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It wasn't rape, just a wild first date: accused Riverside Park perv
A homeless Casanova on trial for rape denied Monday he forced a petite Russian tourist to have sex with him in Riverside Park — and said it was just a wild first date. Hugues Akassy, 43, told a Manhattan jury he and his accuser had a champagne-fueled
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:26P
Trial thrown out after key witness killed in gangland-style hit
BRAMPTON, Ont. — The criminal intimidation trial of an Ottawa man was thrown out of court on Monday after a key defence witness — Graham Thomas — was killed in an apparent gang-style hit last week at a east-end Ottawa shopping mall.
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:24P
KUSI News Weather Sports San Diego Closing arguments wrap in Spokane police case
US District Court Judge Fred Van Sickle has prohibited prosecutors from telling the jury that Zehm was innocent on the night of the confrontation. Thompson was the first officer to respond and found Zehm entering the store. The surveillance video shows
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:24P
Mortgage fraud nets 10-year sentence
Fraudulent sales of St. Paul condominiums were among the deals that earned John Anthony Spencer a 10-year, five-month prison term. The 31-year-old former mortgage broker was sentenced Monday for his role in a $7 million mortgage fraud
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:23P
VA COURTS: Man guilty of murder in car crash that killed nun
Circuit Court Judge Lon E. Farris agreed, and convicted Martinelly of murder following a half-day trial. Martinelly waived his right to a jury and agreed to a bench trial. “Driving under the influence is an inherently dangerous activity which the
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:22P
Boy, 14, begins trial on drugs charges in Denpasar court
Preceded by his mother, the youth wearing a batik shirt and his head covered with a black balaclava, was hustled from Denpasar District Court carpark to the second-floor courtroom in a rolling mall of news crews, police officers and private security
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:21P
Federal lawsuit against jail will go to jury trial
After dismissing certain aspects of the lawsuit this summer, US Magistrate Judge Margaret Kravchuk scheduled jury selection and the trial for Monday, Nov. 14, in US District Court in Bangor. Robert Ayer of New Sharon and Stephen Wing of Industry made
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:18P
Sauce-filled syringe robber gets jail
A heroin addict who fled the country for eight years after using a syringe filled with tomato sauce to rob a convenience store has finally faced court and been sentenced to jail. Lee McClymont, 42, pleaded guilty in the Brisbane District Court today to
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:18P
Osaka court imposes death sentence on pachinko parlor arsonist
OSAKA (Kyodo) -- The Osaka District Court on Monday imposed a death sentence on a man for setting fire to a pachinko parlor in Osaka in July 2009 that killed five people and injured 10 others. In convicting Sunao Takami, 43, Presiding Judge Makoto Wada
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:16P
Defendant testifies in murder trial
Dial, 24, is on trial for the June 2010 stabbing death of 36-year-old Christopher Clark outside the Cricket Court Apartments. Dial said he had put the handleless kitchen carving knife in his pocket after an altercation earlier in the day.
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:11P
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