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A Somali pirate who pleaded guilty to hijacking a US merchant ship is sentenced in the US to more than 33 years in prison.

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A man jailed for life for murdering his baby daughter in Glasgow is freed by appeal judges.

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A jury has found a 26-year-old man guilty of murdering his baby son.

Cameron Jay Leslie was 14-weeks-old when he died in hospital on 6 September, 2008. He had suffered severe injuries to several parts of his body.

On Wednesday, a Belfast Crown Court jury found his father Ryan Leslie guilty of murder and causing grievous bodily harm.

The judge told Leslie, of Ballyvesey Green in Newtownabbey, that he had “brutalised and murdered” his son.

‘Mixed emotions’

Leslie was given a mandatory life sentence and his tariff will be set at a hearing on 18 March.

During the trial, the court heard evidence that Cameron’s death was due to his brain swelling up so much that it cut off the oxygen supply to his brain stem.

Deputy State Pathologist for Northern Ireland, Dr Peter Ingram told the jury that he had uncovered numerous bruises to both of Cameron’s arms, his legs, torso, throat and chin.

The doctor also uncovered a total of 14 rib fractures, all of which were “typical of injuries seen in cases of child abuse”.

Speaking outside the court, Cameron’s mother Sheree Black said she had “mixed emotions” at the jury’s verdict.

“I will never, ever, forgive Ryan Leslie for what he has done and I will never ever forget it,” Miss Black said.

Asked if the verdicts would bring any closure for her, she replied: “Hopefully from today that will be something to look forward to but there will always be a hole in my heart where Cameron was.”

‘Heavy loss’

The judge told Leslie: “Your defence was based on the propositions that you were a victim wrongly accused and also a grieving father who deserved sympathy.

“But the truth is you brutalised and murdered a 14-week-old baby – your son. And for that I sentence you to life imprisonment.”

The officer in charge of the investigation, Detective Superintendent Jonathan Roberts, said his thoughts were with baby Cameron.

“It is a tragedy that his young life was ended so brutally by the one person who should have been his protector,” he said.

“There are no winners in this case and the detectives involved in the investigation into Cameron’s death would like to extend their sympathy to the entire family circle. They have a heavy loss to bear.

“From a professional perspective, it is gratifying that we have been able to secure a murder conviction in a type of case where convictions for less serious offences are often more prevalent.”

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A commission to investigate a British Bill of Rights will be set up “imminently”, David Cameron has said.

He told MPs it was about time decisions were made in Parliament, not in courts.

The Conservatives had wanted to replace the Human Rights Act 1998 with a UK Bill of Rights but that was opposed by their Lib Dem coalition partners.

Instead a commission is being set up to look into it. Last week MPs rejected a European Court of Human Rights ruling on giving prisoners the vote.

The vote, prompted by Tory backbencher David Davis and former Labour home secretary Jack Straw, was not binding but could put pressure on ministers to go against the Strasbourg court’s ruling.

At Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, Mr Cameron responded to Tory MP Phillip Davies who complained about a ruling that sex offenders could appeal against having to register with the police for life.

Mr Cameron told MPs Mr Davies “speaks for many people when he says how completely offensive it is to have once again a ruling by a court that seems to fly completely in the face of common sense”.

He added: “The commission we are establishing to look at a British bill of rights will be established imminently because I think it’s about time we started making sure decisions are made in this Parliament rather than in the courts.”

BBC deputy political editor James Landale said it was unlikely to lead to Britain pulling out of the European human rights legislation, but the commission might look at how the laws were interpreted and whether there should be a different balance between rights – for example making public safety more important than the right of offenders to a private life.

Home Secretary Theresa May said Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Justice Secretary Ken Clarke would be giving more details shortly.

But she told MPs the commission would “investigate the creation of a British bill of rights”.

“It is time to assert that it is Parliament that makes our laws, not the courts that the rights of the public come before the rights of criminals and above all that we have a legal framework that brings sanity to cases such as these.”

The Human Rights Act 1998 incorporated the rights enshrined in the European Convention of Human Rights into UK law.

These include the right to life, the right to family, freedom from torture and the right to a fair trial.

But critics say the act makes it harder for British courts to extradite criminals and has also led the current controversies over prisoners being able to vote and sex offenders having the right to appeal to get their name removed from the sex offenders register.

The coalition deal says the commission will look into a British Bill of Rights “that incorporates and builds on all our obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights, ensures that these rights continue to be enshrined in British law, and protects and extends British liberties”.

The Conservatives’ policy on having a British bill of rights with priority over European human rights laws was put forward by then shadow home secretary David Davis in 2005.

Labour had looked at having a Bill of Rights and Responsibilities as the basis of a written constitution – the then Justice Secretary Jack Straw believed a written statement of “common values” would help social cohesion.

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A British tourist who survived five days in the New Zealand wilderness has been reunited with his family.

James Esbester, 30, from Waterlooville, Hants, went missing in the Wangapeka area of Kahurangi National Park, last Thursday.

He survived without food and made a makeshift “help” sign which was spotted by helicopter crews despatched to search for him.

Mr Esbester was taken to hospital where he was treated for hypothermia.

He became lost after originally going out on a trek intended to last half a day.

But he had not been seen since writing in a log book of his intention to climb Mount Luna.

He was spotted on the Crow Riverbed on Monday about 10km from Mt Luna and well off his intended route.

Search controller Insp Hugh Flower said the helicopter had been sent to check remote huts outside the search area in order to eliminate them from the search when the pilot spotted Mr Esbester waving.

Mr Esbester said: “Because I had taken half a day’s snacks with me all of them had mostly gone by the time I was trekking down the mountain, but I was following a river so I had plenty of water at least.

“I had gone up the mountain wearing contact lenses and after a couple of day’s I really had to get rid of them so essentially after that I couldn’t see very well either.”

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