Rapper has his conviction overturned for killing woman with party drugs

A rapper jailed for killing the daughter of a Holby City actor with party drugs saw his manslaughter conviction quashed at the Court of Appeal today. Ceon Broughton, 31, supplied John Michie’s daughter Louella Fletcher-Michie with the hallucinogenic intoxicant 2-CP at Bestival festival in Dorset in September 2017. Miss Fletcher-Michie died after taking a strengthened … Read more

Kim Kardashian is praised by rapper C-Murder in trying to reverse his life sentence in conviction

C-Murder, the brother of Master P, took to Instagram on Monday to thank Kim Kardashian for her efforts to reverse his 2009 life sentence in his conviction over the 2002 murder of a 16-year-old at a New Orleans club. Kardashian, 39 – a force in the world of criminal justice reform – has focused her … Read more

Birmingham woman has manslaughter conviction for stabbing partner 12 times quashed by Appeal Court

Girlfriend’s conviction for killing her partner by stabbing him 12 times in frenzied knife attack is quashed by Appeal Court judges Olivia Labinjo-Halcrow stabbed Gary Cunningham 12 times in February 2019 Acquitted of murder but guilty of manslaughter at Birmingham Crown Court But Court of Appeal has quashed 18-year sentence concluding it to be ‘unsafe’ Judges said burden of … Read more

Car thefts are soaring with 300 cases every day – but just 0.6% end with a conviction

At least 300 cars are stolen in Britain every day – but only 0.6 per cent of the thefts result in convictions. Police said 106,291 vehicles were taken last year, a rise of 50 per cent in six years, according to the Office of National Statistics. But the Ministry of Justice said only 666 offenders … Read more

Rapist Harvey Weinstein is ‘upbeat’ despite hospitalization and conviction

Harvey Weinstein is said to be in high spirits, despite the fact he remains in hospital under police guard following his conviction on sexual assault and rape charges.    The disgraced movie mogul, 67, was transported to Bellevue Hospital on Monday night with high blood pressure and heart palpitations, just hours after a New York jury … Read more