hello. welcome to the programme. ajury in chicago has found actorjussie smollett guilty of staging a hate crime against himself. mr smollett, who is african american and openly gay, was accused of orchestrating a homophobic attack against him by people impersonating supporters of then president donald trump in 2019 to generate publicity after reportedly being annoyed by his treatment on the tv show he was starring in at the time. special prosecutor daniel webb spoke to media shortly after the verdict. unfortunately, that is not the rat we wanted. sometimes that is the wrap that you have to take to win, especially a case where we remain 100% confident in our client puzzling innocence. from the first day of this case, his case has been prejudged, his case has been tried in the media, and it is unfortunate, this is the united states of america, we live in a constitutional democracy where everyone is presumed innocent. 0bviously everyone is presumed innocent. obviously it would s
hello and welcome. a chicago court has found the actorjussie smollett guilty of lying to police after he staged an attack on himself nearly three years ago and claimed it was a hate crime. smollett, who is gay and african american paid two masked accomplices to accost him in a city street at night. our north america correspondent nomia iqbal reports. he was once a rising star, but for the last three years jussie smollett has been fighting for his reputation and career. walking into court surrounded by his family, the 39 year old has always maintained he was of them of racist and homophobic attack at a jury didn t believe him. after deliberating for nine hours they found him guilty of lying to police. after the conviction prosecutors spelt out the impact this case has had on the city. 26 impact this case has had on the ci . ~ . . ., impact this case has had on the ci.~ ., . city. 26 chicago police officers city. 26 chicago police officers spent - city. 26 chicago police offi
after staging a hate crime against himself. the high court rules that the wikileaks founder julian assange can be extradited to face charges in the united states. and, it s not over yet england captainjoe root leads a recovery in the first ashes test in australia. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel: we ll have the latest from abu dhabi ahead of the climax to the formula one season, we ve had first practice. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. in the last hour, an inquest has concluded that police mistakes probably contributed to the death of three young men who were killed by a serial killer. the jury found that errors and omissions made by detectives after stephen port killed his first victim meant that he was free to kill three other young men before being caught. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford has this report. four lives cruelly cut short by a serial killer. fashion student anthony walgate from hull, gabrie
parties, to stop the spread of the omicron variant. good morning. england dig in down under as captainjoe root stands up to the australian bowlers, even if his side still have a mountain to climb, in the first test in brisbane. and weather wise, whilst it might be a bit on the chilly side today with one or two showers in the west, this weekend it gets milder but be prepared for some of you a good deal wetter. all the details here on breakfast. it s friday, the 10th of december. face masks are now compulsory in most indoor public venues in england under stricter measures to slow the spread of the omicron variant. theatres, cinemas and places of worship will require people to wear face coverings as part of the government s so called plan b restrictions, along with shops and public transport, as leboo diseko reports. a night out in london s west end. at this theatre, covid measures are already familiar. but from this morning, one more is back. anyone wanting to come and see a sh