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The burden of prosecuting high profile corruption cases
Also recently, one Sani Ahmed was remanded in prison custody by Justice BO Quadri of the Federal High Court, Gombe, on a two-count charge of counterfeiting and being in possession of counterfeit N1000 note. Ahmed was apprehended at a business centre in
Updated: 05/13/2012 09:00P
Mladic on trial for worst crimes since Second World War
Mladic, one of the first big names from the wars that followed the break-up of Yugoslavia to be indicted by the court, is the last of them to go on trial, this Wednesday. He was indicted in 1995 along with Radovan Karadzic, the Bosnian Serbs' political
Updated: 05/13/2012 08:59P
Lesson for jurors: how to avoid a mistrial
In addition to court costs there are significant costs for the DPP, police and legal aid, the Attorney-General, Greg Smith, said. "When it costs around $8000 [a day] to run a jury trial, it is important people take their civic duty seriously," Mr Smith
Updated: 05/13/2012 08:46P
Capital + Merchant trio deny multi-million dollar theft
A fraud trial of three Capital + Merchant Finance directors has started in Auckland High Court. Wayne Leslie Douglas, Neal Medhurst Nicholls and Owen Francis Tallentire are facing three charges of theft under the Crimes Act , relating to $28 million
Updated: 05/13/2012 08:40P
Doctor concerned girl might have HIV, trial told
A paediatrician who had previously run an HIV clinic in London has told a court she was concerned a Christchurch girl at the centre of a murder trial might have the virus. The Crown says George Gwaze sexually violated and murdered his niece Charlene
Updated: 05/13/2012 08:31P
Acid crimes: In Rawalpindi, acids are more easily found than CNG
On April 20, a trial court awarded death sentence to a man for throwing acid on a woman who died of acid burns. Her only 'crime' was refusing to marry him. Information obtained from the district prosecution branch revealed that the RA Bazaar police did
Updated: 05/13/2012 08:23P
Acid crimes: In Rawalpindi, acids are more easily found than CNG
On April 20, a trial court awarded death sentence to a man for throwing acid on a woman who died of acid burns. Her only 'crime' was refusing to marry him. Information obtained from the district prosecution branch revealed that the RA Bazaar police did
Updated: 05/13/2012 08:23P
The detailed verdict
Since the bench, the argument went, had already formed a prima facie opinion as to the culpability of the respondent, it was not possible for the members to conduct a fair trial. The court's counterargument was that a judge who initiates trial for
Updated: 05/13/2012 08:23P
Courts grapple with how to use computer data as evidence
The question of who can use that information extends into almost every possible court fight, not just high-profile criminal trials: wrongful dismissal cases, insurance claims and child-custody battles. And it is an area of the law that is shifting
Updated: 05/13/2012 08:13P
Doctor concerned girl might have HIV, Gwaze trial told
A paediatrician who had previously run an HIV clinic in London has told a court she was concerned a Christchurch girl at the centre of a murder trial might have the virus. The Crown says George Gwaze sexually violated and murdered his niece Charlene
Updated: 05/13/2012 08:11P
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