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Henties Bay Murder Suspect Loses Lawyer
Waterboer pleaded not guilty to counts of murder and assault by threat at the start of his trial in September last year. In a written plea explanation provided to the court at that stage he indicated that his defence to the murder charge was a claim
Updated: 11/16/2011 06:10A
Criminal Court sentences drug lord to life
Criminal Court yesterday sentenced Yousuf, who has been identified as a drug lord, to life imprisonment for possessing illegal drugs for trafficking. Criminal Court yesterday sentenced a drug lord to life imprisonment for possessing illegal drugs for
Updated: 11/16/2011 06:09A
Toy rabbit 'used as a murder weapon'
Prosecutor Deborah Sherwin told the jury of eight men and four women that although Mr Virr had 27 separate injuries when his body was found, experts believed the toy had caused his death. She said: “It had been tightly wedged into his mouth.
Updated: 11/16/2011 06:05A
Suspect in Christmas Day killings warned to take medication or face forced
Appearing pale with unkempt hair in San Luis Obispo Superior Court, murder suspect Andrew Downs was warned Tuesday by a judge to take his medications or risk forced injections at Atascadero State Hospital.
Updated: 11/16/2011 06:05A
Jury is out in Brocklesby murder trial
The jury in the trial was sent out to consider a verdict on Tuesday, but their deliberations were adjourned until Thursday due to one of the jurors being unable to attend court today (Wednesday).
Updated: 11/16/2011 05:56A
Maguindanao massacre suspect cries mistaken identity
A man claiming to be a victim of mistaken identity will remain an accused in the high-profile Maguindanao massacre case. This was after Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes of the Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 221 denied the motion filed by Richard
Updated: 11/16/2011 05:55A
December judgment for WCape taxi driver
Post mortem reports showed that the children died of multiple injuries or head injuries suffered in the crash. Humphreys testified this week that he had no recollection of the accident, at the Buttskop level crossing, which happened before dawn on
Updated: 11/16/2011 05:54A
Detective sacked over affair loses appeal case
Staffordshire Crown Prosecution Service dropped the case in its entirety, under the alleged victim's instruction, before a trial at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court. Speaking after yesterday's decision, the man said: "I am very pleased with the decision that
Updated: 11/16/2011 05:53A
Darlington man locked up for Nineties sex offences
A SCHOOLGIRL abuse victim who has waited more than a decade for justice has finally seen her attacker locked up. Maurice Burton was jailed for three years yesterday after being told by a judge he had left the girl mentally scarred for
Updated: 11/16/2011 05:53A
'Palliative sedation' can speed death, trial told
Dr. Douglas McGregor, the regional director of palliative care for Vancouver Coastal Health, appeared Tuesday in BC Supreme Court, which is hearing a constitutional challenge of the province's law banning assisted suicide. McGregor told the Vancouver
Updated: 11/16/2011 05:52A
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