The defence is expected to present cellphone records that they hope will disprove some of the testimony already heard in the drugs, attempted murder and kidnapping trial of Czech fugitive Radovan Krejcir and five others. The matter was being heard in the High Court in Johannesburg. The State has closed[…]
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has hit a brick wall with the investigation into the murder of strip club boss, Lolly Jackson following the death of the main suspect in the trial, George Louka on Tuesday. NPA spokesperson Velekhaya Mgobhozi said the matter would now be taken off the roll.[…]
The trial of Bahrain’s top opposition leader on charges of promoting a violent overthrow of the island nation’s political system is set to resume, in a case that has riled his supporters and heightened unrest in the Sunni-ruled Gulf Arab kingdom. Wednesday’s trial of Sheikh Ali Salman, head of al-Wefaq[…]
An Egyptian court is expected to begin on Thursday the retrial of Al Jazeera journalists on anti-terrorism charges in a case that has triggered an international outcry. The retrial by the Cairo Criminal Court is to be held more than a week after Egyptian authorities released and deported Australian Peter[…]
Former tennis doubles star Bob Hewitt’s lawyer indicated on Wednesday he will apply for his client’s discharge in the rape and indecent assault case against him. Terry Price asked Judge Bert Bam in the High Court in Johannesburg, sitting in Palm Ridge, for a postponement so he could prepare an[…]
Egypt’s high court overturned the only remaining conviction against Hosni Mubarak and ordered a retrial in his embezzlement case, opening the way for a possible release from jail for the ousted former president. Mubarak, 86, was sentenced to three years in prison in May for diverting public funds earmarked to[…]
Extraordinary security measures are being taken during the federal death penalty trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of the most scrutinized U.S. terror case in years. White vehicles from Homeland Security line up bumper-to-bumper in front of Boston’s federal courthouse while others periodically circle the block. Boston[…]
A US federal judge has began the process of selecting the jury that will hear the trial of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Tsarnaev could get the death penalty if convicted of killing three people and injuring more than 260 others by detonating a pair of homemade bombs placed[…]
After two decades of work and 61 convictions at a cost of nearly $2 billion, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda shuts up shop amid criticism but at least with some justice served. The Tanzanian-based and United Nations-backed ICTR, set up in late 1994 to try the alleged masterminds behind[…]
Gauteng based group, the Society for the Protection of our Constitution, has added its voice to growing calls for Judge Jeanette Traverso be removed from the Shrien Dewani trial. In a letter written to the Provincial Director of Public Prosecutions, Rodney de Kock, Advocate Zehir Omar has urged Judge Traverso[…]
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