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Open verdict over mum's drug death
“I am not satisfied on the balance of probabilities that this was just a simple accident. This was someone who did not like taking tablets. “The evidence does not fully disclose all the matters in this case and I am forced to record an open verdict.”
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:01A
Jeff Gerritt: Too late for one Detroiter, expunge bill could help many
He wanted to go into nursing but found out, after two years of college, that Michigan law prohibits him from doing so because of his record. In 1999, a police officer stopped Smith for a traffic violation, searched his car and found a gun in a duffel
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:01A
Ex-IMF chief Strauss-Kahn freed from jail on bail
The 62-year-old Strauss-Kahn wore an expression of relief after Supreme Court Justice Michael J. Obus announced his decision in a packed courtroom. Later, Strauss-Kahn blew a kiss toward his wife, French journalist Anne Sinclair.
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:00A
Alleged thief beaten to death
he was attacked by this angry mob of people,” said Colonel Mzukisi Fatyela. “No arrests have been made because we are still investigating.” He said police had tried to “minimise” mob justice in case someone wrongly accused of a crime was killed.
Updated: 05/20/2011 05:00A
Twitter Inc., Unknown Posters, Sued by 'CTB' at UK High Court
While the document gave no details, CTB are the initials used by the court in a separate lawsuit to refer to an athlete who won an anonymity order banning the media from publishing stories about his alleged affair with a reality-television star.
Updated: 05/20/2011 04:59A
I want justice, says fiance of Briton killed
Chioma Ibe, Mr Saville's fiance, said she wants "justice" above financial compensation. Ms Ibe, 33, a marketing manager, said: "Money isn't going to bring Daniel back, but we want answers about what happened. Daniel died trying to stop drugs and help
Updated: 05/20/2011 04:58A
I want justice, says fiance of Briton who died in a plane crash
Chioma Ibe, Mr Saville's fiance, said she wants "justice" above financial compensation. Ms Ibe, 33, a marketing manager, said: "Money isn't going to bring Daniel back, but we want answers about what happened. Daniel died trying to stop drugs and help
Updated: 05/20/2011 04:58A
'His face was crushed. It was like something out of a scary movie'
Grantham pensioner Barry Williams was walking home in the early hours of Sunday, May 8, when he was set upon by three men in their 20s who beat him to the floor and left him a bloody mess. Dariusz Dryka, 28, of London Road, Grantham, was on his way
Updated: 05/20/2011 04:58A
Miliband tries to explain himself
This, really, is not so much a justification for Miliband's attack on Clarke, as for Labour's overall crime and justice policy — and one that we have heard before. Sadiq Khan, the shadow justice secretary, put it in similar terms in a key address to
Updated: 05/20/2011 04:58A
NBC29Hearing to decide if Blackwater suit goes to trial
(AP) - A judge in Virginia will hear arguments on whether a lawsuit filed by two former employees against the security company once known as Blackwater should go to trial. Brad and Melan Davis filed the lawsuit in 2008 in federal court in Alexandria
Updated: 05/20/2011 04:57A