58 h. ago Colombian man accused of Clifton suspension bridge murders tells court he was blackmailed and forced into degrading sexual acts by victim

Yostin Andres Mosquera, 35, is said to have repeatedly knifed Albert Alfonso, 62, during sex after he allegedly bludgeoned his partner Paul Longworth, 71, with a hammer.

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58 h. ago Appeals court throws out plea deal for alleged mastermind of Sept. 11 attacks

A divided federal appeals court has thrown out an agreement that would have allowed accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed to plead guilty in a deal that would have spared him the risk of execution for al-Qaida’s 2001 attacks

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61 h. ago Former Tory MP appears in court alongside 14 others accused of betting on the date of the 2024 election

Former Conservative MP Craig Williams, 40, allegedly placed a £100 bet on the date the former Prime Minister Rishi Sunak would hold the general election.

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63 h. ago Teenager ‘acted like he had knife’ under jumper before stabbing boy to death

A court heard the teenager accused of murdering Harvey Willgoose, 15, at school had made gestures towards him that morning indicating he had a knife.

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3 d. ago Controversial rap trio Kneecap banned from advertising on London Underground

The group have been in the headlines since one of their members, who is due to appear in court next month, was accused of allegedly supporting a proscribed terrorist organisation.

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3 d. ago Schoolboy who stabbed Harvey Willgoose to death told headteacher 'I'm not right in the head', court hears

A 15-year-old boy appeared in court accused of murdering Harvey Willgoose, also 15, on February 3.

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3 d. ago Pc punched in Manchester Airport incident says she was ‘absolutely terrified’

Mohammed Fahir Amaaz and Muhammad Amaad are accused of assault and are on trial at Liverpool Crown Court.

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4 d. ago Identity of superyacht engineer accused of slashing throat of 'golden girl' crew member in Bahamas revealed

The identity of the superyacht engineer, who was found near the body of 'golden girl' Paige Bell and now stands accused of her murder, was revealed in court today.

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4 d. ago Russia has committed flagrant human rights abuses in Ukraine since 2014, rules ECHR

Extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and forced labour among accusations upheld by court in judgmentRussia has committed flagrant and unprecedented abuses of human rights since it invaded Ukraine in 2014, including extrajudicial killings, sexual violence and forced labour, the European court of human rights has found.The court’s grand chamber unanimously held that between 11 May 2014 and 16 September 2022, when Russia ceased to be a party to the European convention on human rights it had committed “manifestly unlawful conduct on a massive scale”.Indiscriminate military attacks.Summary executions of civilians and Ukrainian military personnel.Torture, including the use of rape as a weapon of war.Unlawful and arbitrary detention of civilians.Unjustified displacement and transfer of civilians.Intimidation, harassment and persecution of all religious groups other than adherents of the historically Moscow-aligned Ukrainian Orthodox church.Intimidation and violence against journalists a...

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4 d. ago Manchester Airport cop spends third day being grilled in court and denies attacking mother of men accused of assaulting him

PC Zachary Marsden said he suffered a flurry of blows to the head

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4 d. ago UK teacher accused of sexual offences against boy and girls as she appears in court

Bronwen James, 29, appeared at court on Wednesday accused of six counts of engaging in sexual activity relating to two girls aged 14 and 15 and a 16-year-old boy

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4 d. ago Terror accused teenager was isolated and lonely during lockdown, court told

Alfie Coleman was aged 19 when he was arrested by counter terrorism police.

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5 d. ago Funeral home owner accused of stashing decaying bodies expected to plead guilty in federal court

A Colorado funeral home owner accused of storing nearly 190 decomposing bodies and defrauding the government is expected to plead guilty

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5 d. ago ICC issues warrant for Taliban’s supreme leader for persecution of women

Rights activists hail move to arrest Haibatullah Akhundzada and Afghan chief justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani for crimes against humanityThe international criminal court has issued arrest warrants for two senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of crimes against humanity for the persecution of women and girls.In a statement, the ICC said on Tuesday there were “reasonable grounds to believe” the Taliban’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, and Afghanistan’s chief justice, Abdul Hakim Haqqani, had ordered policies that deprived women and girls of “education, privacy and family life and the freedoms of movement, expression, thought, conscience and religion”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Aryna Sabalenka interrupts Wimbledon interviewer after 'annoying' accusation

Aryna Sabalenka halted BBC interviewer Lee McKenzie after her win on Centre Court as the World No 1 was accused of calling her opponent Laura Siegemund "annoying"

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6 d. ago An utterly bizarre interview with remorseless Trump accuser E Jean Carroll, who lives in a forest hovel with animal skulls, shotguns... and a cat named Vagina

Carroll, 81, who sued Trump twice, once for sexual abuse and again for defamation, was awarded $5 million in May 2023 and an additional $83 million in January 2024.

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9 d. ago Woman 'froze' when she was pushed down and raped by 'cult' priest accused of sex offences against 13 female believers, court hears

Christopher Brain, 68, from Wilmslow, Cheshire, was leader of the Nine O'Clock Service (NOS), part of the Church of England, in Sheffield between 1986 and 1995.

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9 d. ago Man accused of airport assault was aggressive and headbutted traveller – court

A witness has told the trial of two brothers accused of assaulting police of an earlier incident at Manchester Airport.

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9 d. ago Grandparents accused of toddler’s murder were ‘horrible’, mother tells court

Ethan Ives-Griffiths died in August 2021.

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9 d. ago Manchester Airport police assault trial LIVE as accused brothers in court

Mohammed Fahir Amaaz and Muhammad Amaad deny the charges they face

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