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Bolivian Ex-President Anez Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison

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 …

EFCC vs Nyako: What Court Decided On Ex-Governor’s Trial

January 16, 2020 3:54 pm

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, dismissed a plea by a defendant in a suit filed by EFCC against Murtala Nyako, former Adamawa Governor, and others to stop the prosecution from closing its case.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendant, Zulkifik Abba, who is the 3rd defendant, had, on Nov. 13, prayed the court to order the anti-graft agency to call three witnesses listed among the prosecution’s prospective witnesses shortly after the commission signified intention to close its case.

The EFCC had called 21 witnesses in the ongoing trial and indicated its plan to close

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Verdict In Al-Bashir’s Corruption Trial Expected Saturday

December 14, 2019 8:32 am

A verdict in the corruption trial of Sudan’s ousted president Omar al-Bashir is expected to be delivered on Saturday.

The court in the capital of Khartoum heard final testimonies in the case on Nov. 16, including that of the government’s auditor.

After being overthrown during a military coup on April 11, al-Bashir was found to be in possession of large sums of local and foreign currency, as well as other assets, without legal justification.

While the former president admitted he had received 25 million dollars from Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, he pleaded not guilty to the charges.…

Real Madrid Forward Benzema Could Face Trial Over Sextape

December 9, 2019 5:01 pm

Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema may be facing a criminal trial after France’s highest court of appeal on Monday dismissed his appeal challenging the legality of a blackmail investigation over a sextape featuring fellow footballer Mathieu Valbuena.

The court found that the investigative methods used in the case, in which Benzema is alleged to have colluded in blackmailing Valbuena, were within the law.

Benzema and Valbuena were both in the French national team at the time of the attempted blackmail.

In June 2015, Valbuena, who now plays for Greek club Olympiakos, filed a complaint, claiming he was the victim of …

Pakistan’s Jamshed Faces UK Trial On Bribery Charges

December 2, 2019 3:42 pm

Former Pakistan cricketer Nasir Jamshed will go on trial in Britain on Tuesday accused of being part of an alleged spot-fixing bribery conspiracy in the Pakistan Super League.

Yousef Anwar, 36, and Mohammed Ijaz, 34, admitted Monday conspiring to offer bribes to professional cricketers, before a scheduled trial in Manchester, northwest England.

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The pair pleaded guilty to conspiring together between November 2016 and February 2017 to offer financial advantages to players in the Pakistan Super League, with the intention of inducing them to perform improperly by failing to play …

Martin To Skip Olympic Time-Trial To Focus On Worlds

November 28, 2019 4:20 pm

German cyclist Tony Martin is to skip the Olympics in Tokyo next year to focus on the world championships, the time-trial specialist told broadcaster MDR on Thursday.

The four-time world champion and 2012 Olympic silver medallist told the German radio station that he had made the decision after being told the Olympic time-trial course was “extremely difficult”.

“My manager went over there,” he said. “He described the course as extremely difficult.

“I am going to concentrate 100 percent on the world championships.”

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The 34-year-old won the championships in 2011, …

Medical Worker On Trial In Germany For Six Murders

November 26, 2019 1:16 pm
A Polish healthcare assistant accused of killing six people under his care with insulin overdoses went on trial in Germany on Tuesday.
The case has brought back memories of Niels Hoegel, a German nurse sentenced to life in prison earlier this year for murdering 85 patients.

The defendant on trial in Munich, who has been named by prosecutors only as Grzegorz Stanislaw W., 38, is also accused of three attempted murders.

The man had access to insulin because he has diabetes — unlike his patients. He has also been charged

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P&ID: Court Refuses To Grant Adjournment In Trial Of Briton

November 20, 2019 5:10 pm

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, overruled the British national, James Nolan, on his application for adjournment over inability of his counsel to prepare for his defence.

Justice Abang, who overruled Nolan, ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Counsel, Ekele Iheanacho, to call his first witness.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that EFCC had, on Oct. 21, arraigned Nolan and Adam Quinn (at large), both British nationals, over their alleged complicity in the 9.6 billion dollars judgment against Nigeria.

Process and Industrial Development (P&ID), an Irish engineering company, had secured the award …

Oil Marketer For Trial Dec 10 Over Dud Cheque

November 11, 2019 11:52 am

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State High Court, Ikeja has fixed December 10 for the trial an oil marketer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Oluokun, who was accused by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of allegedly issuing dud cheques valued at $1.6 million

Oluokun was arraigned on January 21, 2019 alongside his  oil firm, Peak Petroleum Industry Nigeria Limited, by EFCC on two counts charge.

EFCC in a charge marked ID/8509c/19, alleged that the defendant and his company, sometimes in 2014, approached the management of GOSL Nigeria Limited, for a loan of $1million and $666,666 respectively to enable them …

Sowore Meets Bail Conditions As Trial Continues

November 7, 2019 10:45 am
Convener of #RevolutionNow protest, Omoyele Sowore, has met the conditions set by the court for his bail. His counsel, Femi Falana (SAN), revealed this in court yesterday.
The Federal High Court had on October 4 granted Sowore and the second defendant, Olawale Bakare, bail on conditions they had applied to be varied because they considered them stringent.

While the defendants were expected to be released from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), the judge, however, denied an application for adjournment by Mr. Falana, ordering the continuation of trial.

The prosecution was then asked to call the first

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Nigerian ‘Sex Slavery’ Ring Goes On Trial In France

Nigerian ‘Sex Slavery’ Ring Goes On Trial In France

November 6, 2019 3:14 am
Twenty-four suspected members of a sex trafficking ring accused of forcing Nigerian women into prostitution in France go on trial Wednesday, the latest case to highlight the growing use of Nigerian migrants as sex slaves in Europe.

Nigeria was the main country of origin of the migrants arriving across the Mediterranean to Italy in 2016 and 2017, though their numbers have since dropped.

Many of the arrivals were women and girls lured to Europe with false promises of jobs as hairdressers or seamstresses, only to find themselves selling sex on arrival to repay their debts.

Nigerians now outnumber Chinese or

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Two Murder Suspects Awaiting Trial Escape From Jail

Two Murder Suspects Awaiting Trial Escape From Jail

November 4, 2019 12:05 pm

Two “dangerous” murder suspects escaped from a California jail on Sunday and remain on the loose, according to authorities.

Santos Fonseca, 21, and Jonathan Salazar, 20, were awaiting trial on unrelated murder charges when they bolted from the Monterey County Adult Detention Facility in Salinas.

“We need the public’s help to be on the lookout” for them, the sheriff’s office said in a statement on Sunday.

Fonseca is 5-foot-7 and 150 pounds, and Salazar is 5-foot-7 and 170 pounds, according to the sheriff’s office. Both have black hair and brown eyes, and have been in custody since 2018.

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