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Organisers of yesterday's March for Democracy in Auckland are confident their stand has made a difference to the debate over the government's response to referenda. Estimates of the turnout yesterday vary from around four to six thousand. Prime Minister...
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Baker was convicted in April of four counts of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated with ordinary negligence and a single count of driving under the influence causing injury with a special allegation of also causing the deaths of four passengers.
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Tulsa County jurors imposed a 15-year sentence in December upon finding Preston Plum guilty of first-degree manslaughter in the 2007 fatal shooting of Heather Garoutte of Tulsa. In accordance with that verdict, District Judge William Kellough sentenced...
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In 2002 there were several sniper shooting in D.C., VA and MD in a three week span. The victim total was up to ten before they were caught. The main suspect, John Allen Muhammad, and his accomplice, Lee Boyd Malvo, were apprehended and sentenced. ...
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An Englishman convicted in Dubai of having sex with a compatriot on a beach made a belated return home Wednesday, his lawyer said. Vince Acors, 34, received a three-month jail sentence after he was caught in flagrante with Michelle Palmer of Rutland,...
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Dubai resident M.P. was convicted in October of having sex with compatriot V.A., who was visiting the UAE. Both were sentenced to three months in prison and were fined Dh1,000. V.A. was re-arrested late on Monday as he prepared to board a flight to London,...
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Former senior defence official Theoneste Bagosora has been convicted of instigating Rwanda's 1994 genocide and sentenced to life in prison. Bagosora and two co-defendants were found by a UN tribunal to have led a committee that plotted the massacre of...
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A British woman who avoided a jail term after being convicted of having sex on a Dubai beach said today's ruling "proves our innocence". Michelle Palmer, 36, of Oakham, Rutland, was speaking after a judge quashed their three-month sentences....
A British couple convicted of having sex on a beach in Dubai had their three-month jail sentences suspended today, their lawyer said. Michelle Palmer, 36, of Oakham, Rutland, and Vince Acors, 34, of Bromley, south east London, were freed at Dubai's Court...
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The 34-year-old British male visitor, VA, and his 36-year-old compatriot female, MP, denied having consensual sex on Jumeirah beach and pleaded not guilty to committing public indecency when they appeared before the court yesterday but admitted to having...