Boy jailed 17 years for killing teenage mom
December 22nd, 2011 - 7:42 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 22 (IANS) An 18-year-old boy in Britain who stabbed a teenage mother and left her to die in a canal was sentenced to 17 years in prison.Ashtiaq Asghar, ... Read more...
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Barefoot Bandit’ jailed for 7 years
December 20th, 2011 - 12:28 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Seattle, Dec 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The notorious “Barefoot Bandit” has been jailed for series of robberies. The judge handed the 20-year-old suspect more than a seven-year jail term which he will serve ... Read more...
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Delhi rapist jailed for six years
June 12th, 2011 - 3:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) A Delhi court has sentenced a man to six years in jail and fined him Rs.15,000 for raping a minor girl."Considering the age of the ... Read more...
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Millionaire sentenced to 13 years in child-porn case
April 1st, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Cancun (Mexico), April 1 (IANS/EFE) A Mexican court sentenced Lebanese-born millionaire Jean Succar Kuri to 13 years in prison for producing child pornography and corrupting minors.Succar Kuri, who also faces ... Read more...
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Assange attacks British judge’s extradition order
February 26th, 2011 - 1:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb.26 (ANI): The Australian founder of the whistleblowing web site, WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, has attacked a British judge's attempts to extradite him to Sweden, terming it a 'rubber-stamping process'.The judge ruled ... Read more...
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Singer George Michael released early from prison
October 11th, 2010 - 11:05 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, Oct 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) George Michael has been released from jail after serving just half the sentence that was slapped on him for driving under the influence of drugs.The ... Read more...
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Indian-born Canadian Liberal MP says six months jail for LTTE fundraiser too lax
May 15th, 2010 - 2:16 pm ICT by ANI
Vancouver (Canada), May 15 (ANI): Indian-born Canadian Liberal MP Ujjal Dosanjh has criticized the country's judicial system for failing to send a strong message of deterrence to fundraisers for terrorist groups when ... Read more...
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Man gets one-year jail for slapping Russian rights activist
May 5th, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The attacker of an elderly Russian human rights activist has been given a one-year suspended sentence by a Moscow court.
Konstantin Pereverzev hit the chairwoman of the Moscow ... Read more...
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Four New York individuals indicted for assaulting and robbing Mexican immigrant
April 24th, 2010 - 12:01 am ICT by BNO News
STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) – Four individuals were indicted for robbing and assaulting a Mexican immigrant, prosecutors said Friday.Rodolfo Olmedo, 26, suffered serious physical injury and was robbed of his ... Read more...
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Cameron Douglas Sentenced To 5 Years In Jail
April 21st, 2010 - 8:15 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
April 21, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Hollywood actor and producer, Michael Douglas, was present at court yesterday. There, he sat and viewed his 31-year-old son, Cameron Douglas, being awarded a ... Read more...
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Michael Douglas’ son gets 5yrs in prison for drug trafficking
April 21st, 2010 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
New York, April 21 (ANI): Actor Michael Douglas's son has been sentenced to five years in jail for drug trafficking.Cameron Douglas was arrested last year at the trendy Gansevoort Hotel in New ... Read more...
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Yorkshire Ripper urges court to set him free
March 2nd, 2010 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar. 2 (ANI): British serial killer Peter Sutcliffe, who was convicted of murdering 13 women and attacking seven others in Yorkshire and Lancashire in late 1980, is reportedly seeking a ... Read more...
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O’Fallon, Illinois man guilty in heroin overdose death case
February 11th, 2010 - 2:28 pm ICT by BNO News
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS (BNO NEWS) – A man of O’Fallon, Illinois, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to a federal indictment on count of distributing of heroin resulting in death, prosecutors announced.Ryan W. Asselin, ... Read more...
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Drug case: Johnston’s mom pleads guilty
August 21st, 2009 - 6:11 pm ICT by IBNS
Aug 21 (IBNS) Sherry Johnston has pleaded guilty in state Superior Court recently to a charge of possession with intent to deliver the prescription painkiller OxyContin.Johnston, 43, is the mother of Levi ... Read more...
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RJD ex-MP jailed for 5 years in fodder scam case
August 1st, 2009 - 6:00 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Aug 1 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Saturday sentenced R.K. Rana, a former MP of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), to five years in jail in a ... Read more...
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Australian author out of Bangkok jail after royal pardon
February 21st, 2009 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Feb 21 (DPA) Australian Harry Nicolaides arrived back in Melbourne Saturday after being pardoned by Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej and released from a Bangkok prison.
Nicolaides was arrested in August and sentenced ... Read more...
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Australian gets 3 years in prison for insulting Thai monarchy
January 19th, 2009 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Jan 19 (DPA) A Bangkok court Monday sentenced an Australian author to three years in jail for allegedly insulting the Thai monarchy in his novel "Verisimilitude" published in 2005, court sources ... Read more...
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Hannah Fosters parents say 24-year jail term too less for rapist-murderer Kohli
November 26th, 2008 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 26 (ANI): Parents of Hanna Foster, a 17-year-old girl who was raped and murdered by a driver of India origin in 2003, have said that the convict, Maninder Pal ... Read more...
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