French jihadist linked to Charlie Hebdo attackers sentenced to life imprisonment

French jihadist linked to Charlie Hebdo attackers sentenced to life imprisonment

A French jihadist close to the brothers behind the 2015 massacre at satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment. Peter Cherif, 42, had been on trial in Paris since mid-September for “belonging to a criminal terrorist association” while fighting for Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen from 2011 to … Read more

Two sentenced to death by POCSO court in Rajasthan court for raping, burning alive minor girl

Two sentenced to death by POCSO court in Rajasthan court for raping, burning alive minor girl

Image used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters A POCSO court in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district on Monday awarded death sentence to two men for raping and burning alive a minor girl in a coal furnace last year. “Kalu and Kanha were awarded death penalty by the court,” Special Public Prosecutor Mahaveer Singh Kishnawat … Read more

Whorlton Hall: Four carers sentenced for abusing hospital patients

Whorlton Hall: Four carers sentenced for abusing hospital patients

She said many Whorlton Hall patients were “wholly dependent on professional support”, and added: “For each of those sentenced today, it was clear from the evidence in this case that there were occasions where the care they provided was not only devoid of the appropriate respect and kindness required, but also crossed the line into … Read more

Former MLA Vijay Mishra sentenced to 15-year imprisonment in rape case

Former MLA Vijay Mishra sentenced to 15-year imprisonment in rape case

A Bhadohi court in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday sentenced 15-year jail term to former four time MLA Vijay Mishra in a rape case. The court held the former MLA guilty under section 376 -2(N) (commits rape repeatedly on the same woman) and criminal intimidation of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) . This is the third … Read more

Man sentenced to 20 years in jail for sexually assaulting minor

Man sentenced to 20 years in jail for sexually assaulting minor

Additional District and Sessions Court (PoCSO) in Kalaburagi has sentenced S.K. Salim, a resident of Sonia Gandhi Colony in Kalaburagi, to 20 years imprisonment for repeatedly raping a minor girl on the promise of marrying her. As per details shared by Shantaveer B. Tuppad, public prosecutor in the case, the accused lured the girl on … Read more