A string of high-profile court and police developments dominated world news, with justice systems in Europe under particular scrutiny. In Oslo, Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, was sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of two co...
A string of high-profile court and police developments dominated world news, with justice systems in Europe under particular scrutiny. In Oslo, Marius Borg Høiby, the son of Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit, was sentenced to four years in prison after being convicted of two counts of rape and other offences, a case that drew global attention because of his royal ties. In Britain, the Court of Appeal upheld the government’s ban on Palestine Action under terrorism law, calling it a proportionate restriction on expression and handing the activist group a major legal defeat. Another UK court convicted teacher Jamie Varley of the sexual abuse and murder of his adopted baby son, Preston Davey, in a case of exceptional cruelty. Elsewhere, police made an arrest in London’s long-unsolved “Putney pusher” case, while in Sydney, teacher Leah Stewart was named as the victim of a devastating shark attack that left her critically injured.
Top World stories
- Norway crown princess’s son Marius Borg Høiby sentenced to four years for rape (32 sources)
- UK Court of Appeal upholds ban on Palestine Action as a terrorist group (22 sources)
- Oil and gas recovery may take months after Iran deal to reopen Strait of Hormuz (9 sources)
- Teacher Leah Stewart, 35, named after Coogee Beach shark attack (9 sources)
- Norway crown prince’s stepson convicted of rape, sentenced to four years (8 sources)
- Minesweeping in Strait of Hormuz could take 40–50 days, sources say (8 sources)
- Russian strikes set Kyiv Pechersk Lavra UNESCO monastery on fire, injuring residents (8 sources)
- BBC to cut hundreds of newsroom jobs as part of major cost-saving drive (8 sources)
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