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UK horror: British Pakistani jailed 35 years for assaulting minor girls; victims had ‘deeply troubled home lives’

A 65-year-old British Pakistani man, known as Boss Man, a grooming gang ringleader, was sentenced to 35 years in prison for raping two schoolgirls in Rochdale. Mohammed Zahid, father of three children, who showed a “chilling disregard” for the girls, was one of seven men convicted in June of committing a range of sexual offences […]

Ex-French President Sarkozy convicted: 5-year term in Libya campaign case; aides also jailed

Nicolas Sarkozy (AP photo) A Paris court on Thursday convicted former French president Nicolas Sarkozy of criminal conspiracy, while acquitting him of corruption and illegal campaign financing in the trial over allegations that late Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi helped fund his successful 2007 presidential campaign.The trial adds to a series of legal troubles for the […]

Indian national jailed in Singapore: 46-year-old convicted of assaulting woman; gets 4 years, 6 cane strokes

(AI generated image for representation) An Indian national and Singapore permanent resident was sentenced on Monday to four years in jail and six strokes of the cane for molesting a woman in a nursing room at a shopping mall.46-year-old Ankit Sharma was convicted of aggravated outrage of modesty after he dragged a 31-year-old technology specialist […]

‘Chased frail lady before kicking and stamping on her’: Indian-origin man kills mother in UK; jailed for life

A 39-year-old Indian-origin man has been sentenced to life imprisonment for savagely killing his 76-year-old mother at their home in Birmingham after a row over a television remote.Prolonged and violent assault Surjit Singh pleaded guilty to killing Mohinder Kaur in September last year. Birmingham Crown Court heard that Singh, intoxicated with cocaine and alcohol, chased […]

‘Caught on camera’: Pakistan’s jailed former PM Imran Khan’s sister hit with egg – Video

Screengrab of the incident from video (X/@dauranbaloch1) Aleema Khan, sister of Pakistan‘s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, was attacked with an egg while addressing reporters outside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail on Friday.A video of the episode has gone viral on social media, showing the egg hitting Aleema as she spoke to the media.Supporters of Khan’s […]

‘Forced to look into the camera’: US teacher jailed for 215 years after videotaping abuse of students; school district sued

A Sacramento elementary school teacher who preyed on his students for years has been sentenced to 215 years to life in prison after admitting to sexually abusing children and recording the assaults, prosecutors announced, as reported by US Today.Abuse hidden behind ‘broadcasting club’Kim Kenneth Wilson, 64, a longtime teacher at Del Paso Heights Elementary School, […]

‘Will wipe him out’: Israeli minister mocks jailed senior Palestinian leader convicted in 2002; sparks outrage

Newly surfaced footage on social media shows far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben Gvir mocking prominent Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti inside his cell.The Palestinian Authority denounced the video, with Vice President Hussein al-Sheikh calling it “the epitome of psychological, moral and physical terrorism.”The footage marks the first sighting of Barghouti, 66, in years, who is currently […]

‘100% I’ll get him out’: Trump vows to free jailed Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai; Beijing warns against foreign interference

Jimmy Lai (Image: X/@hkdc_us) Days before winning second presidential elections, Donald Trump vowed to secure the release of 77-year-old jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai. Lai is the outspoken founder of the now-closed Apple Daily which is a strong pro-democratic newspaper known for its sharp criticism of China’s Communist Party which was later forced […]

Pakistani businessman jailed in London for threatening Virgin Atlantic airhostess with gangrape: ‘You called me a…’

Pakistani-origin London businessman Salman Iftikhar has been jailed for threatening Virgin Atlantic airhostess with gangrape on a London-Lahore flight in 2023. Salman Iftikhar, a wealthy London businessman, has been jailed for 15 months for his 2023 outburst on a London-Lahore Virgin Atlantic flight, where he threatened an airhostess with gangrape, accusing her of being racist. […]

Arrested from India-bound plane before take off: American couple jailed in Singapore for stealing Louis Vuitton, Dior products at airport

The American couple already boarded the Mumbai-bound plane from Changi Airport after stealing but were arrested before the plane could take off. American nationals Kapadia Husain Zoher, 35, and Kapadia Amatullah, 30, were arrested at Changi Airport for stealing Louis Vuitton and Dior products amounting to more than $750 when they were in transit. The […]