CNN — Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel will appeal a court conviction for assaulting two teenage girls in a Sydney hotel on Saturday, according to his lawyer. Van der Poel pleaded guilty on Monday to two counts of common assault, and was convicted and fined $AUS 1,500 ($967), according to his lawyer. The 27-year-old … Read more
A 51-year-old Indian national was on September 22 convicted of seven corruption and related charges for committing the offences while working as a managing director of a department of an international shipping company in Singapore. Ananthakrishnan Nanda had pleaded guilty to the charges—two under the Corruption, Drug Trafficking, and Other Serious Crimes (Confiscation of Benefits) … Read more
A federal jury in Chicago convicted R Kelly on Wednesday of producing child pornography and enticing girls for sex after a monthlong trial in his hometown, delivering another legal blow to the Grammy Award singer who was once one of the world’s biggest R&B stars. Prosecutors won convictions on six of the 13 counts against … Read more
MACKS CREEK, Mo. — It has been more than three decades since Trudy Darby was killed in Mack’s Creek. A judge ordered her murderer released from prison because of a 2014 Supreme Court ruling. Trudy Darby was finishing her shift at the K&D Convenience Store in Macks Creek. She had called her son who was … Read more
A Hong Kong court has convicted five speech therapists of sedition after they published a series of illustrated children’s books about cartoon animals, in a case critics say highlights tightening restriction on freedoms in the Chinese city. The disbanded General Union of Hong Kong Speech Therapists, an industry group, in 2020 and 2021 published stories … Read more
The guilty verdicts come after a previous jury failed to reach a unanimous decision in April A jury has convicted two men for conspiring to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, ending a sensational case which made headlines nationwide and initially resulted in a retrial. Adam Fox, 38, and Barry Croft Jr., 46, were … Read more
A jury convicted two men on charges related to a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Adam Fox and Barry Croft were found guilty Tuesday of conspiracy to commit kidnapping and conspiracy to use a weapon of mass destruction, and Croft was also found guilty of possession of an unregistered destructive device, reported WJBK-TV. … Read more
An activist holds a placard during a protest against remission of sentence by the government to convicts of a gang rape, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022. Altaf Qadri/AP hide caption toggle caption Altaf Qadri/AP An activist holds a placard during a protest against remission of sentence by the government to convicts of … Read more
Ahmad Abouammo, a dual US-Lebanese citizen who at Twitter helped oversee relationships with journalists and celebrities in the Middle East and North Africa, was found guilty after a 2-1/2 week trial in San Francisco federal court. Jurors acquitted him on five of the 11 counts he faced. Federal public defenders representing Abouammo did not immediately … Read more
A former Twitter employee has been convicted of failing to register as an agent for Saudi Arabia and other charges after accessing private data on users critical of the kingdom’s government in a spy case that spanned from Silicon Valley to the Middle East. Ahmad Abouammo, a US citizen and former media partnership manager for … Read more