US
Parenting advice YouTuber and influencer jailed for child abuse
Franke, a mother of six from Utah who gave parenting tips via a once-popular video blog called "8 Passengers", admitted four counts of aggravated child abuse.
Sky News
Results for "Community Sentencing Bill"
1626 results.
US
US: Man who attacked Nevada judge is sentenced by that same judge to prison for separate incident
Deobra Redden, 30, was sentenced to 19 months to four years in prison for a charge of attempted battery with substantial bodily harm. His hands, mouth and face were covered during his court appearance Monday.
CNN
Courts
Farmer jailed and fined over visa fraud
Dominic Ampea is to pay a fine of GHC3,600 in default serve 18 months imprisonment.
GNA
Europe
Vladimir Putin's main political opponent Alexei Navalny 'missing' after removal from Russian prison colony
The 47-year-old had been due in court on Monday via videolink but failed to appear. It comes just days after Vladimir Putin announced he will stand for election again next year.
Sky News
US
US YouTuber gets 6 months in federal prison for staging small plane crash
Trevor Daniel Jacob admitted to intentionally crashing his plane, which was equipped with multiple cameras to capture its demise on video, in November 2021
CNN
Africa
Nigerian student faces jail time, deportation over threat to bomb UK university
Somtochukwu Okwuoha, 26, claimed he had enlisted ISIS, an international terrorist organisation, to help bomb the university.
Premium Times Nig
Africa
Ex-Zimbabwean minister convicted for smuggling fuel
The country's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) proved that the quartet smuggled a tanker filled with diesel into the country without paying duty in 2017.
New Zimbabwe
Courts
High Court jails 6 secessionists
The six were convicted and sentenced for being members of prohibited organisations, attending and participating in meetings of prohibited organisations
GNA
Africa
Nigerian doctor sentenced to life in prison for rape
Dr Olufemi Olaleye sexually assaulted the girl for more than a year until his wife found out and informed the police, the prosecutor said.
BBC
Courts
Factory hand sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing man to death
This was after a seven-member jury unanimously returned a verdict of guilty on Tetteh, now aged 26.
GNA
Europe
UK:Police officer who raped teenage girl and colleague jailed
The former Met officer, 44, from Newmarket in Suffolk, was jailed for 16 years with a further eight on extended licence for two counts of rape against Lauren, as well as six counts of raping a female police officer between 2003 and 2005.
BBC
Europe
UK:Teenage girl jailed for life for killing boyfriend and passenger in 100mph car crash
A teenage girl nicknamed "hell on wheels" has been jailed for life for murdering her boyfriend and another passenger by driving a car into a wall at 100mph
Sky News
Courts
Open your defence: Court orders Aisha Huang as it dismisses Submission of No Case
This follows the dismissal of a Submission of No case filed by Aisha’s lawyers subsequent to the close of the prosecution’s case
DL News
Courts
SIM swap fraud: Two sentenced 12 months each to prison
The court held that the two accused persons were given a relatively lenient sentence since they had been in custody for a significant period of six (6) months
DL News
Courts
Western Togoland: Secessionists sentenced five years each to prison
The convicts were arrested in September 2020 following attempts to declare parts of the Volta and Oti regions as independent state to be called ‘Western Togoland’.
DL News
Europe
Three men tried to take their own lives over woman's rape lies, UK court hears
Eleanor Williams accused the men of attacking her and posted on Facebook in May 2020 that she was the victim of an Asian grooming gang.
BBC
Africa
Poor Kenyans likely to end up on death row - Study
Kenya's death penalty disproportionately affects people from low-income households, many of whom lack proper legal representation.
DW
General
Five scenarios that warrant legal help
A lawyer’s expertise is an invaluable asset when it comes to certain life scenarios.
Lawyer Monthly
Europe
UK police officer, exposed as serial rapist, jailed for life
Metropolitan Police officer David Carrick, 48, admitted last month he was a serial rapist in what prosecutors described as one of the most shocking cases involving a serving police officer.
AP News
Africa
Ex-policeman gets death penalty for lawyer’s murder
Kenya does not carry out death sentences, even though the death verdict is allowed by law.
BBC