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SAS sniper Danny Nightingale to be sentenced for a second time over possession of army gun
Thursday 25 July 2013
Sgt Nightingale has already been jailed - and freed - for the same crime
Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino launches last-ditch plea bargain
Wednesday 17 July 2013
Schettino says he saved many lives on Concordia as he faces 20 years in jail at manslaughter trial
Turkcell founder sued for $10m
Sunday 14 July 2013
Jail-sentenced billionaire Mehmet Karamehmet is being sued for almost $10m (£6.6m) in the High Court over loans issued to Maltese shipping company Blue Shipping.
'Dead' man elected mayor in Mexico
Friday 12 July 2013
Relatives forged a death certificate in order to get an arrest warrant dropped
Stuart Hall's 'unduly lenient' 15-month sentence for sex crimes to be referred to Court of Appeal
Thursday 11 July 2013
More than 150 people demanded Attorney General's Office reviewed sentence
'Not innocent enough to be compensated': Barry George loses legal battle for compensation over wrongful conviction for Jill Dando's murder
Tuesday 09 July 2013
53-year-old was acquitted of killing the 37-year-old BBC presenter at a retrial in August 2008
SAS sniper Danny Nightingale susceptible to 'confabulating' or making up confessions due to brain trauma, court hears
Monday 08 July 2013
Sergeant Danny Nightingale suffered such a brain trauma that he could be susceptible to “confabulating” or making up confessions, two psychologists told a court martial.
Barclay brothers claim 'total victory' in the hotels war
Thursday 04 July 2013
The billionaire Barclay brothers yesterday declared "complete and total" victory in their long-running £1.1bn legal battle over the ownership of three of London's most prestigious hotels.
Court martial told: former SAS sergeant Danny Nightingale is lying over illegal gun
Tuesday 02 July 2013
Prosecutor says ex-sniper has changed story about how he came to be in possession of it and is now lying
Ministers set on collision course with judges after giving go-ahead for televised crown court verdicts
Monday 01 July 2013
Plans will include rape and murder cases but senior judges fear repeat of US-style show trials
SAS sniper Danny Nightingale retrial to hear evidence of Army failures
Monday 01 July 2013
Military retrial starting today is expected to delve into regiment’s 'culture of impunity' around illegal activity
Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson lose last-ditch legal attempt to block phone hacking prosecution
Friday 28 June 2013
The former News of the World editors tried to get their case dismissed at the Court of Appeal
Stuart Hall case sees 150 complaints that sentence was too lenient
Thursday 27 June 2013
Attorney general reveals that a large number of people want his office to consider 83-year-old's sentence for referral to Court of Appeal
Legal profession must do more to improve ethnic diversity, says Supreme Court president
Tuesday 18 June 2013
But some progress had been made in addressing gender inequality, he says
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Channel 4 to 'provoke' viewers who associate Islam with terrorism with live call to prayer during Ramadan
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US army doctor returns arm to Vietnamese soldier fifty years after he took it as a souvenir
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Police seize possessions of rough sleepers in crackdown on homelessness
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Demand for food banks has nothing to do with benefits squeeze, says Work minister Lord Freud
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