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Ethiopia: Plea in Smithsonian parking lot theft

Source: washington.cbslocal A former parking manager at the Smithsonian’s Udvar-Hazy Air and Space annex in Chantilly has pleaded guilty to stealing roughly $1.4 million in parking fees. Thirty-three-year-old Abeselom Hailemariam pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Alexandria. He’s is … read more »

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Man admits Ethiopian’s dragging death

Pietermaritzburg – An Ethiopian salesman was dragged by his neck tied to a car after a gang overpowered him the Pietermaritzburg High Court heard on Monday. Siyabonga Mtshali, 24, pleaded guilty to the murder, aggravated robbery and kidnapping of Thomas … read more »

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Nigeria: Pension thief, Yusufu, slumps in court

The convicted pension thief had a fit and eventually slumped in court. The convicted pension thief, John Yusufu, slumped in the court room as trial commenced on Monday. The lawyer to the accused, Theodore Maiyaki, had appealed to the court … read more »

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Nigeria police pension Chief who stole $145M pays $14,000 fine to avoid jail

ABUJA, Nigeria –  A court in Nigeria has sentenced a man who once helped oversee the nation’s police pension to two years in prison over the theft of $145 million from the fund. However, he has avoided serving any time … read more »

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South Africa: ‘I didn’t kill Dewani’

A man accused of shooting Swedish honeymooner Anni Dewani pleaded not guilty to killing her as his murder trial opened in a South African court on Wednesday. Xolile Mngeni denied charges of murder, kidnapping, robbery and illegal possession of a … read more »

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Ex-Nigeria governor James Ibori jailed for 13 years

A British court has jailed a former governor of Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta state for 13 years for fraud and money-laundering. James Ibori pleaded guilty in a London court in February to fraud and money-laundering. He was accused of stealing $250 … read more »

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Nigerian politician pleaded guilty to financial crime

London – A former governor of Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta state has pleaded guilty in London to charges of money-laundering and conspiring to defraud. James Ibori entered his plea on Monday at Southwark Crown Court. He is to be sentenced on … read more »

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Nigerian born underwear bomber seeks lesser sentence than life

A lawyer for the Nigerian man who pleaded guilty to trying to blow up a U.S. jumbo passenger jet on Christmas Day in 2009 urged a federal judge on Monday not to sentence him to spend the rest of his … read more »

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Mother, 35, ‘had sex with her daughter’s underage friends on dozens of occasions’

A mother is facing up to 80 years in jail after being accused of having sex with two of her daughter’s male teenage friends. Tessa Gay, 35, is also alleged to have played sexually charged game of ping pong with … read more »

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Somali pirate leader gets life

Norfolk – A former Somali police officer has been sentenced to life in prison for his role as a leader in the hijacking of a yacht that left all four Americans on board dead. Mohamud Hirs Issa Ali was sentenced … read more »

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Dewani murder features in stalker case

Cape Town – The honeymoon murder of Anni Dewani prompted British photojournalist Shumsheer Singh Ghumman to travel to South Africa, the Cape Town Regional Court heard on Monday. Ghumman faced charges of fraud, incitement to commit murder, attempted murder and … read more »

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Uganda convicts two for 2010 bombing

Kampala – Uganda on Wednesday convicted two men who pleaded guilty for their role in July 2010 bomb attacks that killed at least 76 people, the region’s worst attacks in more than a decade. Edris Nsubuga, a Ugandan, on Tuesday … read more »

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Two Somali pirates get life in prison for U.S. yacht hijacking that left four Americans dead

Two Somali men were sentenced to life in prison today for their roles in the hijacking of a yacht off the coast of Africa that left all four Americans on board dead. Ali Abdi Mohamed, 30, and Burhan Abdirahman Yusuf, … read more »

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US man pleads guilty to aiding Somali militants

A U.S. man pleaded guilty on Monday to providing material support to a militant group that recruited young men of Somali descent to fight in Somalia, at least two of whom blew themselves up in attacks. Omer Abdi Mohamed, 26, … read more »

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Jail HIV man over unprotected sex – victims

A VICTIM of an HIV-positive Sudanese refugee who endangered women’s lives by having unprotected sex says he should be jailed for his chilling indifference. John Choul Chan, 42, from Findon in Adelaide’s north-west, has pleaded guilty to endangering the lives … read more »

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Malawi rapture man pleads guilty

Blantyre – A Malawian man has pleaded guilty to circulating false documents, after distributing leaflets predicting the end of the world would happen last month, a court official said on Sunday. Saduki Mwambene, a 39-year-old bicycle repairman, was arrested on … read more »

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Pastor rapes to teach a lesson

A STRICT stepfather and self-styled pastor has pleaded guilty in the Port Elizabeth High Court to a charge of rape – to show his teenage stepdaughter “what it was like to be raped.” The man, from Kamesh, is not identified … read more »

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10th Somali pirate pleads guilty to yacht hijacking

WASHINGTON — A tenth Somali man arrested on charges related to the hijacking of a yacht off the coast of Oman in February pleaded guilty Thursday to piracy charges for the attack that left four Americans dead, US prosecutors said. … read more »

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Two Somali Men Plead Guilty to Piracy in US Court

Two Somali men pleaded guilty to piracy Wednesday in a U.S. court for their roles in the highjacking of a yacht that left four Americans dead. Ahmed Sala Ali Burle told authorities in Norfolk, Virginia he tried to stop the … read more »

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Fourth Somali pirate pleads guilty

Norfolk – A fourth Somali man pleaded guilty on Monday to piracy for his role in the hijacking of a yacht that left four Americans dead, striking a deal with prosecutors that resulted in him identifying which men fired at … read more »

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‘Rape is rape? It’s not’

British Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke was on Wednesday battling to save his job after suggesting there was a distinction between “serious rape” and other forms of the crime. The former shadow finance minister was taking part in a BBC radio … read more »

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Lindsay Lohan: ‘You are going to jail’

Lindsay Lohan has been told she will be going to jail if she accepts a plea bargain for her grand theft felony charge.   The troubled actress appeared at a Los Angeles courthouse today (23 February) for a hearing focusing … read more »

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South Africa: ‘I killed Shongweni six’

Hours after a second suspect in the Shongweni massacre was shot dead by police, his 23-year-old alleged accomplice dramatically changed tack in the Pinetown Magistrate’s Court yesterday. Surprising his lawyer and the prosecution, who had prepared themselves for a bail … read more »

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Guantanamo Canadian to serve 8 more years in prison

A U.S. war crimes tribunal on Sunday sentenced Canadian captive Omar Khadr to 40 years in prison for charges that included murdering an American soldier in battle, but his plea agreement capped his sentence at eight years. That means the … read more »

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Omar Khadr pleads guilty to war crimes

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba – Years of political hand-wringing over Guantanamo Bay’s youngest and only remaining western inmate appeared close to an end Monday as Canada’s Omar Khadr pleaded guilty to war-crimes charges in the death of a U.S. special forces … read more »

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Khadr says he will give any book, movie profits to Ottawa

Image via Wikipedia Omar Khadr has told the United States he would give the Canadian government profits from book and movie deals based on any crimes he confesses when he appears before a U.S. military commission today, Postmedia News has … read more »

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Abbotsford man sentenced to 55 years in jail for killing stepdaughter

SHELTON, Washington — An Abbotsford man was sentenced to more than 55 years in a U.S. prison Friday for slashing the throat of his five-year-old stepdaughter while vacationing in Washington State over the summer. Peter James Wilson pleaded guilty in … read more »

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