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Friday 4 December 2020
Shane O’Brien slashed 21-year-old Josh Hanson’s neck at a west London bar in 2015.
The former communist militant had been sought for four murders in the 1970s.
Shane O’Brien (29) fled abroad after the murder of Josh Hanson.
The man had been traced after he began visiting his mother again.
But they still got him. Sh*t one.
He wants to receive the prize in person.
Matthew Hay-Chapman recognised the stolen white van from news reports and pointed the men out to police.
The case had enthralled Australia’s media.
Shirley Campbell threw a woman off a roof in 1958. Edward Davis lived a long, free life.
David Sweat was shot in a field some 30 miles from the prison he escaped from three weeks ago.
Plus: How many abortion pills bound for Ireland were seized last year?
A warrant for his arrest was issued five years ago after the solicitor fled the country, leaving behind debts of over €80 million.
The 30-year-old, who leaked details of the US’ vast surveillance operation, has agreed to an offer of political asylum from Venezuela, a top pro-Kremlin lawmaker said in a tweet that was later deleted.
Bolivia and Venezuela have both said that they would consider an asylum application from the NSA whistleblower.
Lonnie Snowden reckons his son would be willing to come home as long as authorities agree not to detain him before trial.
As one friend posted to his account: “cops all over you.” Travis A. Nicolaysen responded with: “got away thanks bro.”
Fr Peter Kennedy was at the centre of one of the largest sexual abuse settlements ever seen in the State – and is wanted in connection with dozens of other allegations of child sexual abuse.
Michele Zagaria, on the run since 1995, was found in an underground bunker in Casapesenna, in his hometown province of Caserta in southern Italy.
The US fugitive, discovered in a sleepy Portuguese hamlet after 41 years, will not be extradited by the country after a judge ruled that the statute of limitations for his crime has expired.
The wife of a convicted murderer wanted after escaping from a US prison and for allegedly hijacking a plane says she never quite believed he had broken out of prison.
The former Black Liberation Army member who hijacked a Delta Airlines flight in 1972 had been on the run for nearly 40 years. He was found living a seemingly idyllic lifestyle in Portugal
An America fugitive who carried out one of the most high-profile and brazen hijackings in US history has been discovered living in a idyllic Portugese hamlet – 30 years after he absconded.
A lawyer for the former FBI Most Wanted mobster, who’s accused of 19 murders, said he is still “very smart”.
Drug trafficker caught after ten years on the run – when he goes home for dinner.
THIS YEAR HAS given us a lot of unexpected things, but one of the bigger cultural changes of 2020 has been the wide-scale move to working from home.
Writing in TheJournal.ie today, Arlene Vithaldas of the UCC Academy argues that it’s time for society to change its view of a workplace that includes commuting to offices.
Some people have found that working from home has given them more time, because they don’t have to commute both ways or end up getting stuck in the office after hours.
However, others miss the collaborative nature and social aspect of being in the office, as well as the chance to regularly be in urban centres where offices tend to be located.
Today we’re asking: Do you enjoy working remotely?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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