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The man convicted of stabbing Salman Rushdie on a New York lecture stage in 2022, leaving the prizewinning author blind in one eye, was sentenced Friday to serve 25 years in prison. CBC | World News
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French movie icon Gérard Depardieu convicted of sexual assault on film set
A court in Paris on Tuesday found French actor Gérard Depardieu guilty of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in 2021 and handed him an 18-month suspended prison sentence. CBC | World News
Read More »Cardinal convicted of embezzlement won’t participate in conclave for Pope Francis’s successor
Angelo Becciu, the Italian cardinal who was convicted of embezzlement and fraud said on Tuesday he will not take part in the secret conclave to elect the new pope that will be held in the Sistine Chapel next week following the death of Pope Francis. CBC | World News
Read More »Top officer slams ‘insensitive’ support for convicted baby killer Lucy Letby
Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder another seven while working at the Countess of Chester Hospital – but bizarrely has a number of supporters who refuse to believe she is guilty Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter alleges her father, the convicted rapist, abused her, too
The explosive mass rape trial of Dominique Pelicot and 50 other French men may have come to an end Dec. 19, but for his daughter, Caroline Darian, the story was nowhere near over. She shares what the ordeal has been like for her mother and herself in a new memoir, I’ll Never Call Him Dad Again. CBC | World News
Read More »Antiques Roadshow couple convicted of fraud charges after show appearance
Two experts on the American version of BBC’s Antiques Roadshow were accused of swindling items from people at a cheaper price than their value. Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed
Read More »Rwanda-style deal could block asylum bid of convicted Chagos Islands sex offender
After being convicted of assault and sexual crimes, he was granted refuge in Diego Garcia – the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »New trial sought for convicted ex-Spanish soccer boss Rubiales over World Cup kiss
Prosecutors are asking for the retrial of former Spanish soccer president Luis Rubiales, saying the judge incorrectly kept some evidence from the court. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘I was convicted for praying silently outside an abortion clinic’
An army veteran is “overwhelmingly thankful” to the Vice US President JD Vance for supporting his free speech campaign. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »‘There was no murder’: British nurse Lucy Letby wrongly convicted, says Canadian doctor
Lucy Letby, a former neonatal nurse in the U.K., was found guilty in two trials, in 2023 and 2024, of murdering seven premature infants and attempting to murder seven others. But Dr. Shoo Lee, the retired head of the neonatology department at the University of Toronto, believes Letby may have been wrongly convicted. CBC | World News
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