83 m. ago Gunman who assassinated prison officer who exposed his relationship with female guard is jailed for 45 years

A criminal who shot dead the prison officer who found an illicit phone in his jail cell has been jailed for life with a minimum 45 years before parole.

Events

31 h. ago Katie Price spotted celebrating as her eight year old song swipes number one spot

Reality TV legend Katie Price's 2017 hit single I Got U has soared to the top of the UK charts and the former glamour model has been spotted making the most of her bombshell comeback

Culture

67 h. ago Shirley Ballas admits she will 'never feel safe again' as she recounts the terrifying moment her stalker followed and confronted her 87

A stalker who made Strictly Come Dancing star Shirley Ballas' life hell over a terrifying six-year ordeal was spared jail earlier this year - after a court heard he believed she was his aunt. 

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3 d. ago Inside the dark life of Purple Aki: The underworld enforcer who was sent to jail for sexually assaulting rugby players

Many assumed he was an urban legend but when the age of the internet dawned it was revealed Purple Aki was real, and he had a trail of terror and even death in his wake.

Sport

5 d. ago British ‘Beatle’ terrorist’s bid to transfer to UK prison ‘should be rejected’

El Shafee Elsheikh, known as ‘Ringo’ is serving eight life sentences in a US jail for his involvement in a hostage-taking scheme.

Events

5 d. ago ISIS Beatle 'Jihadi Ringo' who was part of a gang that filmed the killings of hostages makes a bid to return to the UK

El Shafee Elsheikh - known as Jihadi Ringo - is currently serving life in a high-security US jail after he was convicted in 2022 of hostage-taking and conspiring to murder.

Events

5 d. ago The Made In Chelsea star who went on the run with her £80 MILLION art fraudster boyfriend: Couple played tennis and swam in the Pacific Ocean island while evading the police

In a BBC documentary, the Made in Chelsea star, 37, admitted that being off-grid as the FBI attempted to track down Inigo Philbrick , 38, 'wasn't so bad after all'.

Economics

6 d. ago Prisoner trapped on abolished indefinite jail term took his own life after government refused to resentence him

Keith Gadd, 60, died in prison 13 years over his original tariff with no friends or family left to contact

Events

6 d. ago Art fraudster Inigo Philbrick's life after jail and reality TV legend wife

Inigo Philbrick, a British-born art dealer, was once hailed as a prodigy of contemporary art dealing. He was later jailed for orchestrating one of the most audacious art frauds in recent memory.

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6 d. ago Art fraudster's missing £60million before marrying UK reality TV royalty

Inigo Philbrick was once one of the art world's golden boys, a dealer who seemed to have the Midas touch

Economics

8 d. ago Explosive new claims emerge about Erin Patterson's life in jail

Erin Patterson's former inmate has made shocking claims about the murderer's life behind bars.

Events

9 d. ago I found the love of my life in a jail cell on the other side of the world. Then we met

Jessica Silvey, 30, from Brisbane married her husband Craig, 34, while he was serving a 10-year prison sentence in Kansas for attempted aggravated robbery in the US.

Events

9 d. ago Michaella McCollum says being ordered to strip off in prison helped her on Celeb SAS

Michaella McCollum became notorious after she was arrested and imprisoned in Peru after attempting to smuggle 12kg of cocaine but she says life in jail made her stronger

Events

1 week ago Housewives star dishes on Real Housewives of London drama and champions age

EXCLUSIVE: Caroline Stanbury is the ultimate reality TV legend, having starred in Ladies of London and The Real Housewives of Dubai - and now she's opening up about her views on the London Housewives

Events

1 week ago Chemical castration laws are toughened in Kazakhstan with men guilty of 'lesser' child sex offences facing injections before release

Paedophiles in the central Asian nation who have committed rape and violent sexual assault causing severe injury already face 'life-means-life' jail sentences and chemical castration.

Society

1 week ago Lies, private jets and a missing $86m: Inigo Philbrick’s art world swindle

Convicted fraudster expresses regret in a two-part BBC documentary but also asks ‘what about all the good deals?’As an art dealer in London and Miami, Inigo Philbrick had the Midas touch and lived the high life, with private jets, $5,000 bottles of wine and $7,000 suits. But in 2019 he was exposed as a serial swindler who had created one of the largest art frauds in history, a Ponzi-style web of lies that conned collectors and investors.In 2022, aged 34, he was sentenced to seven years in a US prison, with two years of supervised release and an order “to pay forfeiture of $86,672,790”.The Great Art Fraud is on BBC Two on 27 and 28 August and on iPlayer. Continue reading...

Economics

2 w. ago Coronation Street legend 'lined up' for I'm A Celeb after quitting soap 19 years after debut

A Coronation Street legend could be set for a stint on an iconic reality show after quitting the ITV soap

Politics

2 w. ago The GHOST that walks on Death Row: US prisoner jailed for murder he didn't commit reveals inmates saw a SPIRIT 'walk down the hallway' whenever there was an execution

In the fragile space between life and death, Florida prison inmates sit in a damp jail cell waiting to learn their fate. 

Events

2 w. ago EastEnders legend shares 'full on' reality of what it's like working on BBC soap set

EXCLUSIVE: Danniella Westbrook has revealed the “full-on” reality of life on EastEnders, from gruelling schedules to last-minute rewrites, after returning to the soap a decade later

Politics

2 w. ago Play inspired by real life prisoners performed in Greenock jail on break from Fringe run

The play was taken to Greenock prison

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