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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 […] […]

A 4-month-old baby left alone in a vehicle was among more than 140 children abandoned at New Zealand casinos in the past four years. In most cases, parents and caregivers were found playing gaming machines, […] […]

CUMBRIA: Every time there is a national tragedy such as Derrick Bird’s gun rampage there is a natural tendency to search for specific reasons and urgent lessons. Both are hard to find in this case. […] […]

LONDON—The family of a taxi driver who killed 12 people including his twin brother in a shooting rampage in northern England said Sunday they had no clue what sparked his rampage. Derrick Bird, 52, killed […] […]

OAKLAND, Calif.—After the outcry, the lengthy legal wrangling and a controversial change of venue encompassing 18 months, jury selection in the trial of a white former San Francisco Bay Area transit police officer accused of […] […]