El juez dice a Nancy Pexton, de 70 años, que no mostró arrepentimiento por el feroz ataque a Jennifer Abbott. Una mujer que asesinó a su hermana en su piso de Londres y robó su reloj Rolex ha sido condenada a cadena perpetua con un mínimo de 22 años. Nancy Pexton apuñaló a Jennifer Abbott 10 veces y dejó su cuerpo durante tres días en la propiedad de Camden, según se informó en el tribunal. Sigue leyendo...
Ross Davidson, quien cantó con el grupo en 2018, fue condenado por delitos cometidos contra seis mujeres. El músico Ross Davidson, excantante de Spandau Ballet, ha sido condenado a 14 años de prisión por múltiples violaciones y agresiones sexuales. Davidson, de 38 años, fue declarado culpable en dos juicios de dos cargos de violación, un intento de violación, tres agresiones sexuales y dos cargos de voyerismo, por delitos cometidos contra seis mujeres entre agosto de 2013 y diciembre de 2019. Continuar leyendo...
El magnate de los medios es honrado in absentia mientras los críticos denuncian su condena de 20 años bajo la ley de seguridad nacional
El empresario de medios encarcelado Jimmy Lai ha sido galardonado con el premio a la libertad de expresión de Deutsche Welle por su contribución al movimiento prodemocracia de Hong Kong.
La emisora pública alemana informó el jueves que Lai recibirá in absentia la 12.ª edición del premio el 23 de junio en el DW Global Media Forum en Bonn. Continuar leyendo...
La comisionada de derechos humanos afirma que el presunto encarcelamiento resalta los «crecientes riesgos de represión transnacional» en Australia
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La comisionada de derechos humanos de Australia ha dicho que el estudiante chino que presuntamente fue encarcelado durante seis años por las autoridades de China por unirse a las protestas en Sydney subraya los «riesgos muy reales y crecientes de la represión transnacional que afecta a las personas en Australia, incluidos los estudiantes internacionales».
La comisionada Lorraine Finlay dijo a Guardian Australia que, si bien no podía comentar sobre las circunstancias de casos individuales, «nadie debería temer el castigo en el extranjero por ejercer sus derechos legales a la libre expresión y a la protesta pacífica aquí». Continúe leyendo...
A Narges Mohammadi se le denegó el permiso médico para salir de prisión a pesar del marcado deterioro de su salud y de la drástica pérdida de peso, afirman sus abogadosLa familia de la encarcelada premio Nobel de Iran, Narges Mohammadi, afirma que teme por su vida tras un brusco empeoramiento de su salud, un posible ataque al corazón y una pérdida de peso corporal de casi 20 kg (44 lb). La activista de derechos humanos de 54 años, que fue galardonada con el Nobel peace prize de 2023 mientras estaba en prisión, había sido puesta en libertad por motivos de salud en 2024. Fue detenida de nuevo en diciembre de 2025 durante el servicio conmemorativo de un compañero activista de derechos humanos y se encuentra recluida en la prisión central de Zanjan, en el noroeste de Iran. Continuar leyendo...
En el incidente ocurrido el 17 de mayo de 2024 en la localidad de Ulu Tiram, Johor Bahru, dos agentes de policía murieron y el presunto atacante, Radin Luqman Radin Imran, fue abatido.
Una mujer de Massachusetts fue condenada a seis meses de prisión después de que el tribunal escuchara que admitió haber liberado abejas sobre agentes del alguacil.
• Lauren Ashley Mastrosa recibió una orden de corrección comunitaria de 18 meses después de que su libro fuera leído por un pequeño grupo de lectores anticipados
• La autora de una novela ofensiva que describe juegos de rol de niños pequeños ha sido condenada, pero evitará la cárcel por redactar material de abuso infantil.
• Lauren Ashley Mastrosa, exejecutiva de marketing de 34 años para una organización benéfica cristiana, escribió Daddy’s Little Toy bajo el seudónimo de Tori Woods y lo publicó a través de un adelanto en línea en marzo de 2025. Continuar leyendo...
John Ashby to serve minimum of 14 years after admitting rape, robbery, intentional strangulation and religiously aggravated assaultA man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 14 years for the religiously aggravated rape and assault of a Sikh woman.John Ashby, 32, had admitted charges of rape, robbery, intentional strangulation and religiously aggravated assault on Tuesday. Ashby asked to see his barrister and changed his pleas around an hour after being sworn at and told to “sort your shit out” by a member of the public who approached the dock of Birmingham crown court. Continue reading...
