66 m. ago Police Scotland responds to calls about domestic abuse every eight minutes

Police Scotland insisted its “relentless” focus on tackling the problem had seen 32 “high harm and serious” offenders sentenced to more than 228 years in prison during 2025.

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5 h. ago Domestic abusers sentenced to total of nearly 230 years in prison in Scotland

Police Scotland said that domestic abuse wouldn’t be tolerated in its pursuit to hold perpetrators accountable

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12 h. ago 'Angel Delight' drug mules dealt update after fearing firing squad in Bali

The convicted smugglers have been given an update on their prison sentence

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13 h. ago Andy Carroll to appear in court for breaching order with prison sentence possible

Carroll is a former England international and has played for the likes of Liverpool, Newcastle and West Ham

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15 h. ago Brit student Mia O’Brien in 'Christmas miracle' release from Dubai jail despite drug charge

Mia O’Brien, a 24-year-old law student from Merseyside, was released from her "living hell" in a Dubai jail in what her mum calls a "Christmas miracle", despite her being handed a lengthy prison sentence

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16 h. ago Brit 'Angel Delight drug smugglers who feared execution in Bali given 'lucky' update

Convicted smugglers Lisa Stocker, Jon Collyer and Phineas Float have been given an update on their prison sentence after they were spared the death penalty after they admitted to smuggling cocaine

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32 h. ago Andy Carroll could face prison time after charged with breaching non

Former Premier League striker Andy Carroll has been charged with breaching a non-molestation order and is due to appear at Chelmsford magistrates' court on December 30

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32 h. ago Andy Carroll could face prison term after being charged with breaching non

Former Liverpool, Newcastle United and England striker Andy Carroll has been charged with breaching a non-molestation order

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37 h. ago Notorious drugs baron gets ripped in prison thanks to cell sit

Jon Moorby, known as Teesside's 'Mr Big', claims he has reached 6% body fat while serving a 29-year sentence at Durham's Frankland prison through strict diet and daily fitness regime

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57 h. ago Moment Russian diplomat is ambushed by FSB agents and detained in van for 'passing secrets to US intelligence'

 A Russian diplomat has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after he was caught selling secrets to US intelligence. 

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60 h. ago Suspected drunk driver accused of plowing into Navajo Nation Christmas parade and killing a 3

Under Navajo law, the suspect faces a maximum sentence of one year in prison

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3 d. ago Putin critic sentenced to six years in prison by Russian court

Sergei Udaltsov was sentence to six years in jail on Thursday

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3 d. ago Jailed former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro undergoes hernia surgery

He is serving a 27-year prison sentence for an attempted coup

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4 d. ago Diddy begs for Christmas miracle and files appeal to get his conviction overturned: 'The judge acted like a juror!'

The disgraced rap mogul has been locked up in federal prison in New Jersey since he was sentenced in October, and in that time has been accused of flouting prison rules.

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4 d. ago Myanmar junta using ‘brutal violence’ to force people to vote in sham election, UN says

Prominent cultural figures have been handed harsh years-long prison sentences for questioning a state propaganda film

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5 d. ago Afghan asylum seeker who raped vulnerable teenager in Scottish park sentenced to nine years in prison

On Tuesday Ahmadze appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh for sentencing.

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6 d. ago Notorious paedophile dies in prison just months into sentence for raping young girls

He told police in 2024 that, while he did not deny the allegations, he would give no further comment, with a judge later calling his efforts to remain mute on his offences as an attempt to keep his "evil secret safe".

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6 d. ago Child rapist, 28, with the word 'survivor' tattooed on his face is jailed for 14 years

Thomas Green, 28, from Newcastle-under-Lyme, was handed a 14-year prison sentence after he forced himself on a schoolgirl before threatening to kill her if she told anyone.

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6 d. ago Ecuadorian court hands down max sentences to 11 soldiers in case of 4 disappeared minors

A court in Ecuador has sentenced eleven soldiers to 34 years in prison for the abduction and torture of four children last year

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6 d. ago Ecuador court sentences 11 air force troops over disappearance of four boys

Long sentences in case of Afro-Ecuadorian ‘Guayaquil Four’ focuses attention on president’s crackdown on crimeA court in Ecuador has sentenced 11 air force personnel to decades in prison over the forced disappearance” of four Afro-Ecuadorian boys aged between 11 and 15 during security operations in the country’s largest city last year.The case of the “Guayaquil Four” is widely seen as the starkest example of human rights abuses under the iron-fist security policy pursued by the rightwing president, Daniel Noboa, who placed the armed forces at the centre of the fight against drug trafficking. Continue reading...

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