Category: Crime and Judiciary

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Police Arrests 21-Year-Old University Of Kentucky Student After Her Deceased Baby Was Found In A Trash Bag

Police Arrests 21-Year-Old University Of Kentucky Student After Her Deceased Baby Was Found In A Trash Bag

21-year-old University of Kentucky student, Laken Snelling has been charged with abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence, and concealing the birth of an infant. Snelling is facing charges after police says she hid her infant’s body in a trash bag inside a closet. The Lexington Police Department says officers received a call for an...

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UK Actor Michael Ward Granted Bail Over Rape And Sexual Assault Charges

UK Actor Michael Ward Granted Bail Over Rape And Sexual Assault Charges

 British actor Michael Ward was granted bail Thursday after appearing at a central London court to face charges of rape and sexual assault. The 27-year-old, who has starred in the Netflix crime drama “Top Boy,” faces two counts of rape and three counts of sexual assault. The offenses reportedly took place in January 2023. The charges relate...

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Wife Of Ousted President Yoon, And Ally, Indicted By Special Prosecutors

Wife Of Ousted President Yoon, And Ally, Indicted By Special Prosecutors

 The wife of South Korea’s jailed ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol and his former prime minister were indicted Friday as part of investigations into his administration and his attempt to overcome opposition by declaring martial law. Yoon set off South Korea’s most serious political crisis in decades when he attempted to overcome an opposition-dominated legislature that blocked his...

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Thai Court Dismisses Prime Minister Over Compromising Phone Call With Cambodian Leader

Thai Court Dismisses Prime Minister Over Compromising Phone Call With Cambodian Leader

 Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed Paetongtarn Shinawatra from her position as prime minister, ruling that as the country’s leader she violated constitutional rules on ethics in a phone call with Cambodia’s Senate President Hun Sen. The ruling means she immediately loses her job, which she had held for about a year. Paetongtarn was suspended...

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Ondo Police Arrest Pastor, Wife Over Staged Self-Kidnap

Ondo Police Arrest Pastor, Wife Over Staged Self-Kidnap

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 42-year-old woman, Mrs. Sanmori Taiwo, and her 62-year-old husband, Pastor Sanmori Joshua, for allegedly faking her abduction to extort N10m from relatives abroad. The state’s PPRO, DSP Olushola Ayanlade revealed this in a statement on Wednesday, he explained how the drama played out on August 23, 2025...

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Nigerian Human Trafficker Loses Appeal, To Serve 18-Year Jail Term In South Africa

Nigerian Human Trafficker Loses Appeal, To Serve 18-Year Jail Term In South Africa

The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa has upheld an 18-year prison sentence for a Nigerian national, Chinedu Justice Obasi, for his role in a human trafficking syndicate in Pretoria. The ruling by the Gauteng High Court on Monday, August 25, 2025, affirmed the original conviction and sentence handed down in 2018, dismissing Obasi’s...

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Men Charged With Hugging And Kissing Are Among Group Publicly Caned By Indonesian Islamic Court

Men Charged With Hugging And Kissing Are Among Group Publicly Caned By Indonesian Islamic Court

 Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were among a group of people publicly caned on Tuesday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating Islamic law by hugging and kissing, which the court ruled can lead to banned sexual relations. An audience of about 100 people witnessed the caning on a stage in Bustanussalatin city...

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Former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Pleads Guilty To Campaign Finance Violation

Former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Pleads Guilty To Campaign Finance Violation

 Former Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez pleaded guilty Wednesday to a campaign finance violation in a federal case that authorities say also involved a former FBI agent and a Venezuelan banker. Vázquez, an attorney, became the U.S. territory’s first former governor to plead guilty to a crime, specifically accepting a donation from a foreigner for her 2020...