Michael Gove guilty of standards breach over football match VIP hospitality | Michael Gove

Michael Gove breached standards rules by failing to register hospitality he enjoyed with a Conservative donor whose company was awarded personal protective equipment contracts during the Covid pandemic, parliament’s sleaze watchdog has found. The housing secretary was placed under investigation last month after the Guardian reported that he failed to register hospitality he received at… Continue reading Michael Gove guilty of standards breach over football match VIP hospitality | Michael Gove

Sheriff pleads guilty to groping TV’s Judge Glenda Hatchett during law enforcement conference

A Georgia sheriff pleaded guilty Monday to groping TV Judge Glenda Hatchett, who recalled being so stunned that she froze when the lawman grabbed and squeezed her breast at a hotel bar last year during a law enforcement conference. Bleckley County Sheriff Kristopher Coody pleaded guilty in Cobb County State Court to a misdemeanor charge… Continue reading Sheriff pleads guilty to groping TV’s Judge Glenda Hatchett during law enforcement conference

Nigerian brothers plead not guilty in sextortion case linked to suicide of Michigan high school athlete

MARQUETTE, Mich. — Two Nigerian brothers pleaded not guilty Thursday to sexually extorting teenage boys and young men in Michigan and across the country in a scheme that authorities say prompted the suicide last year of a 17-year-old Michigan high school student.  Samuel Ogoshi, 22, and Samson Ogoshi, 20, of Lagos, Nigeria, entered the pleas… Continue reading Nigerian brothers plead not guilty in sextortion case linked to suicide of Michigan high school athlete

Nurse who wrote she was ‘evil’ found guilty of murdering 7 babies

LONDON — A neonatal nurse who wrote a note describing herself as “evil,” was on Friday found guilty of murdering 7 babies and attempting to kill 6 others.  Lucy Letby, 33, was accused of harming poisoning the infants with insulin, physically assaulting them, injecting air into their bloodstreams and stomachs and overfeeding them with milk,… Continue reading Nurse who wrote she was ‘evil’ found guilty of murdering 7 babies

Prosecutors seek 27 to 33 years in prison for Proud Boys guilty of seditious conspiracy

WASHINGTON — Federal prosecutors are seeking sentences of 27 to 33 years in federal prison in the cases of four Proud Boys found guilty of seditious conspiracy for their actions during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and 20 years for a fifth Proud Boy found guilty on other charges. Enrique Tarrio, Joseph Biggs, Ethan… Continue reading Prosecutors seek 27 to 33 years in prison for Proud Boys guilty of seditious conspiracy

Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston found not guilty of concealing his father’s child sex crimes

Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston was ruled not guilty Thursday of an Australian charge of concealing his father’s child sex crimes. Houston, 69, was the Sydney-based church’s senior global pastor when police charged him two years ago with concealing a serious indictable offense. He resigned from his church roles months later. Sydney Magistrate Gareth Christofi… Continue reading Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston found not guilty of concealing his father’s child sex crimes

New Zealand jury finds mom guilty of killing 3 young daughters

WELLINGTON — A New Zealand jury on Wednesday found a mother guilty of murdering her three young daughters in a case that shocked the nation. Lauren Dickason, 42, had earlier admitted killing her 2-year-old twin daughters Maya and Karla, and their 6-year-old sister Lianè, at their home in the town of Timaru nearly two years… Continue reading New Zealand jury finds mom guilty of killing 3 young daughters

Former top FBI agent pleads guilty to working for Russian oligarch

The FBI’s former top spy catcher in New York pleaded guilty on Tuesday to conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions by taking money from Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska in exchange for information on a rival.  Charles McGonigal, former assistant special agent in charge of counterintelligence at the FBI’s New York office, told the court he received… Continue reading Former top FBI agent pleads guilty to working for Russian oligarch

Mar-a-Lago Property Manager Pleads Not Guilty In Trump Docs Case

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos De Oliveira pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to scheming with Donald Trump to try to delete security footage sought by investigators probing the former president’s hoarding of classified documents. An attorney for De Oliveira entered the plea on his behalf during a brief hearing in the… Continue reading Mar-a-Lago Property Manager Pleads Not Guilty In Trump Docs Case

Trump property manager pleads not guilty in classified documents case

WASHINGTON — Carlos De Oliveira, the Mar-a-Lago property manager charged in the Trump classified documents case, pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Florida federal court. De Oliveira and his attorney, Donnie Murrell, entered a plea of not guilty at around 10 a.m. ET in the Fort Pierce courthouse. Murrell waived a formal reading of the indictment… Continue reading Trump property manager pleads not guilty in classified documents case