17 h. ago Islamist terror suspects 'bought assault rifles, handguns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in plot to kill Jews in Manchester in attack likened to Paris 2015 massacre'

Walid Saadaoui, Bilel Saadaoui (pictured) and Amar Hussein are appearing at Preston Crown Court charged with terror offences

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43 h. ago Laura Loomer warns against lobbying Trump to pardon Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘Do not do it. I repeat. Do not do it’

Trump said he would ‘speak’ with the Justice Department about clemency for Maxwell after the sex offender’s appeal was denied by the Supreme Court

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2 d. ago Emmerdale icon avoids jail after pleading guilty to two charges after soap exit

ITV Emmerdale actress Lesley Dunlop, who played Brenda Walker on the ITV soap before she exited earlier this year, is facing two driving offences in court

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3 d. ago Why does the supreme court keep bending the knee to Trump? | Steven Greenhouse

As a new term begins, the justices have continually failed to provide a check on presidential power – with disastrous consequencesTwo 0f the world’s best-known authoritarian leaders – Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s prime minister, and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey’s president – have each had at least 15 years at their country’s helm to pack the courts with loyalists and to pressure and intimidate judges. And no surprise, judges in those countries have repeatedly done what Orbán and Erdoğan want.Donald Trump has not had the opportunity to pack the US supreme court to nearly the same degree. Nor has he, despite his brash, bullying ways, done much to pressure or browbeat the court’s nine justices. Nevertheless, the court’s conservative supermajority has ruled time after time in favor of Trump since he returned to office. The six conservative justices have fallen into line much like Hungary’s and Turkey’s judges, even though the supreme court’s justices have life tenure to insulate them from po...

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5 d. ago Locked Up: The criminals justice caught up with in September and what happened to them

These are the faces of the criminals who have been jailed for the most serious crimes in Wales in the past month

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6 d. ago Man in court charged with attempting to defeat ends of justice after Rangers fan's body found at Loch Lomond

Graham Wright's body was found at Loch Lomond on September 13, weeks after he was reported missing on August 25.

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6 d. ago Referee who admitted child sex offences called victim ‘little girl’, court hears

Gareth Viccars, from Milton Keynes, admitted a string of child sex offences involving three 15-year-old girls.

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7 d. ago Man charged in police probe after Rangers fan's body found at Loch Lomond

On Tuesday we told how a 53-year-old man had been arrested in connection with attempting to defeat the ends of justice. Officers have now confirmed that he has been charged.

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8 d. ago Former DRC president Joseph Kabila sentenced to death in absentia

Military court convicts Kabila of war crimes, treason and other offences in verdict that could fuel enduring tensionsA military court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has sentenced the country’s former president Joseph Kabila to death in absentia after convicting him of war crimes, treason and crimes against humanity.The case stems from his alleged role in backing the advance of M23 rebels supported by Rwanda in DRC’s volatile eastern provinces. Kabila, who led the country from 2001 to 2019, has denied wrongdoing and said the judiciary had been politicised. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Graham Wright: Man arrested as police investigate death of Glasgow man after remains found near Loch Lomond

The man was arrested in connection with attempting to defeat the ends of justice

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1 week ago 'Night Stalker' raped 8 women in reign of terror before beer glass caught him

Justice has finally caught up with Glenn Gary Cameron, 61, who has pleaded guilty to a string of charges relating to the rape of eight women between 1991 and 1993

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1 week ago Hillsborough campaign not over until law on statute books – victim’s daughter

Campaigner Charlotte Hennessy said the families want to protect others and change the ‘flaw within our justice system’.

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1 week ago Icelandic lawyer’s bid to speed up huge Scottish courts backlog

VICTIMS of crime face delays of nearly three years for justice in the most serious cases, including murder and rape, as court backlogs continue to grow. The most recent official figures reveal the typical time from offence to verdict in the High Court has risen to 1,032 days, almost double the 520 days recorded before...

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1 week ago Elon Musk and Peter Thiel mentioned in Epstein documents released by Democrats

Prince Andrew and Steve Bannon also referenced in six-page batch of documents made public with redactionsDemocratic lawmakers on Friday released documents from the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein that may show interactions between the disgraced financier and prominent conservatives, including Elon Musk, Steve Bannon and Peter Thiel.The six pages of documents made public with redactions come from a batch provided by the justice department to the House oversight committee, which is investigating how the sex-trafficking charges against Epstein, who died in 2019 in federal custody, were handled. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Police say 'white British' woman, 18, charged with terror offence and attempted murder as she appears in court

Alina Burns, from Bristol, was arrested on August 2 after a 27-year-old man suffered minor injuries when he was allegedly assaulted in the Bedminster area of the city.

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1 week ago Liam and Noel Gallagher’s older brother Paul pleads not guilty to rape and string of sex offences

LIAM and Noel Gallagher's older brother has pleaded not guilty to rape and a string of sex offences. Paul Gallagher, 59, was charged in July following an investigation by the Metropolitan Police. Gallagher is charged with rape, coercive and controlling behaviour and three counts of sexual assault. He is also accused of three counts of intentional...

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1 week ago US justice department hits former FBI chief James Comey with criminal charges

Trump’s political opponent accused of obstructing a Congressional investigation and making a false statement

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1 week ago Former FBI director James Comey indicted for making false statement to Congress and obstruction of justice

Indictment comes after Trump instructed US attorney general to prosecute Comey and others he considers political foesUS politics – latest updatesJames Comey, the former FBI director and one of Donald Trump’s most frequent targets, was indicted on Thursday on one count of making a false statement to Congress and one count of obstruction of justice, according to a person familiar with the matter, in the latest move in the president’s expansive retribution campaign against his political adversaries.“No one is above the law. Today’s indictment reflects this Department of Justice’s commitment to holding those who abuse positions of power accountable for misleading the American people. We will follow the facts in this case,” Pam Bondi, the US attorney general, tweeted on Thursday. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Shock moment shoplifters load bag with bottles of booze at Waitrose as hapless ‘security guard’ stands next to them

THIS is the shocking moment brazen shoplifters pile bottles of booze into a Deliveroo bag and casually walk out. The concerning footage, shared by Robert Jenrick on Facebook, shows two thugs hit a local Waitrose in Clerkenwell, London. The Shadow Justice Secretary posted the clip with the caption: "This is the reality of Sadiq Khan’s London....

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1 week ago George Soros foundation hits back at Trump after report that DoJ plans to target group

NYT reports that justice department is pushing attorneys to investigate organization as Trump ramps up attack on rivalsThe Open Society Foundations (OSF), the major philanthropic group funded by George Soros, criticized the Trump administration on Thursday for “politically motivated attacks on civil society” after a report that the justice department had instructed federal prosecutors to come up with plans to investigate the charity.The New York Times reported Thursday that a lawyer in the office of Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, sent a memo to several federal prosecutors in attorney’s offices in California, New York, Washington DC, Chicago, and Detroit, offering a range of charges to consider against OSF. Those charges included racketeering, arson, wire fraud and material support for terrorism, the Times reported. Continue reading...

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