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Aristocrat, Boyfriend Get 14 Years in Baby's Death

British couple went on the run after secret birth

(Newser) - A British aristocrat and her boyfriend were sentenced to 14 years in prison on Monday for killing their newborn through negligence while on the run from authorities. Constance Marten, 38, and her boyfriend, Mark Gordon, 51, a convicted sex offender, were sentenced Monday after being found guilty of gross negligence...

Combs Convicted of Prostitution Charge, Cleared of Racketeering

Music mogul could still face up to a decade in prison as jury returns a mixed result

(Newser) - Sean "Diddy" Combs was convicted of a prostitution-related offense but acquitted Wednesday of sex trafficking and racketeering charges that could have put one of hip-hop's most celebrated figures behind bars for life. The mixed result came on the third day of deliberations, reports the AP . It could still...

Fake Flight Attendant Boarded Dozens of Planes
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Fake Flight Attendant Boarded Dozens of Planes

DOJ says 6-year scheme allowed Tiron Alexander, 35, to fly for free

(Newser) - A Florida man managed to fly free on dozens of flights by pretending to be a flight attendant—a scheme that has now landed him a federal conviction and the prospect of decades in prison. Tiron Alexander, 35, was found guilty on Thursday of wire fraud and unlawfully entering...

2 Convicted of Cover-Up in Fatal Crash Involving Red Bull Heir

Thai court find ex-prosecutors guilty for shielding Vorayuth Yoovidhya after accident that killed a cop

(Newser) - A Thai court convicted and sentenced on Tuesday two former prosecutors in connection with a cover-up of a 2012 Ferrari crash involving an heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune that killed a police officer. Former Deputy Attorney General Nate Naksuk and former prosecutor Chainarong Sangthongaram were sentenced to...

Dominique Pelicot Guilty in Mass Rape of Wife

Gisele Pelicot's ex gets 20 years, the maximum sentence in France; 50 other men also convicted

(Newser) - The rape trial that has stunned France, and the world, has come to a close: It's a guilty verdict for Dominique Pelicot , accused of drugging and raping his wife, Gisele Pelicot , and inviting dozens of others to do the same over a span of years. CNN reports that on...

Ballerina Hears Her Fate in 'Black Swan' Murder Case


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'Black Swan' Trial Ends With 20-Year Sentence

Former ballerina Ashley Benefield was convicted in the shooting death of her estranged husband

(Newser) - A woman convicted of killing her estranged husband in a high-profile Florida murder in 2020 has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, reports NBC News . Ashley Benefield, a former ballerina, faced a maximum sentence of 30 years after her manslaughter conviction. She claimed it was self-defense.

He Stole His Wife's Passport, Then Stranded Her in Sudan

Australian man is first in Victoria state to be convicted for 'exit trafficking'

(Newser) - In September 2014, Australian Mohamed Ahmed Omer booked a one-month family vacation from Melbourne to Sudan with his wife and two young children—except once in Sudan, he took the kids, and his wife's various forms of identification, and fled back to Australia without her, essentially stranding her in...

Ex-Louisville Cop Found Guilty in Breonna Taylor Case

Brett Hankison's conviction is first conviction of a police officer involved in deadly Kentucky raid

(Newser) - A federal jury on Friday convicted a former Kentucky police detective of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during a botched 2020 drug raid that left her dead. The 12-member jury returned the late-night verdict after clearing Brett Hankison earlier in the evening on a charge that he used excessive...

'One-Time Hero to Election Deniers' Is Going to Jail

Ex-county clerk Tina Peters gets 9 years

(Newser) - The former clerk of a Colorado county who tampered with voting machines was on Thursday sentenced to nine years behind bars. Tina Peters, who messed with the machines in an unsuccessful attempt to show the 2020 presidential election had been rigged against Donald Trump, was at the time a hero...

Gunman Gets 'Historically Severe' Sentence in Oslo Shooting

Iranian-born Zaniar Matapour gets 30 years after conviction tied to 2022 shooting at LGBTQ fest

(Newser) - An Iranian-born Norwegian man was found guilty of terrorism on Thursday in a 2022 attack on an LGBTQ+ festival in Oslo and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Two people were killed and nine were seriously wounded in the shooting at three locations , chiefly outside the London Pub, a popular...

