Tag: Jail
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Drama as suspect tells magistrate ‘You’re too young to send me to jail’
There was drama in a Zimbabwean court when a suspect threatened to assault a magistrate, Caroline Tafira, whom he felt, as a female magistrate, lacked the capacity to adjudicate his case. Tatenda Mkanganwi of Tabungaidzwa village, who is charged with sexual assault, flew into a rage, stormed out of the dock and had to be…
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Japan jail escapee nabbed after massive 3-week manhunt
A thief who fled an open jail in Japan sparking a high-profile manhunt involving some 15,000 officers was taken into custody on Monday, police said, more than three weeks after his escape. Tatsuma Hirao, 27, a “model” inmate who was serving time for multiple thefts, was arrested on a street near Hiroshima railway station in…
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Consume codeine illegally, go to jail – CPC
The Consumer Protection Council (CPC) has warned that illegal possession and consumption of codeine related drugs attracts severe sanctions. The council said in a statement that dispensing, possessing and consuming expectorants and cough syrups containing codeine and other illegal drugs was criminal and may subject offenders to apprehension, detention and prosecution. Mr Babatunde Irukera, the…
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Former South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, sentenced to 24 years in prison
A South Korean court has found former President Park Geun-hye guilty on multiple counts of abuse of power, bribery and coercion and sentenced her to 24 years in prison. Park’s conviction brings to close a corruption scandal which gripped South Korea, upending the country’s politics and implicating some of the country’s most powerful figures. “The…
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N6bn fraud: Ex-MD, Rural Electrification Agency, Gekpe others bag 3 year jail terms
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting at Gudu, Abuja on Thursday sentenced a former Managing Director of Rural Electrification Agency, Engr Samuel Ibi Gekpe to three years imprisonment for criminal breach of trust, and misappropriation of funds in excess of N6 billion meant for rural electrification projects under his agency. Also…
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Making phone calls at filling stations can land you in jail – Police
The police have said that making phone calls at filling stations is a criminal offence which could land the offender in jail. The Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, stated that an offender could be prosecuted and jailed for attempted arson. He noted that police officers have the authority to arrest anyone found making phone…
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Man bags 12-years in jail for raping, fathering 8 of daughter’s children
An Argentine man, Domingo Bulacio, 57, who repeatedly raped his daughter, fathering eight children with her while she was his sex slave for 22 years, has been jailed for 12 years and eight months. The serial rapist was sentenced on Wednesday for multiple sex crimes by three judges at a court in the northern city…
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Abuse naira, spend six months in jail, CBN warns Nigerians
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Friday warned Nigerians against abusing the naira notes. The apex bank said that anyone caught abusing the naira would be prosecuted and if convicted the person risked six months in jail fine of N50, 000. An official of the Currency Operation Department of the CBN in Abuja, Mr.…
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Man, 44, jailed 3 years for stealing church drums
For breaking into a church and stealing a set of drums valued at N75,000, a 44-year-old man, Prosper Onaka, is to spend the next three years in prison, an Ogun court ruled on Monday. An Ota Magistrates’ Court ordered that Prosper Onaka should be sent to jail for three years for breaking into a church…
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Tax fraud: Messi escapes jail term, as court rules he pays €252,000 fine instead
Lionel Messi and his father saw their suspended prison sentences for tax fraud reduced to fines by a Barcelona court on Friday. The pair had been convicted of hiding image rights royalties in offshore accounts and had been given suspended jail terms of 21 and 15 months. Messi will pay 252,000 euros ($287,000) and his…