Latest Trial Court News
Witness protection program couldn't save BC informant
As Barjaktarovic, he testified as a Crown witness at the 1995 BC Supreme Court murder trial of Bindy Johal. Photo from Facebook. Kosto Barjaktarovic was once a high-flying Vancouver car thief who admitted his role in two gangland slayings at the trial
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:26A
Mistrial declared in Swinford murder case
Steven Swinford enters the courtroom Thursday before testifying in his trial for the murder of Paul Raney in Chelan County Superior Court. On Friday, jurors declared themselves deadlocked and Judge TW "Chip" Small declared a
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:26A
Honour killing trial sees tape of interview
That videotaped interview, about an hour long, was played in court and is now an exhibit at the murder trial of the trio who showed up at the station that day to make the missing person's report - Shafia, 58, his second wife Tooba Mohammad Yahya, 41,
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:24A
Qaddafi's son in contact with ICC, Prosecutor says
Oct 28 (APP): The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) said on Friday that informal contact has been made with Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, the son of former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, in order to arrest him and bring him to trial.
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:24A
US soldier accused in Afghan murders goes on trial
(Reuters) - A US Army sergeant went on trial on Friday charged with murdering unarmed civilians and taking body parts for war trophies as ringleader of a rogue platoon that terrorized villagers in Afghanistan. The court-martial of Staff Sergeant Calvin
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:20A
Murray's case has a twist
Dr Robert Waldman - a specialist in addiction medicine - claimed medical records kept by Beverly Hills skin expert Arnold Klein reveal he injected the singer with doses of the painkiller during visits made by Jackson to his offices for Botox treatment.
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:17A
Vincent Tabal jailed for life
After deliberating for more than 13 hours the jury delivered a guilty verdict to a silent court. Miss Yeates's boyfriend Greg Reardon, 28, had been perched on the edge of his seat in the front row of the public gallery looking at the jury of six men
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:16A
ICC warns Libya's Saif Gaddafi against fleeing
The International Criminal Court said on Saturday Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was in contact through intermediaries about surrendering for trial, but it also had information mercenaries were trying to spirit him to a friendly African nation.
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:16A
Moammar Gadhafi Killer To Be Prosecuted
But it also cited LIbyan officials as saying the London-educated Saif al-Islam Gadhafi hoped to fly to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands, for trial to avoid a fate like his father. The court, which has no death penalty,
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:15A
Supreme Court to hear riverbed rent case
If you want to decide if the Missouri River is navigable, just ask Lewis and Clark, says the state in its US Supreme Court argument in a $41 million-plus case hinging on that navigability — and their answer clearly would be “yes.
Updated: 10/29/2011 02:15A