AGRA: A Pocso court in Aligarh sentenced a man, in his late 30s, to life imprisonment for raping and physically assaulting an eight-year-old girl on Nov 16, 2020, near a brick kiln, where he worked and the survivor’s family lived. Court found Shailesh Manjhi, of Bihar’s Nalanda district, guilty under IPC sections 376 (rape), 323…
Luis Rubiales, who resigned as Spain’s top soccer official after he forcibly kissed a player, testified at his sexual assault trial on Tuesday that he did so as a sign of affection in “a situation of extraordinary joy.” Mr. Rubiales has also been charged with coercion in connection with the episode, in which he pressed…
AGRA: Ex-Army jawan Manoj Kumar, 50, was sentenced to death by a court in Aligarh on Saturday for the murder of his wife Seema Devi, 38, son Manvendra Singh, 6, and neighbour Shashibala, 40, in 2014. The court relied heavily on the testimony of the convict’s 13-year-old daughter, Usimita Singh, who was critically injured in…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the witness stand for the first time on Tuesday in his long-running corruption trial to give testimony that will likely force him to juggle for weeks between the courtroom and war room. Netanyahu, 75, is Israel’s first sitting prime minister to be charged with a crime. He is the…