A Briton found guilty of murdering Indian student Anuj Bidve last year was on Friday sentenced for life, with a minimum term of 30 years before he can be considered for parole.
There was no evidence that Indian student Anuj Bidve was shot dead by a Briton because of his race, the Greater Manchester police has said after one of the most meticulous and fast-paced investigations in recent times.
'Psycho' Stapleton, a Briton who shot dead Indian student Anuj Bidve in an unprovoked attack last year was on Thursday held guilty of murder after a trial in the Manchester Crown Court.
The six are Ali Mustafa, Pardip Saini, Paresh Shah, Neten Shah, Bijal Shah, and Truptesh Patel. The six, who were arrested 2008, are due to be sentenced on Friday.
A Briton standing trial for the shooting of Indian student Anuj Bidve on Thursday told the Manchester Crown Court that his mind "went blank" at the time and claimed that he was not aware that he had shot someone. Kiaran Stapleton has pleaded guilty to manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, but denies murder.
'Psycho Stapleton', a Briton who admitted shooting Indian student Anuj Bidve on December 26 last laughed and ran away after the incident, the Manchester Crown Court was told on the first day of his trial on Monday.
The trial of 'Psycho Stapleton', a Briton accused of the murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve on December 26 in Salford, begins in the Manchester Crown Court on Monday. The trial of Kiaran Stapleton, 21, is expected to last 12 days.
Four non-resident Indians and two Ghana citizens of Indian origin, who were charged by Scotland Yard on May 18 for allegedly trafficking an Indian woman from Hyderabad for sex, will now face trial in October.
The main accused in the sensational murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve in Salford in Britain on December 26 last year pleaded guilty today in a Manchester court.
Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Asif has been released from jail after serving half of a 12-month sentence in the United Kingdom for his role in the spot-fixing scam. The 29-year-old former world No 2-ranked Test bowler was freed from Canterbury Prison in Kent on Thursday morning.
An ICC Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) officer has rubbished alleged bookie Mazhar Majeed's claim that Australian cricketers were involved in match-fixing, saying the world body had "no evidence" of any wrongdoings carried out by the Aussies.
Two Indian-origin men are among six people jailed over a multi-million-pound cyber racket that involved the design, production and sale of fake identities and the management of online forums where clients were coached on how to commit fraud. The six sentenced on Friday at the Southwark Crown Court for a catalogue of fraud offences include Jaipal Singh, 31, who is a director of a telecom company based in the West Midlands, and student Arun Thear, 22.
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Convicted for the spot-fixing scandal, Pakistan's tainted pacer Mohammad Amir has been moved from a notorious young offenders detention centre to a more secure and safer rehabilitation centre in the United Kingdom.
Nine British-Asians of Pakistani and Bangladeshi-origin were on Thursday jailed for plotting to bomb the London Stock Exchange and to organise a terrorist training camp in Pakistan.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) plans to launch its own inquiry into the spot-fixing scandal that led to jail terms for three former internationals in Britain this week.
Judge Justice Cooke ruled at London's Southwark Crown Court on Thursday that the three disgraced Pakistan cricketers convicted of spot-fixing should go to jail.
According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, the guilty verdicts handed out to Butt and Asif by the Southwark Crown Court in London on Tuesday, could form the basis of a fresh anti-corruption probe against the two players.
Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt expressed confidence that spot-fixing will never raise its ugly head again in Pakistan cricket.
The International Cricket Council reserved its reaction on the conviction of Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammed Asif on spot-fixing charges till the jury decides on the fourth accusation of latter's acceptance of corrupt payments.
Banned Pakistan pacer Mohammed Asif believes that with the completion of his jail sentence for spot-fixing, one of the most difficult phases of his life has hopefully come to an end.
The jury deciding on the alleged spot-fixing trial involving Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif returned to court, on Friday, to hear more evidence from telephone conversations.
Banned Pakistan pacer Mohammad Asif will be released from prison on May 5 after completing his jail term in the United Kingdom. Asif will decide when he plans to return to Pakistan after being released from prison, said his lawyer Ravi Gill.
Wales international Ched Evans was jailed for five years on Friday for the rape of a 19-year-old woman.
Banned Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif, on Tuesday, appeared at a local court in London, as their trial on charges relating to spot-fixing during a Test match against England last year began more than a year after the scandal rocked world cricket.
Banned Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Aamir and Mohammad Asif, who are accused of spot-fixing during a Test match against England last year, will go on trial in London on Tuesday.
A 20-year-old British youth, charged for the cold-blooded murder of Indian student Anuj Bidve, shocked everyone on Monday by calling himself a "psycho" in court before being remanded to custody.
An Indian-origin cardiologist, who set up spy cameras in bathrooms to record images of his women colleagues, has been ordered to a 10-year sex offender treatment programme.
After claiming innocence for a long time, banned Pakistan pacer Mohammad Aamir has reportedly confessed to his involvement in the spot-fixing scandal that shook the core of international cricket last year.
Two men who tried to incite a riot on Facebook have been handed the longest jail terms so far by courts dealing with last week's rioting in Britain. Jordan Blackshaw, 20, and Perry Sutcliffe-Keenan, 22, were both sentenced to four years despite neither of the destructive events the men attempted to organise actually happening. The pair appeared at Chester Crown Court after police discovered Facebook pages created by the men that urged rioting in their home Blackshaw, o
Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Amir will appear at the Court of Appeal in London on Wednesday to contest the sentences imposed on them after being found guilty of spot-fixing earlier this month.
Former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt will appeal against his 30-month jail sentence handed down by a local court today for his involvement in spot-fixing, his lawyer said.
Former India captain Bishan Singh Bedi lauded the majority judgement passed by Southwark Crown Court in London that found Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif guilty of taking bribes to fix part of a Test match against England last year.
The International Cricket Council (ICC), on Tuesday night, said that the guilty verdicts handed down to two Pakistani cricketers in the spot-fixing case in England will "have no impact" on the length of the suspensions meted out to them at its own hearing in Doha early this year.
Timeline of the spot-fixing scandal that led to the conviction of Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif in the Southwark Crown Court in London on Tuesday.
The Crown Court in London has dismissed the appeal of banned Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir to dismiss their corruption case in a preliminary hearing.
The Pakistan Cricket Board will seek details about reports that banned fast bowler Mohammed Aamir had submitted a written confession during a hearing at the Southwark Crown Court in London admitting to spot-fixing.
An Indian origin woman who pleaded guilty to being a courier of heroin worth 50,000 pounds in Britain, has been jailed for three years.
It was a moment that not only disgraced Pakistan cricket but the game of cricket overall. And, Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were convicted and sent to jail for their role in the spot-fixing saga.
Young Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Amir has pleaded guilty to spot-fixing during last year's Lord's Test against England, a media report said on Tuesday.
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