Posts Tagged ‘trial-over’

Tymoshenko calls trial ‘lynching’

Friday, September 30th, 2011

Former Ukrainian PM Yulia Tymoshenko denounces her trial over alleged abuse of office as a “political lynching”, in a fiery closing statement.

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Ex-US baseball star Bonds guilty

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

Former US baseball star Barry Bonds is found guilty of obstruction of justice following a trial over whether he lied about having taken steroids.

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Bonds Guilty of Obstruction of Justice

Wednesday, April 13th, 2011

Barry Bonds was convicted of obstructing justice after a trial over whether he lied about taking steroids. But the jury failed to reach a verdict on other counts.

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‘Draconian’ Kashmir law condemned

Monday, March 21st, 2011

Up to 20,000 people in Indian-administered Kashmir have been detained without trial over the last two decades under a draconian Indian law, Amnesty International says.

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Japan’s Ozawa will not quit party

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

Ichiro Ozawa, a leading figure in Japan’s ruling DPJ, says he has refused a request from PM Naoto Kan that he leave the party while on trial over fundraising fraud allegations.

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‘Dark place’ fear for expenses MP

Monday, February 7th, 2011

A Labour MP tells jurors he was worried that a former colleague Jim Devine, on trial over his expenses, was “going into a dark place”.

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‘Dark place’ fear for expenses MP

MPs deny Devine expenses advice

Friday, February 4th, 2011

Two Labour MPs deny advising a colleague on trial over his expenses that he could make claims from one allowance to cover staffing costs.

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Ex-MP faces trial over expenses

Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011

Former Labour MP Jim Devine’s trial over his expenses claims is due to start at Southwark Crown Court.

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Ex-MP faces trial over expenses

Peer denies ‘amnesia’ on expenses

Wednesday, January 19th, 2011

A Conservative peer has denied “selective amnesia” over expenses advice given to a colleague on trial over his claims.

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Nephew shocked at peer’s expenses

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

A relative of a peer standing trial over his expenses tells the court he was shocked to learn his address had been used on claim forms.

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Mechanic guilty in Concorde crash

Monday, December 6th, 2010

A Continental Airlines mechanic was found guilty Monday in a trial over the Concorde crash that killed 113 people in 2000.

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Asbo OAP ‘too ill’ to face trial

Friday, October 29th, 2010

A judge rules that an 84-year-old pensioner is too ill to face a trial over claims she had breached an Asbo put in place to protect her neighbours from abuse.

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Kenya’s minister Ruto suspended

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

Kenya’s president suspends Higher Education Minister William Ruto, after a court rules he must stand trial over corruption allegations.

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Torn break-in case to go to trial

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

Rip Torn’s hopes of avoiding a trial over his arrest for breaking into a bank while carrying a gun are dashed by a judge in Connecticut.

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