A British teenager who has been jailed in Dubai over a holiday romance was cleared of rape – but still faces a year in a hellhole prison because his accuser was two weeks shy of her 18th birthday. Marcus Fakana says he enjoyed a holiday romance with the 17-year-old girl at the Hilton Dubai Palm…
Dominique Pelicot, who admitted to drugging and raping his wife for almost a decade and to inviting dozens of strangers to join him, was convicted on Thursday of aggravated rape and other charges and was sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison. The court also convicted the 50 other defendants, most of them on…
Away from a grim start to the league campaign, which was compounded by an abject defeat away to 10-man Kilmarnock on Sunday, Hearts had the chance to create European history against a club who were already eliminated from the competition. A victory would have sealed progression to the Conference League knockout stage, but another concerning…
Pacemaker Many people turned out at the vigil in Banbridge Hundreds of people have attended vigils held in Banbridge and Newry for County Down woman Karen Cummings, who died after being found injured at the weekend. Ms Cummings, a children’s nurse, was found unconscious with a serious head injury in Laurel Heights in Banbridge, on…
BBC Enforcement teams have been conducting raids on businesses suspected of employing people illegally A BBC investigation has found how, despite a national crackdown, Vietnamese migrants that have arrived in the country illegally are finding jobs in nail bars and evading detection by authorities. In a quiet suburb of Port Talbot, immigration enforcement officers are…
The proceedings came after a hearing in Pennsylvania to discuss Mr Mangione’s extradition back to New York where the shooting occurred. Five days after Mr Thompson, the UnitedHealthcare CEO, was shot and killed, Mr Mangione was arrested at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, with a fake ID and so-called “ghost gun”, police have said. During…
The Government has called for car giant Stellantis to review its plans to close Luton’s Vauxhall van factory. The move was confirmed by the Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds who has written to the company asking for it “pause” redundancies to enable more time for discussions “about options to keep the plant open”. The full letter…
Syria’s rebel leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has dismissed the online controversy over videos showing him gesturing to a young woman to cover her hair before he posed for a photo with her last week. The incident sparked criticism from both liberal and conservative commentators amid intense speculation about the county’s future direction after rebels swept to…
The older brother of Paul Pogba, former Manchester United midfielder, has been sentenced to a three year jail term, two years suspended, after being convicted of attempting to extort the French footballer. Mathias Pogba, who was also fined €20,000 (£16,500), will avoid time behind bars and instead serve one year wearing an electronic bracelet. Five…
Thirty-five children have been killed in a crush at a Christmas funfair in the south-west Nigerian city of Ibadan, with six others hospitalised, the police say. The organisers had promised to give cash handouts and also food but so many people turned up that there was a crush as they struggled to gain entry. Residents…
