Luigi Mangione, the suspect named in connection to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was seen for the first time at a Pennsylvania courthouse on Monday, 9 December. Luigi Mangione was led into the Altoona court for an arraignment on the gun charges, after being arrested after being spotted at a McDonald’s. New York … Read more
New South Wales police found no evidence proving the existence of a man who a mother claimed was with her baby before it was found dead inside a freezer, an inquest has heard. The deputy state coroner, Kasey Pearce, has been investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a three-month-old baby, identified only as “KP”, … Read more
Ministers should consider abandoning jury trials for some crown court cases unless they properly fund a justice system “in serious crisis”, the former lord chief justice has said. Lord Thomas said there had been a “political failure” by successive governments to invest in justice or make the difficult decisions needed to protect it. The crown … Read more
Hundreds of trials are being derailed because prison vans fail to transport the defendant to court on time, figures show. A Guardian analysis found 207 crown court trials in England and Wales were declared “ineffective” in 2023 – meaning they were postponed on the day – because the prison escort and custody service (Pecs) failed … Read more
The head of an abbey on a remote Welsh island has apologised for the “great suffering” endured by children who were abused by a late monk, and the “culture of secrecy and cover-up” that kept it hidden, after an independent review. Father Jan Rossey, who last year became the Abbot of Caldey Abbey, which is … Read more
A Florida man appeared in a Polk County courtroom on Monday after being accused of fatally shooting his father and critically wounding his mother over the weekend during a household argument about work. Joseph Voigt, 23, who will face murder and attempted murder charges, admitted to shooting Susan Voigt, 58, and killing Marvin Voigt, 63, … Read more
An American woman will spend a year in an Australian jail for sneaking in a gold-plated gun in her luggage last year. Liliana Goodson, 30, pleaded guilty to charges of illegally importing an unauthorised firearm and ammunition into the country. Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court sentenced her to 12 months in jail, of which four … Read more
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate who has been named as a suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has been charged with murder by New York prosecutors, court records showed on Monday night. Earlier, he was charged in Pennsylvania with possession of an illegal weapon, forgery and other crimes after being … Read more
Rudy Giuliani could face hefty fines “as well as imprisonment” if he is held in contempt for repeatedly falsely accusing a pair of election workers of manipulating election results in 2020, a federal judge cautioned Donald Trump’s former attorney on Monday. A mother-daughter pair of election workers last month accused the former New York City … Read more
Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro has condemned those who praised the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, insisting: “He is no hero.” At a press conference on Monday evening in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Shapiro addressed the “disturbing” number of Americans who had “looked to celebrate instead of condemning this killer.” Authorities have named 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, who … Read more