Month: June 2010

We’re anxious to see how Chief Justice Zaila McCalla will rationalise the exercise of her discretion to entertain the application by lawyers representing Mr Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke, if only to assure ourselves that she hasn’t […] […]

LOS ANGELES — To a lay person watching the daily proceedings of the murder case against former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle, it might appear as if Mehserle’s defense team is slowly gaining an advantage […] […]

A FAMILY scandal that threatens to reduce Friday’s World Cup opening ceremony to a farce has erupted in the polygamous household of South African President Jacob Zuma. Just as Mr Zuma’s youngest and least popular […] […]

A serial mugger who repeatedly threatened to stab London Underground passengers has been jailed for five years. Adham Khan, 26, preyed on commuters on the District line, telling one: “I’m not in a good mood […] […]

War hero Kenneth Fishburn served in the world’s worst troublespots during a 25-year military career. But his life ended only 50 yards from his gate when he was shot by crazed Derrick Bird. Today his […] […]

A chef was jailed for life at the Old Bailey today for murdering his wife with a cast-iron griddle pan then hiding her body in a freezer for three years. Peter Wallner smashed wife Melanie […] […]