3 h. ago Algerian Rolex rippers who targeted undercover police posing as rich couple for their designer watches are jailed for total of five years

CCTV footage showed how Yakob Harket, 21, grabbed a replica Patek Philippe rose gold aquanaut watch from the female officer's wrist in Mayfair, west London.

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25 h. ago Britain's jails are being overrun by drugs: Prison watchdog warns of 'uncontrollable levels of criminality' behind bars as inmates spend 22 hours a day in cells 'high and watching daytime TV'

Chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor said inmates were able to order from a 'menu' of illicit substances while sitting in their cells for 22 hours a day.

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31 h. ago Drones could carry escaping prisoners over jail walls, watchdog chief inspector warns

The Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor, admitted the technology was progressing at such a pace that there was a 'theoretical risk' of it being used to help inmates break out of prison.

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42 h. ago Freed Dubai teen Marcus Fakana's jail hell as he was 'forced to watch rapes'

Nineteen-year-old Marcus Fakana has now been released from a hellish Dubai prison after he was jailed for having sex with another teen.

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62 h. ago The man I thought was my boyfriend turned out to be a married undercover cop with two children... he went from my bed, to a debrief with his handler, to the bed of one of my activist friends

For the duration of their romance, Mark Stone - in reality Kennedy, an undercover police officer - was actually working all the time, spying on Kate and reporting back to his superiors.

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3 d. ago Kneecap shout out undercover police among largest ever gig in London

Kneecap shout out undercover police among largest ever gig in London  Far Out Magazine

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4 d. ago Cancer doctor blames pressure of life on Covid frontline after he was caught downloading explicit images of girls as young as four

Consultant urologist Paul Sturch, 41, was identified by police after chatting online with an undercover officer about his interest in girls as young as four.

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2 w. ago Watch Peter Sullivan’s first statement after 38 years in jail for crime he didn’t commit

The now-68-year-old previously attempted to overturn the conviction

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2 w. ago Moment prolific shoplifter nabbed in wave of undercover Met Police sting operations

George Nicholson one of 12 arrested after targeting Co-op store under surveillance in south London, new Deputy Commissioner Matt Jukes told

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2 w. ago 'Fraudster' posed as a millionaire on social media to scam rich friends and relatives out of £420,000 of designer Hermes handbags, court hears

Jack Watkin, 26, allegedly promised his victims a share of the profits if they loaned him cash to buy and sell expensive Hermes bags.

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2 w. ago Hollyoaks star Chelsee Healey watches as her partner is jailed over boutique cannabis' operation

Chat logs showed Edward Rainford talking about money and different flavours including Oreo Cookie, Orange Cream and Wedding Cake.

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2 w. ago Chelsee Healey watches on in court as her boyfriend is jailed over 'serious' criminal operation

Edward Rainford and Jay Boyd discussed varieties of the Class B drug nicknamed Oreo Cookie, Orange Cream and Wedding Cake

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3 w. ago Algerian thieves jailed for London robbery spree including £10,000 Hublot and Breitling watches

Ahmed Zarzor, 29, and Zarwl Brahim, 30, snatched a £10,000 Hublot watch from Brendan Coster's wrist as he walked his elderly mother to a Marlyebone hotel on July 20 last year.

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4 w. ago Women targeted by undercover police hit back at calls for inquiry to be wound up

The Undercover Policing Inquiry, which started in 2015, could cost more than £200 million, the Daily Telegraph reported.

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