Harry Maguire’s assault conviction will ‘hang over his head’ for up to three years

Harry Maguire could have to wait up to three years before an appeal against his assault conviction is heard in the Greek courts as the footballer tries to clear his name. Stavroula Tomara, a leading criminal rights attorney in Athens, said the process would take at least 12 months and could last as long as … Read more

Harry Maguire maintains innocence and will appeal conviction

England and Manchester Untied star Harry Maguire has today maintained his innocence and said he will appeal against his conviction after attacking and trying to bribe Greek police. Maguire, 27, was given a 21-month suspended sentence after being found guilty of assault following his arrest after a brawl last week on the Greek island of … Read more

Rapper’s conviction for killing Holby City actor’s daughter Louella Fletcher-Michie is overturned

A rapper jailed for killing the daughter of a Holby City actor with party drugs saw his manslaughter conviction quashed at the Court of Appeal today. Ceon Broughton, 31, supplied John Michie’s daughter Louella Fletcher-Michie, who was his girlfriend, with the hallucinogenic intoxicant 2-CP at Bestival in Dorset. But his conviction was overturned after his … Read more

Rapper has his conviction overturned for killing woman with party drugs

Rapper has his conviction overturned for killing Holby City actor’s daughter with party drugs at Bestival By Mark Duell for MailOnline Published: 11:17 BST, 18 August 2020 | Updated: 11:17 BST, 18 August 2020 Rapper Ceon Broughton has had his conviction for the manslaughter of his girlfriend Louella Fletcher-Michie, who died after taking the drug … Read more

Kim Kardashian is praised by rapper C-Murder in trying to reverse his life sentence in conviction

C-Murder, the brother of Master P, took to Instagram on Monday to thank Kim Kardashian for her efforts to reverse his 2009 life sentence in his conviction over the 2002 murder of a 16-year-old at a New Orleans club. Kardashian, 39 – a force in the world of criminal justice reform – has focused her … Read more

Birmingham woman has manslaughter conviction for stabbing partner 12 times quashed by Appeal Court

Girlfriend’s conviction for killing her partner by stabbing him 12 times in frenzied knife attack is quashed by Appeal Court judges Olivia Labinjo-Halcrow stabbed Gary Cunningham 12 times in February 2019 Acquitted of murder but guilty of manslaughter at Birmingham Crown Court But Court of Appeal has quashed 18-year sentence concluding it to be ‘unsafe’ Judges said burden of … Read more

Car thefts are soaring with 300 cases every day – but just 0.6% end with a conviction

At least 300 cars are stolen in Britain every day – but only 0.6 per cent of the thefts result in convictions. Police said 106,291 vehicles were taken last year, a rise of 50 per cent in six years, according to the Office of National Statistics. But the Ministry of Justice said only 666 offenders … Read more

Police officers’ son has driving conviction quashed after killing two pedestrians in father’s Audi

A teenager who knocked down and killed two people with his father’s Audi has had his conviction and jail sentence for driving while disqualified quashed. Max Coopey, 19, killed father-of-three Jason Imi, 48, and John Shackley, 61, as they were walking back from dinner in Ascot, Berkshire in August 2018. The boy, then aged 17, … Read more

Mark Wahlberg SLAMMED on social media over past hate crime conviction in assault on Asian man

Mark Wahlberg SLAMMED on social media over past hate crime conviction in assault on Asian man … after posting George Floyd memorial urging, ‘We must all work together to fix this problem’ Police in 1988 said Actor, then 16, used racial slurs in assault on two Vietnamese-American men  Wahlberg took to social media with memorial … Read more

Hatton Garden raider ‘Basil the Ghost’ loses Court of Appeal bid to overturn conviction

Brian Reader  Brian Reader  ‘Career criminal’ Brian Reader was known as ‘the Guv’nor’ and was a partner in crime of notorious gangland figure Kenneth Noye – despite the fact the pair were like ‘chalk and cheese’. Reader was the oldest of the gang and he even travelled to the robbery on a bus using a … Read more