Vanessa Buschschlüter Latin America editor, BBC News Online Reuters Hugo Carvajal was once one of the most powerful and feared officials in Venezuela Venezuela’s former head of military intelligence, Hugo Carvajal – also known as “El Pollo”, or The Chicken – has pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and narco-terrorism charges in the US. US officials...
A 61-year-old man appeared in court on Monday to deny murdering a 54-year-old woman in Plymouth last year. Mark Fitzgerald, of Rendle Street, Plymouth, pleaded not guilty to murdering Lisa Paris between 7 and 18 March 2024. Mr Fitzgerald appeared in front of Plymouth Crown Court via a prison video link. Police said he will...
An MP has pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual assault that allegedly took place at London’s Groucho Club. Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP Patrick Spencer is accused of two assaults on two women on the same day in August 2023 – before he was elected. The 37-year-old, who became a Conservative MP...
Detained in Dubai Marcus Fakana handed himself in to the authorities in December to begin a one-year jail sentence A British teenager jailed in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old girl has pleaded with the authorities for clemency. Marcus Fakana, 19, of Tottenham, north London, was sentenced in December to a year’s imprisonment after...
Political activist Tommy Robinson has pleaded not guilty to two charges of harassing two Daily Mail journalists. The 42-year-old from Luton, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court charged with two counts of harassment causing fear of violence towards two reporters in August. He was released on bail by senior district...
A man charged with murdering a woman in Devon has pleaded not guilty. Rowan Sutton, 30, of West Charleton Court, Kingsbridge, appeared at Plymouth Crown Court on Monday charged with the murder of Aimee Pike. The 22-year-old died on the A379 Embankment Road in Kingsbridge in the early hours of Wednesday 23 April. A trial...
Julia Quenzler Vladimir Motin will remain in custody until his trial The captain of a cargo ship that crashed into an oil tanker in the North Sea has pleaded not guilty to gross negligence manslaughter. Vladimir Motin was captain of the Portuguese-flagged cargo ship Solong which crashed into the US tanker Stena Immaculate off the...
Luigi Mangione has pleaded not guilty to all federal charges brought over the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York last year. The 26 year old, who was arrested in December and accused of shooting Mr Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel, faces the charges of murder and stalking. His not guilty plea...
A man, who was homeless at the time, has admitted starting a fire behind a barber’s shop which he then tried to extinguish with his own urine. Ryan O’Shea, 40, pleaded guilty during a hearing at Plymouth Magistrates’ Court to one charge of arson following an incident outside Spike-Up Barbers in Mutley Plain on 7...
Ewan Gawne BBC News, Manchester Jessica Mathers In a petition the British couple have called for a “compassionate” review of their case A British couple who face being deported from Australia after one of them was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) have said it is not fair the life they built could be taken away...