Latest Criminal Law News

Glazebury man jailed for 'chainsaw' plot
Ryan Ollerton, aged 27, of Warrington Road, was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to cheat the revenue contrary to the Criminal Law Act 1977. He was also disqualified from being a company director for five years.
Updated: 03/28/2012 03:04A

NY hearing in DSK civil case amid more legal woes in France for former IMF chief
The 62-year-old former chief of the International Monetary Fund was charged last year with attempted rape and other crimes after the May 14 encounter with hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo, but the criminal case was dropped after prosecutors lost faith in
Updated: 03/28/2012 03:01A

NY hearing in DSK civil case amid more legal woes in France for former IMF chief
The 62-year-old former chief of the International Monetary Fund was charged last year with attempted rape and other crimes after the May 14 encounter with hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo, but the criminal case was dropped after prosecutors lost faith in
Updated: 03/28/2012 03:01A

Call for probe on 'Nazri's extravagant lifestyle'
The rakyat are not amused that the case has been classified as 'Affray' under Section 160 of the Penal Code. Affray [means] fighting in a public place. His son's bodyguards trespassed onto private property and assaulted a security guard.
Updated: 03/28/2012 02:55A

NY hearing in DSK civil case amid more legal woes in France for former IMF
The 62-year-old former chief of the International Monetary Fund was charged last year with attempted rape and other crimes after the May 14 encounter with hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo, but the criminal case was dropped after prosecutors lost faith in
Updated: 03/28/2012 02:52A

Afghanistan: Hundreds of Women, Girls Jailed for 'Moral Crimes'
One woman, Parwana S. (not her real name), 19, told Human Rights Watch how she was convicted of “running away” after fleeing a husband and mother-in-law who beat her: “I will try to become independent and divorce him. I hate the word 'husband.
Updated: 03/28/2012 12:47A

BG "Citizens on Patrol" keep eye out for crime
Bowling Green police have a leg up on crime with the help of some extra eyes on the streets. Citizens are teaming up with law enforcement to help keep the community safe. Rose Hess says you don't have to move to live in a better neighborhood.
Updated: 03/27/2012 11:01P

Microsoft defends 'dumb' Zeus strategy
“Meanwhile, in the Rustock botnet case, after closing our civil case, we made a criminal referral to the FBI. With each new botnet operation, Microsoft will continue to keep all of its options open and that does include referring the matter to law
Updated: 03/27/2012 10:13P

BC sex workers prepared to keep challenging the law
Western Canadian sex-trade activists and legal advocates are declaring a partial victory over the Ontario Court of Appeal's March 26 ruling that strikes down the bawdy house law and living off the avails of prostitution as unconstitutional.
Updated: 03/27/2012 10:05P

Appeal judges need to reconnect with juries, says former Supreme Court Justice
He told the Victoria Law Foundation's Legal Reporting Awards last night that he blamed a lack of regular contact with juries for appellate rulings that made jury directions too complicated. "If all criminal appellate judges regularly sat with juries
Updated: 03/27/2012 09:54P