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☆ Van Goghs attacked again in London hours after Just Stop Oil activists sentenced
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Supporters of Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland protest in front of Southwark Crown Court on September 27, 2024 in London, England.] Three Just Stop Oil activists threw soup at two of Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" paintings in London's National Gallery on Friday, just hours after two other members of the protest group were jailed for doing the same thing in 2022. The activists threw tomato soup at the "Sunflowers" owned by the London Gallery, and another from the series that is on loan from Philadelphia Museum of Art for a temporary exhibition. The National Gallery said three people had been arrested and the paintings were unharmed. Activists from Just Stop Oil have staged a number of eye-catching protests in recent years, including disrupting sporting events, theatre performances and road traffic.

Persons: Phoebe Plummer, Anna Holland, Vincent van, Plummer, Holland, Christopher Hehir, Roger Hallam Organizations: Southwark Crown, Oil, London, Philadelphia Museum of Art, London's, London's Southwark Crown Court Locations: Southwark, London, England, London's Southwark, Britain, Europe

☆ Ex-F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone spared jail after admitting tax fraud
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Sam Tobin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Ecclestone has also agreed a civil settlement with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), under which he will pay 652.6 million pounds covering tax, interest and penalties for 18 tax years between 1994 and 2022, prosecutor Richard Wright said. The 92-year-old appeared at London's Southwark Crown Court and pleaded guilty to one count of fraud by false representation, just over a month before he was due to stand trial. Ecclestone gave an unintelligible response to reporters as he left the court and got into a waiting Range Rover. Richard Las, chief investigation officer and director of the Fraud Investigation Service at HMRC, said Ecclestone had "lied to HMRC". The decision also states that Ecclestone paid around 250 million pounds in income and capital gains tax to HMRC between 1999 and 2017.

Persons: Bernie Ecclestone, Belinda Jiao, Ecclestone, Richard Wright, Simon Bryan, Clare Montgomery, Andrew Penhale, Richard Las, Bryan, Mr Ecclestone, Montgomery, Vladimir Putin, Sam Tobin, William James, Alex Richardson, Susan Fenton Organizations: Formula, Southwark Crown, HM Revenue, Customs, HMRC, Crown Prosecution Service, Thomson Locations: Southwark, London, Britain, Singapore

☆ Elton John gives evidence by videolink at Kevin Spacey's London trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Sam Tobin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] Actor Kevin Spacey walks outside Southwark Crown Court, as his trial over charges related to allegations of sex offences continues, in London, Britain, July 14, 2023. REUTERS/Hollie Adams/File PhotoLONDON, July 17 (Reuters) - Singer Elton John appeared by videolink in a London court on Monday to give evidence at Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey's sexual assault trial. Spacey, 63, has pleaded not guilty at London's Southwark Crown Court to 12 charges of sexual offences allegedly committed against four men in Britain between 2001 and 2013. The two-time Academy Award winner on Monday called John as a witness, with the British singer appearing by videolink from Monaco. Furnish told the court he remembered asking the complainant "how is the most handsome driver in London?

Persons: Kevin Spacey, Hollie Adams, Singer Elton John, videolink, Kevin Spacey's, Spacey, groped, John, Christine Agnew, John's, David, Sam Tobin, Michael Holden, Alex Richardson Organizations: Southwark Crown, REUTERS, Old, Thomson Locations: Southwark, London, Britain, London's Southwark, British, Monaco, Windsor

☆ Kevin Spacey tells London court sexual assault accusation is 'absolute bollocks'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Sam Tobin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Agnew suggested to Spacey that grabbing men by the crotch was "your MO, this is your trademark and this is what you do". 'ABSOLUTE BOLLOCKS'Agnew earlier asked Spacey about a complainant who alleges Spacey painfully grabbed his crotch like "a cobra" in the mid-2000s. Spacey asked: "Did he accuse me of grabbing his bollocks?" Spacey replied: "Money, money and then money." Spacey described his encounters with two of the other complainants as "consensual interactions", adding: "If they went further than they wanted, they didn't tell me."

