News about James Watson

A consortium of the country's top cocaine manufacturers and dealers known as 'The Commission' promised to declare war (inset) on any local or international gangs that carry the potent drug into Australian shores. Hundreds of people have died from overdoses every day, leaving a trail of devastation around the world in the last decade.

Jamie Lynn Spears is suing her homeowners insurance company, alleging that it has failed to compensate for the damages she suffered in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida in 2021. According to legal records obtained by The Blast, the 32-year-old actress and her husband, James Watson, who married in 2014 with Jamie Lynn's sister Britney Spears in attendance, filed a lawsuit against Progressive Insurance, arguing that they owe the repairs. According to the paperwork, the couple suffered a loss to their personal residence as a result of a peril covered under the insurance scheme.'

Since being found guilty of murdering six-year-old Rikki Neave nearly 30 years ago, a 42-year-old man has appealed his conviction. Following a hearing at the Old Bailey, James Watson was sentenced to a minimum jail term of 15 years by a judge in June 2022. Lord Justice Holroyde, Mr Justice Morris, and Judge Angela Morris said on Monday that his appeal had failed and'should not therefore be dismissed'.

Dmitry Muratov is a Russian journalist and Editor-in-Chief of the Russian news service 'Novaya Gazeta,' which is based in Moscow. He was given the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2021 alongside Philippine journalist Maria Ressa for his 'efforts to preserve freedom of expression.' On tonight, Channel 4 will broadcast 'The Price of Truth,' a documentary about Muratov's life.

One particularly sad snapshot has brought out the stark reality of a drug that could soon 'annihilate' Australia as it has in the United States, where it has been described as a 'killer epidemic'. The photo shows fentanyl, a drug that has up to 100 times more potent than morphine - Philadelphia users who have been adversely affected by it they have been compared to 'zombies.' AFP and ABF workers are seen at the Port of Melbourne looking at an intercepted shipment of fentanyl.

Rikki Neave, a six-year-old boy, was unsolved for 28 years after being found dead in Peterborough in 1994. Ruth Neave, the first prime suspect in Rikki, was arrested in 1996 but was later cleared. James Watson, who was 13 at the time of the crime, was first arrested in 2016 in connection with the homicide but only in 2022. Watson appealed his conviction in 2023 on the grounds that the evidence used to convict him was circumstantial. Learn more about the rest of this tragic case by clicking here.

The schoolboy was discovered strangled, naked, and arranged in a'star pose' in woodlands near his Peterborough home on the day after his mother Ruth Neave (right and inset) reported him missing on November 28, 1994. Rikki's murder in 1994 was one of the most high-profile cold cases on police records, before DNA was found on the suspect's clothing following a re-examination of the crime two decades later. Last year, James Watson, (left) 42, who was 13 years old at the time of the shooting and lived in Peterborough, was sentenced to life for a minimum of 15 years at the Old Bailey.

A man in his 40s who was sentenced to life in prison for murdering schoolboy Rikki Neave (right) nearly 30 years ago has begun an appeal at the Court of Appeal in London. The six-year-old boy was discovered strangled, naked, and arranged in a'star pose' in woodlands near his Peterborough home the day after being reported missing by his violent mother Ruth Neave (inset) on November 28, 1994. After a judge at the Old Bailey sentenced James Watson (left), who was 13 years old when Rikki died and is now 41, was jailed for the offence.

The six-year-old (left) was discovered strangled, naked, and arranged in a'star pose' in woods near his Peterborough home the day after his mother Ruth Neave (right in 2020) reported him missing on November 28, 1994. Neave was first arrested as the prime suspect of Cambridgeshire Police and was convicted of murder in 1996. In a push chair, the police said she killed her son at his house before carrying his body to the nearby woods (inset bottom). She was not guilty but was sentenced to seven years in jail for acknowledging child cruelty. The case was unsolved for nearly two decades until Cambridgeshire Police decided to reopen the probe in 2015. After discovering new evidence in April, James Watson (inset top), 40, was found guilty of Rikki's murder. However, a new podcast has revealed how the police ignored expert forensic evidence that blew a hole in their case, although the jury in Neave was not alerted to the findings. Professor Tony Brown, who was assigned by police with investigating Rikki's clothing early in the investigation, discovered mud on his shoes affirmed the child's shoes, but he never stepped out. He told the BBC that he had also offered to test Neave's push chair for mud from the woods, but that the object was never delivered to him. At the time, the statute permitted police not to reveal evidence to a jury that had disregarded their appeal.

According to a recent survey, councils are raking in millions of pounds each year using private detectives to issue fines for an increasing number of minor offences, ranging from littering to loitering. Lynda Martin (left) was fined £100 for touring her husband's grave with her 12-year-old collie Megan. Patrick Ward (right) pulled out some cardboard for recycling by his wheelie bin, but was branded a fly-tipper and fined £400. And 68-year-old James Watson (inset) was given a £150 fine for 'throwing bird food on the ground and walking away'

The largest illicit shipment of fentanyl in Australia's history - more than five million doses - was intercepted, according to police, who describe the importation as a "complete act of bastardry." In December last year, Federal Police and Border Force officers confiscated more than 11 kilograms of pure powdered fentanyl, a fast-acting, highly addictive drug. On Monday, the disturbing shipment, which was originated from Canada, was revealed alongside photographs of the drug packed into military-grade ammunition boxes.