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Attorneys reshape arguments as Whitmer kidnap plot retrial begins

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The retrial of two men accused of a violent plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer opened in federal court on Wednesday, with attorneys for both sides recasting and reframing their arguments four months after the first trial ended in a hung jury.

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Starbucks union workers in South Carolina confronted a manager on video. Employees say the company suspended them and closed the store

Unionised workers say their store manager alleged kidnapping and assault charges after they demanded pay raises and better equipment

The Independent UK

Edinburgh Fringe show on the kidnapping of Shannon Matthews deemed 'inappropriate'

The controversial show that has already been banned from several venues in Yorkshire has been deemed 'sick' and 'inappropriate' as it does a four week run at the Festival Fringe

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Five arrested on abduction charge; gold links suspected

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Kidnappings in Greater Manchester rise by 70 per cent in just one year to highest figure in a decade

Child abductions in the region have also increased

Manchester Evening News

Mumbai: Special Pocso court acquits man as cops fail to prove victim as minor

MUMBAI: A special protection of children from sexual offence (Pocso) court acquitted a 32-year-old man arrested on the charges of kidnapping and raping a 17-year-old girl under pretext of marriage after police failed to prove the girl was a minor. The victim herself stated that she went with the accused…

The Times of India

Man arrested after girl, 12, held captive with remains of mum and brother for a week

Jose Paulino Pascual-Reyes, 37, was charged with kidnapping and multiple counts of capital murder.

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Teacher booked for ‘sextortion’ week after school director jailed for ‘raping her’ in Uttar Pradesh

BAREILLY: A week after the director of a school in UP's Shahjahanpur was booked for allegedly kidnapping and raping a teacher, police have now registered an FIR against the 22-year-old woman teacher and three of her male friends for alleged "sextortion".

The Times of India

Lawyer confident Mystikal will be cleared on rape charge

The attorney who represented Mystikal on rape and kidnapping charges that were dropped in late 2020 said Thursday that he is once more representing the 51-year-old rapper — and is confident that he will again be cleared

The Independent UK

Man accused of kidnapping Lady Gaga’s dogs is recaptured months after mistaken release

James Howard Jackson, who faces attempted murder and robbery charges, was released from jail due to “clerical error”

The Independent UK

A 12-year-old abducted girl made ‘heroic’ escape and prompted police to uncover two decomposing bodies

Jose Paulino Pascual-Reyes, 37, was arrested and is being held for three counts of capital murder, one count of first-degree kidnapping and two counts of abuse of corpse

The Independent UK

Thane: 13-year-old boy kidnapped, killed by smoking partners

MUMBAI: Two unemployed youths have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 13-year-old boy from Mira Road on the pretext of going for a smoke, murdering him, dumping his body near a bridge on the highway at Waliv and later demanding a Rs 35 lakh ransom from his mother, who works…

The Times of India

Man with AK-47 rifle caught outside Brooklyn home of Iranian dissident journalist Masih Alinejad

NEW YORK — A man with a loaded AK-47 rifle was caught outside the Brooklyn home of a prominent Iranian dissident journalist and author, authorities allege, just a year after the FBI foiled a kidnapping plot against the dissident by the Iranian government.

Tribune News Service

Bihar man alleges wife and daughter kidnapped and being forced to convert; police deny

BEGUSARAI: A resident of Bihar's Begusarai district has accused his neighbours, belonging to another religious community, of kidnapping his wife and married daughter and, after exploiting them sexually, putting pressure on them to convert, a claim debunked by the police.

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Phoolan Devi’s kidnapper Chheda Singh dies of TB in hospital

KANPUR: Sixty-nine years old Chheda Singh, who was accused of kidnapping ‘Bandit Queen’ Phoolan Devi in 1980 and was also involved in the murder of her paramour, dacoit Vikram Mallah, died at the Etawah’s Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences on the evening of July 25 during treatment of tuberculosis,…

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: 'Bandit Queen' Phoolan Devi’s kidnapper Chheda Singh dies of TB at Saifai's medical university

KANPUR: Sixty-nine years old Chheda Singh, who was accused of kidnapping ‘Bandit Queen’ Phoolan Devi in 1980 and was also involved in the murder of her paramour, dacoit Vikram Mallah, died at Saifai's Uttar Pradesh University of Medical Sciences on Monday evening.

The Hindu

Marrying minor victim does not sanctify offence of rape: Delhi High Court

The court was hearing the bail petition of a man accused of kidnapping and raping a 14-year-old girl, who he claimed to have subsequently married in a temple

Bristol Post

Cases of kidnap in Avon and Somerset at highest point for decade

Home Office figures show there were 147 crimes of kidnapping recorded by Avon and Somerset Police in 2021

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Soaring number of kidnappings with almost 7,000 recorded last year

More people were abducted last year than at any other time in the last decade

The Hindu

JKLF chief Yasin Malik’s hunger strike his last bid to change legal course in IAF killings, Rubaiya kidnapping cases

A Delhi court in May this year awarded Mr. Malik a life imprisonment in the 2017 terror funding case and for organising street protests in 2016

The Independent UK

Kidnapping probe launched after three men found tied up in a Los Angeles warehouse

Officers detained 12 people at an underground marijuana dispensary

The Independent UK

US Marshalls offering $5k reward after man accused of kidnapping Lady Gaga’s dogs was accidentally freed

Dog walker who was shot has appealed for suspect to hand himself in

The Times of India

Student kidnapped over financial row rescued within 4 hours; 4 held in Karnataka

BENGALURU: Acting swiftly, Yelahanka police on Monday rescued an abducted college student in less than four hours of the kidnapping. Four people, including a tur dal mill owner, were arrested.

The Hindu

Businessman among four arrested for kidnapping student

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The Independent UK

Tourist fakes her own kidnapping after running out of money in India

Her ransom messages stated she was in an ‘unsafe enviroment’, facing physical and emotional abuse

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