‘Lazy’ policeman faces jail for sabotaging probes
September 13th, 2012 - 7:39 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 13 (IANS) A police official in Scotland Yard is facing jail after he failed to investigate rape cases that allowed the alleged rapists to escape prosecution, because he ... Read more...
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Disabled London council advisor caught arranging sex with child
August 21st, 2012 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 21 (IANS) A wheelchair-bound advisor for a city council in London has been caught red-handed arranging to have sex with a five-year-old girl and her mother, a court ... Read more...
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Rebekah Brooks to appear in court in September
August 3rd, 2012 - 3:22 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 3 (IANS) Rebekah Brooks, former chief executive of media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News International group, has been formally charged with phone hacking and will appear in court next ... Read more...
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Butt is lonely and depressed: Asif
May 7th, 2012 - 6:33 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, May 7 (IANS) Pakistan's banned fast bowler Mohammad Asif, who was released from British jail Friday, said former captain Salman Butt, with whom he shared a cell, was lonely ... Read more...
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Asif released from British jail
May 3rd, 2012 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 3 (IANS) Pakistan cricket Mohammed Asif was released from a British jail Thursday after completing half of his 12-month sentence after being found guilty in a spot-fixing scandal.The ... Read more...
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Two found guilty of Olympic money-laundering
April 24th, 2012 - 8:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 24 (IANS) Two men have been found guilty of money-laundering charges following a 2.3 million pound ($3.7 million) fraud against the Olympic Delivery Authority, the body responsible for ... Read more...
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I was tricked into spot-fixing: Aamer
March 20th, 2012 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 20 (IANS) Young Pakistani fast bowler Mohammad Aamer, who served a six months jail term after being convicted of spot-fixing, has broken his silence for the first time, ... Read more...
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Indian man faces deportation from Britain
March 9th, 2012 - 10:30 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 9 (IANS) An Indian in Britain is faced with deportation after being jailed for over 14 years for running Britain's biggest fraudulent scheme.The 41-year-old Kautilya Pruthi, who ran ... Read more...
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Indian jailed for tampering with British court records
November 19th, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 19 (IANS) A 22-year-old Indian-origin man, who worked as a court clerk in Britain, has been jailed for taking bribes and tampering with records at the office where ... Read more...
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Swann: Prison sentences to Pak trio a ‘wake-up call’
November 14th, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 14 (IANS) England spinner Graeme Swann feels the punishment handed out to the three guilty Pakistani players will serve as a "massive wake-up call" for cricket.The Pakistani trio ... Read more...
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Jailed Pakistan cricketers face deportation from Britain
November 12th, 2011 - 6:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 12 (IANS) Jailed Pakistani crickers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer could be deported from Britain once they finish their terms.The trio were found guilty by the ... Read more...
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Tainted Pakistan cricketers, agent get jail
November 3rd, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 3 (IANS) Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt will spend 30 months in jail, fast bowler Mohammad Asif a year and 19-year-old Mohammad Aamir six months in a ... Read more...
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Judge tells Butt he was the ‘orchestrator’ of spot-fixing
November 3rd, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 3 (IANS) The judge at the Southwark Crown Court while punishing the three Pakistani cricketers for their role in spot-fixing said Thursday that he had reserved the harshest ... Read more...
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Butt gets 30-month sentence, Asif one year, Aamer 6 months (Lead)
November 3rd, 2011 - 5:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 3 (IANS) Former Pakistan cricket captain Salman Butt was sentenced to 30 months in prision for spot fixing by the Southwark Crown Court here Thursday. Fast bowlers Mohammad ... Read more...
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Was offered money to fix T20 match: Nixon
November 3rd, 2011 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 3 (IANS) Former England wicketkeeper Paul Nixon has claimed that he was offered "millions of pounds" to throw a Twenty20 match in England.The Leicestershire veteran, who retired ... Read more...
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Verdict against Pakistani cricketers warning for others: ICC
November 2nd, 2011 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
Dubai, Nov 2 (IANS) International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat says the London court's verdict in the corruption case against three Pakistani players should serve as a "further ... Read more...
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Butt, Asif found guilty, face jail
November 1st, 2011 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 1 (IANS) Pakistan's tainted crickters Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif face jail as the Southwark Crown Court here Tuesday found them guilty of conspiracy to cheat and accept ... Read more...
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Salman never pressurised me to bowl no-balls: Asif
October 14th, 2011 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 14 (IANS) Pakistan fast bowler Mohammed Asif, who is being tried for the spot-fixing scandal, Friday said his former captain Salman Butt had never pressurised him to bowl ... Read more...
