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A demonstrator was handed a suspended prison sentence for assaulting a police officer outside a hotel in Epping that houses asylum seekers, in a case that highlights the ongoing tensions surrounding government policy on housing migrant populations. Jimmy Hillard, a 52-year-old carpenter, was sentenced to eight weeks in prison suspended
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Violent clashes between far-right activists and counter-protesters marked anti-immigration rallies across Australia over the weekend, leaving several injured and sparking widespread condemnation. In Melbourne, a group of men, including members of the National Socialist Network, attacked a First Nations protest site, Camp Sovereignty, on Sunday evening, leaving four people requiring
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Police are investigating Justin Nameere, a presidential advisor and ruling party's flag bearer for Masaka City Woman MP, and his husband, after they were accused of assaulting and robbing fellow presidential advisor Jennifer Nakangubi, known as Full Figure. According to Kampala Metropolitan Police spokesperson Patrick Onyango, Full Figure
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Ghana Web reported that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has issued an ultimatum to the Ghana Police Service, calling for the immediate arrest and prosecution of about 20 individuals accused of physically assaulting its National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, and other party executives during a one-week observation for the late
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A 71-year-old woman was left seriously injured in a stabbing incident at a grocery store on Baseline Road in Ottawa on August 28, with authorities confirming the attack as a "hate-motivated" crime. The suspect, a 71-year-old man, was arrested at the scene and charged with aggravated assault and
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Ali Idris Ali, a 22-year-old man, pleaded guilty to arson and two counts of assaulting police officers in Manchester and Salford Magistrates' Court on August 21. The incidents occurred after he was taken into custody in Oldham, where he assaulted both a male and a female police officer on
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A Toronto police officer, Const. Andrew Davis, has pleaded guilty to lesser charges related to the shooting of a young Black man, Devon Fowlin, in a case that has been described as an excessive use of force. The shooting, which occurred on February 27, 2023, left Fowlin with life-changing injuries
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Devon Fowlin, a 30-year-old Black man, was shot and wounded by a junior Toronto police officer, Const. Andrew Davis, in February 2023 after responding to a "hotshot" radio call about a man with a knife in a park. The police service later described the force used as "
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Attendees gathered to celebrate the annual Notting Hill Carnival over the Bank Holiday weekend, amidst a backdrop of decreasing violent crime in the area compared to recent years. The Metropolitan Police report at least two stabbings occurred during the festivities on Monday, but thankfully, neither were life-threatening. The force also
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Lil Nas X, whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill, pleaded not guilty to three felony counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one felony count of resisting arrest after he was arrested on August 21, 2025, in Studio City. The charges stem from an incident where
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A 25-year-old man, identified as Court Reporter Che O'Connor, was released on bail on August 24 after being charged with breaching his police bail. The charges stem from an incident on August 16, where O'Connor allegedly assaulted a man, engaged in disorderly behavior, and possessed an
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The annual Bank Holiday weekend event has experienced a significant decline in knife attacks, with only four reported incidents this year, all of which were non-life-threatening. This marks the lowest number of knife attacks since 2017, when there were 12 reported stabbings. The Metropolitan Police attributed the reduction in violence
