An Illinois sheriff is retiring after a deputy he hired was charged with murder in the shooting of Sonya Massey
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An Illinois sheriff is retiring after a deputy he hired was charged with murder in the shooting of Sonya Massey.
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Sky NewsMan jailed 21 years on from raping 14-year-old girl in alley - after victim came forward to Rotherham sex abuse probe
A man has been jailed after raping a 14-year-old girl in an alleyway in Rotherham 21 years ago. Waleed Ali, 42, was sentenced to five years in prison after jurors found him guilty of raping a girl under 16 at Sheffield Crown Court on Friday, the National Crime Agency (NCA) said. Ali, of Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire, was arrested and interviewed in September 2021 after a woman told Operation Stovewood officers she had been attacked when she was 14 years old and had not reported it before.
- The Independent
Teen shot in the face by Colorado councilman after seeking permission to take homecoming photos on property
Brent Metz, a 38-year-old member of Mountain View Town Council, allegedly shot through the windshield of the teens’ car
- CNN
A father was killed in a Missouri bar brawl. His twin daughters’ podcast helped lead to an arrest 35 years later
On October 13, 1989, Jimmie Wade Martin went for a drink at his neighborhood bar in Bonne Terre, Missouri. His bloodied body was later found nearby, but no assailant was ever convicted. So years later, his twin daughters began investigating the case themselves.
- BBC
Organised crime group sentenced after drugs bust
Twelve members of a gang are sentenced for flooding a town with Class A drugs.
- The Independent
Father makes desperate last plea for mercy for daughter on death row in UAE
Exclusive: Shahzadi Khan's father tells The Independent she was trafficked to the Gulf nation and falsely accused of murdering an infant in her care
- NewsWire
Man acquitted in ‘sexsomnia’ child sex trial
A Sydney man has been acquitted of child sex charges after his legal team successfully argued that he was asleep during the incidents and suffering from “sexsomnia”.
- Australian Associated Press
Hundreds of child sex offenders tracked in airports
Authorities closely followed hundreds of convicted and suspected child sex offenders through airports and warned other countries of their travel plans.
- NewsWire
‘17 hours’: Horrific detail in brothers’ deaths
A Blue Mountains mother has faced court for the first time since being charged with the murder of her two young sons.
- Yahoo News Australia
Drivers caught in horrifying road rage duel in street with chainsaws
Shocking dash-cam captured the terrifying ordeal.
- BBC
Police close home over child exploitation concerns
It follows concerns from neighbours about violence, anti-social behaviour and child exploitation.
- France 24
Foreigners among dozens sentenced to death in DR Congo on attempted coup charges
A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo sentenced 37 people to death on Friday over what the army says was an attempted coup in May when several dozen armed men attacked the home of then economy minister Vital Kamerhe. Among those sentenced to death were three Americans, a Belgian, a Briton and a Canadian. Three Americans were among 37 people sentenced to death on Friday in the Democratic Republic of Congo over what the army says was a coup attempt.The court in Kinshasa remained silent as th
- NewsWire
Chaos as truck crashes into iconic train
Passengers have been pulled off The Ghan after a truck smashed into the iconic train near Alice Springs.
- Sky News
Man freed under early prison release scheme allegedly sexually assaulted woman on same day
A man allegedly sexually assaulted a woman on the same day he was released from prison under the government's early release scheme. The former inmate appeared at a magistrate's court on Thursday charged with sexual assault. "While we cannot comment on the details of any single case, those who break their licence conditions or commit further crimes will be punished."
- PA Media: UK News
Woman jailed for stalking victim while pretending to be a man
Adele Rennie, 33, from Kilmarnock, sent the victim an unwanted explicit image, a photo taken outside her workplace and a photo taken in her street.
- PA Media: UK News
Man who abused and murdered mother-of-five while on police bail jailed for life
Holly Sanchez, 32, was found dead at Ryan Evans’s bungalow in Crawley, West Sussex, in May 2023.
- PA Media: UK News
Fishing boat carrying one tonne of cocaine intercepted off Cornwall coast
Four men have been arrested and the drugs have been seized.
- BBC
Ex-nurse who posed as man to stalk Tinder match is jailed
Adele Rennie has been jailed for her third catfishing scam, in which she posed as a man to harass a woman online.
- NewsWire
‘Pathetic’: Albo lashed as housing fight looms
The Prime Minister has been accused of “pathetic and childish” behaviour when it comes to the nation’s housing crisis.
- BBC
Drug dealers jailed after boy, 15, trafficked
"This result has genuinely made children safer," says Cambridgeshire Police.
- CNN
Paramedic convicted in Elijah McClain’s death has 5-year prison sentence vacated, gets probation
A paramedic who was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and second-degree assault last year in connection to the 2019 death of Elijah McClain had their five-year prison sentence vacated by an Adams County District Court judge in favor of four years probation Friday.