A former senior executive at China Huarong Asset Management, Lai Xiaomin, received a death sentence for bribery and bigamy. The court detailed how Lai amassed over $325 million through corrupt practices, exchanging lucrative contracts for personal gain.
The Attorney General's office is reviewing the non-custodial sentences handed to three teenage boys, aged 14 and 15, for the rapes of two girls in Fordingbridge, Hampshire. The decision follows widespread criticism, with public figures and legal experts deeming the sentences unduly lenient given the severity of the attacks, which involved filming and online sharing of the assaults.
Chris Kennedy, the Green Party's former candidate for the Makerfield by-election, has issued an apology for circulating social media content that characterised an arson attack on a Jewish charity's ambulances as a "false flag" operation. Kennedy withdrew from the contest hours after his candidacy was announced, with the party initially citing personal reasons. It subsequently emerged that these social media posts contributed to his departure.
