A couple who kept a woman a slave for a period of 10 months are to be convicted of slavery, a court has heard. Osarobo “John” Izekor’s victim and his wife Precious Izekor will also be paid £10,000 by the couple. The husband and wife, with an address at Ashmount Gardens in Lisburn, admitted between … Read more
A British man who admitted to helping a former Northwestern professor fatally stab the professor’s boyfriend was sentenced Wednesday to 45 years in prison under a plea bargain. Andrew Warren, 61, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder after agreeing to testify against co-defendant Wyndham Lathem as part of his 2019 deal, the Chicago Tribune reported. Cook … Read more
“I sit here deeply, deeply humbled,” he said, fighting back tears. He added: “I never sought to gain fame or power.” Defense Attorney Paul Schoeman had argued for a non-prison sentence for Calk, calling him “a good and decent man who led a law-abiding life. … It’s an aberration that he’s in this courtroom.” The … Read more
Pamela Moses became permanently ineligible to vote after pleading guilty in 2015 to two felonies Memphis activist Pamela Moses has been sentenced to six years and one day in prison for illegally registering to vote in 2019. Moses, 44, was convicted of November 2021 for the crime registering to vote with a felony conviction on … Read more