A Washington state man accused of beating his girlfriend to death at a Hawaii resort has pleaded guilty. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser ( http://bit.ly/MBssCz) reports prosecutors say 46-year-old Philip Howard Zimmerman pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder, kidnapping and criminal property damage. Read article
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A 61-year-old Australian was arrested yesterday after illegally entering Ancient Olympia. According to sources, the woman had wanted to photograph the site at sunrise and crossed over the fence at around 6 a.m. She was spotted by a guard assuming the early morning shift. Read article
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Ryan Goodman, 19, was sent to a juvenile detention centre by a court in Spain last week pending trial after admitting that his brother, Michael, had died accidentally during an argument outside their home in February last year.He told police that they had been arguing over a “stupid matter” when he pushed Michael against the […]
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The Briton was caught, along with a Syrian man, trying to sell 20 grammes of marijuana to a local police officer for 1,500 dirhams, Abu Dhabi criminal court was told. , Neither of the men has been named, but they were aged 21 and 19 respectively.The men’s mothers were in court, according to local newspaper […]
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MIDTOWN — Fire marshals have arrested a Norwegian tourist for allegedly starting two fires at the New Yorker Hotel in Midtown on Tuesday. In a statement, fire officials said Tore Brox, 29, allegedly started two separate fires — one in a hallway and the other on a housekeeping cart — on the 20th floor of […]
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Lianne Smith, 45, a former child protection worker, faces up to 34 years in prison after she was found unanimously guilty by a jury of nine at the Provincial Court in Girona on Thursday. She remained expressionless with her hands on her lap as the foreman read out the verdicts. Read article
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Rebecca Blake, 29, and Conor McRedmond were arrested and held for five days accused of having sex outside marriage and being drunk in a public place which are both criminal offences in the Islamic state. It is believed Miss Blake, a recruitment consultant, met Mr McRedmond at an all-you-can-drink event at the The Irish Village […]
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DUBAI: A tourist who forged a passport to fraudulently acquire a credit card was today sentenced to a year in jail. However, the Dubai Criminal Court cleared the 33-year-old Briton AA of using the card to buy two Rolex watches worth a total of Dh137,150 and jewellery worth Dh40,250.
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Jaipur, Jun 19 (PTI) A Slovakian national was arrested for being found in illegal possession of a satellite phone here. Slovakian Peter Hammer was arrested yesterday by local police on a tip-off by intelligence agencies that a satellite phone was activated in Adarsh Nagar locality on June 16, following which the police was able to […]
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A British woman has been arrested after driving into a Guardia Civil patrol car while drunk. Read Article
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