17 h. ago Trial of former Russian minister ‘not about Vladimir Putin’, jurors told

Dmitrii Ovsiannikov is facing seven counts of circumventing sanctions in the UK.

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41 h. ago Boy’s actions ‘appalling’ but he is ‘not a murderer’, trial jury told

A teenage boy accused of attacking an 80-year-old man as he walked his dog did not intend to kill him, his barrister has told a murder trial jury.

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63 h. ago French ministers condemn threats to judges in Marine Le Pen case

Senior figures also reject claim verdict against Le Pen on embezzlement charges was ‘political and partisan’French ministers have condemned threats against the judges who convicted the far-right leader Marine Le Pen and banned her from public office for five years – threatening her 2027 presidential run – and rejected accusations the verdict was “political and partisan”.France’s prime minister, François Bayrou, told the Assemblée nationale the trial judges had his “unconditional support” after they found Le Pen guilty of embezzlement charges, throwing France into political chaos. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Mum accused of shaking to death daughter, 2, 'lied repeatedly' to police before making admission to hospital consultant, murder trial told

Morsal Mohammed Naim, 31, is alleged to have lost her temper after her daughter 'preferred' her grandparents In Afghanistan

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6 d. ago My boss treats me like a lazy teenager. How can I set some boundaries? | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

The sad truth is that most people with ‘bad bosses’ leave, but it’s early days and you want to make it work, so here are some options you could pursue• Every week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a relationship problem sent in by a readerI’ve recently shifted careers and started a new job in a big company, which is great in terms of salary and professional development. But as I approached the end of my trial period, my manager told me she’d taken a big gamble and put her reputation on the line for me, given that I’d worked freelance for years. She was clearly insinuating my probation period would be extended, despite colleagues telling me I’d exceeded expectations.She has a very odd management style and speaks to people of all ages as though we’re lazy teenagers, whereas we’re all very driven and pretty senior. She also micromanages while leaving us in the dark on important information. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Woman tells court Gérard Depardieu groped her buttocks and breasts on set

Film assistant says actor groped her several times in three incidents while filming Les Volets VertsA woman accusing Gérard Depardieu of sexual assault has told a landmark trial in Paris that the actor groped her buttocks and her breasts several times in three separate incidents on a film set. Depardieu, 76, is accused of groping a 54-year-old set dresser and a 34-year-old assistant during filming in 2021 of Les Volets Verts (The Green Shutters). He denies any sexual assault. The third day of the Paris trial focused on the testimony of the younger plaintiff, who said Depardieu had first groped her bottom when she was alone with him for a brief moment between the backstage area and the film set. “Out of the blue, he put his hand on my butt,” she told the court on Wednesday, adding she was in shock, “petrified” and said nothing. In a second incident, she alleged, Depardieu had suddenly put both his hands on her breasts. “I said no; I was scared,” she said. She also said she had told D...

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8 d. ago Accuser tells a trial that actor Gérard Depardieu groped her bottom and breasts on film set

A woman accusing French actor Gérard Depardieu of sexual assault has told a landmark trial in Paris that he groped her buttocks and her breasts several times in three separate incidents on a film set

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9 d. ago Gérard Depardieu tells court he grabbed sexual assault accuser by hips to avoid slipping

Actor denies assault and says any crude comments he made on film set were due to his bad moodThe French actor Gérard Depardieu has admitted in court that he grabbed the hips of a woman who has accused him of sexual assault, but said it was to avoid slipping and was not a sexual attack.“I grabbed her hips,” the actor, 76, told his trial for sexual assault at the Paris criminal court on Tuesday. The head judge noted that this was a change from his testimony during police interrogation when he had denied that any physical contact had taken place with the 54-year-old set decorator. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Doctor ‘stabbed by fellow surgeon’ felt intestines bulging out, trial told

Graeme Perks told a court he has no recollection of seeing a crowbar before he was knifed in the abdomen by an intruder outside his home.

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1 week ago Elderly man ‘hit boy to legs with shoe’ in park, murder trial told

Two children are on trial at Leicester Crown Court accused of killing Bhim Kohli, 80, in a park.

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2 w. ago Family of Menendez brothers wave off prosecutor criticism and lead rally for their release

The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez is rejecting claims by the Los Angeles district attorney that the brothers hadn’t appropriately taken responsibility for the 1989 killing of their parents and says any lies they told during their murder trial were due to trauma and fear

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2 w. ago Prosecutor says at trial that Iran put $500,000 bounty on head of Iranian

A prosecutor has told a jury at a murder-for-hire trial that the Iranian government put a $500,000 bounty on the head of an outspoken Iranian-American journalist

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2 w. ago Boy hit pensioner out of ‘instinct’ in park tussle over shoe, murder trial told

Bhim Kohli, 80, died after he was injured in a park near Leicester on September 1 last year.

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2 w. ago Nicholas Prosper planned 'shocking mass killing' for 'notoriety' after shooting family dead

Prosecutors told a trial at Luton Crown Court that Nicholas Prosper's killings of Juliana Falcon, Kyle Prosper and Giselle Prosper were "the first step in an even more shocking mass killing"

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2 w. ago Man accused of murdering and dismembering housemate will not give evidence at trial, jury told

Marcin Majerkiewicz is accused of murdering 67-year-old Stuart Everett

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3 w. ago Blood stained carpet was 'cut out' and 'disposed' of, Stuart Everett murder trial told

Marcin Majerkiewicz, denies murdering Mr Everett, who he lived with in a property in Winton

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3 w. ago Constance Marten trial resumes without defendants as court told of abandoned cat

Marten and Mark Gordon are accused of the manslaughter of a baby who died after they went off grid and slept in a tent in early 2023.

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3 w. ago Rib fractures of park attack victim unlikely to be from fall, murder trial told

A 15-year-old youth who told police he fell on Bhim Kohli as he ran to push him over denies murder and an alternative count of manslaughter.

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4 w. ago Triple killer will not give evidence at trial for rape, jurors are told

Kyle Clifford denies the rape of his ex-girlfriend, Louise Hunt, 25, at her family’s home in Bushey, Hertfordshire, on July 9 last year.

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4 w. ago Stuart Everett's 'heart and genitals found in separate bags', murder trial told

WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS - Marcin Majerkiewicz is on trial for the murder of his housemate Stuart Everett, 67, in Manchester last year, whose body was found dismembered

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