#legal-verdict

#legal-verdict

Alice Figueiredo, 22, took her own life in a mental health unit at Goodmayes Hospital, Redbridge, after more than 10 similar attempts. Her death on 7 July 2015 followed a failure to remove items from the communal toilets on Hepworth Ward that had been used by her to self-harm. Following an Old Bailey trial, North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) was found guilty of failing to ensure

Five women who said they were sexually assaulted by their high school teacher in the 1980s won a combined $13.6 million judgment Monday after a jury concluded that the Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District failed to prevent the abuse. The Torrance jury found that district administrators were negligent in allowing longtime Rolling Hills High School English teacher and baseball coach Garry Poe to groom and, ultimately, sexually abuse teenagers.

"I do not find the evidence of [the accuser] to be either credible or reliable." Justice Maria Carroccia stated that the Crown could not meet its burden of proof.

Retired state Superior Court Judge Jack Lu stated that the jury's verdict was a stunning win for the defense, noting that OUI rarely results in jail time for first-time offenders.

The High Court jury concluded that the BBC's Spotlight programme falsely implicated Gerry Adams in sanctioning the murder of Denis Donaldson, leading to a significant defamation ruling.