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Spot-fixing very sad episode of my tenure, says Butt
October 13th, 2011 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Oct 13 (IANS) Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt called the spot-fixing incident a "very sad" episode during his tenure, and hoped the measures taken by the ... Read more...
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Indian offered Majeed $1.2m to lose Oval Test, court hears
October 11th, 2011 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 11 (IANS) A mysterious Indian contact offered Pakistan cricket agent Mazhar Majeed $1.2 million to arrange for Pakistan to throw a Test match against England, a court in ... Read more...
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Wasim Akram, Moin Khan rubbish match-fixing charges
October 11th, 2011 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, Oct 11 (IANS) Former Pakistan captains Wasim Akram and Moin Khan Tuesday termed as "ridiculous" and "nonsense" allegations by controversial British sports agent that a number of Pakistani cricket ... Read more...
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Subcontinent gambles $50 bn on cricket, London court told
October 6th, 2011 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 6 (IANS) Jurors in a London Crown Court were told that cricket betting syndicates were controlled and orchestrated by "shadowy figures" based in Dubai, Mumbai, London and Karachi ... Read more...
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Pakistani cricketers face London trial for spot-fixing
October 3rd, 2011 - 10:36 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 3 (IANS) The trio of Pakistani cricketers -- Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer -- Tuesday will face the trial on the spot-fixing charges during the Test ... Read more...
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One million porn images, videos seized from British paedophile
July 16th, 2011 - 7:31 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 16 (IANS) Scotland Yard has claimed to have captured about one million pornographic images and videos of children from a house in London in the largest ever seizure ... Read more...
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British woman jailed for keeping migrant as slave
March 17th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 17 (IANS) A British court has sentenced a former hospital director to nine months imprisonment after convicting her of trafficking a Tanzanian woman and using her as a ... Read more...
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London bank directors to be sentenced for ‘turning blind eye’ to criminal’s deposits
March 4th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 4 (ANI): Two directors of a corrupt safe deposit company in London will be sentenced today for running a 50 million pound 'treasure trove' for criminals.Milton Woolf and Jacqueline Swan ... Read more...
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UK jury finds peer guilty of swindling taxpayer of over 11K pounds
January 26th, 2011 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan.26 (ANI): The British Conservative Party's first black peer, Lord Taylor of Warwick, has been found guilty of defrauding the taxpayer of 11,000 pounds in false claims for travel and overnight ... Read more...
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Former British MP Illsley pleads guilty to false accounting
January 11th, 2011 - 7:16 pm ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- Former British Member of Parliament Eric Illsley on Tuesday pleaded guilty to false accounting at a London court, Scotland Yard said.Illsley, 55, pleaded guilty to three counts of ... Read more...
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Man jailed for selling ‘Ritz Hotel’ for 250 million pounds
July 28th, 2010 - 8:42 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
London, July 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) An unemployed British man who tried to reach a deal to sell the Ritz Hotel in London for £250 million has been convicted of the crime and ... Read more...
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Online consultant groomed teenagers for sex
July 10th, 2010 - 10:31 am ICT by IANS
London, July 10 (IANS) An online consultant whose job was to advise young people on their sexual development groomed teenagers for sex and was caught red-handed while arranging to meet a "trained" ... Read more...
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Teen Gets 14 Years For Facebook Murder of Salum Kombo
June 23rd, 2010 - 4:30 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
June 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) After killing his friend over a Facebook dispute that the two had, an unnamed 16 year old, who was 15 at the time of the murder, has been ... Read more...
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Sex, drug parties of professor who led double life
March 30th, 2010 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
London, March 30 (IANS) An eminent British professor, who blew up money on drug-fuelled sex parties, was jailed for three years for fraudulently claiming almost 150,000 pounds from the National Health Service ... Read more...
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Wigan striker Marlon King jailed for attack on a club girl
October 30th, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct. 30 (ANI): Twenty-nine-year-old Wigan Athletic striker Marlon King has been jailed for launching an attack on a 20-year-old club girl, and is known for acting violently towards women, The Sun ... Read more...
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Lesbian UK teacher jailed for sex with pupil, 15
September 22nd, 2009 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 22 (ANI): A British lesbian teacher has been sent behind bars after she admitted her affair with a 15-year-old girl pupil.Music teacher Helen Goddard has been given a 15-month sentence ... Read more...
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Hate preacher Abu Hamza’s sons involved in luxury car scam
April 9th, 2009 - 2:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 9 (ANI): Radical Islamist preacher Abu Hamza's three sons face prison over a one million pound luxury car racket.Hamza's sons Hamza Kamel, 22, and Mohamed Mostafa, 27, ran the ... Read more...
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