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Coming soon: The Appeal of Al Megrahi – The truth revealed surrounding the Lockerbie bombing of Flight PA203 - 21 December 1988. M25 killer Kenneth Noye reveals the truth about how he evaded justice for so long by Caroline A Bayford Italian Prosecutors open official criminal investigation into Labour Leader Sir Kier Starmer and the top Crown Court Judge by our European correspondent

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Royal Blackmail

A six-part series on the story behind the Royal Blackmail Trial based on the book by controversial international lawyer Giovanni Di Stefano has been sent to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for consideration as part of their Netflix deal. Ian Strachan and Sean McGuigan were both convicted in 2008 of blackmailing a member of the royal family, at the time it caused sensational headlines worldwide. Strachan was represented by Di Stefano from the moment of his arrest at…

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Parere Pro Veritate – No Statutory Requirement to Impose Consecutive Sentence on Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 ‘Default’ Orders by Giovanni Di Stefano

The Criminal Justice Act 1988 relinquished its statutory rights in favour of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 when the said provisions were brought into force albeit POCA 2002 received Royal Assent on 24 July 2002. POCA 2002 is divided into 12 parts consisting of over 460 sections and 12 schedules. Part 2 concerns confiscation orders in criminal proceedings. Contained within POCA 2002 there is not a single word of…

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The Inside Story Of Giovanni Di Stefano – ‘How to Win Fiends and Influence Despots’

Jim Sheridan, the six times Oscar-nominated writer and director and his core documentary team has bought the exclusive rights to ‘The Devil’s Advocate’, a biography of life with the infamous ‘lawyer’, Giovanni Di Stefano by his son Michael Di Stefano, and are currently in negotiations for a limited documentary series with broadcasters and major platforms.

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The Legality of Joint-Enterprise Convictions in England and Wales by Giovanni Di Stefano

Parere Pro Veritate 1. In 2002, I, together with Peter Kelson QC (now HHJ Kelson), the late Dr David Thomas QC, Alex Dos Santos and Jonathan Lennon successfully argued before the then Vice President of the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division Lord Justice Rose that the conviction of Nicholas Van Hoogstraten of ‘joint-enterprise’ verdict of manslaughter should be quashed. 2. Subsequently, aided by Geoffrey Cox QC (now the Attorney General) his retrial produced a verdict on the orders of…

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Coming Soon: You the Jury…

OPC Global news and media are pleased to announce that we are in the process of working on a programme coming soon ‘You the Jury’ together with our website www.youthejury.tv  and we will update our readers on this project in the near future. However,  please find below a glimpse of a production planned and posted on Youtube 8/11/2009 –The Devil’s Advocate on Vimeo ‘THE APPEAL WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED’

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Diary from the Inside 21 November – 10 December 2018 part 128 by Giovanni Di Stefano

Wednesday 21 November 2018 08.16pm – Today I met two very good lawyers from Wells Burcombe, who came to deal with adjudications. It was nice chatting to young, but very capable, lawyers about the profession. They are both very intelligent and good advocates. The rest of the day I spent drafting a petition to Parliament on what were IPP sentences. Boy, this Government has a problem with the English language – what does abolish mean to you? It means…

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Essex Crime Writer Controversially Jailed in 2012 Seeks Judicial Review for ‘IPP’ Sentences Abolished In 2012 by Giovanni Di Stefano and Caroline Bayford

Essex crime writer Terry Smith has issued a Judicial Review against the Ministry of Justice to review how IPP sentences are administered. Smith, who was controversially convicted and sentenced in 2010 after a failed trial resulting in the Jury refusing to convict, to an ‘Indeterminate Public Protection’ sentence with a minimum of 12 years, contends in his  Judicial Review that those who have committed murder when they were under 18 have had their release mechanism criteria changed from the…

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Giovanni Di Stefano known as the ‘Real’ Devil’s Advocate appears on The Richie Allen Show Tonight

We are pleased to announce that Giovanni Di Stefano co-founder and CEO of OPC Global News and Media Corp is scheduled to appear as a guest on the Richie Allen Show at 5.30pm UK/6.30pm European time. Richie and Giovanni had a strong on-air relationship that kept their listeners engaged with their banter and thoughtful arguments when Giovanni was a regular guest on Richie’s radio shows when Richie worked in Spain. In February 2011, Giovanni was arrested by Spanish Police…

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Till There Was You – Reorchestrated by Giovanni Di Stefano

  Music has always been my vocation and I am continuing my vocation of music reorchestrating over one hundred songs for my portfolio with PYE – MGM – PATHE Records in association with OPC Global News and Media Corp. These songs are dedicated to my family whose time I have taken without leave. Especially, to my mother who forced me to learn music from the age of eight and my father, the true singer of the family, sadly now…

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French journalist Arman Soldin killed in rocket attack in Ukraine

French journalist Arman Soldin, who worked for the AFP news agency, has been killed in a rocket attack in Chasiv Yar, near the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. According to according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, he is the 15th journalist to be killed since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Soldin was with a team of AFP journalists travelling with Ukrainian soldiers when the group came under fire from grad rockets at about…

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Kevin De Bruyne strike earns Man City 1-1 draw at Real Madrid Tweets fb all done

Manchester City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne powered home a rasping low shot from distance in the 67th minute to earn his side a 1-1 draw at Real Madrid in their Champions League semi-final first leg. City dominated the match on Tuesday in the early stages, but it was Real who took the lead as Vinicius Jr netted a brilliant curling strike from the edge of the area that flew into the top-right corner with Real’s first shot on target…

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