Benjamin Netanyahu has become Israel’s first sitting prime minister to testify as a criminal defedant – having taken to the witness stand in his long-running corruption trial. Claiming that he has been “waiting eight years for this moment” Mr Netanyahu. 75, started what will be a number of appearances in the courtroom in the coming … Read more
A vulnerable young woman would not have taken her own life if she had been treated in a “loving” way, a court has heard. Hairdresser Kiena Dawes, 23, left her nine-month-old daughter with a friend, along with a suicide note and took her own life on a railway line after suffering years of abuse from … Read more
Four people have been “sprayed with an unknown substance” at the University of Greenwich campus. Police were called to the university on Avery Hill Road shortly after midnight to reports of a man being attacked and sprayed with the unidentified liquid. The emergency services found a man with head injuries before police found three other … Read more
A high-profile barrister has been accused of professional misconduct after criticising a judge’s ruling over a domestic abuse case saying it echoed a “boys’ club”. Women’s rights campaigner Dr Charlotte Proudman, who specialises in family law, is facing a Bar Standards Board (BSB) disciplinary tribunal over a 14-part Twitter thread criticising a ruling in a … Read more
A disgraced human rights lawyer who pursued British soldiers over fake war crimes in Iraq has avoided jail after being sentenced for legal aid fraud. Phil Shiner, 67, admitted three counts of fraud to secure £200,000 to fund a judicial review into an alleged war crime. Judge Hehir, sitting at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday, … Read more
A world-renowned Jaguar restoration expert has died after being attacked in his home. Police have launched a murder investigation after John Brown, 82, suffered the “serious” assault in Bulkington, Warwickshire, on Nov 23. His family described him as a “true craftsman” after he died of his injuries in hospital on Nov 29. Jakob Walpole, 32, … Read more
A man described by police as a “heinous child predator” has been sentenced to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty to 130 charges of sexual abuse in a court in Northern Ireland. David John Andrews, 55, was told he could serve a minimum of 13 and a half years after which the Parole Board … Read more
A German-Russian dual citizen has been arrested in Russia for allegedly attempting to sabotage a railway track, according to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB). The man was found with a homemade “explosive device” when he was arrested in Nizhny Novgorod, 350 miles east of Moscow, Russia’s news agencies reported, citing the FSB. The unnamed suspect, … Read more
A man who shook his partner’s toddler to death after staying up late playing computer games has been convicted of murdering the 22-month-old boy. Paula Roberts, 41, was suspicious enough about her boyfriend Christopher Stockton’s treatment of her son Charlie that she set up a spy camera above his cot. But she stayed in a … Read more
Former Florida Congressman and ex-attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz has suggested that the suspect in the shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, should join Cameo, the site where users can pay celebrities for personalized greetings. “My female friends keep asking one question about the United CEO assassin: IS HE SINGLE?” Gaetz wrote … Read more