•(R-L) Racquel “Kelly” Smith, Steveno van Rhyn, and Jacquen Appollis listen to proceedings in court in Saldanha Bay today A South African court today sentenced a woman to life in prison for kidnapping and selling her six-year-old daughter, in a case that horrified the country. Joshlin Smith went missing in February last year from her […...
A General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the Headquarters, 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Enugu, has sentenced a soldier, Private Adamu Mohammed, to death by hanging and another, Private Abubakar Yusuf, to 10 years’ imprisonment. The sentences were handed down after due consideration for the offences of murder and robbery for which the soldiers s...
•Peru’s former President Ollanta Humala A Peruvian court yesterday sentenced former President Ollanta Humala and his wife to 15 years in prison for graft linked to a globe-spanning corruption scandal involving Brazilian construction group Odebrecht paying bribes to politicians. The court found the 62-year-old and his wife Nadine Heredia guilty...
John Moses and Yakubu Mohammed have been sentenced to death by hanging over two count charge of rape in Kaduna. While, Mustapha Musa was sentenced to life imprisonment on a 2 counts charge of Rape under Section 258 of the Penal Code Law and sentenced to life imprisonment, reports Nigerian Tribune. This was disclosed by […]
A Russian court has sentenced a man to 13 years in jail on treason charges for reaching out to a recruiter for the Ukrainian army, the FSB security service said today. Moscow has jailed dozens of Russians for allegedly collaborating with or supporting Kyiv’s military since Russia launched its full-scale military offensive in February 2022, [&h...
•Kenya Flag A Kenyan court today sentenced a former county governor to 12 years in prison for corruption, alongside his wife and three others. Ferdinand Waititu, former governor of the major county of Kiambu, is one of the most high-profile officials to be convicted under the government’s anti-corruption drive, reports AFP. The court in Nairob...
•Bishop Kenneth Duke Bishop of a popular congregation in Abuja, Bishop Kenneth Duke, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment without an option of fine, for rape. The Bishop was sentenced at a Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting at Gudu, presided over by Hon. Justice Adebiyi Osolo, reports Daily Independent. The 52-year-old convict...
•Paul Pogba and jailed brother Mathias A Paris court today sentenced a brother of France midfielder Paul Pogba to a three-year prison term, with two years suspended, after convicting him in a high-profile extortion case. Mathias Pogba will be able to serve his one-year sentence with an electronic bracelet rather than behind bars, reports AFP. ...
A Jigawa State High Court, presided over by Hon. Justice Ado Yusuf Birnin-Kudu, has sentenced four individuals to death by hanging over charges of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide. The convicts include a husband, wife, the wife’s brother, and her sister, all found guilty of murdering Salamatu Musa, a 30-year-old woman accused of witch...
•Killer, Emma Kusak A 19-year-old who killed a man inside a Las Vegas Strip hotel room will serve at least a decade in prison after pleading guilty, documents said. In July, Emma Kusak pleaded guilty to second-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon in the death of Charlie Satrustegui. Las Vegas Metro police […]
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