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Under-fire London police face 'rotten apple' protest
AFP, Published on 20/01/2023
» LONDON: Campaigners on Friday dumped a basket of 1,071 rotten apples outside the headquarters of Britain's biggest police force, in protest at officers accused of domestic abuse and violence against women and girls.
Serial rapist sacked from London police
AFP, Published on 17/01/2023
» LONDON: A British police officer who admitted being a serial rapist was formally sacked on Tuesday, as the government called on forces across the country to root out the criminal and corrupt in their ranks.
Jury in trial of France's Mendy retires to consider verdicts
AFP, Published on 05/12/2022
» CHESTER (UNITED KINGDOM) - The jury in the UK trial of France footballer Benjamin Mendy retired on Monday to consider its verdicts against the Manchester City star in the long-running case.
Cosby: from US cultural icon to convicted sex offender
AFP, Published on 27/04/2018
» NORRISTOWN (UNITED STATES) - From US cultural icon blazing past racial barriers to convicted sex offender: Thursday's guilty verdict will now likely see Bill Cosby, "America's Dad," swap a life of wealth and privilege for prison.
Con man versus pathological liar? Closings at Cosby trial
AFP, Published on 25/04/2018
» NORRISTOWN (UNITED STATES) - A con man who exploited his fame as "America's Dad" to betray women's trust by drugging and sexually assaulting them, or a misguided married man hoodwinked by a money-grabbing, pathological liar?
Defence urges US jury to acquit Bill Cosby
AFP, Published on 25/04/2018
» NORRISTOWN, United States: Bill Cosby's lawyers Tuesday urged a US jury to acquit the disgraced star of alleged sexual assault and save him from "ruin," savaging the case against him in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era.
Cosby sexual assault US retrial gets underway
AFP, Published on 10/04/2018
» NORRISTOWN (UNITED STATES) - Disgraced US megastar Bill Cosby paid $3.38 million to a former university employee who accuses him of sexual assault, his retrial heard Monday in a dramatic revelation in a lengthy prosecution opening statement.
NZ to pay record amount to wrongfully convicted man
Published on 15/06/2016
» WELLINGTON - New Zealand's government on Wednesday agreed to pay a record amount to a 41-year-old man who spent more than 20 years in prison for a rape and murder he did not commit.
Belgian serial rapist 'will not be euthanized'
AFP, Published on 06/01/2015
» A serial rapist and murderer who had won the right to die under Belgium's controversial euthanasia laws will not now be put to death following fresh medical advice, authorities said Tuesday.
Why are marauding, evil clowns wreaking havoc in France?
AFP, Published on 29/10/2014
» PARIS - Evil, armed clowns sow terror as part of an eerie trend that spreads from city to city: while this may sound like Hollywood's latest horror blockbuster, it's real and happening in France.