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Court

# court - Tuesday 14 May, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Search

Court says Google’s auto-complete ‘can be defamatory’

An entrepreneur said the words ‘Scientology’ and ‘fraud’ came up when he typed his name into the search box of the German version of Google.

From TheJournal.ie Murder

Accused in Tia Sharp murder sentenced to 38 years in prison

Stuart Hazell unexpectedly changed his plea to guilty yesterday, admitting to killing the 12-year-old before stuffing her body in an attic.

From TheJournal.ie Court

Bill Roache appears in court on rape charges

The 81-year-old is charged in relation to an alleged incident in 1967.

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# court - Thursday 9 May, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Need To Know

The Evening Fix… now with added terrible (and expensive) rooms for rent

Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.

# court - Sunday 5 May, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Josef Pavelka

Body found in Ennis believed to be homeless man who slept in public toilets

Josef Pavelka came to national attention when a judge ordered the HSE to find accommodation for him so he wouldn’t have to sleep in the town’s public toilets.

# court - Saturday 4 May, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Drugs

Man charged with €60k of cannabis, LSD and cocaine to appear in court

The drugs were found after gardaí stopped a car in Rathmines and made a follow-up search of a house in Rathfarnham.

# court - Friday 3 May, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Take 5

The 5 at 5: Friday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

# court - Tuesday 30 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Marie Fleming

Supreme Court: Ireland has a right to life, not a right to die

There was standing-room only in the small courtroom on Monday morning as the 7 judges ruled that Marie Fleming, who has MS, did not have the right to end her own life with help from her partner.

# court - Monday 29 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Michael Jackson

Jackson lawyers to launch case against tour promoter

Opening statements are due in Los Angeles today during the wrongful death trial.

# court - Tuesday 23 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Opinion

Column: Is television courtroom broadcasting a good idea?

On a recent visit to Ireland, well-known television personality Judy Judy called for television courtroom broadcasting in Ireland. Solicitor Paul Lambert discusses what this proposal might mean.

From TheJournal.ie Pakistan

Musharraf in Pakistan court over Bhutto killing

He appeared before an anti-terrorism court for the first time over the murder of the former prime minister.

# court - Monday 22 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Boston Marathon

Update: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev charged in hospital bed, faces death penalty

His first hearing in US federal court has been scheduled for Thursday, 30 May.

From The Daily Edge Lawbreakers

6 celebrity arrests that may surprise you

Bruno Mars and Hugh Grant are a bit bolder than you’d expect.

# court - Saturday 20 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Pakistan

Pakistan court extends Musharraf custody

He was arrested yesterday ahead of key elections – the arrest was due to Musharraf’s decision to sack judges when he imposed emergency rule in November 2007.

# court - Thursday 18 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Musharraf

Pakistan’s Musharraf flees court to avoid arrest

A court in Peshawar disqualified Musharraf from running in the parliamentary election scheduled for 11 May.

# court - Tuesday 16 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Do you think judicial independence is being undermined?

The Government has been accused of demolishing the judiciary “brick by brick”.

# court - Monday 15 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Your Say This post contains a poll

Poll: Should non-Irish citizens be eligible for jury duty?

A report being launched today wants EU citizens and other long-term residents to be included in panels to sit on juries.

From TheJournal.ie Jury Service

LRC report recommends non-Irish citizens for jury duty

The Law Reform Commission is also recommending that up to three additional jurors are selected for long-running trials.

# court - Wednesday 10 April, 2013

Former Premier League star Peter Ndlovu pleads not guilty in fatal crash case

The car accident killed the former Coventry striker’s brother and a family friend last year.

From TheJournal.ie Courts

Man charged in connection with Lusk drug seizure

Gardaí found €250,000 worth of cannabis herb during a search in Lusk as part of an ongoing operation targeting the criminal activity of a North Dublin crime gang.

# court - Thursday 4 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Spain

Judge names Spanish princess in corruption case

This is the first time a direct relation of the king has been called to appear in a court of law on suspicion of wrongdoing.

# court - Wednesday 3 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Fire Deaths

Father facing lifelong ‘hatred’ in UK over child fire deaths

Mick Philpott and his wife Mairead will be sentenced tomorrow.

From TheJournal.ie South America

Irish teenager charged with threatening Guyana leader

The 17-year-old’s lawyer said he had been drinking alcohol when he told bodyguards he would shoot and kill the president.

From TheJournal.ie Manslaughter

Philpotts to be sentenced today over killing of six children

Mick and Mairead Philpott were found guilty of six counts of manslaughter after the children died in a house fire.

# court - Tuesday 2 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie 5 At 5

The 5 at 5: Tuesday

5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

# court - Monday 1 April, 2013

From TheJournal.ie India

India’s top court backs generics in key drug patent ruling

A bid by Swiss drug giant Novartis was rejected in a landmark ruling following a seven-year legal battle.

# court - Sunday 31 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Suspects

Eight men due in court in relation to dissident republican activity

Eight men were arrested following a garda raid of a commercial premises in Clondalkin, after which a loaded firearm was seized.

# court - Tuesday 26 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Meredith Kercher

Italy court orders retrial for Amanda Knox

Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito were acquitted on appeal in 2011 for the killing of Meredith Kercher – but now face a retrial.

# court - Monday 25 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Italy

Italian court confirms Berlusconi ally guilty in mafia case

Dell’Utri, 71, was accused of playing the middle man between Berlusconi and the criminal association.

# court - Friday 22 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Terrorism

Man sentenced to six years for firearms and terrorist-related offences in Belfast

In September 2010, detectives incovered large quantity of firearms and ammunition from a workshop at the rear of the man’s home.

# court - Thursday 21 March, 2013

NFL

Former NFL cheerleader accused of asking a 12-year-old boy for sex

The 42-year-old insists she’s innocent.

From TheJournal.ie 9 At 9

The 9 at 9: Thursday

Good morning. Here are the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.

From TheJournal.ie Guns

Man in court after firearm recovered in Tallaght

The suspect allegedly discarded a gun from his car.

# court - Wednesday 20 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Omagh

Two found liable in Omagh bomb civil retrial

The retrial found Seamus Daly and Colm Murphy liable on the grounds of trespass to the person.

# court - Thursday 14 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Court

Irish Daily Mail to pay damages over McAreavey photo

The Irish Daily Mail published a photograph of John McAreavey interspersed with CCTV stills of a German couple arguing.

# court - Wednesday 13 March, 2013

Manchester City star Carlos Tevez charged with driving ban breach

The maximum penalty for driving while disqualified is six months’ imprisonment for a first-time offender.

From TheJournal.ie Courts

Woman charged over death of 84-year-old man last summer

Walter Plunkett was found dead in the front garden of his Enniscorthy home in August. A post-mortem found that he had died from asphyxiation.

# court - Tuesday 12 March, 2013

From TheJournal.ie Jill Meagher

Jill Meagher accused denies murder, pleads guilty to rape

Adrian Ernest Bayley, 41, also pleaded not guilty to two separate rape charges.

# court - Monday 11 March, 2013

7 in court over Dutch linesman killing

Six teenagers and one of their fathers are charged with kicking the amateur football official in the head after a game.

Reeva Steenkamp case: Oscar Pistorius lawyers appeal bail conditions

The athlete’s lawyers insist he should be allowed to travel outside of South Africa and drink alcohol.

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