The Block’s Deanne Jolly told to pipe down during courtroom sook

The Block’s Deanne Jolly needed to be told to keep quiet after a courtroom outburst against Daily Mail Australia in Melbourne.  Jolly fronted the Ringwood Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday where she faces multiple allegations of domestic violence.  Her appearance came just weeks after her estranged partner Darren Jolly fronted the same magistrate on domestic violence … Read more

Huge ‘Ndrangheta mafia trial involving 350 suspects begins in Italy in specially converted courtroom

Italy’s largest mafia trial in more than 30 years opened today, as prosecutors seek to strike a blow against the ‘Ndrangheta crime syndicate, whose tentacles reach worldwide.  More than 350 alleged members of the mafia and the politicians, lawyers, businessmen, civil servants and police accused of enabling them face a judge in a specially converted courtroom in … Read more

Robot judges will replace humans in the courtroom ‘in 50 years’

Robots that analyse a defendant’s body language to determine signs of guilt will replace judges by the year 2070, according to an artificial intelligence expert.  Writer and speaker on AI Terence Mauri believes the machines will be able to detect physical and psychological signs of dishonesty with 99.9 per cent accuracy.  He claims they will … Read more

This courtroom memoir is so lacking in drama it’s criminal

From Crime to Crime Richard Henriques Hodder & Stoughton £25 Rating: On the cover, the publishers have given this book a racy subtitle: ‘Harold Shipman To Operation Midland: 17 Cases That Shocked The World.’ This is, as it turns out, only slightly overstated. The trials with which the author has been involved, either as a … Read more