#court-verdict

#court-verdict

Mohammed Fahir Amaaz and his brother, Muhammad Amaad, had both denied using unlawful violence against Pc Zachary Marsden during the chaotic incident at Terminal 2 of Manchester Airport in July last year. But after a second jury failed to reach a verdict on the allegation, Liverpool Crown Court heard that prosecutors would not seek a further retrial, bringing an end to one of the most politically charged and publicly scrutinised criminal cases of recent years. The decision means neither man will be convicted over the accusation relating to Pc Marsden.

In 2022, Adams County police executed a search warrant at the home of Afroman, whose real name is Joseph Foreman. The police were supposedly looking for signs of drug trafficking and kidnapping, but found no such evidence. In response, Foreman recorded an album about the incident called Lemon Pound Cake, which features songs titled The Police Raid, Why You Disconnecting My Video Camera, and Will You Help Me Repair My Door, among other tracks.

For more than four years, the family of Niall O'Brien (21) have sought justice. Last Tuesday, a Trinity College Dublin law graduate was found guilty of causing the death of Niall, a University of Limerick student, after a confrontation on the island of Ios. Joseph Patrick Connolly (24), from Rostrevor, Co Down, was found guilty of fatal bodily harm when he punched Niall in the early hours of August 30, 2021.

On Tuesday, District Judge Sam Goozee found Robinson not guilty of failing to comply with the counter-terrorism powers during the incident in Folkestone on 28 July last year. Mr Goozee said: I cannot put out of my mind that it was actually what you stood for and your political beliefs that acted for the principle reason for this stop. He also said that Pc Mitchell Thorogood's decision to stop Robinson was based on a protected characteristic, adding: I cannot convict you.

"I couldn't see through the curtains and thought it was foxes. Then I heard metal scraping against the window"

A 61-year-old man has been found guilty of stalking Myleene Klass by posting her an air pistol, handcuffs, a police uniform and disturbing unwanted letters. Jurors also convicted Peter Windsor of stalking Klass's Classic FM colleague Katie Breathwick by sending her details of a DIY will-writing kit and other raving and unhinged mail. Klass, a TV and radio star, told Birmingham Crown Court last week how she felt sheer terror after being sent items by Windsor,

Ricky Jones called for far-right protesters' throats to be cut, describing them as disgusting Nazi fascists during an anti-racism rally in Walthamstow, London.

"This trial has been hard... I feel like us yelling out of our lungs, it meant something." - Diana Gutierrez, aunt of David Gutierrez, expressing the emotional toll and relief following the verdict.

The jury ultimately concluded that the BBC had failed to demonstrate that their report concerning Gerry Adams was made with fairness and reasonableness, deeming it inappropriate to publish such claims without concrete evidence.