Clay Benjamin Hall trial begins for alleged rape in Queensland
Clay Benjamin Hall stands trial in Warwick District Court, pleading not guilty to two counts of rape against a teenage girl he met in Warwick on October 31, 2021.
Clay Benjamin Hall stands trial in Warwick District Court, pleading not guilty to two counts of rape against a teenage girl he met in Warwick on October 31, 2021.

A 17-year-old Massachusetts teenager is held without bail for the murders of his mother and younger brother after prosecutors revealed online activity involving ChatGPT searches about killing family members.

Donald Trump faces a lawsuit in New York over Truth API, a $100,000-a-month Truth Social subscription providing early access to official posts, with plaintiffs alleging corruption and unconstitutional profiteering.

A former Deloitte IT manager in Hong Kong has been remanded in custody after pleading guilty to stealing 423 laptops worth HK$1.2 million over 17 months to fund his stock trading losses.

Two former Standard Chartered Bank relationship managers in Hong Kong were jailed for three years for swindling HK$28 million from 21 Japanese investors in a fake African development project scam.

Court documents from Bartz v Anthropic PBC reveal Anthropic's 'Project Panama', an initiative to destructively scan physical books to train its Claude AI model, raising legal and cultural questions about fair use and the preservation of human-authored texts.
Australian underworld figure Sam Amine is awaiting sentencing in Sydney after pleading guilty to brokering the supply of drugs and a firearm to an undercover police officer in a NSW Police sting.

A former Hong Kong Correctional Services Department officer, Tam Lik-chung, was sentenced to three years in jail for severely wounding an inmate at Pik Uk Prison on December 26, 2023. Tam repeatedly assaulted the victim with a stick, causing rectal bleeding, and then tried to cover up the crime by asking the inmate to lie.

A 25-year-old Irish law student, Isobella Perrie Sullivan, has been charged with possession of explosives after a sophisticated bomb was intercepted near the UK-Irish border, intended for an under-car attack in Northern Ireland.

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon was found guilty by the Seoul Central District Court of violating the Political Funds Act, receiving a 10 million won fine and 21 million won forfeiture for unlawfully commissioning opinion polls. Oh plans to appeal, and the verdict prompts calls for broader reforms in election financing and polling transparency.

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon was fined 10 million won by a district court for accepting illegal political funds related to opinion poll results before the 2021 mayoral by-election, a violation that could strip him of his seat if the fine is finalized.

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon was fined 10 million won by a district court for accepting illegal political funds related to 2021 by-election opinion polls. He plans to appeal; if the ruling is finalized, he will lose his mayoral post.

"Mr Ho," a 79-year-old Hong Kong man, was jailed for two months for stabbing his 45-year-old wife, "Mrs Ho," after she decided to return to mainland China. The attack occurred in their public rental flat on May 30 last year.

Former Hong Kong fencer Chiu Man-to was sentenced to three years and four months in prison for laundering over HK$10 million through mule accounts. He admitted to using five bank accounts between August 4-27, 2021, profiting HK$4,000 from the scheme.

A Hong Kong court sentenced Chan Ho-hin, a 23-year-old man with an intellectual disability, to two years and four months in prison for inciting subversion by publishing pro-Taiwan and anti-CCP messages and attempting to disseminate leaflets.

The Seoul Central District Court found Yoon guilty of violating political funding laws by receiving free polling services and influencing a nomination in return. This ruling can be appealed, and Yoon is currently involved in eight legal cases, including an appeal against a life sentence for insurrection.

A Seoul district court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to two years in prison for violating the Political Funds Act, finding him partially guilty of accepting illegal political funds in the form of free opinion polls from a power broker. The court recognized Yoon received 14 opinion polls worth 13.96 million won for free.

A Seoul district court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to two years in prison for accepting illegal political funds in the form of free opinion polls from a power broker. The court found him partially guilty, recognizing he received 14 polls worth 13.96 million won, a decision contrasting with his wife's acquittal on similar charges.

A Seoul district court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to two years in prison for partially accepting illegal political funds. He was found guilty of receiving free opinion polls worth approximately $180,100 from a power broker between April 2021 and March 2022.

A Seoul district court is set to deliver its verdict on former President Yoon Suk Yeol for allegedly accepting illegal donations in the form of free opinion polls from a self-proclaimed power broker. Yoon and the broker were indicted for violating the Political Funds Act.

A 23-year-old Hong Kong man has pleaded guilty to inciting subversion under the national security law for promoting a pro-Taiwan party and disseminating anti-Communist messages online and via leaflets between 2024 and 2025.

An 80-year-old doctor, Tai Kong-shing, is on trial for allegedly issuing 3,713 fake medical certificates without proper diagnosis for personal gain. He is also accused of laundering HK$10.96 million. A merchant, Kriselle Young, is also on trial for dishonest computer access.

The US Supreme Court has temporarily stayed a contempt order against journalist Catherine Herridge, who faces $800 daily fines for refusing to reveal sources for her 2017 Fox News stories. The case, stemming from a privacy act lawsuit by Chinese American scientist Yanping Chen, tests journalist-source confidentiality in the absence of a federal shield law.

Investigative journalist Catherine Herridge has filed a petition with the US Supreme Court to avoid daily $800 contempt fines. The fines stem from her refusal to reveal sources for a 2017 story. The Supreme Court has issued a temporary stay, giving the opposing party until July 1 to respond.