Category: jailed

Boxer Gervonta Davis Jailed After Moving Without Permission While on Home Detention

BALTIMORE—A Baltimore judge has ordered professional boxer Gervonta Davis to serve the remainder of his hit-and-run crash sentence behind bars instead of in home detention after he moved to a luxury hotel and then a new home without the judge’s permission, the state’s attorney’s office confirmed Friday. Baltimore Circuit Court Judge Althea Handy sentenced Davis…


Hong Kong Court Rejects Bid to Terminate Sedition Trial of Stand News

HONG KONG—A Hong Kong Court on Thursday rejected an application to terminate a sedition trial against now-defunct online pro-democracy media outlet Stand News, a case that could see two former top editors jailed if convicted. Former editors Chung Pui-kuen, 53, and Patrick Lam, 35, and the outlet’s parent company, Best Pencil (Hong Kong) Limited, have…


Jailed Belarusian Protest Leader Out of Intensive Care: Ally

KYIV—Jailed Belarusian protest leader Maria Kolesnikova has been moved from intensive care to a different ward and her condition is improving, her political allies said on Thursday. The diagnosis of the outspoken critic of Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has still not been disclosed by the hospital where she underwent surgery on Monday, opposition politician Viktor…


Irish High Court Rejects Bid by Teacher Jailed Over Pronouns Row to End School Suspension

An Irish evangelical Christian schoolteacher who was jailed for breaching a court order following his refusal to use gender-neutral pronouns, has had his bid to prevent the school from continuing his suspension rejected by a judge. On Sept. 5, Enoch Burke was jailed after he defied a restraining order that ensued from a dispute with…


Jailed South African Paralympic Star Pistorius Met Victim’s Father

JOHANNESBURG—Former South Africa paralympic superstar Oscar Pistorius, jailed in 2016 for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, last week met her father, a lawyer for the Steenkamp family said on Friday. The lawyer, Tania Koen, said Pistorius took part in a process known as victim-offender dialogue—an integral part of South Africa’s restorative justice program that brings…


UK: Sabina Nessa Killer Jailed for at Least 36 Years

An “evil” sexual predator has been jailed at the UK’s Old Bailey for at least 36 years for the murder of primary school teacher Sabina Nessa. Koci Selamaj, 36, travelled to London from the south coast to carry out the premeditated attack on a random woman on September 17 last year. The garage worker targeted…


Woman Was Jailed 13 Days on Warrant for Woman With Same Name, Lawsuit Alleges

By Gregory Yee From Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES—A woman who alleges she was wrongfully arrested and jailed for 13 days last year on a warrant out of Texas for a woman who shares her name issuing police and the city of Los Angeles. According to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday, Bethany K. Farber was…


Man Jailed for Accosting England’s Chief Medical Officer

A man has been jailed after accosting Professor Sir Chris Whitty in a central London park. Jonathan Chew, 24, approached England’s chief medical officer as he walked through St James’s Park in Westminster on June 27 last year. Footage of the incident, lasting around 20 seconds and showing Chew alongside former estate agent Lewis Hughes,…


Man Jailed for Sparking Bomb Scare at UK Vaccine Plant

A man with an “obsessive interest” in Covid-19 has been jailed after sending a suspicious package to a vaccine factory and sparking a bomb scare. Anthony Collins, 54, also sent similar parcels to 10 Downing Street and a laboratory in Wuhan in China, among others, a court heard. Production of the Oxford/AstraZeneca jab at premises…


Former UFC Champ Jon Jones Jailed in Vegas Battery Incident

LAS VEGAS—Former UFC champion Jon Jones was jailed in Las Vegas early Friday after an incident at Caesars Palace that police said led to his arrest on charges of domestic battery and damaging a vehicle. Details of the incident that led to Jones’ 5:45 a.m. arrest at the Las Vegas Strip resort were not immediately…