to multiple whole-life terms for what he said had been “a cruel, calculated and cynical campaign”. The convictions shook public trust in the NHS and demanded a reckoning with a system and culture that had failed to prevent such horrors. In August 2023, this newspaper urged readers to look beyond individual guilt to the institutional failures that allowed such crimes to go undetected for so long. It remains the case that serious questions must be asked of NHS management and clinical staff in relation to the tragic events at the Countess of Chester hospital.However, justice, like science, should not be afraid to re-examine its conclusions when reasonable doubt or fresh evidence emerge. Since Letby’s conviction, many have questioned the basis of the prose...

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3 d. ago Sexting cheat boyfriend caught  out 'in a genius way' by his furious girlfriend reveals what happened next

Oliver Murphy, 22, was caught sexting another girl by his student girlfriend Melissa Viegas, who hatched a cunning plan to embarrassingly expose him.

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8 d. ago Gisèle Pelicot settles claim for invasion of privacy against French magazine

Paris Match agrees to pay €40,000 to two charities after publishing photos of Pelicot and companionGisèle Pelicot, who survived almost a decade of rape by dozens of men after she was drugged by her ex-husband, has settled an invasion of privacy case with the French magazine Paris Match.Pelicot, who became a feminist hero after she decided to waive her right to anonymity in the trial of her ex-husband and 50 other men last year, took legal action against Paris Match in April. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Two men jailed for life for supplying car bomb that killed Daphne Caruana Galizia

Robert Agius and Jamie Vella were convicted last week of their role in the anti-corruption journalist’s murder in 2017Two men have been sentenced to life in prison for supplying the car bomb that killed the anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta eight years ago.The sentencing on Tuesday of Robert Agius and Jamie Vella, reported to be members of the island’s criminal underworld, marked a significant step in the long campaign to bring those charged with Caruana Galizia’s murder to justice. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Malta jury sentences 2 men to life in prison for supplying bomb that killed journalist

Two men have been sentenced to life in prison over their role in the murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia

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1 week ago Mum's girlfriend helped kill boy, 8, found stuffed inside rubbish bag in attic

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A 34-year-old woman has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of eight-year-old Martonio Wilder - but she may receive parole in 15 years

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2 w. ago Richard Satchwell given life sentence for murder of wife Tina

The British truck driver had denied the murder of Tina Satchwell at their home in 2017.

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