12 h. ago Man who had 63 convictions before he was 21 in court AGAIN after breaching stalking ban

Kieran Hibble, 28, of Rawlings Crescent, Colchester, has racked up a slew of convictions after committing his first offence at 13-years-old.

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55 h. ago Growing calls for Lucy Letby case to be referred back to the Court of Appeal as leading barrister claims her convictions are 'almost certainly' unsafe

Adam King is the latest respected figure to raise questions about the case against Letby, who was convicted over two trials of killing seven babies and attempting to murder seven more.

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7 d. ago US Supreme Court declines review of Mississippi death row inmate's convictions in killings of 8

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a Mississippi death row inmate’s convictions for the slayings of eight people, including his mother-in-law and a deputy sheriff

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1 week ago Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty in federal court to murdering healthcare CEO

Suspect, charged separately in state court, could face death penalty if convicted over Brian Thompson deathLuigi Mangione on Friday pleaded not guilty to Manhattan federal court charges that he stalked and murdered the UnitedHealthcare chief executive, Brian Thompson, late last year.Mangione, 26, walked into court just before 1pm. He was wearing tan jail garb with a white long-sleeved undershirt. He chatted with his lawyers, who sat alongside him, and at one point appeared to smile; he could be seen flipping through papers on the table. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Luigi Mangione to appear in federal court over killing of healthcare chief

Murder suspect, charged separately in state court, could face death penalty if convicted over Brian Thompson deathLuigi Mangione is scheduled to appear in Manhattan federal court on Friday for arraignment on charges that he tracked and murdered the UnitedHealthcare chief executive, Brian Thompson, late last year.Mangione, 26, could face the death penalty in a case that shocked America for the killing of a top business executive on New York’s streets but also triggered an outpouring of anger against America’s for-profit healthcare industry. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Congolese drug dealer wins legal fight to remain in UK after he is released from prison because his son has rare blood disease

The British asylum court dismissed the Home Office's attempts to deport the convicted criminal, ruling it would be 'unduly harsh' on his son, who has a rare blood disease.

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1 week ago Harvey Weinstein’s rape retrial is set for opening statements at a different #MeToo moment

Five years after Harvey Weinstein’s original #MeToo trial delivered a searing reckoning for one of Hollywood’s most powerful figures, the ex-studio boss is on trial again after an appeals court threw out his landmark rape conviction

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2 w. ago Russia jails four journalists for alleged links to Alexei Navalny’s movement

Court hands out sentences of over five years for extremism, accusing journalists of working for the late politician’s Anti-Corruption FoundationA Russian court has convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to five and a half years in prison each.Antonina Favorskaya, Konstantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artyom Kriger were found guilty of involvement with a group that had been labeled as extremist. All four had maintained their innocence, arguing they were being prosecuted for doing their jobs as journalists. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Russia jails four journalists for alleged links to Alexei Navalny anti

Court hands out sentences of over five years for extremism, accusing journalists of working for the late politician’s Anti-Corruption FoundationA Russian court has convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to five and a half years in prison each.Antonina Favorskaya, Konstantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artyom Kriger were found guilty of involvement with a group that had been labelled as extremist. All four had maintained their innocence, arguing they were being prosecuted for doing their jobs as journalists. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Harvey Weinstein’s New York retrial is about to begin. Here’s where his cases stand

The Hollywood powerhouse, who’s been behind bars on rape and assault charges, faces his third trial this week after a court tossed his New York conviction

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3 w. ago Harvey Weinstein: The #MeToo movement’s most notorious villain heads back to court for retrial

Harvey Weinstein is heading back to court in New York — a year after an appeals court threw out the conviction of the most famous bad man of the #MeToo era. Has the movement survived? asks Kelly Rissman

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3 w. ago Lucy Letby doctor's 'contradictory' email emerges over nurse who killed seven babies

Convicted child killer Lucy Letby lost two bids last year to challenge her convictions at the Court of Appeal, in May for seven murders and seven attempted murders

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3 w. ago Jailed child sex abuse offender Ghislaine Maxwell asks US Supreme Court to hear appeal against her conviction

Maxwell's lawyers filed a 159-page Petition to the highest court in the country on Thursday asking the Supreme Court Justices to throw out her 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.

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3 w. ago Iranian directors of My Favourite Cake given suspended jail sentences for ‘spreading lies’

Makers of the acclaimed film, whose gentle romance depicts its heroine without a headscarf, were accused of ‘disturbing public opinion’An Iranian court has handed two Iranian film directors suspended jail terms over a film that angered authorities in its home country but was acclaimed in Europe and the US, rights groups said on Thursday.Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha were convicted earlier this week by a revolutionary court for their film My Favourite Cake, the Human Rights Activist News Agency (HRANA) and Dadban legal monitor said in separate statements. The film, which competed at the 2024 Berlin film festival and won prizes in Europe and the US, shows the romantic awakening of a woman in Tehran who notably appears without the headscarf that is obligatory for women in Iran. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Further convictions of man jailed for soldier murder referred to court of appeal

John McDevitt was convicted of the murder of Private Neil Clark on Easter Monday 1984 in Londonderry.

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3 w. ago Moment Met Police officers go undercover dressed as Batman and Robin to catch Westminster Bridge con artists

The inventive ploy saw two officers burst into a crowd of tens of people disguised as the superheroes before grabbing the scammers. Two men have since been convicted at Croydon Magistrates Court.

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4 w. ago 'Callous' murderer who shot student and aunt at East Finchley home had human rights breached, court rules

The ECHR has ruled that Obina Christopher Ezeoke liberties were breached because his conviction took so long

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