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Joanna Yeates Trial: Vincent Tabak 'Strangled Jo To Stop Screams'
Tabak, who admits manslaughter but denies murder, claims he initially put his hand over her mouth to stop the screams, Nigel Lickley QC told Bristol Crown Court. The defendant claims to have used "no more than moderate force", Mr Lickley added.
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:37A
Doctor, Researcher Set to Plead to Falsifying Clinical Data
(AP) — A Kansas doctor and a researcher accused of falsifying data in a clinical drug trial are expected to appear in federal court this week after reaching an apparent plea agreement. Court records show Wayne Spencer, a Topeka physician,
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:34A
Lehman, Harrisburg, Madoff, Hussey, Graceway: Bankruptcy
Adds Lehman as first item, Madoff-Wilpon and Quincy Medical in Updates, Spanish Peaks and Security National in New Filings, sections on Bank Failures and Podcast and discrimination suit in Advance Sheets.) Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Lehman Brothers
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:34A
DERIPASKA STARTS HIS HIGH COURT TRIAL, AS THE CLASH OF THE GREAT EASTERN AND
According to the papers filed by Rothschild (and Deripaska's) London lawfirm Schillings, Rothschild claims to have been libeled and his reputation damaged by two accounts of his meetings in Moscow with Deripaska, as reported by the Daily Mail of London
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:32A
Harsh judgements on the death penalty ? again
Witnesses who had testified at his trial later said that prosecutors had coerced them. Even death-penalty supporters protested against his execution, saying that he should be given a new trial. But the courts denied his appeals. In his final words,
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:31A
Man convicted of 10 drug offenses
Pursuant to a plea agreement with the commonwealth, a felony charge against Blackwell for manufacturing marijuana not for personal use was nol prossed during the trial. The court sentenced Blackwell to a five-year suspended prison sentence for the
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:30A
Ont. CA reverses $36M award against Inco
The trial judge held Inco liable for that loss in private nuisance, and also under the rule in Rylands. However, the appeal court noted the Rylands rule, as presently formulated, would require that Inco operated its refinery (which obeyed all zoning
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:27A
Jackson doctor's defence looms in trial's 4th week
Court spokeswoman Mary Hearn said Sunday the trial's resumption would be announced when more information becomes available. The Houston-based cardiologist has pleaded not guilty and his attorneys continue to maintain that Jackson somehow gave himself
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:25A
Traffic cop granted bail
A national traffic policeman charged with corruption was granted R1000 bail by the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Monday, said the Road Traffic Management Corporation. His trial was set down for November 17, said spokesman Blessing Ntholeng.
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:24A
Fox Soccer Video - NFL on FOX: Harbaugh, Schwartz scuffle /video?vid=419aca7b
That belief was seemingly vindicated by a lack of media coverage for the challenger, no real interest from Showtime or HBO in broadcasting the fight and heavy discounts on tickets in a last-gasp attempt to fill out the Staples Center on Saturday for
Updated: 10/17/2011 08:23A