A Philadelphia man who received a $4.1million settlement from city officials after he served 24 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit is sent back to jail. Shaurn Thomas, now 50, pleaded guilty in court on Thursday to killing 38-year-old Akeem Edwards on January 3, 2023, over a $1,200 drug debt, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports. …
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Court sentences couple to 16 years in jail and deregisters their church for N52m fraud
A Lagos State High sitting in Ikeja, on Wednesday, Dec. 4, convicted and sentenced a couple, Harry Uyanwanne and Oluwakemi Odemuyiwa (a.k.a Kristein Uyanwanne) along with Temple International Church, for stealing N52 million. Justice Mojisola Dada handed down the verdict after finding them guilty of the offences preferred against them. The judge also ordered that the third defendant …
Read More »Family of 18-year-old Marcus Fakana facing 20-year jail sentence in Dubai over s£x with 17-year-old girl says his mental health is ‘declining’
The family of an 18-year-old British boy who is facing up to 20 years in a UAE prison over a holiday romance has warned that his mental health is ‘declining’. Marcus Fakana, of Tottenham, was held in Dubai’s ‘notorious’ Al Barsha Police Station for days after the ‘strict’ mother of a 17-year-old girl he had sx with on holiday this summer reported …
Read More »18-year-old Marcus Fakana facing 20-year jail sentence in Dubai over s£x with 17-year-old Brit
An 18-year-old Tottenham residents holiday with his parents has turned into a months-long ordeal that could lead to 20 years in prison after he was charged with having sx with another tourist a 17-year-old girl, who is now 18. Marcus Fakana joined his parents for what was supposed to be a short holiday starting August 26, 2024. While there, he met …
Read More »Fake army Major bags one year jail sentence for defrauding hospital worker
The Ikeja Special Offences Court has sentenced Musa Jimoh to one year and four months imprisonment for impersonating a Nigerian Army Major and possessing fraudulent documents. Justice Rahman Oshodi delivered the verdict on Thursday, describing Jimoh’s actions as calculated, premeditated, and damaging to public trust in the country’s military institutions. “This offence is particularly egregious because it was …
Read More »Man sentenced to Jail for defiling 10-year-old boy in uncompleted building
Justice Simo Amobeda of a Federal High Court sitting in Kano, has sentenced a 31-year old man, Lawan Salisu, to three years imprisonment for sexu@lly abusing a 10-year old boy. Salisu, of Tishama Yan Awakai Farin Bene Transformer in Nassarawa Local Government, Kano State, was convicted on a one-count charge of procurement and s#xual exploitation after he pleaded guilty …
Read More »Lifestyle blogger who starved newborn son to death has jail sentence increased
A lifestyle blogging father who starved his newborn son to death by demanding he should live on sunlight instead of food and milk has had his jail sentence increased. Maxim Lyutyi, 44, and his partner Oxana Mironova, 34, failed to properly feed their baby Cosmos, who died from ‘pneumonia and emaciation’ when he was less than one month old. …
Read More »French footballer Ben Yedder gets suspended jail term for s3xual assault
Former France international footballer Wissam Ben Yedder has been handed a suspended two-year jail sentence for s3xually assaulting a woman in September. The 34-year-old, who previously captained French Ligue 1 side AS Monaco and is the club’s second all-time leading goal scorer, was sentenced on Tuesday after being found guilty of the offense. The incident occurred on the evening …
Read More »We will put your fat @ss in jail – Trump ally who could be next US attorney general warns NY AG Letitia James to back off incoming president or go to jail
An ally of US President-elect Donald Trump warned Thursday that the new administration will have not tolerate New York Attorney General Letitia James if she weaponizes the legal system against the 47th president. “I dare you to try to continue your lawfare against President Trump in his second term,” Mike Davis, the founder of the Article III Project, an advocacy …
Read More »Bobrisky did not stay out of jail, but enjoyed privileges? FG’s Investigative panel says
The investigative panel set up by the Minister of Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, to probe the allegation that cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, spent his six-months jail term in a private apartment and not in a custodial center, has dismissed the claim. Uju Agomoh who is the Executive Director and founder of Prisoners’ Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) …
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