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Two sisters at a law firm in England stole over £1 million from clients' accounts – with one spending the money on designer clothes and shoes. Kimberley Bridge, 44, former managing partner at SFN Solicitors in Lancashire, misused over £960,000 as she tried to support the failing business.

A software pirate was handed an unusual punishment by a Czech court after he was told he could avoid paying significant damages if a film he was told to make denouncing piracy garnered 200,000 views. Jakub F, 30, who was given a three-year suspended sentence reached his target within day and now has

A Sydney man was left embarrassed after neighbours called the police on him believing there was a domestic incident when he was simply trying to kill a spider. At 2am on Sunday police cars rushed to an apartment in Wollstonecraft, a suburb of the city, after they received reports of a woman screamin

A burglary suspect has told the High Court in Belfast that his electronic ankle tag was chewed off by his pet dog. However, he failed to convince the court, which heard that there were "no signs" of teeth marks on the tracking device -- and his own lawyer admitted he faced "an uphill battle" to secu

A judge in Wisconsin who handed a lawyer a five-day jail sentence for contempt of court decided to add a creative punishment he called a “moving jail” Judge Philip Kirk in Waupaca County told lawyer Michael Petersen, 33, that over the course of his probation he will have to tell every client he

A woman accused of calling 911 to lure police away from her location so she could drive home drunk is said to have posted a message to social media stating: “lmao.. 2 mins later the cop peals out.. silly piggies tricks r for u.” Police in New Jersey said they responded to Hayley Oates' report of

The Rio Paralympics is to crackdown on athletes who gain an adrenaline boost – by squeezing their scrotums. The practice of “boosting” is common amongst wheelchair-bound athletes trying to gain an advantage but is, in fact, deadly.

A pet rescue charity in Washington state has joined forces with a local prison to put stray cats behind bars where prisoners will look after them. Prisoners at Mission Creek Women's Correction Center in Belfair will look after abandoned cats and kittens until they are ready to return to shelters for

A Wisconsin sheriff issued himself with a parking ticket after parking his car in a handicap spot. David Clarke, sheriff of Milwaukee County, gave himself the ticket after a colleague failed to move the vehicle.

A South Carolina woman faked her own death to avoid going to prison on a DUI charge. Darene Springs, 43, who had four cases ongoing against her for shoplifting, DUI, as well as other charges, told a county clerk in Rock Hill that she had died according to The Charlotte Observer.

An American man has been awarded a damages payout of $21.5 million after he was struck in the face — by an automatic door. James Hausman, 61, who was on a cruise ship, suffered the injury as he followed other passengers through the door.

American lawyers are accused of raising over £1 billion of fraudulent cases against oil giant BP – including claims on behalf of dead people and a dog. Texan lawyer Mikal Watts as well as six co-defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury on 95 counts of wire mail fraud, identity theft, and

Mountjoy Prison bosses ordered a full prison lock down yesterday afternoon when the alarm was raised over a suspicious item discovered on C wing and believed to be a firearm. The Irish Prison Service confirmed that a suspicious item was discovered at around 12.30pm yesterday.

A judge embarrassed himself after he referred to a defendant as “Mr Guilty” during a fraud trial, an Australian appeals court has heard. Tasmanian Chief Justice Alan Blow prejudiced the trial with his Freudian slip according to special counsel Mark Rinaldi who told the Court of Criminal Appeal i

Indonesia's anti-drugs agency has suggested a prison for death row convicts be built on an island – protected by crocodiles. The idea was proposed by anti-drugs chief Budi Waseso, who told news website Tempo he would seek to place as many crocodiles as possible there, adding: “I will search for