Benjamin Netanyahu became the first sitting prime minister in Israel’s history to take the witness stand in his own corruption trial on Tuesday. Israel’s prime minister, who is accused of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three different cases, repeated his claim that he is subject of a witch hunt. He appeared in Tel … Read more
A man is set to appear in court charged with the murder of 33-year-old Nash Clyne in Acton. Benjamin Matthews, 50, will appear in custody at Willesden Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, 10 December charged with murder. The Metropolitan Police said Matthews was arrested on Monday. A police investigation was launched after officers were called to … Read more
There are hospice programs in penitentiaries. It’s an accommodation for those who will die behind bars in the United States, the country recorded to have the world’s largest (by capita) and oldest prison population because the system isn’t designed to let incarcerated people out. That’s a circumstance Nature of the Crime directors Ricki Stern and … Read more
The head of a Welsh abbey has apologised for the “great suffering” endured by children who were raped by a late monk as well as the “culture of secrecy and cover-up” that kept his abuse hidden. It comes after an independent review found Father Thaddeus Kotik, who died in 1992, lured young girls and boys … Read more
Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in court in Tel Aviv to give evidence in his long-running corruption trial, becoming the first sitting Israeli prime minister to take the stand as a criminal defendant. The rightwing populist politician, who is also wanted under an international warrant issued by the ICC for alleged war crimes in Gaza, has … Read more
The mother of a boy murdered in an unprovoked attack in Bristol has said she loses her son “every single day”. Max Dixon, 16, was killed alongside his friend 15-year-old Mason Rist after being chased and stabbed by four armed teenagers on January 27 this year. Ahead of sentencing at Bristol Crown Court on December … Read more
Former world champion cyclist Rohan Dennis has pleaded guilty to a charge related to the death of his wife, fellow Olympian Melissa Hoskins, who was killed in a car incident outside their home in Adelaide on 30 December last year. Hoskins was struck by a vehicle driven by Dennis, and although he was initially charged … Read more
Ministers should consider scrapping jury trials for some crown court cases to tackle record backlogs and delays, a former lord chief justice has said. Lord Thomas has become the latest senior legal figure to urge the Government to consider proposals for a new “intermediate” court comprising a judge and two magistrates to replace the traditional … Read more
A former BBC journalist has been jailed for child sexual abuse offences. Duncan Bartlett, 52, was sentenced to eight years at Wood Green Crown Court in north London after admitting paying money to watch live streams of children being sexually abused. He had pleaded guilty to 35 offences at an earlier hearing on August 30. … Read more
Six people have been charged following a police investigation into suspected activity linked to a banned Kurdistan terror group. The Metropolitan Police said Turkan Ozcan, 59, Mazlum Sayak, 27, Berfin Kerban, 31, Ali Boyraz, 62, Ercan Akbal, 56, and Agit Karatas, 23, have been charged with being members of the proscribed group known as the … Read more