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No verdict in alleged dirty deacon case
The jury was unable to reach a verdict Monday night in the sexual assault trial of former London, Ont., pastor Royden Wood. Wood said he never had sex with five female church-goers. The women say he did, frequently, and under the guise of marriage
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:32P
Pike County Bank robbery suspect defends himself in court
Heller and five attorneys on county and municipal payrolls were in Pike County Court Monday for a pretrial hearing. Jury selection was to begin Friday but Heller asked for a continuance. The trial now is expected to start in January.
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:32P
No finding in steel barrels theft
The barrels, weighing about 500 pounds each, were hauled away in a moving truck and sold to scrap dealers, netting less than $200 apiece, according to trial testimony. The barrels were valued at $7000 apiece. In Berkshire Superior Court, Castagna had
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:32P
Man found guilty of murdering girlfriend
The jury in the trial of Steven Ellis, 29, for the murder of 43-year-old English expatriate Jacqueline Blackbourn, returned its unanimous verdict at 4.30pm after deliberating for five hours in the High Court at Auckland. Ellis had already pleaded
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:32P
DNA expert testifies in rape case
DNA from William Decato, who is being tried on charges he broke into a Manchester woman's home and repeatedly raped her in August 2009, was found in each of the three rooms where the woman said she was raped,
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:31P
'Stung by conspiracy': Selebi sets out to clear his name
Round two of former police chief Jackie Selebi's corruption trial begins on Tuesday in the Supreme Court of Appeal in Bloemfontein, with Selebi arguing that he was the victim of a conspiracy by the now-disbanded Scorpions. Selebi was granted leave to
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:30P
US Supreme Court reinstates conviction in baby's death
A three-judge panel of the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals freed Smith, 51, after she had served 10 years of her sentence of 15 years to life, deeming the evidence presented to the jury so flimsy as to have violated her right to a fair trial.
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:28P
Bodyguards to escort Bali drug teen to court
the NSW teenager on drug charges in Bali will be accompanied by a group of bodyguards as he attends the first day of his trial in Denpasar today. The 14-year-old from Morisset Park on Lake Macquarie will be moved early to a court room modified for
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:28P
Doctors find defendant in 2004 San Carlos murder fit for trial
For most of the past seven years, Vitin Ajani Cruz, 37, has been in mental institutions because court-appointed doctors thought he was not fit to stand trial, but he was in San Mateo County Superior Court on Monday to face a murder charge,
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:27P
Jury Convicts Arizona Man As "Baseline Killer"
When the judge in that trial handed down Goudeau's sentence, he said that Goudeau must have two "diametrically opposed" personalities — one calm and respectful in court, and the other sociopathic and brutal. Goudeau also had been imprisoned for 13
Updated: 10/31/2011 11:26P
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