An armed robber mistakenly shot his friend as they tried to steal fake Rolex watches, a court heard. Daniel Tesfay, 26, shot Jonathan Barnes (left) by mistake at an address in Morland Road, Croydon, last August. Mr Tesfay is standing trial at the Old Bailey after pleading not guilty to murdering Mr Barnes and...
A $10,000 reward has been posted for information leading to the arrest of the man who attacked a Center City parking-lot attendant with a brick this week. The attendant, Asrat Mamo, was taken to the hospital Wednesday night in critical condition after he was found unconscious on the ground at the parking lot...
By Bassam Za'za', Gulf News. Dubai: The defence counsel of a 51-year-old man accused of raping an Ethiopian woman yesterday asked the Dubai Court of First Instance to modify the charge filed against his client to having consensual sex. The defendant, a Sudanese identified as H.T., pleaded not guilty...
A man who was accused of wielding a gun to kidnap a Northeast Portland store owner, then rob her of $600, will serve about two years in jail — not the 7 1/2 years or more he faced if convicted of those crimes. The reported victim, who owns Merkato Ethiopian Music & Food...
A man who pushed his ex-girlfriend off a bridge in Coventry has been given a life sentence after admitting murder. Yonas Beraki, 33, was found hurt near the body of Genet Kidane, 41, on the city's ring road near the canal basin bridge in January, the court heard. Beraki must serve a minimum...
By Matt Zapotosky, Washington Post Police have identified the woman and man killed in an apparent murder-suicide in the Chillum area earlier this month as 29-year-old Tekabech Taye and 43-year-old Girma Berhe, authorities said Wednesday. Prince George’s County police said Berhe shot Taye inside a vehicle in the 700 block of Ray Road,...
By JESSICA SATHERLEY The parents accused of killing their 13-year-old adopted daughter, are being investigated over whether they were inspired by a book that encourages children to be biblically punished. The Washington couple deny homicide and child abuse charges relating to the death of Ethiopian-born Hana Willaims, who apparently lived in a closet...
PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland police said Thursday they now know who was behind a hit-and-run that killed a woman earlier in the week. Police say 21-year-old Abaynesh Awokie was killed by a man driving a mail truck for the U.S. Postal Service. The tragedy has shaken Awokie's entire community. Dozens of people from...
A Zambian woman has been arrested in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia for wearing ivory bracelets. Ruth Mwale aged 46 was arrested at Bole International Airport Tuesday morning upon her arrival from Bangkok, Thailand enroute to Zambia. First Secretary for Press at the Zambian Embassy in Ethiopia Dorcas Chileshe sain in a press statement on...
By Denise Ryan, the Age The unexplained death of a young Ethiopian man has reignited claims African youths face police harassment and a battle to belong. A BEAUTIFUL young woman walks up and solemnly greets a middle-aged man standing outside the African Town restaurant in Footscray. It's a bitterly cold day but the...
