The judge and social workers who agreed that Sara Sharif’s father could have custody of her have been given anonymity. At a private court hearing at Family Court in London in 2019, Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool, Sara’s stepmother, won custody of the child. Four years later, the 10-year-old was discovered dead on a bunkbed … Read more
Six months after Justin Timberlake was arrested for drunk driving, the pop star is headlining a major festival… in Transylvania. The “Sexy Back” singer, 43, was announced as the headlining performer at Electric Castle festival, which takes place on the grounds of Banffy Castle in Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania — a historical and cultural region in Romania. … Read more
A police officer who was “infatuated” with her convicted criminal boyfriend has been jailed for sharing sensitive information with him. Lorna Pennycook, 38, illegally accessed information on West Midlands Police systems between 2017 and 2021 and gave it to Anthony Kennedy, 43, who has 18 previous convictions for offences such as vehicle theft, while she … Read more
A British teenager jailed in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old girl has said it “never occurred” to him that his holiday romance would break the law. Marcus Fakana, 18, was sentenced to a year in prison on Wednesday for having a sexual relationship with the girl, who is also British, while on holiday … Read more
Over the past week, the Guardian’s courts in crisis series has laid bare the scale of dysfunction in the legal system in England and Wales. Barristers and judges overworked. Devastated victims dropping out of prosecutions after being pushed to the edge by torturous waits. Prisons busting at the seams, with some inmates spending up to … Read more
The return of verdicts in the criminal trial of Sara Sharif’s father, stepmother and uncle has allowed information from proceedings in the family court to be released after a High Court judge ruled it was in the public interest for it to be published. On Wednesday, Urfan Sharif and Beinash Batool were convicted of the … Read more
The son of a UK crime boss has avoided jail after admitting his part in an arms cache plot to get his “notorious” father out of prison early. Jack Kavanagh, from Tamworth, was a trainee accountant when he tried to help his father Thomas, UK boss of the Kinahan organised crime gang, engineer a lighter … Read more
A criminology student accused of stabbing physical trainer Amie Gray to death on Bournemouth beach researched the murders of Milly Dowler and Brianna Ghey and bought knives online, a court has heard. Nasen Saadi, from Croydon, south London, is on trial at Winchester Crown Court charged with the murder of the 34-year-old at Durley Chine … Read more
A suspect in Massachusetts got stuck in a chimney while attempting to evade police capture. The City of Fall River Police Department said detectives executed a search warrant at 127 Canal Street, when Robert Langlais, 33, and another man fled from the house on a rooftop. One man evaded capture, but Robert Langlais, 33, attempted … Read more
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old suspect in the New York murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is agitated and irritated about his treatment since he was arrested on Monday and held in a Pennsylvania jail, according to his lawyer. Thomas Dickey, a veteran Pennsylvania trial lawyer who began representing Mangione on Tuesday, said that his client’s … Read more