A man convicted of murdering his friend in 2008 will spend at least two decades behind bars for the money-motivated Melbourne crime described as cold-blooded. Christopher John Lavery, 31, set up a meeting with 24-year-old cannabis dealer James Russouw. He knew Mr Russouw would be carrying about $13,000 in cash to buy drugs after the…
A man convicted of murdering his friend in 2008 will spend at least two decades behind bars for the money-motivated Melbourne crime described as cold-blooded. Christopher John Lavery, 31, set up a meeting with 24-year-old cannabis dealer James Russouw. He knew Mr Russouw would be carrying about $13,000 in cash to buy drugs after the…
A man who fatally stabbed his friend in the neck and set his body and car on fire in suburban Melbourne nearly 10 years ago is due to be sentenced on Thursday. Christopher John Lavery, 31, was found guilty in August of murdering 24-year-old James Russouw in March 2008. Lavery still maintains his innocence, standing…
Five people, including a prayer leader, were arrested on Friday evening for their suspected involvement in marrying off a five-year-old girl to a 15-year-old boy in Dadu’s Taluka Johi area allegedly to settle a gambling debt, police said. Shahid Ali, the father of the minor girl and a resident of Khandhani village, was amongst those…
Battle of the Sexes is a buoyant piece of propaganda about a buoyant, propagandistic episode in American culture: the 1973 tennis match between 55-year-old Bobby Riggs a self-proclaimed chauvinist pig who crowed that women shouldnt play on the same courts as men and 29-year-old Billie Jean King, a crusader for womens rights and a budding…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Sunday admitted that he did gambling to return his loans. In an interview with a private news channel, Imran Khan was asked by the host about gambling proceeds in his book, to which the PTI chief said there was nothing wrong in it. Imran Khan said he…
If the United States wants to help the hurricane-ravaged island of Barbuda, it could do so by paying a $273 million debt over online gambling that started accruing in 2007. The island of Barbuda was 95 percent destroyed by Hurricane Irma, with TK,000 residents displaced. Its government would really like to collect on old debts.…
Five people, including a prayer leader, were arrested on Friday evening for their suspected involvement in marrying off a five-year-old girl to a 15-year-old boy in Dadu’s Taluka Johi area allegedly to settle a gambling debt, police said. Shahid Ali, the father of the minor girl and a resident of Khandhani village, was amongst those…
The country best known for its stunning temples and turbulent social history welcomed the regions gamblers after a recent change of heart. But with its neighbours also beginning to loosen gaming laws, what does the future hold? The history of gambling in the Kingdom of Cambodia could kindly be described as chequered. Completely banned under…
21 Sep – Businessman Yuan Bayuan, husband to Chinese actress Kitty Zhang, has dismissed rumours that he is currently millions in debt. As reported on Apple Daily, it was alleged that Yuan owed the employees of his fashion business about RMB 4 million in wages, but decided to gamble it away instead of paying his…
