Man jailed for 15 years after blinded with sodium hydroxide

A man who blinded an acquaintance with a corrosive liquid in an ecovillage has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. Jivan Dean, 24, attacked Raven Riley, 21, with sodium hydroxide – an alkali also known as caustic soda – in a jealous rage after mistakenly believing she had contacted his girlfriend. Dean was seen … Read more

Former Stasi officer jailed for shooting Pole trying to flee to the West in 1974

Former Stasi officer jailed for shooting Pole trying to flee to the West in 1974

A Berlin court found former Stasi officer Martin Naumann guilty of killing Czeslaw Kukuczka as he tried to flee to the West through the Friedrichstrasse border point in Berlin in 1974. At least 140 people died trying to cross the Berlin Wall between 1961 and 1989, and many hundreds more died … Read more