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As the community in Horsforth, Leeds, mourns the loss of 15-year-old Alfie Lewis, who was fatally stabbed in November 2023, his aunt Mechelle Lewis is calling for change and supporting the Mayor of West Yorkshire in a major consultation to tackle the issue of serious violence. The consultation, which starts
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The Bombay High Court has acquitted 12 individuals who were convicted in the 2006 Mumbai train blast case, a year-long trial leading to the 2015 verdict that sentenced five to death and seven others to life imprisonment. The acquittal came after the court observed that the prosecution had "utterly
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In a major crackdown on cybercrime, a trial court in Kalyani, Nadia district, Bengal, has convicted and sentenced nine scammers to life imprisonment for extorting Rs 1 crore from a Ranaghat resident by threatening him with "digital arrest". The court agreed with the prosecution's charge that
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In a groundbreaking verdict, a Kalyani trial court has sentenced nine scammers to life imprisonment for extorting Rs 1 crore from a Ranaghat resident by threatening him with "digital arrest" last year. The convicts, part of a larger gang that has amassed Rs 100 crore by cheating 108
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A Kalyani trial court in Nadia district, Bengal, has sentenced nine cyber scammers to life imprisonment for extorting Rs 1 crore from a Ranaghat resident by threatening him with "digital arrest" last year. The scamsters, arrested from Maharashtra, Haryana, and Gujarat, were part of a larger gang that
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A landmark judgment in the country's fight against cybercrime was delivered in a trial court in Kalyani, Nadia district, Bengal, where nine scammers who extorted Rs 1 crore from a Ranaghat resident by threatening with "digital arrest" were sentenced to life imprisonment. The prosecution had charged
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A Shawnee County District Judge Jessica Heinen has sentenced Mickel Cherry to two consecutive life terms in prison, requiring 50 years of incarceration before he can be considered for parole. Cherry admitted to raping and murdering 5-year-old Zoey Felix in a homeless encampment in Topeka in October 2023. The sentence
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A court in New Delhi has handed down a life imprisonment sentence to two men, Navrattan alias Kale and Naushad, for their involvement in kidnapping and murdering Om Hare in 2017. The court, under the guidance of Additional Sessions Judge Vandana, found the crime to be "very serious"
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A jury in Placer County, California, has convicted 51-year-old Dan Serafini, a former pitcher and first-round pick of the Minnesota Twins, of first-degree murder in the killing of his father-in-law, Gary Spohr, 70, and attempted murder of his mother-in-law, Wendy Wood, who survived being shot in the head in 2021.
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Mickel Cherry, convicted of first-degree murder and rape of 5-year-old Zoey Felix, has asked to be executed instead of facing sentencing, citing his mental health struggles and the failure of childcare systems to protect the child. As the court deliberates whether Cherry will receive consecutive or concurrent 25-year-to-life sentences, the
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The trial of a German palliative doctor accused of murdering 15 patients in his care using a deadly cocktail of sedatives has begun in Berlin. The 40-year-old defendant, identified only as Johannes M due to German privacy rules, allegedly gave his patients an anaesthetic and a muscle relaxant, incapacitating their
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In a shocking case, Justin Mohn, 33, of Levittown, Pennsylvania, was convicted on murder and terrorism charges for the 2024 killing of his father, Michael. Mohn decapitated his father and displayed the severed head in a YouTube video, claiming his father had interfered with his plot to overthrow the government.
