2 h. ago Two men jailed for plot to kill president with witchcraft in Zambia

The men were arrested in a hotel room last year after a cleaner reported hearing strange noises

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3 h. ago Constance Marten's cult experience with preacher she called 'daddy' before killing baby Victoria

Constance Marten, 38, was sentenced to 14 years in prison for the manslaughter of her newborn baby Victoria, who she had with her rapist boyfriend Mark Gordon, 51

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12 h. ago 2 men sentenced to prison in Zambia for plotting to kill the president with witchcraft

Two men have been sentenced to two years in prison with hard labor under a witchcraft law for plotting to kill Zambia's president using charms and spells

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17 h. ago Constance Marten and Mark Gordon both jailed for 14 years over death of baby in tent

Couple took newborn to live in a tent in wintry conditions in Brighton after going on the run to evade social servicesTwo parents who caused the death of their newborn baby after taking her to live in a tent in wintry conditions to evade social services have each been sentenced to 14 years in prison.Constance Marten and Mark Gordon went off the grid in late-2022; their four older children having previously been taken into care due to concerns for their safety if left with the couple. Continue reading...

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17 h. ago Two men found guilty of witchcraft plot to kill Zambia’s president

Conviction comes as Hakainde Hichilema faces growing criticism for suppressing political oppositionTwo men have been convicted in Zambia of planning to use witchcraft to kill the president, Hakainde Hichilema.Leonard Phiri, a village chief, and Jasten Mabulesse Candunde, a Mozambican citizen, were arrested in December after a cleaner reported hearing strange noises. Authorities said they were found to be in possession of a live chameleon and other “assorted charms”, including a red cloth, an unidentified white powder and an animal’s tail. Continue reading...

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33 h. ago Prime Madeleine McCann suspect REFUSES to be interviewed by the Met Police ahead of his release from prison

Christian Brueckner , 49, is due to be freed from a German prison as early as Monday after serving a seven-year sentence for the rape and assault of an American pensioner in Portugal in 2005.

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62 h. ago Cellmate of glam Brit 'jailed for life' says student 'thinks she was stitched up by pals'

Mia O'Brien was sentenced to 25 years in a notorious Dubai prison after she took a 'single line of cocaine' with a woman who was once her ex-cellmate saying Mia thinks she was 'stitched up by pals'

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63 h. ago Family of IPP prisoner who died of cancer weren't told he was terminally ill

Nathan Walters was given an indeterminate prison sentence in 2012 over a fatal florist robbery in Old Trafford

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3 d. ago The Guardian view on Bolsonaro’s coup conviction: a landmark for Brazilian democracy – but this fight isn’t over | Editorial

Though the far-right former president has been held accountable for overseeing the plot, supporters at home and abroad still rally to his causeA populist president refused to accept his defeat at the ballot box, insisting that the election had been stolen. A far-right mob stormed the country’s institutions in his support. Yet democracy prevailed. And then, on Thursday, Brazil’s supreme court sentenced the former president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for leading a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2022 elections and “annihilate” democracy through a coup. The sprawling plot was both modern and crudely old school – extending from an online disinformation campaign to undermine faith in the voting system, to aborted plans to assassinate the newly elected president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known as Lula, and the supreme court justice investigating Bolsonaro. It culminated in the riots in Brasília in January 2023.Four of the five judges on the panel found Bolsonaro guilty...

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3 d. ago Woman convicted for biting off rapist's tongue while he attacked her is acquitted 61 years later

Choi Mal-ja was sentenced to 10 months in prison suspended for two years after taking off 1.5 cm (0.59in) of her attacker's tongue in an attempt to escape when she was 18-years-old.

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4 d. ago Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro guilty of coup plot

The former president is facing a potential decades-long prison sentence for attempting to unlawfully remain in power after his defeat in the 2022 election

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4 d. ago Striker could still play for League One club this season despite being in prison

Lucas Akins is currently serving a prison sentence after pleading guilty to causing the death of a cyclist by careless or inconsiderate driving, but he could soon return to the Mansfield side

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4 d. ago Peter Mandelson revelations on Epstein friendship are 'very uncomfortable', says Anas Sarwar

Mandelson is reported to have told Epstein to "fight for early release" shortly before he was sentenced to 18 months in prison.

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4 d. ago Gran stabs man with scissors during fierce street clash between rival gangs

A grandmother has been sentenced to three years in prison for stabbing a man with scissors after a violent confrontation broke out between two rival gangs in Hull

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5 d. ago Lord Mandelson on the brink as new Epstein emails pile pressure on PM to sack him

Mandelson told Epstein to ‘fight for early release’ shortly before he was sentenced to 18 months in prison

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5 d. ago Depraved father who abused baby Tony Hudgell so badly he had to have his legs amputated has been freed from prison

Anthony Smith, 54, and Jody Simpson, 31, were both handed 10 year prison sentences in 2018 after they were convicted of child cruelty offences against their son.

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5 d. ago 7 Chinese sentenced to 20 years each for trafficking and forced labor in South Africa

A court in Johannesburg has sentenced seven Chinese nationals to terms of 20 years in prison each for trafficking people from Malawi and forcing them to work at a factory in South Africa

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5 d. ago Woman who cut off mum's head and gouged eyes out admits to shocking prison act

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. A woman who killed her own mum by stabbing her more than 100 times is facing a longer prison sentence after a shocking attack

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5 d. ago Suspect convicted of murder in knife attack at German festival and sentenced to life in prison

A German court has convicted the suspect in last year’s knife attack at a festival in Solingen of murder and membership in the Islamic State group and sentenced him to life in prison

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7 d. ago Thailand’s powerful former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra to serve one more year in prison

Thaksin’s daughter says she is ‘worried’ for him

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