Check out Norway’s Halden prison. This maximum security prison seems more like a hotel than anything else. The prison spent around $1million on paintings, photography and light fixtures to ease the psychological burdens of being punished. Since the maximum sentence for any crime is 21 years in Norway, the prison focuses on preparing the inmates […]
Videos are emerging online following an alleged poison gas attack outside Damascus on Wednesday. The Huffington Post has reported that the footage can not be independently verified. A Syrian activist, Mohammed Saeed, said in an interview with the Associated Press: The visit by the U.N. team is a joke. … Bashar [Assad] is using the […]
A copycat killer in Costa Rica, known only by his surname, Macotelo, is accused of killing his girlfriend Melissa Zuniga. After a heated argument, he apparently strangled his girlfriend to death, took a picture of her body, and sent it to her sister via Whatsapp.
A brave resident popped their head about their wall to film this street shootout between gangs in Manenberg, earlier this week. Manenberg has fallen under the political and media spotlight recently, with drug-related gang violence spiralling out of control in the Cape Town township. [Source : YouTube]
Eighty-three residents of Uitvalgrond, outside Brits in the North West have lost the mining rights to their own land. They are putting the blame on the owner of the Chelsea football team, Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich… and Jacob Zuma.
The inimitable Barry Bateman and Mandy Wiener form EWN have revealed this morning that the state will be pursuing a life sentence as the mandatory minimum punishment in their case against murder accused Oscar Pistorius. Pistorius shot and killed his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp in his Pretoria home on Valentine’s Day this year. The state will […]
Behold the royal mug shot of Romanian Pricess, Princess Irina. She has been arrested for masterminding a large cockfighting ring in Eastern Oregon, because what else is there to do in Oregon?
The City Press has reported that the state intends to argue that Reeva Steenkamp was cowering behind the toilet when Oscar Pistorius shot and killed her on Valentine’s Day this year.
Dread Pirate Roberts, creator and owner of the Silk Road online drug-buying portal has completed an anonymous interview with Forbes about his growing enterprise. The Silk Road is a website where one can acquire heroin, methamphetamine, crack, cocaine, LSD, ecstasy and an insane number of marijuana varieties. Payment is possible via BitCoin.
A British grandmother is wasting away on death row in Bali for smuggling cocaine. Housed at Kerobokan jail, which is nicknamed ‘Hotel K’, 57-year-old Lindsay Sandiford is awaiting her death. Lindsay was sentenced in January of this year for smuggling £1,5 million (R23,702,674) worth of cocaine into Bali.
If you’re stuck in an office without a television or bouncing from meeting to meeting this morning, you can stream the Oscar Pistorius court appearance analysis straight to your desktop or mobile, right here.
Apart from being charged with the murder of girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, Oscar Pistorius will face two extra charges when he appears in court on 19 August. eNCA reports that Pistorius will face two extra counts of recklessly discharging a firearm in public.
Over recent weeks there has been an increase in gang violence in the Manenberg area and as a result 14 schools will close their doors on Thursday and Friday as they fear for the safety of the teachers and pupils.
Philip Austin Collins, the nephew of Genesis front man, Phil Collins (weird that they have the same name) is in a Peruvian jail for being found with £3 million (R46,321,083) worth of cocaine last year, and allegedly recruited these two drug mules from behind bars to continue his dirty work: Melissa Reid, 19 (Top) and […]
Twitter is used for many things these days, but it is also key to remember who may be following you. This Canadian mechanic used Twitter to request marijuana from local drug dealers. He also asked them to deliver the stash to his work. And that’s when the York Regional Police retweeted him, asking if they can come along, too.
An audit conducted before January 2010 had found that an alarming number of police officers have a criminal record. The results were read out by SAPS acting deputy national commissioner for human resource development Nkrumah Mazibuko and to MP’s disbelief.
Whilst we are very pleased to learn that the Jack Daniel’s statue is alive and well, we still don’t know where it is. We were sent in these pics anonymously. Does anyone know where this is?
Last week, Marc and Lauren Gilbert began hearing adult voices coming from their child’s bedroom. As the couple moved closer to the room, they could hear explicit language and a foreign accent speaking to their daughter, Allyson while she was sleeping. The voice called their daughter a “fucking moron” and said, “wake up you little slut”.
Two British girls are being held in a Peruvian jail on suspicion of drug smuggling. Police reportedly found 11kg’s of cocaine in their luggage, valued at R23 million.
Over the weekend reports surfaced of an arrest for a drunk driver in Cape Town. Die Burger reported that person was ANC national executive committee member Tony Yengeni, but these claims were not confirmed by the police until today.
Mail & Guardian has detailed their investigation into what could be this country’s largest fraud scheme. Jeff Wiggill and Andy Bertulis are reportedly the men behind the fraud at First Strut which has been going on for more than two decades.
Reports have surfaced of a 58-year-old man being arrested in Cape Town on Sunday for driving while under the influence. Die Burger claims this man was ANC national executive committee member Tony Yengeni.
Sicilian Mafia boss Domenico Rancadore has been arrested in London after being on the run for 19 years. He was arrested outside of his luxury home.
The cause of death for the two boys who died when an African rock python escaped from a pet-store has been confirmed to be asphyxiation. The brothers, Connor and Noah Barthe, aged six and four, were found dead in a Canadian apartment situated above an exotic pet-store on Monday morning. The 4m long, 4kg snake […]
Jack Parow has released a statement that he will not be attending Oppikoppi 2013 because he has been arrested by police at the Vaalkop dam. Here’s the info from his publicist: Jack Parow was detained in the early hours of this morning on charges of allegedly disturbing the peace. Parow and some friends were staying […]
Daughter of F1 billionaire Bernie Ecclestone, Petra has had R7.5 million worth of jewellery stolen from her Belgravia home in London. A man posing as a Kazakh millionaire is reportedly responsible for the theft.
A Cape Town teen was forcibly taken from her home in Grassy Park on Monday morning and put in the back of a bakkie. The teenager said: “I was going to school and busy closing the front door when someone attacked me from behind. The person tried to suffocate me, but I fought back.”
A boardwalk in Venice Beach, California was the scene of a gruesome hit and run on Saturday when a driver of a Dodge Avenger ploughed through a crowd of pedestrians, injuring 11 and killing one person. The victim, Alice Gruppioni was on her honeymoon.
We spotted this photo on Gawker and thought you might appreciate it. Ariel Castro in shackles, wearing you know what..
The Cleveland kidnapper, Ariel Castro appeared in court on Thursday where claimed his actions were due to a porn addiction. Prosecutors also revealed images of the ‘horror house’ as described by the women who were kept there.