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British Sikh Businessman Charged With Bribing Foreign Public Official
He has been released on bail to appear before Southwark Crown Court on June 20.
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Indian-Origin "Bogus Lawyer", Treated As Sister By Victims, Jailed In UK
An Indian-origin woman described as a "bogus immigration lawyer" has been jailed for five years' after she was found guilty of six counts of fraud by false representation.
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Indian-Origin Web Expert Faces Jail For Fraud In UK
A 31-year-old Indian-origin web manager charged with siphoning off nearly 100,000 pounds from his boss' firm is facing jail in the UK.
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Chris Cairns Cleared of Match-Fixing Perjury Charges
After a nine-week trial the jury of seven women and five men at Southwark Crown Court in London found Chris Cairns not guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice.
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UK Maoist Cult Leader Raped Followers, Enslaved Daughter, Court Told
A violent Maoist cult leader sexually abused his brainwashed female followers and imprisoned his own daughter in homes across south London for over 30 years, British prosecutors said on Thursday.
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Indian-Origin Man in UK Jailed for Importing Drugs Illegally
A 57-year-old Indian-origin man has been jailed for 16 months for illegally importing large quantities of anti-impotency drugs made in India into the UK.
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UK Lord Greville Janner With Dementia in Court on Child Abuse Charges
Senior British politician Lord Greville Janner, who suffers from severe dementia, was made to appear in court in person Friday to face a string of child sex abuse charges.
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British Trader Jailed for 14 Years for Rigging Libor Rates
A British trader was jailed Monday for 14 years for rigging the Libor lending rate while working for UBS and Citibank, in a landmark conviction the judge said would send a message to the banking world.
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Indian-Origin Woman Jailed Over 'Breaking Bad-Inspired' Murder Plot
An Indian-origin graphic designer acquitted by a UK court of trying to poison her mother in a Breaking Bad-inspired plot has been jailed for three years for acquiring the deadly toxin 'Abrin'.
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Chris Cairns in Court on Perjury Charge
New Zealand cricket great Chris Cairns won 90,000 pounds($146,000, 113,000 euros) after he sued former Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi over a 2010 tweet accusing the all-rounder of match-fixing during his time in the now defunct Indian Cricket League. However, Cairns was charged with perjury and appeared before a judge at London's Southwa...
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Indian-origin men jailed for £39 million scam in UK
Three Indian-origin men involved in a multi-million pound VAT scam that involved the import of high-value carbon credits free of VAT into the UK, have been jailed for a total of 35 years. The three men Sandeep Singh Dosanjh, 30, Ranjot Singh Chahal, 35, and 31-year-old Navdeep Singh Gill, 31were found guilty of cheating the government out of 39 mil...
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Test cricket returns to Sharjah as Pakistan take on Lanka
Two days after the Southwark Crown Court's landmark verdict in the spot-fixing investigation, Pakistan's players will have to forget about their former team-mates and focus on five days of hard Test cricket. They play at a venue favoured by their predecessors but much has changed since those heady days of the 1980s.
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Spot-fixing case: Jury to resume deliberations on Monday
The jury deciding on the alleged spot-fixing trial at Southwark Crown Court involving Pakistan players Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were sent home for the weekend on Friday afternoon having failed to reach a verdict after two days of deliberation.
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Spot-fixing trial: Court hears evidence from Pakistan security manager
Mohammad Asif, the Pakistan bowler on trial for alleged spot-fixing, failed to appear for the start of the eighth day of the case at Southwark Crown Court in central London before arriving at 12.40pm.
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Spot-fixing case: Journalist Mazhar Mahmood to testify
Mazhar Mahmood, the journalist who conceived the plan that resulted in spot-fixing allegations against Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif, will be appearing in front of the jury at Southwark Crown Court on the fourth day of the trial on Monday.
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British Sikh Businessman Charged With Bribing Foreign Public Official
He has been released on bail to appear before Southwark Crown Court on June 20.
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Indian-Origin "Bogus Lawyer", Treated As Sister By Victims, Jailed In UK
An Indian-origin woman described as a "bogus immigration lawyer" has been jailed for five years' after she was found guilty of six counts of fraud by false representation.
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Indian-Origin Web Expert Faces Jail For Fraud In UK
A 31-year-old Indian-origin web manager charged with siphoning off nearly 100,000 pounds from his boss' firm is facing jail in the UK.
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Chris Cairns Cleared of Match-Fixing Perjury Charges
After a nine-week trial the jury of seven women and five men at Southwark Crown Court in London found Chris Cairns not guilty of perjury and perverting the course of justice.
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UK Maoist Cult Leader Raped Followers, Enslaved Daughter, Court Told
A violent Maoist cult leader sexually abused his brainwashed female followers and imprisoned his own daughter in homes across south London for over 30 years, British prosecutors said on Thursday.
-
Indian-Origin Man in UK Jailed for Importing Drugs Illegally
A 57-year-old Indian-origin man has been jailed for 16 months for illegally importing large quantities of anti-impotency drugs made in India into the UK.
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UK Lord Greville Janner With Dementia in Court on Child Abuse Charges
Senior British politician Lord Greville Janner, who suffers from severe dementia, was made to appear in court in person Friday to face a string of child sex abuse charges.
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British Trader Jailed for 14 Years for Rigging Libor Rates
A British trader was jailed Monday for 14 years for rigging the Libor lending rate while working for UBS and Citibank, in a landmark conviction the judge said would send a message to the banking world.
-
Indian-Origin Woman Jailed Over 'Breaking Bad-Inspired' Murder Plot
An Indian-origin graphic designer acquitted by a UK court of trying to poison her mother in a Breaking Bad-inspired plot has been jailed for three years for acquiring the deadly toxin 'Abrin'.
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Chris Cairns in Court on Perjury Charge
New Zealand cricket great Chris Cairns won 90,000 pounds($146,000, 113,000 euros) after he sued former Indian Premier League chairman Lalit Modi over a 2010 tweet accusing the all-rounder of match-fixing during his time in the now defunct Indian Cricket League. However, Cairns was charged with perjury and appeared before a judge at London's Southwa...
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Indian-origin men jailed for £39 million scam in UK
Three Indian-origin men involved in a multi-million pound VAT scam that involved the import of high-value carbon credits free of VAT into the UK, have been jailed for a total of 35 years. The three men Sandeep Singh Dosanjh, 30, Ranjot Singh Chahal, 35, and 31-year-old Navdeep Singh Gill, 31were found guilty of cheating the government out of 39 mil...
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Test cricket returns to Sharjah as Pakistan take on Lanka
Two days after the Southwark Crown Court's landmark verdict in the spot-fixing investigation, Pakistan's players will have to forget about their former team-mates and focus on five days of hard Test cricket. They play at a venue favoured by their predecessors but much has changed since those heady days of the 1980s.
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Spot-fixing case: Jury to resume deliberations on Monday
The jury deciding on the alleged spot-fixing trial at Southwark Crown Court involving Pakistan players Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were sent home for the weekend on Friday afternoon having failed to reach a verdict after two days of deliberation.
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Spot-fixing trial: Court hears evidence from Pakistan security manager
Mohammad Asif, the Pakistan bowler on trial for alleged spot-fixing, failed to appear for the start of the eighth day of the case at Southwark Crown Court in central London before arriving at 12.40pm.
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Spot-fixing case: Journalist Mazhar Mahmood to testify
Mazhar Mahmood, the journalist who conceived the plan that resulted in spot-fixing allegations against Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif, will be appearing in front of the jury at Southwark Crown Court on the fourth day of the trial on Monday.
