Justice
Courts, sentencing and the law, reported from judgments, court listings and the papers published by prosecutors and the Ministry of Justice.
Offenders who refuse sentencing face cell confinement, lost visits
Judges will also be able to remove prison privileges for almost three months, with visits from prisoners’ children exempt.
Post Office Horizon redress payments top £1.7bn
The Horizon Shortfall Scheme accounts for £1,080 million of the total, with 827 of its claims still under assessment.
Woman, 23, sentenced to death in Iran over ‘blasphemy’ post, rights groups say
Oslo-based Iran Human Rights says more than 600 executions have already been carried out in Iran in 2026.
About 650 more prisoners due for release in England and Wales
The second of ten release dates covers sentences of 575 to 882 days; the next is 10 November.
Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize for work on international law
At a time when judges are sanctioned and their institutions attacked, the committee said, “we need people of courage, vision and determination”.
Warrants used to search Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s homes were unlawful
Thames Valley Police is still asking a judge to let it keep the seized material, and its misconduct investigation continues.
Texas executes man a week after Christa Pike’s failed injection
Lawyers for Jamaal Howard had asked Gov. Greg Abbott to delay the execution while they awaited information on whether the state’s pentobarbital stock was safe.
Tennessee halts executions after Christa Pike survives lethal injection
Tennessee’s governor has paused all executions and ordered an independent review, after lawyers said Christa Pike was left in critical condition by a botched lethal…
Christa Pike still alive after two lethal injection doses, lawyers say
Christa Pike, Tennessee’s only female death row inmate, remained alive and showing vital signs more than 40 minutes after the lethal injection, Pike’s lawyers said…
English Channel boat: Daniel Thomas charged with criminal damage
Thomas, of no fixed address, was remanded in custody to appear before magistrates in Basingstoke.
Two firms fined £1.3m over London coach driver’s death
A window had fallen from the same penthouses in August 2017 and just missed two workers, but key concerns raised in the review that followed were not acted on…
London doctor charged in UK’s first Rwanda genocide case
Dr Vincent Brown, 65, who was formerly known as Vincent Bajinya, is originally from Kigali in Rwanda, according to the Crown Prosecution Service.
