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₦1bn Fundamental Rights Suit: Court Fixes Dec 2 For Judgement In El-Rufai’s Suit Against ICPC, Two Others

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has fixed Dec. 2 for judgment in a N1 billion fundamental rights suit filed by former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, against the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and co-respondents. He prayed the court to declare that the invasion and search of his residence at House 12, Mambilla Street, Aso Drive, Abuja, on Feb. 19 at about 2 pm by the ICPC and I-G amounts to a gross violation of his fundamental rights.

Two police officers suspended over alleged lapses in Payyoli POCSO case probe in Keralam

Disciplinary action against the officers following backlash over failure to arrest accused prior to his bail

Rose Mulwa, Children and Two Police Officers Charged With Lawyer’s Murder

NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 28 – Rose Mulwa, the wife of Professor David Ndetei, and four other suspects have denied murdering former city lawyer Mathew Kyalo Mbobu. Mulwa, her two children, Chris Mulwa and Angela Mulwa, and police constables Julius Kipkoech Churuiyot and Kennedy Kipkemei Borboroi appeared before Justice Diana Kavedza at the Kibera High Court, where they pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Woman charged over alleged torching of community Christmas tree

After a 10 month investigation, a woman who allegedly burning down a regional NSW town’s Christmas tree has been charged.

Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell pleads guilty to Camp Sovereignty violence

Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell and three other men plead guilty to charges linked to an alleged attack at Melbourne's Camp Sovereignty last year.

DCI Arrests Facebook User Over Alleged Online Incitement, Ethnic Hostility

NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 28 — The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has arrested a Facebook user over allegations of publishing inflammatory online content containing threats, incitement to violence and ethnic targeting ahead of the 2027 General Election. The suspect, identified as William Ochieng, was arrested in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD) following investigations into alleged posts targeting members of the Kikuyu community living in the Rift Valley region.

Frances Crawford's sister says she was 'scared' to leave husband

One of her sisters told the jury and Ms Crawford were close and spoke regularly, and she was aware the couple's "marriage was in disrepair".

Mushroom killer Erin Patterson's appeal decision set for Friday

If the appeal succeeds, Victoria's Court of Appeal could order a re-trial or acquit Erin Patterson entirely.

Probe sought into suspected theft of 30 sandalwood trees from Nenmara forest in Keralam

Animals and Nature Ethics Community (ANEC) Trust, a wildlife conservation and environmental organisation, has demanded an inquiry into the reported thefts and suspected illegal felling, citing concerns over forest protection and possible lapses in enforcement

Erin Patterson to learn fate in appeal against mushroom murders convictions

Victorian court of appeal to hand down judgment on triple-murderer’s conviction and sentence after her lawyers argued she was denied fair trial Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The decision in Erin Patterson’s appeal against her triple murder conviction will be handed down on Friday, with Victoria’s highest court also set to rule on whether she could face more time in prison. The court of appeal will rule on the two appeals from 10am on Friday, after hearing arguments in August.

Man accused of injuring police officer during e-bike crackdown faces court

Court documents allege the incident earlier this month resulted in the officer being seriously injured and requiring surgery to reattach his kneecap to a tendon.

Sudan Drone Strikes Kill 21, Cause Mass Outages In East

A drone strike on a market in Nyala, the de facto capital of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Darfur, killed 21 people and wounded at least 40 others, a medical source and witnesses told AFP. Sudan’s military, at war with the RSF since April 2023, regularly strikes Nyala, where the RSF has declared an administration rivalling the army-backed internationally recognised government in Khartoum.

Kerala HC extends stay on trial in journalist K.M. Basheer’s death

13yo alleged extremist a victim of 'big tech', court hears

A lawyer for a teenage boy charged with violent extremism offences tells a court the social media ban came too late to prevent his client from online radicalisation.

Russell Brand told police he never had non-consensual sex

Russell Brand told police in interviews in response to allegations of rape and sexual assault that he had been “very promiscuous” in the past, but had never engaged in “non-consensual sexual activity”, a court has heard. Russell Brand’s wife Laura accompanied him to court on Tuesday Brand went on to say the allegations were made in “a defamatory and fictitious documentary”, which he said contained “false and anonymised” interviews.

Court jails disqualified driver high on meth over fatal crash

A WA man who was on bail and disqualified from driving when he caused the fatal crash on Albany Highway has been jailed for 10 years.

Breaking: Childcare paedophile Ashley Paul Griffith extradited to NSW

The former childcare worker is currently serving life in jail in Queensland after admitting to offences against 69 girls at early learning centres in Brisbane and Italy over two decades.

Court blocks family’s bid to force girl into surgery

Court rejected bid by a grandmother and an aunt to compel a young girl to undergo surgery.

Lamarre-Condon told ex-colleague he'd 'done something bad', jury hears

A former colleague of Beau Lamarre-Condon, known by the pseudonym Fiona Rosso, tell a jury the accused stopped at her home unexpectedly days after the deaths of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.

Accuser tells court Alan Jones was 'generous' for many years

A man accusing Alan Jones of kissing him as a 17-year-old schoolboy tells a court the broadcaster was very "generous" to him for many years but he still feels shame over the alleged assault years later.

Mushroom Murders: Melanie Lynskey to star as Erin Patterson in new limited series

Emmy-nominated actor is also executive producer of the Paramount+ series, which will dramatise the Australian true crime case The Emmy-nominated New Zealand actor Melanie Lynskey has been cast as triple murderer Erin Patterson in a new limited series titled Mushroom Murders: There’s More to Unearth, which will premiere on Paramount+ in 2027. The series follows the 97 days between the notorious 2023 lunch – at which Patterson allegedly served toxic death cap mushrooms to her estranged in-laws, hidden in individual serves of beef wellington – and her arrest.

Danny Masterson loses appeal against rape conviction after arguing judge was biased against Scientology

That ’70s Show actor was sentenced to 30 years in prison for two counts of rape against two women, who were also Scientologists Danny Masterson has lost the appeal of his rape conviction, meaning his 30-year prison sentence has been upheld. In the UK, Rape Crisis offers support on 0808 500 2222.

FBI arrests 9 Nigerians, tracks $11m in fresh fraud crackdown — US Mission

By Nkiruka Nnorom & Marvellous Chukwunenye The United States Mission in Nigeria has announced a major breakthrough in the fight against transnational cybercrime, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, arresting nine suspects in Nigeria in an operation targeting scam centres stealing billions of dollars from Americans. FBI Director, Kash Patel, disclosed this in a post on X which was reposted by the US Mission in Nigeria, saying the operation, code-named Operation Blackout, is taking the fight directly to international cybercriminal networks.

‘Shameful’: Alex Pretti’s parents accuse Trump officials of shielding son’s killers

Susan and Michael Pretti say they have been ‘ignored and misled’ in quest for justice over son’s killing by US agents The parents of Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old nurse killed by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis earlier this year, accused federal officials of stonewalling them and shielding their son’s killers. During a press conference on Tuesday, Michael and Susan Pretti made their first public remarks since their son’s death in January, calling for the Department of Justice to hold those involved in their son’s death accountable.