4 h. ago Supreme Court rules Scottish sex trial evidence will lead to human rights violations

The UK Supreme Court has issued a judgment that, it has been warned, will have ‘a profound and distressing impact on survivors of sexual violence’

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4 h. ago Supreme Court rules Scottish sex trial evidence rules could breach human rights

The UK Supreme Court has issued a judgment that, it has been warned, will have ‘a profound and distressing impact on survivors of sexual violence’

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25 h. ago ChatGPT violated copyright law by ‘learning’ from song lyrics, German court rules

OpenAI ordered to pay undisclosed damages for training its language models on artists’ work without permissionA court in Munich has ruled that OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT violated German copyright laws by using hits from top-selling musicians to train its language models in what creative industry advocates described as a landmark European ruling.The Munich regional court sided in favour of Germany’s music rights society GEMA, which said ChatGPT had harvested protected lyrics by popular artists to “learn” from them. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Squid Game star, 81, is cleared of sexual assault as court rules memory of 'victim' may have been 'distorted'

The 81-year-old was charged in 2022 with sexually assaulting a woman twice, after allegedly hugging her and kissing her on the cheek against her will.

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26 h. ago Madeleine McCann suspect's woodland lair revealed as paedo forced into hiding

Paedophile Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner, 48, is now living in woods and parks after being chased out of the small town he was placed in shortly after his release from prison

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27 h. ago What Madeleine McCann fantasist's father told me about her childhood: NICK PISA reveals telling detail exclusively in The Crime Desk newsletter

Theirs is a heartbreaking story the world knows only too well - but two decades after Kate and Gerry McCann lost their daughter Madeleine, the pain continues.

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29 h. ago Asylum seekers can be allowed to stay in Essex hotel, court rules

The Bell Hotel in Essex has been told it can continue the practice

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29 h. ago Asylum seekers can stay at Epping Hotel, rules High Court judge in major blow to local campaigners

The owners of the Epping hotel fought against an injunction for breaching planning law

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34 h. ago Main suspect in Madeleine McCann disappearance allowed to leave Germany, court rules

Court says restrictions would breach his right to freedom of movement

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39 h. ago High Court judge to rule on whether Bell Hotel can accommodate asylum seekers

Epping Forest District Council is seeking a High Court injunction against Somani Hotels.

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44 h. ago Fake Madeleine McCann who harassed missing girl's parents WILL be deported after moaning that she didn't want to be in Britain as she has a life

Julia Wandelt, 24, repeatedly harassed Kate and Gerry McCann during a relentless three year campaign that resulted in her turning up at the family's home claiming to be their missing daughter.

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44 h. ago Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Breuckner FREE to leave Germany after living in tent

Christian Brueckner, who has been investigated over the disappearance of Madeleine McCann in 2007, was freed from prison in Germany in September and has now been told he can leave the country

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49 h. ago Court makes bombshell ruling in case of Madeleine McCann prime suspect

Court says restrictions would breach his right to freedom of movement

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50 h. ago Madeleine McCann prime suspect allowed to leave Germany after restriction lifted

A German court has lifted a condition placed on Christian Brueckner meaning he is now free to leave his native country.

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50 h. ago Prime suspect in Madeleine McCann case now free to leave Germany

Court says restrictions would breach his right to freedom of movement

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53 h. ago Sarkozy to be released from prison pending appeal, French court rules – Europe live

Former president will be freed today and placed under ‘judicial supervision’As we are waiting for the Paris court decision on Sarkozy to come, expected around 13.30 local time (12.30 GMT), let’s take a look at other news across Europe.If Sarkozy gets released with an ankle tag, it won’t be his first: Reuters notes that last year, France’s highest court upheld a separate conviction for corruption and influence peddling, ordering him to wear an electronic tag for a year, a first for a former French head of state. The tag has now been removed. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago SNL skewers Trump over travel chaos and grocery prices in cold open

The president, played by cast member James Austin Johnson, heralded a win for Republicans after the Supreme Court ruled that they could ‘stop feeding poor people’ and prices had ‘plummeted up!’

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3 d. ago From Brueckner's jail letters to the most chaotic trial: After covering Madeleine McCann for 20 years, this is the question that I find myself asking over and over

I've been covering the case of Madeleine McCann for almost twenty years - but this is the question I find myself asking over and over.

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3 d. ago Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Bruckner is now free to leave Germany after a shock court ruling

Christian Bruckner, 48, was released from a prison near Hanover in September after serving seven years for the rape of a 72-year-old woman in Portugal in 2005.

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3 d. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner 'launches GoFundMe for cash to leave Germany'

The convicted rapist and leading suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine launched the fundraiser following his release from jail.

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