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This tight-fisted stance means knuckles rapped
Last year Justice Valerie Marshall of the Supreme Court Trial Division concluded section 52 of the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (ATIPPA) did not oblige the Department of Justice to produce records claimed as solicitor-client
Updated: 11/07/2011 08:02A
'Carlos the Jackal' in Paris court
One of the world's most notorious terrorists, Carlos the Jackal, has arrived in court in Paris for the start of his trial. Born Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, the Venezuelan – already serving a life sentence after his capture nearly two decades ago – faces
Updated: 11/07/2011 08:02A
Trial slated to begin for ex-Disney clerk accused of rape
A former Disney reservation clerk accused of raping a guest at the Caribbean Beach resort is slated to go to trial today in Orange County, court records show. Wilbert Brookins faces a count of sexual battery.
Updated: 11/07/2011 08:02A
Thomas Cook found guilty of unnecessary harm in bulldog case
But on Friday the court found the airline guilty on all charges after a trial spanning three days. The tour operator was slapped with a fine of £6500 in addition to £12000 in Trading Standards Service costs. A spokesperson for the carrier said that the
Updated: 11/07/2011 08:01A
'Drug' cops sentenced
They were arrested in 2009, and faced charges of racketeering, dealing in drugs, fraud, and theft after they sold drugs seized at OR Tambo International Airport. During the trial, it emerged that they ran a drug smuggling enterprise in the Johannesburg
Updated: 11/07/2011 08:00A
Land Bank fraud case postponed
The case against former Land Bank chief executive Philemon Mohlahlane and two others has been postponed by the Pretoria Commercial Crimes Court on Monday. The trio are accused of embezzling more than R19 million from the bank's AgriBEE scheme.
Updated: 11/07/2011 08:00A
Cold War Mastermind Carlos the Jackal on Trial in France
A panel of anonymous magistrates will rule after the six-week trial. Wearing a blue jacket, graying beard and wavy hair brushed back, Ramirez smiled as he entered and then identified himself to the court as "a professional revolutionary" -- striking a
Updated: 11/07/2011 07:59A
Serial killer appeals conviction
At the opening of her appeal on Monday, Nykopp-Koski was reported as listening calmly as the prosecutor read out the charges she was found guilty of by the Helsinki District Court. "Nykopp-Koski gave her patients medication with the intent of killing.
Updated: 11/07/2011 07:59A
Are courts demanding too much from jurors?
Do not carry out research on the internet! Do not talk to your family or friends about the trial! Do not visit the scene of the crime on your own! The restrictions imposed on jurors seem more rigorous by the year. In June, a juror was jailed for eight
Updated: 11/07/2011 07:58A
Deadly bushfire charges dropped
But Crown Prosecutor Steven Milesi told the Victorian Supreme Court yesterday that the DPP did not wish to continue the case due to insufficient evidence and on the basis it was not in the public interest to proceed. The pair were subsequently
Updated: 11/07/2011 07:56A
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