Convicted fraudster Gerald Ronson was made a CBE for his philanthropy and good deeds in the Jewish community. The tycoon, 84, was one of the “Guinness Four” behind a multi-million share-trading scandal at the drinks company in the 1980s. He served a one-year
An Australian court on Tuesday recorded the first conviction under the nation’s foreign interference laws with a jury finding a Vietnamese refugee guilty of covertly working for the Chinese Communist Party. A Victoria state County Court jury convicted Melbourne businessman and local
A Pakistani appeals court on Tuesday suspended the corruption conviction and three-year prison term of Imran Khan in a legal victory for the hugely popular embattled former prime minister, his lawyers and court officials said. Although he will face a retrial in
People seeking to appeal Lucy Letby’s conviction for the murder of seven babies have launched an online fundraiser, sparking public outrage. Supporters of the nurse, who was sentenced last week to a whole life order, have called for her convictions to be
Singapore executed a woman for the first time in 19 years on Friday, marking the city-state’s second death by hanging this week for convicted drug traffickers. Saridewi Djamani, 45, was sentenced to death in 2018 for trafficking nearly 31 grams of pure
A British man who served nearly 17 years for rape had his conviction quashed Wednesday by the country’s Court of Appeal after recently obtained DNA evidence linked another potential suspect to the crime. Andrew Malkinson, 57, was found guilty of the brutal
A pilfered palm tree led to Dutch police detaining a homeless man who was sentenced to 18 years in neighboring Belgium in the death of a man seven years ago. Police in the southern town of Geldrop said in a statement Tuesday
A photographer in Hong Kong has been convicted of disrespecting the Chinese national anthem. Cheng Wing-chun, 27, is the first person to be convicted under the law after he edited footage of fencer Edgar Cheung Ka-long at the Tokyo Olympics award
A man serving a life sentence for the murder of six-year-old Rikki Neave nearly 30 years ago will challenge his conviction at the Court of Appeal. Rikki’s murder in 1994 was among the most high-profile cold cases on police files, until DNA
Clashes between police and supporters of Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko left nine people dead, the government said Friday, with authorities issuing a blanket ban on the use of several social media platforms in the aftermath of the violence. The deaths occurred