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 man in his 60s admitted to sexually assaulting his unconscious wife over three years, pleading guilty to rape and other sexual offenses. He will stand trial with 12 other men in September.
Four young men have pleaded guilty to rioting during the 2019 Hong Kong university siege. One defendant's lawyer cited torture in Myanmar's "KK Park" as a factor in his post-traumatic stress disorder.
New Zealand's appeals court has rejected Brenton Tarrant's bid to withdraw his guilty pleas for the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings, maintaining his convictions for the mass shooting that killed 51 people.
A South African court has ordered Bellarmine Mugabe, youngest son of Zimbabwe's late former leader Robert Mugabe, to be deported immediately after he pleaded guilty to pointing a firearm and illegal presence in the country. The 28-year-old was arrested in February following the shooting of a 23-year-old man at his Johannesburg home. He was fined $36,000 while his cousin Tobias Matonhodze received a three-year prison sentence for attempted murder and related charges.
