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Ellise Shafer administratorDuring closing statements on Wednesday, federal prosecutor Elizabeth Geddes drove home the point that R. Kelly used his fame to take advantage of underaged girls and boys, as well as young women, characterizing the R&B singer as a predator.In the New York trial that began Aug.

Trippie Redd has avoided prosecution for aggravated assault and battery charges made against the rapper in 2018, when he allegedly hit a woman with a handgun and pointed it in her face.Trippie – real name Michael Lamar White II – was arrested by Atlanta police following the alleged incident, with TMZ reporting that officers “noticed a bump on the woman’s head where she said she was struck”.

former Lord Advocate triggered the malicious prosecution of Green in connection with his takeover of the Ibrox club The businessman accepted a multi-million pound settlement yesterday, minutes before an eight-day court hearing about the £20million claim against the Crown Office was about to start. It is feared the total bill for the disastrous decision to prosecute those involved in the administration of Rangers will cost the public more than £100million.

Charles Green today accepted compensation worth £6.4 million plus legal costs from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service after the businessman was wrongfully prosecuted in 2015. It's feared the bungled attempts to ­prosecute those involved in the administration of Rangers could ultimately cost taxpayers more than £100million.

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First Minister said, “there is argument for that” when she was challenged by Conservative MSP Russell Findlay on whether a judge from outside the country would lead the investigation into why two men were wrongfully prosecuted during a fraud probe relating to the sale of Rangers. David Whitehouse and Paul Clark were appointed administrators when the company that ran Rangers went into administration in 2012.

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The RTÉ presenters who attended a staff party during level five restrictions have been cleared of any wrongdoing, along with the national broadcaster.

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A group of high-profile industry figures have signed a letter calling for an end to the prosecution of Maria Alekhina and Lucy (Ludmila) Shtein, two members of the anarchist feminist group Pussy Riot.

Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletterA coroner investigating the death of a woman on a smart motorway has asked the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to consider whether corporate manslaughter charges are appropriate.Grandmother Nargis Begum, from Sheffield, died on a stretch of the M1 without a hard shoulder in South Yorkshire, near Woodhall Services, in September 2018.The 62-year-old was travelling in a Nissan Qashqai which had broken down.She

former first minister fears that his appearance at a Holyrood committee would leave him "in jeopardy of criminal prosecution". The response comes after the Scottish Government expressed disappointment in his refusal to appea r in person before Holyrood's inquiry into the botched investigation of sexual harassment claims against him.

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a jury heard that Emily was killed by Skana as she was riding her scooter through Queen's Park, Bolton, on Mother's Day, March 22, of this year.The child had been riding to meet her mother when the defendant sprang from a waiting bench, grabbed her and then sliced her across the neck with a craft knife she had bought that morning, the court has already been told.Today, prosecution barrister Michael Brady QC told the jury that the Crown Prosecution Service would no longer pursue a murder charge

President Trump granted a pardon to Michael Flynn, his former national security adviser, Wednesday. Flynn had pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents about conversations, during the 2016 transition, with the Russian ambassador about sanctions.

Prosecutors made a series of "serious errors" leading to a "significant" number of data security breaches, an inspection has found. Blunders made by Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) staff included sharing a victim's unredacted medical notes and pictures of a victim's injuries which included their date of birth on a hospital wristband, disclosing the address of a member of the public who reported an incident and the personal details of other witnesses, according to a watchdog.

Rangers boss Charles Green has been told that he will receive damages after Crown lawyers told him he was subjected to a ‘malicious’ fraud prosecution. The 67-year-old businessman was told at the Court of Session on Wednesday that prosecutors should have never taken legal action against him.

British prosecutors have been advised to disregard "sexts" and explicit images sent between people when handling rape cases. The new guidance is just one of several suggestions that the Crown Prosecution Service has made as it attempts to address record-low rape convictions in England and Wales, the BBC reported.

President Trump on Tuesday directed Republicans to “fight hard” in court after California’s top election and law enforcement officials, both Democrats, ordered the state GOP to remove unofficial ballot boxes from various locations in three counties or face prosecution.   “You mean only Democrats are allowed to do this? But haven’t the Dems been doing this for years? See you in court.

Rangers FC administrators after admitting that large parts of prosecution against them was “malicious” and conducted without “probable cause”. Judge Lord Tyre ordered Scottish prosecutors on Wednesday to make an interim payment of £350,000 to David Whitehouse and £250,000 to his colleague Paul Clark.

Harry Maguire says the footballer might have avoided going to court if he had apologised to police officers. The Manchester United captain was found guilty of aggravated assault, resisting arrest and repeated attempts of bribery at a court in Syros this afternoon (August 25).

A special prosecutor in Chicago said Monday that Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and her office abused their discretion in the case against actor Jussie Smollett but did nothing criminal.

Prince recording ‘Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 2)’ — you can listen to the track below.The recording will feature on the upcoming expanded reissue of the late artist’s 1987 album ‘Sign o’ the Times’, which is set for release on September 25.Following on from the release of the previously unheard recordings ‘Witness 4 The Prosecution (Version 1)’, ‘I Could Never Take The Place Of Your Man (1979 Version)’ and ‘Cosmic Day’ — all of which will feature on the reissue — the Prince Estate have

NEW ORLEANS -- A man arrested last year in an alleged assault on comedian Andy Dick won’t be prosecuted, a spokesman for New Orleans' district attorney said Tuesday. Ken Daley, spokesman for District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro's office, said in a statement that Dick has not kept in touch with prosecutors and hasn’t been cooperative, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported.

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coronavirus. She became ill days after a man who claimed to have the virus reportedly spat at and coughed on her and a colleague at London’s Victoria Station.

A former soldier has been targeted with death threats over a campaign to support Northern Ireland veterans facing prosecution for their role in the Troubles.

Scottish Government environmental regulators are seeking a prosecution over unscheduled flaring at a Scots chemical plant.

A U.S. federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett who accused the city of Chicago of malicious prosecution in concluding that his claim to having been the victim of a racist and homophobic beating was a hoax.

A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed actor Jussie Smollett’s malicious prosecution lawsuit against the city of Chicago and several police officers. The former Empire actor told police that he was beaten by two men who looped a noose around his neck and hurled vile comments at him in an attack near his home in downtown Chicago in January 2019.

Jussie Smollett took another hit in court on Wednesday when a federal judge tossed his malicious prosecution lawsuit against the city of Chicago and several police officers. Attorneys for the former "Empire" star, 37, filed the suit in November 2019, after the city of Chicago sued him for $130,000, seeking reimbursement for the overtime to police officers who were involved in investigating the alleged racist and homophobic attack on Smollett back in January 2019.

Guards who restrained tragic Allan Marshall were the first to be granted immunity from prosecution in five years of prison death investigations.

Caroline Flack's tragic death has prompted the Crown Prosecution Service to investigate its actions.

By Greg Evans

Prosecutors in Harvey Weinstein's rape trial have rested their case after more than two weeks of evidence punctuated by harrowing accounts from six women who say the disgraced film mogul ignored pleas and excused his behaviour as a Hollywood norm.