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A Houston mother was sentenced to life in prison for beating her infant daughter to death, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.  Tradezsha Trenay Bibbs, 29, was sentenced Monday, April 3, after being convicted of felony murder for the death of 4-month-old Brielle Robinson on April 16, 2016.  Bibbs …

The three men convicted of murdering rapper XXXTentacion during a 2018 robbery in South Florida, have been sentenced to life in prison. Dedrick Williams, Michael Boatwright and Trayvon Newsome appeared in a Broward County courtroom on Thursday, April 6, where Judge Michael Usan handed down the mandatory life sentences.   …

Delta State High Court sitting at Effurun Criminal Division, has sentenced a 38-year-old serial paedophile, Godspower Ojakovo, to 15 years imprisonment for raping a 10-year-old girl.    The court, presided over by Honourable Justice Michael Nduka Obi, convicted the defendant on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, for defiling the minor.   …

A Kenyan man has been sentenced to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of defiling a minor.   Lameck Ochieng was handed his sentence after the 11-year-old victim who happens to be his niece positively identified him in court.   He reportedly committed the heinous act in Kameji area …

Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of a Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Umar Hussaini, a private lawyer to the late Comptroller General, Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Dikko, to seven years imprisonment with an option of fine.   In a judgment delivered on Wednesday, March 29, the court found Hussaini …

The Ikeja High Court on Monday, March 27, sentenced a domestic staff, Joseph Ogbu, to death by hanging for killing his 89-year-old employer, Ajoke John and her daughter, Oreoluwa John, 38, in Lagos.    The convict, who hails from Oju Local Govt Area of Benue State, brutally murdered the victims …

The Florida teen who stabbed a 13-year-old cheerleader when he was 14 years old has been sentenced to life in jail.   Aiden Fucci fatally stabbed cheerleader Tristyn Bailey 114 times in 2021. He was sentenced Friday, March 24, to life in prison, authorities said.     Aiden Fucci, now 16, …

A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has sentenced one Promise Thompson to death by hanging for armed robbery and child theft.   Thompson and his accomplice, Beatrice Ogbunka, were standing trial on three counts of armed robbery, kidnapping, child theft, shooting one Chidiebere Ogbugu and for stealing …

The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Okoita, Ibiono Ibom local government, has sentenced a Prophet, Anwana Peter Essien, to 21 years in prison for raping his 10-year-old stepdaughter.    The 37-year-old prophet was convicted of raping the JSS One student on August 9, 2019.  The incident happened when …

An abusive wife who assaulted, taunted, threatened and humiliated her husband for 20 years has been sentenced to four years in prison.   Sheree Spencer, aged 45 and a mum of three, punched, kicked, slapped and bit her husband Richard during persistent ‘nasty’ attacks that left him in fear and feeling …