Two men jailed over Rooney plot
A blackmail plot targeted Coleen Rooney after her camera went missing Two men who tried to blackmail Coleen Rooney have been jailed for a total of three years and eight months. The sum of £5,000 was demanded from the wife of Manchester United andmore
State Trying To Add More Female Prison Guards
State officials are looking for ways to increase the number female prison guards. The Illinois Department of Corrections wants to boost female and minority recruitment within the department. The state operates all-female prisons in Lincoln, Decatur andmore
Three Canadians jailed for life for 'honor killings'
(Reuters) - Three members of an Afghan Canadian family were found guilty of the "honor killing" of three siblings and a fourth relative on Sunday after a high-profile trial that has fascinated Canadians. A jury in Kingston, Ontario, found the three --more
Freed Sheridan vows to clear name 4:02pm Monday 30th January 2012 Former MSP Tommy Sheridan has vowed to continue the fight to clear his name after being freed from prison, serving just over one year of his three-year sentence for lying under oath.
Freed Sheridan vows to clear name Sheridan, 47, walked out of Castle Huntly prison near Dundee shortly after 10am. His wife Gail went to the jail and they left arm in arm, before being driven back to their Glasgow home. The high-profile politician andmore
Three in custody for quintuple murder in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Three men were in police custody on Monday in connection with a quintuple murder at a bullet-riddled house in a working class neighborhood near downtown Birmingham, police said. The bodies of five people shot dead weremore
Florida's Weirdest Bills: Pecan Crime, Lifeguard Beatdowns And Trees Painted Purple
Every year, Florida lawmakers propose more than a thousand bills. Some of them are admirable and important changes designed to make our streets safer, our schools better, and our citizenry healthier. Read More...more
Inquest to decide if poisoning was suicide or murder
PAUL BIBBY A CORONER will have to decide whether the death of Tereza Rendaric was the final act of a delusional woman suffering from depression, or a murder committed in her own home. The NSW State Coroner, Mary Jerram, will lead an inquest into themore
Freed Sheridan vows to clear name 4:02pm Monday 30th January 2012 Former MSP Tommy Sheridan has vowed to continue the fight to clear his name after being freed from prison, serving just over one year of his three-year sentence for lying under oath.
Freed Sheridan vows to clear name Sheridan, 47, walked out of Castle Huntly prison near Dundee shortly after 10am. His wife Gail went to the jail and they left arm in arm, before being driven back to their Glasgow home. The high-profile politician andmore
Romanian ex-PM gets prison time in corruption case
romanian expm gets prison time in corruption case BUCHAREST, Romania ? Romania's highest court has sentenced former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase to two years in prison after convicting him of illegally raising funds for a failed presidential campaign.more
Calif. man faces prison for foiled murder plot
calif man faces prison for foiled murder plot by greg risling LOS ANGELES ? Eugene Temkin was intent on having a hitman kidnap, torture and kill a former business partner and his family because he felt he wasn't repaid for a deal that soured nearly amore
Jury finds man not guilty of killing stepson
The man accused of beating his 2-year-old stepson to death was found guilty of felony child abuse Monday morning. Dwight Justice was not found guilty of first degree murder. After the verdict was read, defense attorneys asked for an individual pollmore
Inquest to decide if poisoning was suicide or murder
PAUL BIBBY A CORONER will have to decide whether the death of Tereza Rendaric was the final act of a delusional woman suffering from depression, or a murder committed in her own home. The NSW State Coroner, Mary Jerram, will lead an inquest into themore
Three in custody for quintuple murder in Birmingham (Reuters)
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) Three men were in police custody on Monday in connection with a quintuple murder at a bullet-riddled house in a working class neighborhood near downtown Birmingham, police said. The bodies of five people shot dead were foundmore
UK & World News: Two men jailed over Rooney plot
Two men who tried to blackmail Coleen Rooney have been jailed for a total of three years and eight months. The sum of 5,000 was demanded from the wife of Manchester United and England footballer Wayne Rooney in return for her Samsung digital camera whichmore
Two men jailed over Rooney plot
A blackmail plot targeted Coleen Rooney after her camera went missing Two men who tried to blackmail Coleen Rooney have been jailed for a total of three years and eight months. The sum of £5,000 was demanded from the wife of Manchester United andmore
Ex-lover of dead mother denies her murder
The former partner of a woman found dead in her Kingston home has denied murdering her. Muhammed Asad Niazi, 29, is accused of murdering Charito Cruz by hitting her with a hammer 40 times. Care worker and mother of one Miss Cruz, 37, known as Che, diedmore
Norway jails two over Prophet cartoon terror plot
Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard -- whose controversial cartoons of the Prophet ? An Oslo court on Monday sentenced two men to prison for planning to bomb the Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, in Norway's first-evermore
Jury selection begins in LAPD detective's trial
A veteran Los Angeles police detective charged with a decades-old murder faces prospective jurors Monday. Stephanie Lazarus will be in the courtroom as questionnaires are handed to potential jurors. Opening statements in her trial could begin next week.more
Dentist who used paper clips gets year in jail
A mother is blasting the one-year jail sentence given to a former Massachusetts dentist who used paper clips instead of stainless steel posts in her son's root canal. Brenda Almeida says she is very upset about the sentence imposed Monday on Dr. Michaelmore
Romania sentences ex-PM Nastase to jail for graft
By Radu Marinas BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's top court gave former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase a two year jail sentence for corruption on Monday, a landmark conviction in the graft-prone European Union country that has prosecuted few seniormore
Mumbai sessions court acquits four accused in Adnan Patrawala murder case
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Parliamentarian wants Chichiri Prison relocated
Email This Post ?> Member of Parliament for Blantyre City West and former deputy minister Thom Tarsizio Gowelo has requested authorities to consider relocating Chichiri Prison to Blantyre Rural to allow other developments at the place. The former deputymore
Three in custody for quintuple murder in Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (Reuters) - Three men were in police custody on Monday in connection with a quintuple murder at a bullet-riddled house in a working class neighborhood near downtown Birmingham, police said.more
Cop-assault yob warned he faces jail
by Andy Newport, Paisley Daily Express A POLICEWOMAN was left in agony when a powerfully-built thug booted a car door shut and broke her fingers. Paisley Sheriff Court heard how cops had to call for back-up as they tried to restrain burly Vincentmore
Parents and brother guilty of 'honourless' murders
IAN AUSTEN OTTAWA: It began with a puzzling and grisly discovery in 2009: a car submerged in a 19th-century canal lock with the bodies of three teenage girls and a middle-aged woman inside. On Sunday, the father, the mother and a brother of the girlsmore
Romanian ex-PM gets prison time in corruption case
Share this page BUCHAREST, Romania -- Romania's highest court on Monday sentenced former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase to two years in prison after convicting him of illegally raising funds for a failed presidential campaign.The ruling is the first timemore
UK police map to zero in on crime in public places
Share this page LONDON -; Home Secretary Theresa May says people will be able to track what crimes have been committed near public spaces like nightclubs, parks and shopping malls. May said Monday that a crime-mapping website for England and Wales thatmore