11 h. ago German man, 20, jailed for having sex with his sister 21 times after alerting police to his crimes by calling and saying it was consensual... when his sibling had never pressed rape charges

Lucas K., 20, was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison on Wednesday for sleeping with his 33-year-old half-sister, who was given the pseudonym Marie S.

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16 h. ago Sicko jailed after stalking and violently robbing pensioner, 96, who died weeks later

Kiril Mihaylov has been sentenced to eight years in prison at Manchester Crown Court for two violent robberies and a burglary of victims who were all over 80 years old

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22 h. ago Briton captured while fighting for Ukraine jailed for 19 years in Russia

James Scott Rhys Anderson was charged with terrorism and ‘mercenary activities’ after capture in Kursk in NovemberA British citizen captured while fighting alongside the Ukrainian army has been sentenced in Russia to 19 years in prison on charges of terrorism and “mercenary activities”.James Scott Rhys Anderson, 22, from Banbury, Oxfordshire, was captured by Russian forces last November while fighting on Ukraine’s side during its cross-border offensive in Russia’s Kursk region. Continue reading...

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37 h. ago Lori Vallow says heavenly premonition has her convinced she will be ‘exonerated’ for murdering her kids, in first interview from prison

Lori Vallow Daybell was sentenced in 2023 to life in prison for the murders of her two children, Tylee Ryan and Joshua ‘JJ’ Vallow, and conspiring to kill her husband Chad Daybell’s former wife, Tammy Daybell

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48 h. ago BBC gives 'frustrating' update on Huw Edwards and Gregg Wallace

Last year, Edwards was handed a six-month suspended prison sentence

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50 h. ago Taiwanese man who killed ‘bully’ flatmate sentenced to 8 years in jail

Court upholds prison sentence for man who killed his flatmate with a knife

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66 h. ago Woman who claimed she had cancer murdered husband with lethal injection to cover up her Ponzi scheme

Former pharmacist Natalie Cochran was sentenced to life in prison for murdering Michael Cochran by administering him fatal dose of insulin

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69 h. ago 'Blowtorch killer' dies in prison days after drenching officer in boiling water and sugar

Dean 'Denim' MacLeod was found dead on Sunday in Low Moss Prison where he was serving a lengthy sentence for brutally torturing and murdering two innocent men with his dad

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3 d. ago Angel Cabrera set for Masters return after serving prison sentence

The 2009 winner could return to Augusta despite spending 30 months in prison after abusing two former girlfriends

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3 d. ago Inside Britain's answer to Hell's Angels: The deadly biker gangs responsible for violent brawls, pipe bombs and van attacks on the UK's streets

The construction worker from Merseyside has been a member of a notorious biker club for the last decade, and has served out a raft of prison sentences for violence.

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5 d. ago Alabama governor commutes death sentence of man convicted for 1991 murder

Kay Ivey says Robin ‘Rocky’ Myers will serve life in prison after jury claimed lack of physical evidence at crime sceneThe Alabama governor, Kay Ivey, on Friday commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison after noting questions about his case.Ivey said Myers, who was facing execution this spring, will instead spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. She noted that was the sentence jurors at his 1994 trial had recommended. A judge overruled that recommendation and imposed a death sentence, a maneuver that has since been outlawed in Alabama, according to the human rights advocacy organization Amnesty International. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Alabama governor commutes death row inmate Rocky Myers' sentence to life in prison

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has commuted the death sentence of Robin “Rocky” Myers to life in prison after noting questions about his case

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6 d. ago Woman had four kids with her uncle and never taught them how to eat or talk

The children were found to be malnourished, nonverbal, unable to walk, wearing diapers and had never attended school, according to court documents, as the mum faces a lengthy prison sentence

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6 d. ago Manhunt launched after Philly inmate escapes jailers by climbing over two fences

Freeman was reportedly nearing the end of a 96 month prison sentence

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6 d. ago Who is Mike Amesbury? Former Labour politician's prison sentence suspended on appeal

The Runcorn and Helsby MP served in a number of frontbench positions between 2018 and 2023 under Sir Keir Starmer and Jeremy Corbyn

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6 d. ago MP Mike Amesbury refuses to answer questions as he walks free from court

The former Labour politician had a 10-week prison sentence for assault suspended on Thursday.

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6 d. ago Welcome back Billy McFarland and a new Fyre festival. Shows you can’t keep a good fantasist down

Fresh out of jail, does it matter that his 2017 festival was one of the biggest social-media-driven deceptions of our time? Not a bit“Since 2016, Fyre has been the most talked about festival in the world,” organiser Billy McFarland told a US broadcaster when tickets for Fyre 2 went on sale this week. McFarland was sentenced to six years in prison for wire fraud in 2018, related to his organisation of the first Fyre (he served only four). Whatever you think about the first Fyre – with its limp cheese sandwiches, its disaster-relief-tent accommodation, the absence of advertised headliners, the $26m of unpaid debt, the rats (were the rats influencer hyperbole? Perhaps, but on the other hand the festival happened on the parking lot of an abandoned resort development, and where else is a rat supposed to live?), you have to admit it lived up to one promise: it was legendary.Wire fraud is any swindling that happens electronically, whether by text, email, phone or social media. It’s so easy...

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7 d. ago Jailed MP Mike Amesbury wins appeal as court suspends prison sentence for assault

A senior judge concluded there was a 'realistic prospect of rehabilitation'

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7 d. ago Mike Amesbury is now spared prison: MP walks free from court after appealing 10

MP Mike Amesbury has walked free from court today after his 10-week prison sentence for punching a constituent in the street was suspended for two years at his appeal hearing.

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7 d. ago Former Labour MP Mike Amesbury has prison sentence suspended

The 55-year-old was jailed for 10 weeks for assault after punching a man in the street.

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