The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal request from a man sentenced by the Court of Appeal to three and a half years in prison for rape and sexual offences against a child, mbl.is reports. The man was charged with raping and sexually abusing a 13-year-old. The charge said he had intercourse and…

Defence lawyer Lasse Hummelhof Frandsen wants to use photographs taken by members of the self-described Horse Mafia in a case involving eight people accused of illegally feeding animals at Molslaboratoriet in Mols Bjerge, DR reports. Randers District Court must decide whether the images can be ad…

Two 16-year-old boys appeared before Vienna’s criminal court on Monday over alleged serious property damage after their school in Währing was flooded in February, ORF reported. The damage exceeded 500,000 euros. The first accused accepted a diversion agreement, while proceedings against the secon…

Lithuania’s Court of Appeal has dismissed the case against former Ignalina District Municipal Council member Alfonsas Gasparavičius and released the 81-year-old under the surety of a farmer, LRT reported. A three-judge panel accepted the defence’s arguments that abuse of office is now classified …

Vilnius District Prosecutor’s Office has sent two criminal cases to court over the alleged desecration of Ukrainian and Lithuanian flags, LRT reported. The cases concern three people accused of desecrating Lithuanian and foreign state symbols and breaching public order. The cases were submitted t…

The main hearing has begun in the Dettifoss drug case, in which four men are charged with a large-scale narcotics offence, mbl.is reports. The men are accused of arranging the import of 14,100 millilitres of amphetamine base, with a concentration of 47 to 48 per cent, in March and April. The drug…

Rovaniemi Court of Appeal has overturned a Kainuu District Court ruling in a case involving a barber shop in Kainuu, Yle reports. The case will return to the district court for a new hearing. The district court dismissed all charges in February, including human trafficking, extortionate work disc…

The main hearing in a homicide case in Kársnes has been postponed by two weeks and will now begin on September 29, mbl.is reports. It had been scheduled to start on Monday and last four days. A Greek man in his twenties is charged with causing the death of a Portuguese man at Skjólbraut in Kársne…

Effo is facing a three-day court hearing over alleged breaches of data protection law, Kringvarp Føroya (KVF) reports. The Data Protection Authority says the company should receive a fine of 15 million kroner, while prosecutors have not yet disclosed the amount they will seek. The case opens at F…

North Savo District Court will deliver its verdict today in the case of Mika Moring, who is charged with the manslaughter of a woman who disappeared in 2019 and aggravated deprivation of liberty, Yle reported. Prosecutors allege that Moring lured the woman into his vehicle with drugs and kept her…

An 81-year-old man is due to face charges of violating the sanctity of the dead after his parents’ bodies were kept in freezers for about 30 years, Yle reports. The charges will be read on Friday at the Southwest Finland District Court in Turku. The hearing is expected to be conducted in Swedish.…

LRT reported that repeat fraud offender and real estate broker Mindaugas Taraškevičius has been sentenced to seven years in prison for defrauding more than 20 people and misappropriating about €1.67 million. He admitted his guilt in court, but the judgment has been appealed. One of his victims, R…

Three people will stand trial for allegedly stealing a woman’s payment card in Raseiniai district and using it to spend more than 11000 euros, LRT reported, citing the Kaunas District Court’s Kaunas Chamber. According to the indictment, two men allegedly went to the victim’s home in May 2025. Whi…

A man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for attempted murder after stabbing his wife 13 times in Vienna in May, ORF reported. The woman survived the attack, but the verdict is not yet final. The 46-year-old man, who is from Afghanistan, accepted the verdict. Prosecutors described the attac…

Vaasa Court of Appeal is hearing an appeal in the Laukaa double murder case, Yle reports. The hearing is being held in Jyväskylä. In February 2026, the Central Finland District Court sentenced Joosu Tomio Karppinen to life imprisonment for two murders and two violations of the sanctity of the dea…

Oulu’s former city director Päivi Laajala is facing trial for alleged abuse of public office, Yle reports. The proceedings begin on Tuesday at the Oulu District Court. The charges concern the conduct of Matti Matinheikki, the city’s former director of community affairs. He used city funds to obta…

Two teenagers have been charged over a fire that destroyed part of the library at Hallein secondary school in Salzburg, ORF reported. The trial is scheduled for October 9. The 16-year-old girl is accused of arson. A 17-year-old apprentice, who was not a student at the school when the fire was set…

Sony would like you to know that any reasonable gamer would know that purchasing a game is just licensing a game (Video Games Chronicle), not owning it. And there is truth mixed in with a bold-faced lie in that statement. There is also a comically bad argument about ownership mixed in there that I am still chuckling about. I'm sure lawyers wouldn't laugh as much as I am, but it sounds stupid to me so let's go with that.

Mark Deakin, the doctor previously referred to as Lucy Letby's 'boyfriend' during her trial, has been publicly identified following the lifting of a court anonymity order. Deakin, who died at 53 in July, was involved with Letby at the Countess of Chester Hospital during the 2015-2016 period when she murdered seven babies and attempted to kill seven others. His career continued after leaving the hospital, including a role at Alder Hey Children's Hospital. Reports suggest Deakin died shortly after being dismissed for breaching patient confidentiality in text exchanges with Letby. An inquest into his death will investigate the circumstances. Details of their personal interactions were revealed during the Thirlwall inquiry, which found they exchanged over 1,000 Facebook messages and that Deakin helped secure Letby's placement at Alder Hey. Deakin expressed regret for assisting her, stating he was 'misled' by Letby. The inquiry will publish findings on 15 September. Letby, serving 15 life terms, maintains her innocence, while the CCRC reviews her convictions. Deakin's testimony provided critical evidence during the longest murder trial in UK history, though his account was part of a broader prosecution case involving multiple witnesses.

Riga City Court on Wednesday released Viktors Guščin, a longtime activist in Russia’s compatriot policy, who is charged with violating European Union sanctions by providing publications to a Russian propaganda outlet, LSM reported. The court replaced his detention with police supervision and impo…

The Rovaniemi Court of Appeal has rejected all charges in the latest Kittilä official misconduct case, Yle reports. The case concerned the appointment of Kittilä’s municipal civil engineer several years ago. Pentti Kangas, who had repeatedly served as acting civil engineer, applied for the positi…

According to ORF, a 30-year-old Polish man went on trial in Salzburg on Tuesday over allegations that he smuggled about 5.1 kilograms of speed from Poland through the Czech Republic to Austria and sold it in Salzburg. Prosecutors said his customers included colleagues, housemates and friends. The…