Persons: Spacey, Kevin Spacey, groped, Christine Agnew, Agnew, Sam Tobin, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Old, Thomson Locations: London's Southwark, Britain, London, American, Oxford, England

☆ Teen hacked Uber, Revolut and Grand Theft Auto maker, London court hears
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Sam Tobin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann/File PhotoLONDON, July 11 (Reuters) - A teenage member of the Lapsus$ hacking group hacked Uber (UBER.N) and fintech firm Revolut then blackmailed the developers of best-selling videogame Grand Theft Auto, prosecutors have told a London court. Arion Kurtaj, 18, is said to have targeted Revolut and Uber in September 2022, accessing around 5,000 Revolut customers' information and causing nearly $3 million of damage to Uber. Prosecutors allege he hacked Rockstar Games days later and threatened to release the planned Grand Theft Auto sequel's source code in a Slack message sent to all Rockstar staff. Kurtaj later embarked on a solo cyber crime spree, Barry said, first targeting Revolut then Uber two days later before hacking Rockstar Games. He has previously pleaded guilty to two offences under the Computer Misuse Act and one count of fraud.

Persons: Arnd, Revolut, Arion Kurtaj, Uber, Kevin Barry, Kurtaj, Barry, Sam Tobin, Nick Macfie Organizations: Economic, REUTERS, Auto, Prosecutors, Rockstar, BT Group, Nvidia Corp, London's, BT, EE, Computer, Nvidia, Thomson Locations: Davos, Switzerland, London, Lapsus, London's Southwark

☆ U.S. actor Kevin Spacey is a 'sexual bully', London court told
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Michael Holden | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Opening the prosecution case at London's Southwark Crown Court, lawyer Christine Agnew told the jury the "predatory" Spacey was not just an extremely famous actor who had won a number of awards but "a man who sexually assaults other men". "A man who does not respect personal boundaries or space, a man who it would seem delights in making others feel powerless and uncomfortable – a sexual bully," Agnew said. Spacey, who is being tried under his full name Kevin Spacey Fowler, watched proceedings from the dock, wearing a grey suit, a gold-coloured tie and glasses. "Each of these allegations of non-consensual sexual conduct is completely denied," his lawyer Patrick Gibbs said. Actor Kevin Spacey looks on outside the Southwark Crown Court on the day of his trial over charges related to allegations of sex offences, in London, Britain, June 30, 2023.

Persons: Spacey, Kevin Spacey, Oscar, Christine Agnew, Agnew, Kevin Spacey Fowler, Patrick Gibbs, Mr Spacey, Toby Melville, Mr Spacey Fowler, Gibbs, Michael Holden, Angus MacSwan Organizations: LONDON, London's Southwark Crown, Southwark Crown, REUTERS, Old, Thomson Locations: British, London's Southwark, Southwark, London, Britain

☆ Kevin Spacey arrives at London court for sex offence trial
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, June 28 (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey arrived at a London court on Wednesday for the start of his four-week trial on a dozen sex offence charges. Spacey, 63, denies allegations of historic offences committed against four men which are said to have taken place between 2001 and 2013. The charges against Spacey include indecent and sexual assaults and a more serious offence of causing a person to engage in penetrative sexual activity without consent, which carries a maximum punishment of life imprisonment. Last November the Crown Prosecution Service authorised a further seven charges involving sex assaults on one man between 2001 and 2004. Spacey, once one of Hollywood's biggest stars, has largely disappeared from public view since being accused of sexual misconduct six years ago.

Persons: Kevin Spacey, Spacey, Michael Holden, Mark Heinrich, Christina Fincher Organizations: London's, Prosecution Service, Thomson Locations: London's Southwark, London, Gloucestershire, England, United States, Manhattan

☆ UK SFO delays decision on whether to charge Glencore staff until year-end
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The SFO is investigating former employees of Glencore's UK subsidiary Glencore Energy UK Limited over potential criminal offences in relation to its operations in West Africa. The ex-Glencore employees who are under investigation by the SFO have been granted anonymity pending a decision by the SFO on whether to bring criminal charges. Glencore's UK subsidiary last year admitted seven bribery offences related to paying – or failing to prevent the payment of – millions of dollars in bribes to officials in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria and South Sudan. At its sentencing in November, prosecutors told the court that Glencore employees and agents used private jets to transfer cash to pay bribes to officials in Cameroon and South Sudan. Glencore was ordered to pay a total penalty of 276.4 million pounds ($352 million) for its offending, which the sentencing judge described as "endemic" corruption.

Persons: Alexandra Healy, Glencore, Sam Tobin, Christina Fincher Organizations: SFO, Glencore's, Glencore Energy, Limited, Glencore, London's, London's Southwark Crown, Thomson Locations: London, West Africa, London's Southwark, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Sudan

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