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Amir and Butt have their appeals thrown out
“Is the criminality more grave than the criminality of MPs and peers involved in the expenses scandal case?” However, the three senior judges reinforced what their high court colleague Mr Justice Cooke had stated in his closing remarks at the trial at
Updated: 11/23/2011 07:11P
Supreme Court rejects final appeal by Mitchell and rules: Case closed bid to
However, in yesterday's ruling it said it respected the “finality” of the rejection of Mitchell's appeal against conviction in May 2008 and did not believe there were any live matters that would lead the court to re-open his case.
Updated: 11/23/2011 07:10P
Jury in dentist assault trial sent home
Yesterday at Cork Circuit Criminal Court, after the jury of eight men and four women deliberated for about 2½ hours, Judge Rory McCabe sent them home for the night to resume again this morning. During the trial, the woman told how,
Updated: 11/23/2011 07:09P
Court halts DPP bid for second trial for assault
The DPP moved to have the woman tried on indictment for assault of Dionne Taylor after the District Court, due to the prosecution's failure to turn up because the prosecuting garda entered the wrong trial date in his diary, dismissed summary
Updated: 11/23/2011 07:09P
Suicide-assist scientist Sean Davison seeks NZ law change
INTERNATIONALLY acclaimed microbiologist Sean Davison is calling for a law change in New Zealand after being sentenced to five months' home detention for counselling and procuring his mother's suicide. "I hope my trial is a call to society to change
Updated: 11/23/2011 07:07P
P18-M shabu flushed down toilet
Regional Trial Court Judge Toribio Quiwag of Branch 27 in Lapu-Lapu City decided to get rid of the bulk of the illegal drugs whose street value was placed at P18 million. The Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 provides that the court,
Updated: 11/23/2011 06:50P
Bank Robbery, Carjacking Suspect Stephanie Schwab is Former Gang Member
Schwab told the court at the time she loved being in the gang and she said it was like an obsession. Online court records show Schwab had a number of traffic-related offenses since her testimony in the trial, but nothing more serious than two grand
Updated: 11/23/2011 06:48P
Saif al-Islam Gadhafi could be on trial by January
Mohammed Alagy, the interim justice minister since the establishment of the National Transitional Council, said that the process of putting him on trial in Libya, which has been approved by the International Criminal Court, might be faster than the
Updated: 11/23/2011 06:48P
Wife of murder victim charged
Bruno, 52, was arrested early Wednesday and made her first appearance in court later that afternoon, where a district court judge placed her under a $300000 secured bond. Previously, Bruno had been on house arrest awaiting trial on accessory to murder
Updated: 11/23/2011 06:48P
Ex-commissioner Jimmy Dimora wants trial delayed, motion alleges prosecutor
According to motions filed by Dimora's attorneys in federal court late Wednesday, "there is certainly a current investigation by the Department of Justice Office of Professional Responsibility." In a 9-page motion, Dimora's lawyers argue that "there is
Updated: 11/23/2011 06:47P
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