'Mutiny on the Bounty' island faces first trial in history

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Prosecutors are preparing to bring charges over a claim of rape on the remote South Pacific island of Pitcairn, which has only 44 residents. If the case develops into a full trial, this would be the first trial ever held on the island.

Pitcairn Islands, Rape, Crime, Oceania, Pitcairn

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Now we know this man planted a bomb on Flight 103, killing 270 people at Lockerbie. But we still don't know why

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Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi has been found guilty of planning and executing the explosion aboard a Boeing 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270 people in Dec 1988. He has been sentenced to life imprisonment.

United Kingdom, Violent Crime NEC, Cases, Violent crimes, Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Incident, 1988, Bombings, Al-Megrahi, Abdel Basset Ali

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Killer waited an hour to strike

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It is thought that police investigating the murder of television presenter Jill Dando believe that the crime was almost certainly committed by a professional killer. The murder was carried out with a hollow-point bullet fired from a 9mm handgun fitted with a silencer. There is a possibility that the murder was the result of a grudge against Dando because of her work with the 'Crimewatch' programme or that she was killed by a stalker.

England, Crimes Against Persons, Biography, Women television personalities, Crimes against the person, Dando, Jill

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