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Bolivian Ex-President Anez Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

June 12, 2022 3:14 am

Former president of Bolivia, Jeanine Anez was yesterday sentenced to 10 years in prison, more than a year after her arrest for an alleged plot — dismissed as fictional by many — to remove her rival and predecessor Evo Morales.

Anez, who has been held in pre-trial detention since March 2021, has consistently denounced what she calls political persecution.

The former interim leader will serve 10 years in a women’s prison in La Paz, the administrative capital’s First Sentencing Court announced in a decision that comes three months after her trial began.

Convicted of crimes ‘contrary to the constitution and …

Priest, 12 Others Convicted Over Murder Of Albino In Malawi

April 29, 2022 11:41 pm

A Catholic priest in Malawi as well as a policeman and a hospital worker are among the 12 people convicted on Friday over the 2018 gruesome murder of a man with albinism, a court official has confirmed.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that about five out of the 12 were found guilty of killing MacDonald Masambuka, 22, at the peak of a crime spree that saw over 40 murders and 145 assaults on people with the condition in the East African country.

The priest who was Masambuka’s brother, a policeman and hospital employee were accordingly convicted of transacting in …

Banker, Eight Others Convicted For Internet Fraud

December 15, 2019 8:51 am

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the convictions of nine internet fraudsters and a banker before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court sitting in Warri, Delta State.

They were arraigned separately for offences bordering on impersonation, intent to defraud and failure to disclose suspicious transactions.

Those convicted are Onomua Victor (a.k.a John Williamson), Ovie Evans (a.k.a Miller John), Ikpasa Efe ( Julius Mark ), Abuwa Mavis, Akegor Godbless Omamuyovwi (a.k.a Sherri Hunt), Eyoyibo Joseph ( a.k.a Norman Greg), Akpighoro Malvelt (a.k.a Michel Reymond), Anthony Omonomo (a.k.a John), Edofeuwose Maya and Peter Atolo.

The charge against …

Reuters journalists convicted in Myanmar pardoned, freed

May 6, 2019 10:42 pm

Two Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act walked free from a prison on the outskirts of Yangon on Tuesday after spending more than 500 days behind bars, witnesses said.

The two reporters, Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, had been convicted in September and sentenced to seven years in jail, in a case that raised questions about Myanmar’s progress toward democracy and sparked an outcry from diplomats and human rights advocates.

How Abuja policemen raped us, by convicted prostitutes

May 2, 2019 1:04 pm

Some ladies, who were convicted by a mobile court for alleged prostitution, on Thursday painted gory details of how they were harassed, molested and assaulted by some men of the Nigeria Police in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

The ladies, who narrated their ordeal to reporters in Abuja, alleged that policemen attached to Utako, Life Camp and Gwarimpa police stations in Abuja, the nation’s capital, raped and physically assaulted them in custody.

They also claimed that they were compelled to plead guilty when they were arraigned before the court on Monday by the police.

They all spoke anonymously for fear …

Vatican treasurer Cardinal Pell convicted of sex charges

February 26, 2019 9:29 am

One of the most powerful men in the Roman Catholic Church was found guilty of multiple historical child sex offenses at a secret trial in Melbourne in December, the existence of which can only now be revealed.