Adam Hall, of Tyne and Wear, will serve at least 23 years in prison, with victims describing lasting traumaA “callous, calculating sexual predator” who raped and deliberately infected young, vulnerable men with HIV has been jailed for life and told he must serve at least 23 years.Adam Hall, 43, of Washington, Tyne and Wear, is the second man in the UK ever to be found guilty of intentionally setting out to spread the virus. Continue reading...
Exclusive: Corrective Services investigates how Richard Guilliatt of The Australian was able to interview Rob and Karen Gilfillan for Shadow of DoubtFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCorrective Services New South Wales is investigating how a journalist from The Australian was able to interview a man and a woman convicted of abusing their daughter for a podcast that raised questions about their guilt.After legal restrictions were lifted last month the victim said the podcast had been highly detrimental to her mental health. Continue reading...
Israel Defense Forces say the ‘soldiers’ conduct completely deviated from IDF orders and value’Two Israeli soldiers have been removed from combat duty and sentenced to 30 days in jail after one used a sledgehammer to smash a statue of Jesus in southern Lebanon, while the other filmed him, the Israel Defense Forces have said.An image circulating on social media on Monday showed an Israeli soldier using a sledgehammer to strike the head of a statue of a crucified Jesus that had fallen from its cross in a Christian village in southern Lebanon, near the border with Israel, prompting outrage across Christian communities worldwide. Continue reading...
Exclusive: The Australian government has been urged to take stronger action to protect overseas students from political repressionThe Australian government has been urged to take stronger action to protect Chinese international students from political repression by authorities on their return after a Chinese student was allegedly sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for joining pro-democracy protests in Australia.The student, who the Guardian has chosen not to name, lost contact with his friends in Sydney after returning to China in December 2024. Continue reading...
Zayne Jason William McMillan’s lawyer says client’s tirade was antisemitic but claims he ‘does not consider himself racist against Jewish community’ A man seen mimicking the Bondi beach terror attack before making slurs against Jewish people has been jailed.Zayne Jason William McMillan, 23, was heavily intoxicated when he and a friend went to Bondi beach, six weeks after the shooting, in which 15 people were killed. Continue reading...
State investigated claims of bear attacks on cars, unconvincingly backed up by video of person in bear suitWhen it comes to the California department of insurance, don’t poke the bear.That is the lesson three individuals in Los Angeles learned recently when they were sentenced to jail time for an insurance fraud scheme in which they staged attacks on high-end vehicles by having a person dress up in a bear costume – then pretending that person was an actual bear. Continue reading...
Noah Sibanda died after he was physically restrained while being put to sleep at Fairytales Day Nursery in DudleyA nursery worker has been sentenced to more than three years in prison and the nursery fined £240,000 after a 14-month-old boy was restrained and died in their care.Noah Sibanda died after he was physically restrained face-down with a blanket over his head while being put to sleep at the Fairytales Day Nursery in Dudley in December 2022. He was left unchecked for two hours before he was found unresponsive. He was pronounced dead an hour later in hospital. Continue reading...
Retrial ordered in case of Benjamin Field, found guilty in 2019 of murdering Peter Farquhar, 69, in BuckinghamshireA former church warden who was jailed for life for the murder of a university lecturer has had his conviction quashed at the court of appeal.Benjamin Field was jailed for at least 36 years in 2019 after being found guilty of murdering 69-year-old Peter Farquhar in Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire. Continue reading...
Leader of leftwing Economic Freedom Fighters was convicted last year for firing rifle in the air at 2018 rallyThe South African leftwing politician Julius Malema has been sentenced to five years in prison for firing a rifle in the air at a political rally in 2018.Lawyers for the leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, South Africa’s fourth largest political party, immediately sought leave to appeal. Legal arguments are ongoing. Continue reading...
‘Palestine’s Mandela’ suffers three recent attacks including assault where prison guards set a dog on him, lawyer saysJailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti is at immediate risk in Israeli jails, where he has been attacked three times in as many weeks, including in one assault last month where prison guards set a dog on the 66-year-old, his lawyer has said.Barghouti is often called Palestine’s Nelson Mandela. He is respected across otherwise feuding Palestinian factions, has broad popular support across occupied Palestine, repeatedly engaged with Israeli officials before his detention and long backed a two-state solution. Continue reading...
More than 2,200 ants were found in Zhang Kequn’s luggage at Nairobi airport, with baggage destined for ChinaA Chinese national has been sentenced to a year in prison and fined by a Nairobi court for attempting to smuggle thousands of ants out of Kenya, a lucrative trade in east Africa that was exposed last year.The insects are mostly destined for China, the US and Europe, where they become pets and can be worth about $100 each. Continue reading...
