Nepal’s former national team captain, Sandeep Lamichhane, has been sentenced to eight years in prison for rape. The Kathmandu District Court judge issued the sentence and ordered Lamichhane to pay a fine of $2,250. A woman reported being sexually assaulted on Aug.
Aydin Coban, a Dutch man convicted of charges related to the online extortion and harassment of Canadian teen Amanda Todd, has had his sentence reduced from 13 years to six. Todd’s suicide in 2012 drew attention to cyberbullying, as she posted a
Guy Fawkes has been remembered for all the wrong reasons. The devout Catholic was caught red-handed in the basement of one of Parliament’s buildings on November 5, 1605, with a considerable amount of gunpowder. He and a group of others were planning
Belarusian authorities on Friday convicted the chief editor of a prominent independent regional newspaper of “discrediting the Republic of Belarus” and sentenced him to four years in prison, as the country continues its crackdown on dissent. A court in Molodechno, a city
Jordan McSweeney, who murdered Zara Aleena in Ilford, east London, in June 2022, has won a Court of Appeal bid to reduce the minimum term of his life sentence. Last December McSweeney, 29, of Dagenham, east London, refused to come to court
A Dutch court convicted a Russian businessman Tuesday of exporting computer chips and other electronic products to the Russian arms and defense industry in violation of European Union sanctions and sentenced him to 18 months in jail. The EU has slapped Moscow
Clement Omoregbee shouted at the judge “You mad? Take me downstairs” before leaving the dock rather than hear the minimum term he would serve. Omoregbee, 38, drugged four women into “total amnesia” before violently raping them in public after they had nights
A Burmese court has handed down a harsh 20-year prison sentence with forced labor to a photojournalist associated with an underground news agency due to his coverage of the aftermath of a devastating cyclone that struck in May. During this judicial process,
An Austrian court on Tuesday found a famous actor guilty of possessing and producing tens of thousands of files of child pornography and sentenced him to a two-year suspended prison sentence. Florian Teichtmeister previously pleaded guilty to collecting and, in some cases,
Thailand's king reduces prison sentence of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra to a single year
Thailand’s king on Friday reduced former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra’s eight-year prison term to a single year following the divisive politician’s return last week from 15 years of self-imposed exile. Thai media, citing Justice Ministry sources, reported that Thaksin can apply for