Tommy Robinson has been ordered to pay £50,000 in costs after he was jailed for contempt of court, with the final amount still to be decided. The political activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was sentenced to 18 months in prison in October after the Solicitor General took legal action against him for breaching … Read more
A former soldier nicknamed the “naked carpenter” tried to murder a police officer by stabbing him 23 times with a pair of scissors, a court has found. Robert Jenner, 50, was convicted of the attempted murder of Pc Sean Quinn, of Kent Police, who was stabbed in the head, face and neck on June 15 … Read more
A former human rights lawyer has been spared jail over fraud charges linked to false abuse claims made against British troops in Iraq. Phil Shiner was struck off as a solicitor in 2017 at a tribunal after being found guilty of misconduct and dishonesty relating to false claims against veterans of the Iraq War. The … Read more
Police in Ireland investigating the disappearance of eight-year-old schoolboy Kyran Durnin have arrested a woman on suspicion of murder. Police launched a murder investigation in October after the disappearance of the Co Louth child, who was potentially missing for two years, unknown to authorities. Officers suspect the boy, who was reported missing in August, might … Read more
A Maryland mother who drowned her 3-month-old daughter in a bathtub at her home has been charged with first-degree murder, according to court documents. Mackenzie R Colgan, 37, called 911 on Sunday from her home in Chevy Chase, Maryland, to report that she had drowned her infant daughter in the bathtub, Montgomery County Police Department … Read more
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of murdering missing schoolboy Kyran Durnin in Ireland. The eight-year-old was reported missing from his home last August, but the Irish gardaí suspect he was murdered more than two years ago. A spokesperson said: “Gardaí investigating the disappearance and murder of Kyran Durnin (8 years) have today, Tuesday … Read more
On Monday, Daniel Penny, a 26-year-old white man, was acquitted of all charges related to the 1 May 2023 killing of Jordan Neely, a 30-year-old unhoused Black man with severe mental illness, on a New York City subway train. Penny was charged with second-degree manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide after he choked Neely for nearly … Read more
Once upon a time, Phil Shiner was the superstar Left-wing lawyer feted by civil rights groups Liberty and Justice. After all, he was the man daring to accuse members of the British armed forces of the murder and physical abuse of hundreds of Iraqi civilians during the Second Gulf War. Both Liberty and Justice named him as … Read more
A retiree who shot at a Walmart delivery drone to make it “shoo off” has accepted a plea deal after being hit with criminal charges. Dennis Winn, 72, was accused of causing $2,500 of damage after shooting the aircraft outside his home in Lake County, Florida. The former fire captain is said to have believed … Read more
A USPS worker was shot dead by a co-worker at a processing center in Texas, according to authorities. At around 10 p.m. Monday, police responded to calls of an active shooter at the South Houston Local Processing Center in Missouri City, Houston, Dana Carter, an inspector with the Houston Division of the U.S. Postal Inspection … Read more