Search results for ‘Family Court’
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Victim’s 36-day court ordeal as abuser sentenced
The 36-day ordeal of a victim of sexual abuse raises fresh questions over the treatment of vulnerable victims as her abuser is jailed for 13 years.
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Britain’s courts ‘endanger’ domestic violence victims
Victims of domestic abuse are being put back in harms way by the courts, sometimes because of simple administrative errors. Campaigners now want a change in the law to give victims better protection.
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Jade family ‘disgusted’ as dog attack owner is spared jail
The owner of four dogs that savaged a 14-year-old girl to death receives a 16-week suspended jail sentence after admitting causing suffering to the animals.
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Family divided across Atlantic by ‘inhumane’ migration rules
Ahead of a Tory MP-led Commons debate on new family migration rules, Channel 4 News speaks to a family divided across the Atlantic – and a mother forced to miss her son’s first day at school.
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Could Mafia boss walk free from court?
A wanted Mafia boss found living in suburbia west of London could walk free on Friday because of legal problems with the warrant for his arrest.
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Met’s Tomlinson apologies mark final chapter for family
The Metropolitan police has finally apologised – not once but four times – to the family of Ian Tomlinson, who was unlawfully killed during the London G20 protests in 2009.
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‘I miss my family,’ says asylum seeker
The court of appeal quashes the convictions of five asylum seekers said to have used false passports to travel to the UK. Simon Israel has been hearing from one of those wrongly convicted.
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Ukrainian in court over terror murder and mosque blasts
A Ukrainian man appears in court, charged with the terror-related murder of an elderly Muslim walking home from a mosque and three mosque explosions.
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Russian court finds dead lawyer guilty of tax fraud
Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky might be dead – but that hasn’t stopped a Moscow court from finding him guilty of tax evasion in the country’s first posthumous trial.
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Pistorius in court as murder trial postponed to August
“Blade Runner” athlete Oscar Pistorius appears briefly at a pre-trial hearing in Pretoria, where the magistrate sets 19 August as the date for his trial for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp.
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Michael Adebowale in court charged with Lee Rigby murder
Woolwich suspect Michael Adebowale leaves court in police custody after he was charged late on Wednesday with the street murder of Drummer Lee Rigby a week ago.
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Lee Rigby family say ‘goodnight fallen soldier’
“Rest in peace, Lee. We loved you so much. You will always be our hero.” The family of the man murdered in the street in Woolwich, south east London, speak of their grief for the first time.
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April Jones murder trial: court hears of ‘sexual motive’
Mark Bridger, the former abattoir worker accused of abducting and murdering schoolgirl April Jones, had “a clear interest in child pornography and in child murder cases”, a court hears.
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Gay marriage: US Supreme Court hears historic cases
Two cases, two potentially historic rulings on the future of gay rights. Should same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry – and equal protection under the law?
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Brooks and Coulson in court over bribery charges
Former News of the World editors Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson appear in court in London on bribery charges.
