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Swedish court jails man for pressuring wife into mass prostitution

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Man who connected Matthew Perry to 'Ketamine Queen' gets two years

The counsellor admitted he connected the actor to a dealer prosecutors dubbed the “Ketamine Queen,” later cooperating with investigators after being tracked down months after Perry’s death.

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UK jury convicts Kuwaiti over attempt to attack Israeli embassy

The conviction comes the day after Britain's security services raised the terrorism threat level to "severe", the second highest level in the five-tier system, meaning an attack is "highly likely in the next six months."

Culture news

Austrian man accused of plotting Taylor Swift attack pleads guilty

The man accused of plotting to attack one of Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna in 2024 pleads guilty. He could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.

Culture news

Man pleads guilty in the 2002 killing of Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay

Jay Bryant has pleaded guilty to a federal murder charge, admitting to a judge he helped people get into a building so the Run-DMC band member Jam Master Jay could be ambushed in his recording studio in 2002.

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Europe News

Trial set for Jewish ambulance arson suspects after UK court hearing

The UK has accused Tehran of using criminal proxies to conduct attacks on European soil targeting opposition media outlets and the Jewish community.

Europe News

Trial of men accused of sending exploding parcels for Russia starts

Investigators found that two test parcels had been sent to the United States and Canada, while two others intended for those countries were found in Amsterdam.

Culture news

'Ketamine Queen' jailed for 15 years over Matthew Perry drugs death

Perry, 54, had openly struggled for decades with addictions, but had appeared to colleagues to be beating his demons when he died in 2023.

Netherlands

Syrian accused of torture for al-Assad denies charges in Dutch court

The trial is based on universal jurisdiction, a legal principle that allows suspects to be prosecuted for international offenses such as war crimes even if they are committed in another country.

France

France's Sarkozy maintains innocence at Libya election funding trial

Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in prison for his alleged part in a scheme to obtain funds from the government of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi in exchange for political and diplomatic favours.

Germany

Three Reichsbürger backers face trial in Germany over coup plot

Three alleged backers of Germany's Reichsbürger "United Patriots" group face trial in Munich over supporting coup plans and a plot to kidnap ex-health minister.

France

Freemason lodge ‘mafia’ on trial in France over murders and hit squads

Twenty-two people, including intelligence and police officers, are on trial in France over an alleged Masonic lodge assassin squad and mafia-style crimes.

Europe News

Catholic Church to pay €1.6 million to sexual abuse victims

Portugal's bishops and religious orders have announced that they will pay 1.6 million euros in financial compensation to victims of sexual abuse.

Europe News

Greece train tragedy trial adjourned amid courtroom chaos

Hundreds of people turned up for the trial into the 2023 train collision that left 57 dead, leading to complaints from lawyers that the venue was "insultingly" unsuitable.

France

French court to rule on 7 July in Marine Le Pen graft appeal trial

In March 2025, a Paris court ruled that Le Pen was at the heart of "a fraudulent system" that her party used to siphon off European Parliament funds worth €2.9 million.

Tech News

What to know about Meta trial over child sexual exploitation claims

Built on undercover accounts posing as children, the case is the first stand-alone state trial in a widening legal fight over social media’s impact on minors.

Norway

Son of Norway's crown princess denies rape charges as trial begins

Marius Borg Høiby, 29, is on trial in Oslo on 38 charges of crimes including rape, domestic violence, assault and drug possession.