Day: 7 May 2024

Rwanda scheme legal challenge: Charity preparing action – BBC News

Posted May 7th, 2024 in asylum, charities, deportation, news, Rwanda, torture, trafficking in human beings by tracey

‘One of the UK’s leading organisations helping victims of torture and trafficking is preparing legal action over the government’s Rwanda plan.’

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BBC News, 4th May 2024

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Judge unmasks three teenagers who killed schoolboy at 16th birthday house party – The Independent

Posted May 7th, 2024 in identification, murder, news, offensive weapons, sentencing, young offenders by tracey

‘Three teenagers who killed a promising young rapper after bringing a knife to a girl’s 16th birthday party can be identified for the first time.’

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The Independent, 4th May 2024

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eBay vendor jailed over lucrative skin bleaching cream scam as ministers urged to clamp down – The Independent

Posted May 7th, 2024 in consumer protection, electronic commerce, health & safety, news, sentencing, standards, suspended sentences by tracey

‘Campaigners are calling for tighter restrictions on the sale of toxic skin-lightening products as an eBay seller has been jailed for selling over 20,000 bottles of the illegal goods.’

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The Independent, 6th May 2024

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Majority verdicts facilitated 56 miscarriages of justice in England and Wales, charity says – The Guardian

Posted May 7th, 2024 in juries, miscarriage of justice, news by tracey

‘At least 56 miscarriages of justice have occurred in cases in England and Wales where the jury was split, according to a charity, which says jury unanimity should be reintroduced to safeguard against wrongful criminal convictions.’

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The Guardian, 7th May 2024

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