September 27, 2012
The FA should have dealt with this MONTHS AGO! Chelsea skipper John Terry has been banned for four games by the FA (Football Association) and fined £220,000 for his actions in the Anton Ferdinand race row case. The footballer has 14 days to appeal. The FA released the following statement: ‘An Independent Regulatory Commission has today [Thursday 27 September 2012] found a charge of misconduct against John Terry proven and has issued a suspension for a period of four matches and a fine of […]
May 11, 2012
William Balfour the former brother-in-law of singer and actress Jennifer Hudson has been found guilty of murdering her mother, brother and seven-year-old nephew back in 2008. Via BBC News The jury deliberated for three days before delivering its verdict. Balfour, 31, now faces a mandatory life prison sentence. He showed no emotion as the verdict was delivered. The jurors had earlier indicated they were split but continued to deliberate. Defence lawyer Amy Thompson said she would appeal against the verdict. “It has […]
December 21, 2011
Liverpool FC player Luis Suarez has been found guilty of racially abusing French Manchester United star Patrick Evra. Uruguayan striker Suarez has been given an eight-match ban and also fined £40,000. During a match in October the following happened, Via The Mail Manchester United faced Liverpool in a Premier League match. In the 57th minute Suarez fouled Evra and tempers flared at the next corner. They squared up to each other and Evra asked why Suarez kicked him. Suarez said he should forget […]
October 25, 2011
It looks like old Benjamin Boateng’s affluent connections failed to help him this time… Via The Daily Mail The party-loving son of Britain’s first black Cabinet minister was today convicted of sexually assaulting a woman after a night of West End clubbing. Benjamin Boateng, 27, whose father is Lord Boateng, assaulted the 22-year-old after she had ‘passed out’ and was ‘dead to the world’ on the sofa on 19 August last year. He was warned by Judge Fergus Mitchell at Kingston Crown […]
February 22, 2011
Reggae star Buju Banton (real name Mark Myrie) has been found guilty of three cocaine related charges in Florida. Click HERE to read more. This news has ruined my appetite.
January 26, 2011
Via BBC News Ex-Tory peer Lord Taylor of Warwick has been found guilty of making £11,277 in false parliamentary expenses claims. The 58-year-old peer claimed travel costs between his Oxford home and Westminster, as well as subsistence for staying in London. He claimed he had made the false claims “in lieu of a salary”, and had been acting on the advice of colleagues. But a jury at Southwark Crown Court found him guilty by an 11-1 majority verdict. Continue Reading….. Lord Taylor […]
December 16, 2009
Oh Buju…… Via AP A bail hearing is scheduled Wednesday morning for the 36-year-old singer, whose real name is Mark Anthony Myrie. Banton and two others allegedly attempted to buy a large amount of cocaine from an undercover law enforcement officer in Sarasota last week. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration was tipped off by a confidential informant. Banton has been in federal custody since Thursday in Miami pending transfer to Tampa, where the case is being prosecuted. He faces a maximum of […]
May 19, 2009
The rumours surrounding Sol Campbell’s sexuality have been following him for YEARS!!!! But regardless the behaviour displayed during the match was disgusting and he didn’t deserve to be subjected to that level of abuse. Who Campbell chooses to get naked with behind closed doors has nothing to do with what he does on the football pitch. Via Overground Online A man and a 14-year-old boy have been banned from attending football matches for three years after they were found guilty of shouting, ‘come on gay boy, that’s my gay boy’ at Portsmouth defender Sol […]
June 12, 2008
Jurors began deliberating in R. Kelly’s child pornography trial Thursday with the graphic sex tape at the center of the case fresh in their minds. Prosecutors replayed the video during closing arguments, while defense attorneys reiterated that it’s neither Kelly nor the person the state says was the underage girl — now a 23-year-old woman — on the tape. For three weeks, jurors have heard family members of the alleged victim, basketball coaches, forensics experts and others testify as to their identities. […]
May 19, 2008
The jury has been selected and now finally after six long years of waiting, the Pied Piper of R&B’s trial will officially begin tomorrow (May 20th). I have three questions for you all… 1) Do you think that he will be found guilty? 2) Do you think that there’s a good chance he will walk away from all of this a free man? 3) If he is found guilty, will his black fanbase still support him and his music? Lord.. I wouldn’t want to be in R.Kelly’s shoes right now. If […]
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