Polish author jailed for murder
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A Polish author is jailed for murdering a businessman, four years after publishing a novel detailing a similar crime.
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A court Wednesday convicted an author of directing the killing of a businessman in a crime that bore eerie similarities to a murder he described in a novel three years later.
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An ex-con who co-authored a book about life in prison was convicted Friday of killing his live-in girlfriend and raping a teenager.
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The âChessboard Killer,â who had hoped to become the most prolific murderer in post-Soviet Russian history, was convicted last week of murdering 48 people.
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A 22-year-old man is jailed for killing a pensioner outside a Leicestershire supermarket.
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Parts of a trial of a man accused of murdering an elderly author will be held in secret on national security grounds.
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An Iranian man is sentenced to death for his role in the serial killings of 17 children and three adults.
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A Russian court jails a man for 16 years for stabbing worshippers at a Moscow synagogue in January.
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A grandmother found guilty of plotting with her son to have his wife murdered to "defend the family honour" is jailed for life.
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A major in the Russian army is sentenced to seven years in prison for selling military secrets to Poland.
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A former Bosnian Serb paramilitary leader is sentenced to 34 years for wartime murder and rape.
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A convicted burglar who murdered a 75-year-old lay preacher in her home is jailed for 31 years.
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A Romanian woman is jailed for killing an Italian woman with an umbrella in a case that pressured bilateral ties.
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A US federal judge sentenced an author who wrote a series of books about avoiding taxes in off-shore locations to six months in prison on Monday.
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A Polish computer programmer could face up to three years in jail for linking a Polish word for penis to the presidential Web site.
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A Ukrainian man is jailed for murdering a Wolverhampton football fan at the Euro 2004 tournament in Portugal.
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An Uzbek court has sentenced journalist to six years in jail for extortion, human rights groups said on Friday, condemning the trial as an attempt to silence free speech.