Tag Archives: JAILED

A “wicked” Scottish schoolgirl has been jailed over an acid attack that left another student scarred for life. Emily Bowen, 18, poured drain cleaner into a viola case owned by fellow student Molly Young in response to news that Molly was dating her former boyfriend. The incident left Molly with ...

BERLIN: A German couple received lengthy jail sentences Friday for brutally raping and killing a Chinese student in eastern Germany, in a shocking crime that caused outrage in both countries. The court in the city of Dessau found that the 21-year-old defendants, named only as Sebastian F and Xenia I, ...

An English-speaking Indian woman – who had the misfortune of being framed in a murder case and spending 13 long years in jail before she was honorably acquitted – has made it her life’s mission to fight for those languishing behind bars for no fault of theirs. Aparajita Bose studied ...

BIRMINGHAM: Seven British-Pakistanis were among an eight-member Birmingham drugs gang have been jailed for more than 138 years for conspired to smuggle up to £19 million of heroin into the United Kingdom. The crooks had hid the drugs inside industrial machinery shipped from Lahore, but were arrested following an investigation ...

Karla Homolka is seen in a 1993 file photo A Canadian serial killer jailed for her role in the rape and murder of her sister and two other girls in the 1990s has been found volunteering at a primary school. Parents have reacted with horror at the news notorious killer ...

JAKARTA: Outgoing Jakarta governor and President Joko Widodo’s ally was found guilty of blasphemy by a District Court on Tuesday (May 9) and sentenced to two years in jail. The hearing on Tuesday capped a long-drawn trial against Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, who was recently defeated by his rival Anies Baswedan ...

LONDON: A Pakistani man has been imprisoned in the UK for beating his wife with a hammer after she forgot to cook his dinner. 21-year-old Mohsin Akram shouted ‘you’ve had your chance to be a good wife’ when he attacked her while drunk at their home in Cardiff. After his ...

LONDON: Wealthy Pakistani asylum seekers with £250,000 in savings who claimed asylum in Britain before taking £40,000-a-year in benefits have been jailed six months apart to prevent their children going into care. Syed Zaidi, 41, and wife Rizwana Kamal, 40, claimed they were being persecuted in their Pakistan homeland. They ...

LONDON: A woman who was trying to send a message on Facebook when she crashed into a pensioner’s car, killing him, has been jailed for 27 months. Wendy Thompson, 53, from Lincolnshire, had been trying to wish a friend happy birthday on the social media platform using her mobile phone. ...

LONDON: A married couple in Co Armagh who sexually abused a woman held prisoner in their home for six years have been sentenced to a total of 18 years in prison. Keith Baker was sentenced to 15 years in prison while his wife Caroline was given a three year sentence, ...