Law

David Cameron’s former aide Patrick Rock was given a two-year conditional discharge for downloading and  possessing indecent images of children. Rock, who was one of the government’s chief advisers on online pornography filters, walked free from Southwark court after being convicted of downloading pictures of girls as young as 10 in sexual poses. ITV reports: The 65-year-old had claimed the 20 images he downloaded on to his iPad over three days in August 2013 were not indecent. But the jury in his trial convicted Rock by a majority verdict of five counts.

One of Britain’s most prolific paedophiles is facing up to 22 life sentences after he posed as an English teacher to target and abuse babies and young children in Malaysia. Investigators said Huckle was “a constant groomer ” who pretended to be a Christian philanthropist while in fact basing “his whole life around the sexual abuse of children” Richard Huckle, 30 who targeted children from poor communities is suspected of having sexually abused as many as 200 children in Cambodia and Malaysia while undertaking voluntary work.

Citizens in Europe who break new “hate speech” rules on the internet, including those who spread conspiracy theories online, will be forced to attend ‘reeducation camps’. According to section 7 of the European Framework National Statute For The Promotion Of Tolerance: Juveniles convicted of committing crimes listed in paragraph (a) will be required to undergo a rehabilitation programme designed to instill in them a culture of tolerance. The full section reads: Section 7.

American actor Michael Andrew Jace from “The Shield” has been convicted of murdering his wife April Denise Jace, by shooting her in the back and legs. The incident was partially witnessed by their two young children. LA Times reports: A jury of six women and six men deliberated about two hours before finding Michael Jace, 53, guilty of second-degree murder in April Jace’s May 19, 2014, death. Jurors also found true the special allegation that Jace used a firearm to commit the crime.

Former California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) CEO Federico Buenrostro was sentenced Tuesday by a federal judge to four and a half years in prison for accepting more than $200,000 in bribes trying to steer investments.