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Murder-for-hire plot nets Steele 50-year term
In an angry and tearful statement to the court, Cyndi Steele blasted the case against her husband, saying it was rife with government corruption. She called the recordings of her husband discussing the murder plot with Fairfax “elaborate fabrications.
Updated: 11/10/2011 03:07A
Men get prison terms in Haverhill rape case
By Jim Patten jpatten@eagletribune.com LAWRENCE — The victim of a 2006 rape in a Haverhill apartment said she is afraid to be alone in her own home and suffers nightmares over the incident. Two southern New Hampshire men convicted of raping her were
Updated: 11/10/2011 03:06A
Widow backs Echo campaign for tougher sentencing
During an eight-day trial at Teesside Crown Court, he claimed he struck in self-defence – but his claims were rejected by the jury which returned a guilty verdict on a majority of 11 to one. Speaking afterwards, Mrs Freeman said: “My husband was
Updated: 11/10/2011 03:06A
'Stressed' killer cleared of attack on guards in Durham's Frankland Prison
Thakrar was serving at least 35 years of a life sentence for the drug-related murder of three men and the attempted murder of two women in Bishops Stortford with his brother, Miran, in 2007 when he lashed out with a 285ml glass sauce container in
Updated: 11/10/2011 03:06A
State prosecutors drop rape as an accomplice charge against US polygamist sect
Warren Jeffs had been found guilty of rape by accomplice — a 2007 conviction that was overturned last year by the Utah Supreme Court, which cited improper jury instructions by the trial judge. "As a result of the conviction in Texas, we decided not to
Updated: 11/10/2011 03:05A
Testimony to begin Monday in Piazza slayings case | Philadelphia Inquirer
But prosecutors say Hook and the others were interested in the pair's avocation - supplying drugs to the city's party scene. Thal and Gilmore were confronted by three gunmen on June 27, 2009, in the hallway outside Thal's seventh-floor apartment in the
Updated: 11/10/2011 03:04A
Woman charged with 2 deaths found incompetent | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011-11-10
A Cambodian immigrant charged in the September stabbing deaths of her two young children in their Point Breeze rowhouse has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial. Assistant District Attorney Joanne Pescatore said Chanthy Mao, 27, will continue
Updated: 11/10/2011 03:04A
Worker in Gosnell's abortion clinic pleads guilty to two murders
A worker in the West Philadelphia abortion clinic of Kermit Gosnell pleaded guilty to two counts of murder Wednesday and will testify against him at trial. Lynda Williams, 43, pleaded guilty before Common Pleas Court Judge
Updated: 11/10/2011 03:03A
Jury still out in trial of Merseyside PC accused of sexual misconduct
JURORS are still deliberating in the trial of a police officer accused of being a “sexual predator”. Liverpool crown court jurors have now been considering their verdicts in the trial of PC John Forrester for more
Updated: 11/10/2011 03:02A
Israel's Supreme Court rules former President Katsav to go to prison for rape
Court upholds Tel Aviv District Court's decision to convict Katsav of two counts of rape. Israel's Supreme Court ruled Thursday that former President Moshe Katsav will go to prison for two counts of rape and other sexual offenses, rejecting his appeal
Updated: 11/10/2011 03:01A
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