Trial
# trial - Sunday 5 August, 2012
Pussy Riot supporters hope Madonna will back campaign
Madonna is due to perform in Moscow next week and supporters of the guerrilla protest group hope she will speak out against the trial.
# trial - Saturday 4 August, 2012
Pussy Riot trial: Putin calls for lenience
Meanwhile, protests took place opposite the Moscow courthouse in support of the three women on trial in Russia.
# trial - Friday 3 August, 2012
Shafilea Ahmed parents convicted of ‘honour killing’ murder
The 17-year-old’s sibling told the court she saw their parents suffocate the girl with a plastic bag.
# trial - Wednesday 1 August, 2012
Tetra Pak millionaire admits delaying wife’s burial for two months
Hans Kristian Rausing said he had been unable to accept his wife’s death and left her body in their London mansion for two months.
Gaddafi’s son: ‘no justice’ in trial if evidence from torture is used
Eldest son of the late dictator says he cannot get a fair trial in Libya.
# trial - Monday 30 July, 2012
Punk protest ‘Pussy Riot’ trial begins in Moscow
Three members of the punk protest group are on trial for singing an anti-Vladimir Putin song in Moscow’s main cathedral.
# trial - Tuesday 17 July, 2012
Bus Eireann introduces first natural gas-powered bus
The trial bus will operate across a number of city routes in Cork until August, in partnership with Bord Gáis Networks.
Irish investigation into Michaela murder not ruled out
The Tánaiste said the government will convey a ‘strong protest’ to the Mauritian government about what appears to be the leaking of the photographs.
# trial - Saturday 14 July, 2012
Michaela McAreavey: New trial “a possibility”
The Director of Public Prosecutions in Mauritius said he was surprised at the verdict and that he was not discarding the possibility of a new trial.
# trial - Friday 13 July, 2012
Cleared: John Terry found not guilty of racial abuse
The Chelsea captain will not face charges after this afternoon’s verdict.
Michaela McAreavey trial: Accused may sue police
The lawyer for Avinash Treebhoowoon also expressed sympathy for the Irish honeymooner’s family.
Not guilty: Ireland reacts to Michaela McAreavey trial verdict
A ‘boycott Mauritius’ campaign was spontaneously started on Twitter last night.
# trial - Thursday 12 July, 2012
“The truth has triumphed” – accused respond to Michaela verdict
“I suffered a lot. I was brutalised by police. I was beaten so much,” Avinash Treebhoowon said outside the courtroom.
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Michaela McAreavey trial verdict: two accused found not guilty
Sandip Moonea and Avinash Treebhoowoon were acquited by the nine-member jury of killing the 27-year-old on her honeymoon in Mauritius.
€5m investment for Galway company
Neuravi has secured the investment which will help it to hire more staff and start clinical trials on its device.
# trial - Wednesday 11 July, 2012
John Terry trial: England defender tells court he had done nothing wrong
The England defender also denied that he had made a remark about having sex with Anton Ferdinand’s girlfriend.
# trial - Monday 9 July, 2012
Michaela murder trial: defence says ‘real culprits’ are still at large
One of the defence lawyers said that the investigation in Michaela McAreavey’s murder should be reopened.
Mladic trial set to resume today
The former Bosnian Serb military chief is accused of genocide and crimes against humanity.
# trial - Friday 6 July, 2012
Michaela murder trial told the 27-year-old died by a ‘barbaric act’
On the closing day of prosecution arguments, the lead prosecutor told the jury it had been “one of the most difficult trials” he had ever faced.
# trial - Monday 2 July, 2012
Michaela murder trial: Witness denies lying to protect his son
The 52-year-old father of one of the accused denied that his son told him “Forgive me. I have made a mistake” when he saw him the day after the murder of Michaela McAreavey.
# trial - Thursday 28 June, 2012
Michaela McAreavey trial: Prime suspect ‘only confessed because of police torture’
Avinash Treebhoowon said he had “never seen, never talked to, and never knew” Tyrone teacher Michaela McAreavey.
# trial - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
Accused in Michaela trial breaks down giving evidence
Avinash Treebhoowon took to the witness stand for the first time today and told the court that he had been insulted, threatened and beaten by police officers.
# trial - Monday 25 June, 2012
Defence opens case in Michaela trial with focus on alleged torture of suspect
One of the accused, Avinash Treebhowon, is expected to be called to the stand tomorrow.
# trial - Saturday 23 June, 2012
Former US football coach convicted of 45 counts of sexual abuse
Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky is expected to spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted of child abuse.
# trial - Friday 22 June, 2012
Defence argues that Breivik was sane when he carried out killings
The prosecution is calling for Breivik to be declared insane, but Breivik has said he will appeal the verdict if he is found criminally insane.
# trial - Monday 18 June, 2012
Ratko Mladic trial suspended by court – again
The trial had originally been suspended on 17 May and was due to resume next week.
# trial - Thursday 7 June, 2012
Witness claims one of accused men was with him on day of Michaela killing
The court heard evidence from a number of people who worked at the Legends hotel where Michaela McAreavey was strangled to death last year while on honeymoon.
# trial - Wednesday 6 June, 2012
John McAreavey breaks down as he testifies in Michaela murder trial
The husband of Michaela McAreavey told a court in Mauritius how his wife was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.
# trial - Tuesday 5 June, 2012
Verdict of Norway’s Breivik trial expected later this summer
Court says verdict won’t be out for at least a month after the hearings end in late June.
# trial - Friday 25 May, 2012
The Daily Fix: Friday
Your essential evening round-up of the day’s biggest news, plus the bits and pieces you may have missed.
Heated exchanges at Michaela McAreavey murder trial
Day four of the trial saw lawyers argue over a book found in the hotel room where the Tyrone woman was killed.
# trial - Thursday 24 May, 2012
Michaela McAreavey accused says his confession was forced by police brutality
Today was the third day of the murder trial of two hotel workers accused of killing the Tyrone woman during her honeymoon.
# trial - Tuesday 22 May, 2012
Michaela McAreavey murder trial opens in Mauritius
Two former employees of the hotel where Michaela and her husband were on honeymoon are accused of killing her in her hotel room.
# trial - Friday 18 May, 2012
Jury to begin deliberations in John Edwards case
The former US presidential candidate is on trial for six corruption charges related to his White House run in 2008.
# trial - Friday 11 May, 2012
Breivik trial interrupted by shoe-thrower
The brother of one of the victims of the Norway massacre hurled his shoe and told Breivik to “go to hell”.
# trial - Saturday 5 May, 2012
Khalid Sheikh Mohammed appears on 2,976 murder charges over 9/11
Mohammed and four alleged co-conspirators appeared in public for the first time in more than three years today.
Duchess of York trial begins in Turkey – but she won’t be attending
Sarah Ferguson is being tried by a Turkish court for allegedly secretly filming two orphanages in Turkey for a tv documentary.
# trial - Friday 4 May, 2012
Designer testifies at John Edwards trial over donations from 101-year-old
The former US presidential candidate denies using campaign donations from the elderly millionaire to cover up his pregnant mistress.
# trial - Tuesday 24 April, 2012
Ex-Iceland PM says trial ‘is not an example’ for other countries
Geir Haarde was found not guilty on all but one of the five charges brought against him by authorities in Iceland. He was the first world leader to go on trial over the global financial crisis.






















































