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Witness tells court accused feared 'spooks'
Mica De Jager, 22, took the stand today in the Supreme Court murder trial of Cameron Mansell who is fighting allegations he fatally bludgeoned Mr Puddy on May 3 last year and then disposed of his body. Ms De Jager told the jury she had first chatted
Updated: 10/17/2011 02:20A
ET trial enters second week
By Sapa The Eugene Terre'Blanche murder trial was expected to enter its second week in the High Court sitting in Ventersdorp on Monday. Last week, seven witnesses took to the stand. Five of them testified that the two farmworkers accused of killing the
Updated: 10/17/2011 02:16A
Tanzania: Ocampo Urges Judges to Confirm Ruto Charges
Nairobi — International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has asked the Pre-Trial Chamber to confirm all charges against Eldoret North MP William Ruto, his Tinderet counterpart Henry Kosgey and radio presenter Joshua Sang.
Updated: 10/17/2011 02:12A
Lawyer's murder trial set to start
An anonymous jury of nine men and nine women, including six alternates, was selected last week to hear evidence in what is expected to be a five- to eight-week trial in federal court in Newark. Opening statements in the case are scheduled to begin this
Updated: 10/17/2011 02:11A
Pair deny drug charge
TWO men charged with producing more than 1000 cannabis plants at a factory in Sudbury will face trial next month. Simon Hicks, of Sackers Green in Newton, and Gary Woodward, of Priory Road in Sudbury, appeared before Bury St Edmunds Magistrates' Court
Updated: 10/17/2011 02:11A
Murder trial of Christopher Hunnisett due to start today
Christopher Hunnisett, 28, is accused of murdering Peter Bick, 57, at the latter's home in The Vicarage, Dorset Road South, Bexhill, on January 11, this year. The trial, at Lewes Crown Court before His Justice Saunders, is due to last three weeks.
Updated: 10/17/2011 02:05A
Former Lombard directors plead not guilty
Two of the accused are former Justice Ministers - Sir Douglas Graham and Bill Jefferies. If convicted, the men face up to five years in prison. Graham lead his fellow Lombard directors into the dock. The former Justice Minister and one time
Updated: 10/17/2011 02:03A
State TV ignores international criticism of Tymoshenko verdict
The Tymoshenko trial: court, prosecutor and state television There were few diplomatic euphemisms in the international response to the Oct. 11 verdict and harsh sentence meted out to former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.
Updated: 10/17/2011 01:59A
Defence ends case in Anwar sodomy trial
Prosecution lawyers told the Kuala Lumpur High Court today they will call four witnesses this week for brief testimonies to rebut the defence. Mr Sankara Nair, one of Mr Anwar's lawyers, said hearings would probably end after those witnesses finish.
Updated: 10/17/2011 01:54A
Wecht cites trial experience for Superior Court
WILKES-BARRE – David N. Wecht, currently a Common Pleas Court judge in Allegheny County, feels it's important to have the experience of being a trial judge to serve on the state Superior Court. Family: Wife, Valerie; children, Nathan, 12; Jacob, 11;
Updated: 10/17/2011 01:44A