The jury of 5 men and 4 women took just over 7 hours to deliver their verdict to the packed courtroom, which included members of the defendant’s family and two friends. Burke stood accused of stabbing ferry steward Abraham Báez (24) during a drink-fuelled confrontation which was triggered by an argument between their respective girlfriends at around 6am on 30 April 2010. Read Article
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Benjamin Hawkins, charged in the death of a man Hawkins punched at a Las Vegas casino, testified Thursday that that anger played no role in his split-second decision. Instead, Hawkins told the courtroom he felt threatened by 46-year-old John Massie, whom he had exchanged words with at O’Sheas. Hawkins testified he feared for his safety […]
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A South Canterbury Road Knight was one of the men killed in a crash in Lindis Pass yesterday, which a tourist has been charged over. Grant John Roberts, 43, of Timaru, and Dennis Michael Pederson, 54, of Tauranga, died when their motorcycles collided with a southbound Nissan vehicle on State Highway 8, near Goodger Rd, […]
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Rebecca Blake and Conor McRedmond both denied charges of “breach of honour with consent” and committing “an indecent act in a taxi” when they appeared in court last month. They also pleaded guilty to a third charge related to consumption of alcohol in public. “The court sentenced them to jail for three months and deportation […]
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Nothing like this had ever happened at Ben-Gurion International Airport before: A routine customs inspection uncovered an attempt to smuggle two unmanned aerial vehicles into Israel. The incident began when a Jewish citizen of Mexico tried to go through the “nothing to declare” lane with three suitcases. Something in his behavior aroused the customs inspectors’ […]
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Professor Paul Frampton Professor from the University of North Carolina Standard.co.uk reported that a British scientist caught smuggling two kilos of cocaine at a South American airport has been jailed for almost five years. Professor Paul Frampton, 68, claimed he was duped into carrying the drugs in a honeytrap sting involving a glamour model. But […]
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NONG KHAI, Nov 12 – Four alleged smugglers, two Thais and two Lao nationals, were arrested in Thailand’s northeastern province of Nong Khai with exotic Siamese Rosewood in two pickup trucks. Provincial forest protection unit head Rasamee Nanthan in Nong Khai and local police confiscated three planks of Siamese rosewood 40 centimetres wide, 13 cm […]
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A tourist has admitted flicking his finger at a security guard at Dubai’s Irish Village while he was being arrested for assaulting the bouncer. The 24-year-old Brit pleaded guilty to making a rude gesture when he appeared before Dubai Court of Misdemeanours yesterday but he denied a charge of consuming alcohol. Read article
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Dubai: A Georgian visitor has confessed that he robbed from several flats Dh320,000 worth of jewellery that were hidden in his bicycle when he tried to travel out of Dubai. Prosecutors accused the 34-year-old visitor, A.J., and two suspects, who remain at large, of breaking and entering a number of flats across different areas in […]
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THREE British tourists appeared at Famagusta District Court yesterday in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 19-year-old British soldier during a nightclub brawl in Ayia Napa. Fusilier David Lee Collins from Manchester died minutes after being stabbed in the chest after a fight broke out early Sunday morning, and just hours before he was […]
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