Category: Crime and Judiciary

Thailand’s Supreme Court said Tuesday former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra must serve a one-year prison term for previous convictions on graft and abuse of power charges, after investigating whether officials had mishandled his return to Thailand in 2023 to begin serving the sentences. A judge said that the enforcement of Thaksin’s penalty was not done properly, and...

A panel of Supreme Court justices is set to decide this week whether former President Jair Bolsonaro is guilty or not of plotting to overthrow Brazil’s democracy and hang onto power illegally after his 2022 electoral defeat. The far-right ex-president is facing five counts at trial for allegedly conspiring to stage a coup after his narrow loss to...

A man has been jailed for two years and four months after admitting carrying out a campaign of violence against his new wife. Lincoln Crown Court heard that Mohammed Ali, 35, dragged his victim by her feet, repeatedly slapped her and threatened her with a large stick. Prosecutor Alice Ibbotson said the victim described being...

Ex-Sergeant Major Admits Sexually Assaulting Soldier Who Took Her Own Life A former Army sergeant major has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a teenage female soldier who took her own life after being left terrified by the incident. Royal Artillery Gunner Jaysley Beck, who was 19, was found dead in her barracks at Larkhill in...

Israel foreign ministry: “This is the evil Israel faces The war Israel fights is for all who stand against terror.” Two armed terrorists, disguised as bus passengers, opened fire inside the vehicle killing 4 people, injuring 20, 5 are in critical condition, fighting for their lives. After shooting passengers, the attackers exited the bus and...

Hijab-Wearing Gunmen Kidnap Two in Niger as Soldiers Kill Bandit Leader in Kogi Two people have been abducted by gunmen disguised in hijabs in the Melehe community of Kontagora, Niger State. The abduction, which occurred on Friday night, eyewitness saw the armed men successfully infiltrate a residence by pretending to be ordinary women before abducting...

A man who evaded authorities with his three children in the remote New Zealand countryside for nearly four years was shot and killed by a police officer Monday, law enforcement said. One child was with Tom Phillips at the time of the confrontation and the other two children were found in the forest hours after the shoot-out,...

 Palestinian attackers opened fire at a bus stop at a busy intersection in north Jerusalem on Monday, killing six people and injuring another 12, according to Israeli police, emergency rescue services and local hospitals. Police said the attackers shot people waiting at a bus stop. An Israeli soldier and civilian who were at the scene...

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed the death of Emeka Ehekweme and his wife in the accident that occurred on Nnamdi Azikwe Way at Mabushi, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, on Wednesday afternoon. The Police also confirmed the death of two miscreants, widely known as ‘Agbero’ in the pandemonium that followed the...

The Enugu State Government has accused the CEO of Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited, Olasijibomi Ogundele, of defrauding the state of nearly N6bn, noting that Ogundele vanished into thin air after he was paid the said sum for the construction of 22 Smart Green Schools in different parts of the state. The government also accused Ogundele...