A Manhunt, a Dead Child, and Now 2 Verdicts

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon found guilty of 2 charges, will face retrial on others

(Newser) - "Our focus has always been, and remains, securing justice for baby Victoria." So said a detective with the UK's Metropolitan Police on Wednesday in response to the news the child's parents have been found guilty on two charges and will face a retrial on others, reports...

For Paul Pelosi's Attacker, More Bad News

David DePape convicted of aggravated kidnapping in state trial, sentenced to life without parole

(Newser) - A man sentenced to 30 years in federal prison in the attack against former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband was convicted Friday of aggravated kidnapping, a conviction that mandates life behind bars without the possibility of parole. A San Francisco jury found David DePape also guilty of first-degree burglary,...

Verdicts 'Effectively Wipe Out' Opposition in Hong Kong

US condemns conviction of pro-democracy activists

(Newser) - The United States on Friday expressed its deep concerns about the convictions of 14 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong under a Beijing-imposed national security law, saying it's taking steps to impose new visa restrictions on mainland Chinese and Hong Kong officials responsible for the implementation of the sweeping legislation....

One in 10 Republicans Less Likely to Vote for Trump

New poll finds some dissatisfaction after former president's guilty verdicts

(Newser) - All eyes are on Republican voters after Donald Trump was found guilty this week of 34 felony charges related to his hush-money trial . According to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll , the bloom is coming off the rose for some on the former president. In the survey of 2,500-plus adults nationwide...

Judge Gives Prison to Rioter With 'Gobbledygook' Defense

Washington state's Taylor James Johnatakis, 39, was convicted of 3 felonies

(Newser) - A federal judge who called a Jan. 6 defendant's arguments at trial "gobbledygook" sentenced him to seven years in prison on Wednesday, citing the man's lack of remorse. Judge Royce Lamberth said he had concerns that Taylor James Johnatakis would commit violence again if given the opportunity,...

Before Her Murder, the Texts Got Tense

Man found guilty of killing Black transgender woman, the first federal hate-crime trial of its kind

(Newser) - A South Carolina man was found guilty Friday of killing a Black transgender woman in the nation's first federal trial over a hate crime based on gender identity. After deliberating for roughly four hours, jurors convicted Daqua Lameek Ritter of a hate crime for the murder of Dime Doe...

Jonathan Majors: I Was 'Shocked' by Verdict

Former MCU star gives first interview since his assault conviction against ex-girlfriend

(Newser) - In his first interview since his assault and harassment conviction last month, actor Jonathan Majors said he was shocked by the New York jury's verdict . "I was absolutely shocked and afraid," Majors said Monday on ABC's Good Morning America . "I'm standing there and the...

In Deadliest Antisemitic Attack in US History, a Verdict

Truck driver Robert Bowers is found guilty of killing 11 in Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue shooting

(Newser) - A truck driver who expressed hatred of Jews was convicted Friday of barging into a Pittsburgh synagogue and shooting everyone he could find, killing 11 congregants in an act of antisemitic terror for which he could be sentenced to die. The guilty verdict was a foregone conclusion after Robert Bowers'...

She Claimed a Kidnapping Attempt. Now, 'Justice'

Katie Sorensen's videos falsely accusing Latino couple of trying to abduct her kids went viral

(Newser) - A California influencer who accused a Latino couple of trying to kidnap her young kids in a Michael's craft store in Petaluma in December 2020 was found guilty this week of falsely reporting a crime. Per a release cited by CBS San Francisco , Katie Sorensen, 31, was convicted Wednesday...

80 Years After Teen Worked in Nazi Camp, a Conviction

Irmgard Furchner, 97, aka 'Secretary of Evil,' found guilty of being accessory to murder at Stutthof

(Newser) - A German court on Tuesday convicted a 97-year-old woman of being an accessory to murder in over 10,000 cases for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis' Stutthof concentration camp during World War II, the AP reports. Irmgard Furchner was accused of being part...

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