Former US football star and actor O.J.
Simpson has been found guilty on all 12 charges in his Las Vegas kidnapping and robbery trial. The 61-year-old Simpson and co-defendant Clarence Stewart face sentences of up to life in prison when they are sentenced in December. Prosecutors said that Simpson and five associates stormed into a room at a hotel in September 2007, brandishing guns, and took thousands of dollars in memorabilia from a pair of sports collectors. Defense lawyers had argued that Simpson went to the hotel only to retrieve personal mementos that were stolen from him. The verdict comes on the 13th anniversary of OJ Simpson guilty of armed heist ...
Jamaica dominates sprint in Beijing ... Simpson's controversial 1995 acquittal in the murder trial of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend.
(Deutsche Welle)
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