All news on the topic: Courts

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RFE/RL Journalist Kurmasheva sentenced to 6.5 years in Russian prison
A Russian court has sentenced veteran RFE/RL journalist Alsu Kurmasheva, who holds dual U.S.-Russian citizenship, to 6.5 years in prison on charges of spreading falsehoods about the Russian army.
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England Lioness Khiara Keating due in court accused of possessing ’hippy crack’
Keating was stopped by police on June 18, the day before she was expected to join England coach Sarina Wiegman’s 28-strong squad for a three-day training camp at St George’s Park
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Russian court sentences US journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in prison
Reporter found guilty of spying in trial thought to have been rushed in preparation for prisoner swap
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Judge schedules Harvey Weinstein sexual assault retrial for November
Weinstein, 72, appears in court in New York after 2020 conviction was overturned earlier this year
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Baby-faced murderers, 13 and 14, jailed for life for stabbing schoolboy over cannabis dispute
The court heard how Nathaniel and Dermody had previously been pals
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Drug couple’s double life at £1.5m ‘Towie mansion’ laundering heroin smuggled in hair extensions…before boss’ dumb slip
Brazen kingpin left astonishing details on drug packs that proved he had little fear of the law
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Gangster who cheated the taxman to build a £2.3m castle in Pakistan repays only £1,700
The scam was exposed after cops raided his Birmingham home and found plans for a palace
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Met cop sacked for gross misconduct over sex and drug orgies dies in jail
Arter was due to appear at Woolwich crown court next month
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Alec Baldwin’s manslaughter case reveals hidden evidence and courtroom drama
Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer decided that the accusations against Baldwin should be dropped just a few days after the legal process started
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Parents accused of Darlington murder of 14-year-old daughter appear in court
Scarlett Vickers, daughter of Simon Vickers and Sarah Hall, was killed by a single knife wound to the chest, court told
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A married general has become the first special operations chief to be charged with sexual assault in military history
Major General James Roddis, who is a father of three, was awarded an MBE in 2009
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Investment manager stripped in park, stuffed mud in boxers, behaved inappropriately
Bollag lives in nearby Queen’s Gate Place, South Kensington, where apartments go for more than £5million
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A woman has admitted to murdering her parents and leaving their remains to decompose for years
Virginia McCullough, 36, admitted murdering her parents in June 2019. It is now believed police visited the pair’s home while their remains were rotting upstairs
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A hitwoman who allegedly ’used a hijab in a botched UK contract killing’ has been ’detained’ in Armenia after five years on the run
She was allegedly living in a rented one-bed flat on the outskirts of Yerevan
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Spain’s Supreme Court has refused to grant amnesty to Carles Puigdemont
Long-standing arrest warrant for Catalan independence leader to remain in effect.
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Neil Foden, a former headteacher who ’abused trust,’ has been jailed for ’shocking’ sex offences against four girls
Sentencing Foden to 17 years in prison, Judge Rowlands described him as "a man looked up to by many" who had "managed to hide a dreadful secret".
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Lawyer for British tabloid accuses Prince Harry of tampering with evidence in phone hacking case
The High Court heard the Duke of Sussex had deliberately destroyed text messages with the ghostwriter who penned his memoir
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Spies working for Russia disappear in Poland following release from custody
According to Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita, three saboteurs convicted of taking part in a Russian plan to stoke anti-Ukrainian sentiment and to disrupt transportation networks in Poland vanished after being sentenced by a Lublin court in Dec. 2023.
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Radical preacher implicated in directing banned group
Undercover officers in the US recorded lectures by radical preacher Anjem Choudary which show he was the director of a group banned under UK terror laws, a court has heard.
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Gary Glitter faces potential loss of multi-million pound fortune as ’additional women prepare to sue’
Disgraced rocker Gary Glitter, 80, could lose his multi-million pound fortune with more women coming forward to sue him, according to a source, as he continues to earn royalties as a songwriter
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Reality TV stars face court charges for endorsing an unapproved investment scheme
The UK’s financial watchdog brought the charges against a total of nine defendants in a crackdown on "finfluencers" who use their online platforms to offer advice and information on various financial topics.
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Sham trial set for falsely jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich as Russia wrongly accuses journalist of spying for CIA
Washington has called the charges against Gershkovich ’fiction’
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Kyrgyzstan court extends custody of four journalists
A Kyrgyz court ordered on Friday that four reporters, who were charged in January with “inciting mass unrest” through their investigative stories about corruption in the Central Asian country, remain in pre-trial detention until August 8, according to their editor, Bolot Temirov.
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Single bullet to head killed journalist Lyra McKee in Derry, court hears
Pathologist gives evidence in trial of three men accused of murder in joint enterprise to encourage and assist gunman
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The Spanish Prime Minister’s wife has been summoned to court over corruption allegations
“What we have here is a mudslinging campaign by the right and the far right,” a government spokesperson said.