Isabel Rose was convicted of trying to extort £100,000 from the UK banker and perverting the course of justice.
BBC News – World Isabel Rose, 26, sentenced to six years for blackmail and perverting course of public justice over her allegations against British man A British woman who reported being raped to police in Hong Kong has been sentenced to six years in prison for blackmail and perverting the course of public justice. Isabel Rose, 26, from south-east London, travelled to Hong Kong in early 2024 to visit a British banker she had met whi…
BBC News – World Isabel Rose, 26, sentenced to six years for blackmail and perverting course of public justice over her allegations against British man A British woman who reported being raped to police in Hong Kong has been sentenced to six years in prison for blackmail and perverting the course of public justice. Isabel Rose, 26, from south-east London, travelled to Hong Kong in early 2024 to visit a British banker she had met whi…
Sky News – World Pope Leo XIV, 71, will undergo surgery this week to remove a small, localized nodule discovered during a recent medical examination. The pontiff said the nodule was found at an early stage. The Vatican said his expected recovery time would be about a week.
BBC News – World A boat carrying 350 migrants capsized off Djibouti near Obock/Guhere while heading to Yemen, killing at least 109 people, including 15 children, with more than 100 still missing, the International Organization for Migration said. The vessel sank Thursday night on a route used by tens of thousands of migrants from the Horn of Africa crossing the Bab el-Mandeb Strait toward Gulf countries.
NYTimes – World Unidentified projectile strikes King Khalid airport as escalating attacks threaten to draw more countries into Yemen conflict Middle East crisis live – latest updates Analysis: attack will force rethink of Trump strategy A projectile hit a passenger terminal at the airport in Riyadh on Sunday, the day after a deadly missile attack on the facility carried out by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebel group killed 13 people…
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