Germany’s Cabinet has approved plans to reduce the minimum sentence for spreading child sexual abuse images. The current law penalizes dissemination of such content with a prison sentence of one to 10 years. The proposed legislation will reduce the minimum sentence to
Austalian-Chinese writer and author Dr Yang Hengjun has been handed a suspended death sentence after being accused of spying. Dr Yang was detained in China in 2019 over espionage charges as he was on the way to visit his sick brother. However,
Panama’s Supreme Court on Friday denied an appeal from former President Ricardo Martinelli, convicted of money laundering in the case of a media company he purchased, likely keeping him out of this year’s presidential race. The court ruled that a 10-year prison
A South Korean judge has convicted 23-year-old Choi Won-jong of murder for an unprovoked car-and-stabbing rampage in Seongnam last August. Won-jong rammed his car into pedestrians, killing two and injuring 12, then randomly stabbed people at a nearby shopping mall. Judge Kang
Alyaksandr Zyankou, a Belarusian photojournalist, was sentenced to three years in prison for allegedly participating in an extremist group, stemming from his coverage of protests. Zyankou’s arrest occurred in June, and he has been in custody since then, with reports of his
A paranoid schizophrenic who killed two teenage students and a caretaker in a violent rampage will have his sentence re-examined after heartbreaking calls from the victims’ families. Triple killer Valdo Calocane, 32, was last week handed an indefinite hospital order after knifing
Ian J. Stones, a longtime British businessperson in China, was sentenced to five years in prison in 2022 on an espionage charge. Stones was convicted of providing intelligence to “external forces,” according to Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin. The UK government was
The Attorney General Victoria Prentis will review the sentence of triple killer Valdo Calocane after his victims’ heartbroken familes claimed he “got away with murder” in a scathing attack on the Crown Prosecution Service. The 32-year-old paranoid schizophrenic, who was initially charged
Arantxa Sanchez Vicario has been sentenced to two years in prison for fraud. But the 1995 Wimbledon doubles champion won’t go to jail, as a Barcelona court suspended the sentence with Sanchez Vicario agreeing to repay £5.7 million (€6.6 million) in debts. Sanchez
Francis Matthew is back in the UK after getting a pardon for the slaughter of Jane in Dubai. The British journalist hit the 62-year-old twice over the head after she called him a “loser” in a row over money. He then blamed