A student who was mistakenly given £850,000 instead of her usual £85 monthly university food grant and blew £50,000 of it in under three months has been spared jail.
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HIPPOCRATIC OATH: Doctor Charged For Murder For Poisoning Wife
A former medical resident Doctor at Mayo Clinic in Minnesota is charged with fatally poisoning his wife, a 32-year-old pharmacist who died days after she went to a hospital in August with stomach distress.
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KENYA: Police Arrest Fake Lawyer Who Won 26 Court Cases
A man accused of practising law without qualifications has been taken into custody by Kenyan police maintaining his innocence.
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UK: Family Sues Train Company After 4-year-old Loses Toe On Station’s Escalator
The family of a boy who lost two of his toes after his foot got jammed between a step and the side of an escalator at London Bridge station is suing Network Rail.
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UK: Crime Agency Charge Nigeria’s Ex Minister Alison-Madueke Bribery
UK’s leading anti- organized crime agency NCA has charged Nigeria’s former oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke on suspicion of accepting financial rewards for awarding multi-million-dollar oil and gas contracts.
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UK: Madagascar President’s Aide In Court For Bribe Solicitation
The chief-of-staff to President Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar is facing charges in the UK for seeking a bribe from a gem mining firm.
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SELECTIVE POLICING: NYPD Traffic Cop Sues Over ‘Get Out Of Jail’ Card
A New York police traffic officer is under fire for suing the department over unofficial ‘get-out-of-jail’ free cards issued to friends and family of some officers to get them off traffic offence lightly.
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NAMIBIA: Supreme Court Same-Sex Ruling Unsettles Political Class
A ground-breaking decision by the Namibian Supreme Court to recognize same-sex marriages solemnized outside the country appears to have united religious and political leaders around anti-gay sentiment towards the verdict.
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SPITTING IMAGE: Lawyer Who Spat On BLM Protester Chose Jail Over Probation Deal’
A white Wisconsin lawyer who spat at a black teen during a Black Lives Matter protest rejected a deal of a year of probation with 100 hours of community service, saying she’d “rather go to jail.”
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UK: Woman Jailed For Pouring Hot Water On ‘Love Rival’
A woman who poured boiling water over her friend and recorded the attack on her mobile phone has been jailed for three years.
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