Tag: #Sentenced
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Gilles Beyer Charged with Sexual Assault
Paris, Jan 8 (AFP/APP): A former elite French figure skating coach, Gilles Beyer, has been charged with sexual assault following accusations from at least six women skaters or former skaters, according to a judicial source. Beyer is at the centre of a scandal that convulsed the sport in France last year after a former world…
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Mexican school owner sentenced to 31 years over quake deaths
Mexico City, Oct 15 (AFP/APP):A Mexican court on Wednesday sentenced the owner of a school where 19 children and seven adults were crushed to death in a 2017 earthquake to 31 years in prison. “We achieved justice for the victims!” Mexico City attorney general Ernestina Godoy Ramos wrote on Twitter. Monica Garcia Villegas, head of…
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Christchurch mosque shooter sentenced to life without parole
WELLINGTON, August 27 (Online): Christchurch mosque shooter Brenton Tarrant on Thursday was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. This is the first time such a sentence has been handed down in the country. Tarrant admitted to 51 charges of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one charge of committing a terrorist act during the…