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Saudi doctor handed life term for Magdeburg Christmas market attack
world15 days ago

Saudi doctor handed life term for Magdeburg Christmas market attack

A Saudi anti-Islam activist and psychiatrist, Taleb Jawad al-Abdulmohsen, was sentenced to life in prison for driving a rented SUV into Magdeburg's Christmas market in December 2024, killing six and injuring more than 300. He admitted to driving the vehicle but denied deliberate targeting; prosecutors said the act was premeditated and fueled by far-right conspiracy beliefs and AfD sympathies. A psychiatric evaluation found him fully criminally responsible, and the court classified the crime as particularly severe, signaling a life-long incarceration with limited chances for early release.

via Yahoo|
#afd#christmas-market-attack#germany
Saudi-born psychiatrist gets life term for Magdeburg Christmas market rampage
world15 days ago

Saudi-born psychiatrist gets life term for Magdeburg Christmas market rampage

A German court sentenced Taleb A. al-Abdulmohsen, a Saudi-born psychiatrist, to life in prison for the December 2024 Magdeburg Christmas market car rampage that killed six people and injured hundreds; prosecutors say he acted alone, driven by personal grievances and anti-Islamic views with far-right sympathies, in a case that also fed immigration debates ahead of Germany’s 2025 elections.

via New York Post|
#christmas-market#immigration#life-sentence
Virginia affair-driven murder plot ends in life in prison
crime1 month ago

Virginia affair-driven murder plot ends in life in prison

A Virginia man, Brendan Banfield, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for a calculated murder-for-hire scheme with his Brazilian au pair that killed his wife, Christine Banfield, and lured a man to their home as a fall guy. The plan involved impersonating Christine on a sexual-fetish website to lure Joseph Ryan; Banfield shot Ryan and, after Ryan attacked his wife, Banfield killed Christine with a knife Ryan had brought. The couple’s 4-year-old daughter was present, leading to an additional child-endangerment conviction and a three-year firearms sentence. The au pair, Juliana Magalhães, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, testified against Banfield, and received a 10-year sentence. Judge Penney Azcarate called Banfield’s actions evil and calculated.

via CBS News|
#au-pair#crime#double-murder
Utah Woman Receives Life Sentence in Husband’s Fentanyl-Linked Murder
crime1 month ago

Utah Woman Receives Life Sentence in Husband’s Fentanyl-Linked Murder

A Utah judge sentenced Kouri Richins to life in prison after she was convicted of aggravated murder and related charges in her husband Eric Richins’ 2022 fentanyl-overdose death. Prosecutors alleged motive and opportunity tied to an affair and financial chaos; Richins’s defense plans to appeal. Richins addressed her young sons in court, while family and friends urged the maximum sentence, which the judge described as necessary because she posed a danger to the public.

via The Salt Lake Tribune|
#crime#fentanyl#kouri-richins
Former Dances With Wolves Actor Sentenced to Life for Sexual Assault
crime2 months ago

Former Dances With Wolves Actor Sentenced to Life for Sexual Assault

Former Dances With Wolves actor Nathan Chasing Horse was sentenced to life in prison by a Nebraska judge after a jury convicted him on 13 counts related to sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls, including a 14-year-old; prosecutors say he leveraged his status as a Lakota spiritual leader and led a group called The Circle to commit the abuse, and he will be eligible for parole after 37 years.

via Variety|
#crime#dances-with-wolves#indigenous-women
politics5 months ago

Florida man receives life sentence for plot to assassinate Trump at golf course

Ryan Routh was sentenced to life in federal prison for plotting to kill President Donald Trump at a Florida golf course in September 2024, armed with a semiautomatic rifle and lying in wait until confronted by Secret Service agents, then fleeing without firing. Prosecutors sought a life term, noting his lack of remorse, and the sentence follows the campaign-era second assassination attempt on Trump, after a June shooting in Butler, Pennsylvania that killed a rally-goer. Judge Aileen Cannon presided, with officials praising the jury’s ruling; the White House did not immediately comment.

via Politico|
#assassination-attempt#florida#life-sentence
Prosecutors seek life term for would-be Trump assassin on Florida golf course
crime5 months ago

Prosecutors seek life term for would-be Trump assassin on Florida golf course

Federal prosecutors in Florida will seek a life sentence for Ryan Routh, convicted of plotting to kill Donald Trump on a West Palm Beach golf course in September 2024; he fired toward a Secret Service agent but fled after being fired upon; jurors found him guilty on all counts, and sentencing was postponed after he switched lawyers; prosecutors say he showed no remorse and deserves life in prison, while the defense requests a variance to a shorter but still lengthy term; the case follows another attempted Trump assassination nine weeks earlier at a Pennsylvania rally.

via The Guardian|
#assassination-attempt#crime#florida-golf-course
Japan hands down life sentence to Abe's 2022 assassin
world5 months ago

Japan hands down life sentence to Abe's 2022 assassin

A Japanese court sentenced Tetsuya Yamagami, who killed former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 with a homemade gun, to life in prison. The judge called the crime premeditated and extremely dangerous, noting the devastating impact on Abe’s family and the nation. The case also spotlighted the Unification Church and questions about its influence on the ruling party and donors.

via CNN|
#japan#life-sentence#shinzo-abe
Brian Walshe sentenced to life for wife Ana's murder in Boston
crime6 months ago

Brian Walshe sentenced to life for wife Ana's murder in Boston

Brian Walshe was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder of his wife Ana Walshe, whose body was never found. He pleaded guilty to dismembering her body and misleading police, with digital evidence and surveillance supporting the case. Prosecutors suggested financial motives and marital issues, while the defense argued it was a sudden death. The couple's children are in state custody.

via 6abc Philadelphia|
#ana-walshe#brian-walshe#crime
Taekwondo Instructor Sentenced to Life for Tragic Triple Murder in Australia
world6 months ago

Taekwondo Instructor Sentenced to Life for Tragic Triple Murder in Australia

A Sydney taekwondo instructor was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the brutal murders of a 7-year-old student and his parents, motivated by jealousy over the family's financial success. Yoo, who pleaded guilty, committed the crimes in his martial arts academy and at the family's home, driven by financial debt and personal issues. The judge emphasized the extreme culpability and cruelty of the acts, denying Yoo any chance of release.

via CBS News|
#australia#child-victim#life-sentence
Russian soldier sentenced to life in Ukraine for killing POWs
world8 months ago

Russian soldier sentenced to life in Ukraine for killing POWs

A Ukrainian court sentenced a Russian soldier to life in prison for deliberately killing a Ukrainian prisoner of war, marking the first such sentence in an unprecedented trial. The soldier, Dmitry Kurashov, was found guilty of shooting a surrendered Ukrainian soldier in 2024, with evidence indicating he acted under orders from his commanders. The trial highlighted issues of war crimes and the treatment of prisoners in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

via BBC|
#life-sentence#prisoner-of-war#russian-soldier