WARNING: This story contains distressing details. An acting sergeant with the Hamilton Police Service pleaded guilty Monday after being charged with assaulting a man during an arrest in May 2022. Acting Sgt. Brian Wren appeared in court virtually, in front of a group of people in the courtroom wearing orange shirts, in support of Patrick Tomchuk, the Indigenous […]
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Nick Kyrgios has admitted that he assaulted his ex-girlfriend in 2021 but has avoided a conviction after the judge ruled that his actions were on the low end of seriousness for a common assault. A magistrate in Kyrgios’ hometown of Canberra did not record a conviction against the 27-year-old, describing the common assault as an […]
A B.C. man who stabbed his wife in the back with a kitchen knife has been found not guilty because he was in a state of automatism — a term describing unconscious, involuntary behaviour. According to a B.C. Supreme Court ruling, Jean-Luc Charles Perignon stabbed his wife Debra following an Easter Monday dinner at their Sunshine Coast home in April 2017. Perignon claims he […]
CNN — A retired Air Force lieutenant colonel who stored files with classified information at his Florida home is set to plead guilty in February to one count of unlawful retention of national defense information, according to court documents. The defendant, Robert Birchum, served in the Air Force for more than 30 years and previously […]
A Quebec woman accused of mailing poison to former president Donald Trump has pleaded guilty and agreed to a prison sentence of nearly 22 years. Pascale Ferrier, 55, entered the plea today in United States District Court in Washington, D.C. She also pleaded guilty to eight charges related to similar biological weapons offences committed in […]
Serving Met police officer PC Hussain Chehab has admitted to several child offences, including four counts of sexual activity with a girl aged 13 to 15. The Metropoltan Police confirmed that he committed several of the offences whilst he was a Safer Schools officer in Enfield, London. Chehab, 22 also pleaded guilty to three counts […]
A man has been found guilty of robbing Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish and his wife Peta of their high-value watches in a knifepoint raid at their home. Intruders wearing balaclavas broke into their home in Ongar, Essex at about 2.30am on November 27, 2021 and threatened to stab the athlete, a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court heard. […]
Two men have been found guilty of murdering a 71-year-old woman with a hairdryer cord and dumping her body in a bin in £4.6 million scam to steal her life savings. Kusai Al-Jundi, 25, a chef, and delivery driver Mohamed El-Abboud, 28, were found guilty of murdering Louise Kam, 71 at the Old Bailey after […]
Justin Costello, who posed as a billionaire and twice-wounded Special Forces Iraq veteran to dupe investors while portraying himself as a legal cannabis mogul, pleaded guilty Wednesday to securities fraud. Under a plea agreement with Costello, prosecutors will recommend a sentence of 10 years in prison, with Costello echoing that call and being barred from […]
David Carrick admitted 49 offences, including 24 counts of rape, after carrying out sex attacks on a dozen women over an 18-year period. The 48-year-old pleaded guilty to four counts of rape, false imprisonment and indecent assault. Carrick joined the Met in 2001 after serving in the Army, despite allegations of malicious communications and burglary against an ex-partner […]