Crime & Court News

Filed Under Court Cases, Crime, Headlines | December 18th, 2009 

Gay Crime & Court Related News for Friday:

- BBC: Man guilty of homophobic murder — A man has been found guilty of murdering one man and attempting to murder another in a homophobic attack in south London.

- Bromley Times: Partner of gay man knifed to death talks about the crime. (The same attack that was reported in the BBC report above.)

- Human Rights Watch: Honduras Called On To Investigate Murders of LGBT People

- An Update from the UK: Gay man who tried to poison lesbian neighbours over three-legged cat kidnapping faces jail (I thought this case had already been settled.)

- U.S. — Gay Porn Star Andrew Grande Dies After Trying to Swallow Pot, and Getting Tasered Didn’t Help

- Australia — Gay lover of the late Peter Ikin quizzed over secret will — FRIENDS of deceased Australian music industry boss Peter Ikin are hopeful of having their day in court today following news that Ikin’s gay lover Alexandre Despallieres is set to appear via video link from Paris to answer questions pertaining to Ikin’s “secret” will.

- Canada — Human rights case; Fired woman describes ‘crisis of faith’ — woman who was fired from a Christian charity organization for breaking the group’s code of conduct said yesterday she never believed that her sexual orientation made her less of a Christian or got in the way of her work.