Lynette and Brian Hooker, from Michigan, were years into a sailing adventure when Brian said his wife fell overboardLynette Hooker bounced around the deck of the docked Soul Mate, smiled into the camera and proclaimed, “We’re finally leaving Kemah,” referring to a Texas port town.“It’s only been four months,” she said as her husband, Brian, tugged on some rigging as they got ready to set sail. Continue reading...
Erik Duran in 2023 threw cooler at fleeing suspect Eric Duprey, who then crashed his motorized scooter and diedSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter emailA former New York police department sergeant has been sentenced to three to nine years in prison for tossing a picnic cooler full of ice and drinks at a fleeing suspect, who then crashed his motorized scooter and died.Erik Duran, 38, was convicted of manslaughter in the 2023 death of 30-year-old Eric Duprey. The ex-sergeant said he was trying to protect other officers from the approaching scooter. He is the first former NYPD officer sentenced to prison for an on-duty death in at least two decades. Continue reading...
Trump to attend correspondents’ dinner for first time as president, while some newsrooms ‘wrestle’ with whether to goThe White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) is surely hoping that Donald Trump will take a more diplomatic tone later this month when he makes his first appearance as president at the organization’s glitzy dinner in Washington DC, an annual event meant to honor and celebrate journalists and press freedom.On Monday, Trump threatened to imprison a journalist if they refused to reveal the source of information that a second US airman was still missing after being shot down by Iran last Friday, which he claimed put the service member at risk. Continue reading...
Lee Milne sentenced to eight years in landmark case after being found guilty of culpable homicide of Kimberly MilneA man convicted of killing his wife, who took her own life after repeated domestic abuse, has been jailed for eight years in case seen as a significant legal milestone.Kimberly Milne, 28, died when she jumped from a bridge in July 2023. Her estranged husband, Lee Milne, was found guilty of culpable homicide last month after a trial at the high court in Glasgow.In the UK, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123 and the domestic abuse helpline is 0808 2000 247. In the US, the suicide prevention lifeline is 988 and the domestic violence hotline is 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is on 13 11 14 and the national family violence counselling service is on 1800 737 732. Other international helplines can be found via www.befrienders.org Continue reading...
Police say case highlights online dangers to children after Carlo Tritta pleads guilty to making indecent imagesA man who obsessively groomed a 14-year-old girl he met through the online gaming platform Roblox has been jailed for 28 months.Carlo Tritta, now 19, kept indecent images of the girl and travelled hundreds of miles from his home in Eastleigh, Hampshire in order to turn up, uninvited, at her home in Manchester. Continue reading...
An eighty-three-year-old man successfully appealed the automatic revocation of his permanent resident visa after being sentenced to 14 months in prisonFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAn elderly UK man who served a prison sentence for sexually abusing his step granddaughter when she was nine years old has had his Australian visa reinstated by a tribunal because of his “strong ties to Australia”.The eighty-three-year-old was sentenced to 14 months prison in the Western Australia district court in February 2024 for molesting the girl in the presence of another child.In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. In the UK, Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123. Other international suicide helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...
Paul Solway ignited explosion that damaged total of six terrace houses in Derby after his partner had kicked him out A man who blew up a terrace house by causing gas to leak from a pipe and setting fire to a chair after his partner kicked him out has been jailed for 11 years.Paul Solway was having a “meltdown” when he caused the explosion at his partner Joanne Waterfall’s home in Alvaston in Derby on the evening of 10 June last year. Continue reading...
Charlie Taylor, inspector of prisons for England and Wales, says dealers should be isolated and ‘assertively managed’Jailed criminals who are flooding prisons with drugs should be isolated like radical extremists and “assertively managed”, the England and Wales prisons watchdog has said.Charlie Taylor, HM inspector of prisons, said major dealers were living “consequence-free” in jail when they should be separated from the majority of inmates, subjected to regular searches for phones, and punished and rewarded according to their behaviour. Continue reading...
Former SAS soldier and Victoria Cross-recipient, who has always denied wrongdoing, did not immediately apply for bail on WednesdayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s most decorated soldier, Ben Roberts Smith, has not applied for bail and will remain in custody after being charged with war crimes.The former SAS soldier and Victoria Cross-recipient was expected to make his first court appearance on Wednesday after being charged with five counts of war crime – murder in relation to alleged offences in Afghanistan between April 2009 and October 2012. Continue reading...
Trump targets media to find ‘leaker’ who revealed that a US airman was missing after being shot down by Iranian forcesDonald Trump threatened to jail a journalist – or journalists – who reported that a second US airman was missing after being shot down by Iran on Friday in a bid to identify their source.The badly injured airman hid in a mountain crevice to avoid capture before being rescued by a US recovery team that took on heavy fire. The US president announced on Sunday that the service member had been recovered. Continue reading...
