Abuse hurled at judge as first group of rioters sentenced for Ely disorder
Getty Images Angry scenes broke out in court as five rioters were sentenced for…
Shock and anger after top Ghanaian politician sentenced to 20 years for illegal mining
Bernard Antwi Boasiako, known as "Chairman Wontumi", was also fined more than $10,000 (£7,450).
Mother sentenced for killing son and attempting to murder daughter
The woman was convicted and jailed in 2023 but in 2025 senior judges ruled…
Tricycle ticket seller sentenced to death for armed robbery in Akwa Ibom
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene has sentenced a tricycle…
Three men sentenced to life in jail over Nigeria school kidnappings
They admitted to concealing information and being members of an Islamist militant group.
Kosovo’s former president sentenced to 25 years for war crimes
Hashim Thaci has been jailed for crimes including torture and murder during Kosovo's independence…
Man sentenced to death by handing for role Nyanya bomb blasts
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced a 37-year-old man, Zakaria Garba,…
Court jails five over money laundering, illegal forex trading
The Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has convicted and sentenced one Sunmonu Olasunkanmi…
Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexual assault
The disgraced Hollywood producer is already serving a sentence of 23 years for rape…
Peter Murrell to be sentenced for embezzling SNP funds
Jane Barlow/PA Media Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell is to be sentenced at…
Court jails youths over phone snatching, others in Yola
The Chief Magistrate Court 2 sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, has sentenced two young…
Saudi Arabia urged to spare man sentenced to death over Facebook post
Anojan Sivarasa faces execution after he was found guilty of blasphemy over a Facebook…
Eight sentenced to 450 years in prison over anti-ICE riot where officer was shot
An officer was shot in the neck during the Texas disorder by "Antifa Cell…
Mother, grandmother and stepfather sentenced for ‘house of terror’ abuse
Shirley Freeman, Julia Stephen and David McColl's victims were beaten, starved and psychologically tormented.
Ex-gang boss sentenced to 40 years for orchestrating Tupac Shakur’s murder
The sentence marks an end to the mystery around Tupac's cold case, which has…
12 convicted, sentenced to death over terrorism, kidnapping cases in Nigeria
Twelve people have been sentenced to death by hanging after being convicted in terrorism,…
