Man jailed for role in Max Dixon and Mason Rist murders

Avon and Somerset Police Antony Snook will serve a minimum of 38 years in prison A man who drove four teenagers on a revenge mission that led to two best friends being murdered has been handed two life sentences. Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, died after being stabbed by four teenagers in a frenzied attack outside Mason’s home on Ilminster Avenue in Knowle West, Bristol, on 27 January.

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Top pro-democracy leaders jailed for subversion

Getty Images Benny Tai (left) was jailed for 10 years and Joshua Wong (right) for four A Hong Kong court has sentenced dozens of pro-democracy leaders to years in jail for subversion, following a controversial national security trial. Sixty-year-old Benny Tai and 28-year-old Joshua Wong were among the so-called Hong Kong 47 group of activists and lawmakers who were involved in a plan to pick opposition candidates for local elections.

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Who are the campaigners jailed in controversial national security trial?

BBC Forty-five people are due to be sentenced on Tuesday A court on Tuesday handed out jail sentences for some of Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy icons, including Joshua Wong and Benny Tai, in a controversial national security case. They are part of a group known as the Hong Kong 47 who were charged three years ago in a crackdown under the national security law (NSL) imposed by China. Two of

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