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Robert Black guilty of killing Jennifer Cardy
Mrs Maxwell added: “Even though we thought we were braced for this court case, there has been a lot of distressing detail which has been very upsetting. “We still miss our daughter every day, as the parents of Jennifer will miss her.
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:29A
Gangland killer fails in final appeal bid
On Friday, Goussis applied to the High Court for leave to appeal against the Moran murder conviction and sentence. His barrister Michael Croucher said there had been a miscarriage of justice after the judge at Goussis' trial admitted into evidence a
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:27A
Swansea brothers guilty of murdering homeless man in city centre
The brothers were convicted yesterday after a 15-day trial at Swansea Crown Court. Each is now facing a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment for the murder. Rigdon and Hart stood motionless, showing no emotion, when the guilty verdicts were
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:26A
Accused senator wasn't furtive, court told
Her lawyer, Michael Abbott, told Fisher's shoplifting and assault trial in the Adelaide Magistrate's Court on Friday that the senator was having a panic attack when she left the Foodland store on December 15 last year with goods she had not paid for.
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:08A
2 plead guilty in Gosnell abortions case | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-10-28
Common Pleas Court Judge Benjamin Lerner set sentencing for December. While emphasizing that he has discretion, he said the maximum sentence was 120 years for Moton's offenses and 140 years for West's. Their pleas are only a small chapter in a lurid
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:06A
Waives hearing on morals counts | Philadelphia Daily News | 2011-10-28
Nagle presided at the hearing in Family Court because Spadaccini is employed by the First Judicial District of Philadelphia, which includes Family Court and the city's Common Pleas Court. Spadaccini, his hands cuffed behind his back, sat during part of
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:05A
Cardy anguish: Murdered schoolgirl's mum embraces killer Black's lawyer
That hug with David Spens QC in a quiet corner of Armagh Crown Court demonstrated the generosity and kindness of spirit the entire Cardy family retained throughout a trial which exposed them to an ordeal second only to the horror of losing Jennifer.
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:04A
Seriti inquiry widely welcomed as being empowered to unravel all the goings-on
Arms deal campaigner Terry Crawford-Browne, whose Constitutional Court case against the government is widely credited with having forced President Jacob Zuma to appoint a commission of inquiry, is expected to withdraw his case, but only after the court
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:04A
Prof admitted he gave deadly cocktail to mom
on day three of the trial included Davison's longtime friend Ian Landreth, who told the jury that on the day Dr Patricia Ferguson (also known as Davison) died, he asked the defendant if he had helped. Davison said yes, Landreth told the court.
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:04A
Couple accused of starving, imprisoning twins appear in court
Accused of starving, beating and imprisoning their adopted twins for years, a Vancouver couple were in court Thursday to set a trial date. Jeffrey Weller, 42, pleaded not guilty to five counts of second-degree assault and two counts
Updated: 10/28/2011 03:03A
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