3 h. ago Serial killer who murdered '49' women met excruciating and gory end at hands of fellow inmate

Notorious Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton, who once bragged about murdering nearly 50 women, has met an excruciating and gory end at the hands of a fellow inmate while behind bars.

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6 h. ago April Jones' killer Mark Bridger 'attacked by fellow inmate' at 'Monster Mansion' jail

April Jones was abducted and murdered by Bridger while playing near her home in Machynlleth

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11 h. ago April Jones killer Mark Bridger attacked in prison as her family say 'he deserves it'

April's half-sister previously said Bridger would 'carry on getting hurt' behind bars.

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19 h. ago Man who murdered April Jones, 5, attacked in prison as her family say 'he deserves it'

Murderer Mark Bridger was attacked by a fellow inmate at HMP Wakefield and was left bloodied after he was slashed with a knife that was made from a razor blade

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20 h. ago Diddy received 'standing ovation' from fellow inmates after shock court victory

Sean 'Diddy' Combs received a 'standing ovation' from fellow inmates when he returned to jail after winning acquittals on charges that carried a life sentence.

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4 d. ago Pictured: Inmate, 46, found dead in his cell as fellow prisoner, 26, is charged with murder

EXCLUSIVE: Neil Ashby (pictured), 46, was found dead in his cell at HMP Stoke Heath, near Market Drayton, Shropshire, at around 7.40am on Tuesday.

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5 d. ago Prisoner threw kettle full of boiling water over cellmate in row over vape

Danny Smith left his fellow inmate in agony following a brutal behind bars assault at HMP Altcourse

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6 d. ago Prisoner left cellmate's skin 'melting' in gruesome row over milk and sugar

Daniel Williams bragged to fellow inmates at Walton Prison after leaving his victim, Boniface Kutara, permanently scarred in a vicious, unprovoked attack

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2 w. ago Sarah Payne's murderer Roy Whiting details moment 'fellow inmate tried to kill him in cell with a wooden shank'

Andrew Light, 45, allegedly attacked the paedophile in HMP Wakefield with a 'wooden shank' leaving him 'bleeding heavily' from multiple wounds to his head and neck.

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2 w. ago Sarah Payne killer Roy Whiting tells of moment fellow inmate tried to 'shank' him in his cell

Sarah Payne's killer Roy Whiting, 66, attended the trial of Andrew Light, who denied attempting to murder him in an attack using an improvised bladed weapon in HMP Wakefield

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2 w. ago Sarah Payne killer Roy Whiting relives moment fellow inmate tried to 'shank' him in his cell

Sarah Payne's killer Roy Whiting, 66, attended the trial of Andrew Light, who denied attempting to murder him in an attack using an improvised bladed weapon in HMP Wakefield

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2 w. ago Serial rapist who attacked young mothers as their babies lay beside them and served time alongside Ian Huntley in Monster Mansion is found dead in jail

Ronald Cole had been in prison from the age of 29 following his last horrific crime - where he raped a 25-year-old woman as her baby son lay in bed beside her.

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3 w. ago 'Hannibal the Cannibal' killer Robert Maudsley wants to return to 'Monster Mansion'

Robert Maudsley, 71, has made an official complaint about his transfer to Whitemoor prison, Cambs., and may yet return to his 'glass cage' cell in Wakefield jail

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3 w. ago My sick father started raping me when I was nine and told me he was 'preparing me for marriage'. When I confessed to my little sister at 14, I learnt of horrors I could never have imagined

Mark Jones, 65, was in April jailed for 24 years, after repeatedly sexually assaulting Taylor-Rae Eason, 22 and her younger sister, Chloe, 20 - and giving them cash in exchange for their silence.

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3 w. ago Double Scots murderer slices fellow inmate's face open in brutal attack behind bars

Shocked medical staff reported the facial wounds were so severe they could see the victim's teeth as they treated his injuries.

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3 w. ago Teen locked dog in cupboard and bludgeoned parents to death before throwing party

Tyler, now 22, continues to brag about his horrific crimes a decade on from behind bars, regularly signing autographs for fellow inmates with his self-proclaimed nickname: Hammer Boy.

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4 w. ago Secrets of 'Monster Mansion' prison and its most dangerous inmates

'I am the King of Isolation'

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4 w. ago Secrets of 'Monster Mansion' HMP Wakefield and the UK's most dangerous inmates

Originally built as a house of correction in 1594, HMP Wakefield was rebuilt in the Victorian era and has a long history of housing our worst criminals, including the longest serving prisoner in the UK penal system

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