A Naivasha court has sentenced a 42-year-old man to 20 years in prison after finding him guilty of sexually assaulting an 80-year-old woman in her Mwiciringiri home three years ago. The accused, Joseph Gitahi, was convicted for attacking the elderly woman in the early hours of October 13, 2022, after…
A former British soldier wanted in Kenya over the death of a young mother more than 12 years ago has been denied bail by a London court. Robert James Purkiss, 38, from Tidworth in Wiltshire, appeared before Westminster Magistrates’ Court following his 6 November arrest. Kenyan authorities are seeking his…
A Michigan veterinarian has been sentenced to 10 days in jail for refusing to return a dog to a homeless man after rescuing the ailing pit bull mix. The case centers on Amanda Hergenreder, who took the 16-year-old dog, found tied to a truck near a coffee shop in Grand…
A 70-year-old woman from Dololo Boji village in Dukana sub-county, North Horr Constituency, has been sentenced to five years in prison after the Marsabit High Court found her guilty of murdering newborn twins. Konso Isacko Godana was convicted on the basis of evidence indicating that the deaths were driven by…
Residents of Nyamwanga village in West Mugirango Constituency, Nyamira County, are demanding accountability after a murder suspect allegedly escaped from police custody under unclear circumstances. The suspect, Fagerstone Mokaya, is linked to the killing of 67-year-old Meshach Mainye Miyaki. According to reports, Mokaya had initially gone into hiding after Meshach…
A Philippine court has sentenced former Bamban Mayor Alice Guo identified as a Chinese national who had posed as a Filipina to life imprisonment on human trafficking charges. The ruling, delivered on Thursday in Manila, also handed life sentences to seven co-accused linked to a large-scale criminal enterprise. Guo was…
Gabon’s Specialized Criminal Court handed down a landmark ruling on Tuesday, sentencing nine former associates of Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo to prison terms ranging from two to fifteen years for embezzlement, corruption, and money laundering. The verdict follows closely on the heels of the Bongos themselves being sentenced in absentia…
Authorities in South Africa are investigating the tragic shooting of a school principal and an administrative staff member at Inxiweni Primary School in Tembisa. The incident occurred late Tuesday afternoon inside the school’s administration block. The Gauteng Department of Education reported that the attack took place shortly after 5 p.m.,…
Peter Sullivan, wrongfully convicted of murder in 1987, has given his first public interview since his release, revealing that he was beaten and coerced into falsely confessing to a crime he did not commit. Sullivan, who has learning difficulties, was convicted for the murder of 21-year-old Diane Sindall in Birkenhead,…
The Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) has strongly opposed the release of Police Constable Klinzy Baraza Masinde on bail or bond as he awaits trial for a murder charge. During a court appearance before Justice Margaret Muigai on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Gikui Gichui…