Multiple Violent Offenders Sentenced Worldwide

An expanded international roundup reports several recent violent sentencing decisions. In Limpopo, a parolee with prior attempted‑rape convictions was sentenced to life for raping an eight‑year‑old in an outside toilet; the attack was corroborated by a J88 report, he was declared unfit to possess firearms and ordered onto the National Register for Sexual Offenders. In Edmonton, Samatar Mohiadin was convicted of first‑degree murder as the first shooter in the March 12, 2022 Ertale Lounge mass shooting and received life with no parole for 25 years after one person was killed and seven were injured. In British Columbia, Balraj Basra was convicted of first‑degree murder and arson and sentenced to 25 years for the 2022 killing of Vishal Walia; he is the third man convicted in the attack, which also involved torching a vehicle. Japan’s Kobe District Court sentenced Hideaki Nozu to life for the 2020 crossbow killings of three family members, rejecting the death penalty while citing a developmental disorder and noting the case prompted tougher crossbow regulations under a 2022 weapons law. In Nottinghamshire, a homeless man who had been given shelter by an elderly woman was jailed for life with a minimum term of nine years and 241 days after an October 2024 assault left the victim with multiple facial fractures and a brain bleed.