5 h. ago Serial killer Joanne Dennehy's sick rule before carrying out horrifying murders

Joanne Dennehy was sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murders of three men in 2013, and told friends the disturbing reasons behind her killing spree

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22 h. ago Brian Walshe sentenced to life in prison for murdering missing wife

The couple’s three young children are currently in state custody

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22 h. ago Brian Walshe sentenced to life in prison for the ‘barbaric’ killing and dismembering of his wife

The couple’s three young children are currently in state custody

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27 h. ago French court finds ‘twisted’ anaesthetist guilty of killing 12 patients

Former top medic described as ‘Dr Death’ by prosecutors poisoned 30 people ranging in age from four to 89A French anaesthetist described by prosecutors as “Dr Death” has been found guilty of intentionally poisoning 30 patients and killing 12 over almost a decade as a top medic.Frédéric Péchier, 53, once seen by colleagues as a “star anaesthetist”, was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday after state prosecutors said he was “one of the biggest criminals in the history of the French legal system”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Whole life sentences to be extended to revenge killings against cops and prison officers, David Lammy announces, in wake of shocking gangland 'execution'

Murderers who kill current or former police, prison or probation officers because of their jobs will likely get the toughest of jail terms, the Justice Secretary announced.

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3 d. ago Killers who target police, prison and probation officers to get whole life orders

David Lammy has announced plans to toughen up punishments after former prison officer Lenny Scott was murdered in a revenge attack

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4 d. ago Hong Kong: Jimmy Lai facing life in prison after conviction on security charges

Rights groups dismiss ‘sham conviction’ of media tycoon on national security offences in city’s most closely watched rulings in decadesThe rise and fall of Jimmy Lai, whose trajectory mirrored that of Hong Kong itselfJimmy Lai, the Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon, is facing life in prison after being found guilty of national security and sedition offences, in one of the most closely watched rulings since the city’s return to Chinese rule in 1997.Soon after the ruling was delivered, rights and press groups decried the verdict as a “sham conviction” and an attack on press freedom. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Hong Kong court finds democracy advocate and media tycoon Jimmy Lai guilty of sedition

British citizen Jimmy Lai faces prospect of spending the rest of his life in prison after his landmark national security trial

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4 d. ago Jimmy Lai verdict: Hong Kong judges set to rule on national security charges

Verdicts on foreign collusion and sedition charges are city’s most closely watched rulings in decadesLong-awaited verdicts in Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai’s national security trial will be delivered on Monday, one of the city’s most closely watched rulings since its return to Chinese rule in 1997.The Apple Daily founder has pleaded not guilty to two counts of “conspiracy to foreign collusion” under the security law, which carry a maximum penalty of life in prison, as well as one count of “conspiracy to publish seditious publications”. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Serial rapist who murdered student set to be executed in Tennessee

His attorneys unsuccessfully sought to have his sentence commuted to life in prison

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1 week ago Beauty queen Trinity Poague who beat boyfriend's son to death breaks down in court

Trinity Poague, 19, has been sentenced to life in prison after she was found guilty of two counts of felony murder for the brutal killing of her boyfriend's 18-month-old son

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1 week ago Brit, 23, jailed for life in Dubai after 'very stupid mistake' released from prison

Mia O'Brien was detained in Dubai's central prison after allegedly being found with 50 grams of cocaine in October last year in what her mum described as a "very stupid mistake"

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1 week ago Brit, 23, jailed for life in Dubai after 'very stupid mistake' is released from prison

Mia O'Brien was detained in Dubai's central prison in September after making what her mum described as a "very stupid mistake"

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1 week ago ‘He’s a son of a bitch – but he’s usually right’: why did Seymour Hersh quit the film about his earth

He is the prickly, hotheaded journalist who uncovered the My Lai massacre in Vietnam and torture at Abu Ghraib prison. Making Cover-Up, a film about his astonishing life and countless scoops, was never going to be easyOne morning last month, Seymour Hersh set off to buy a newspaper. The reporter walked for 30 minutes, covered six blocks of his neighbourhood, Georgetown in Washington DC, and didn’t see a single sign of life. No newsstands on street corners selling the glossies and the dailies. No self-service kiosk where you can slide in a dollar and pull out a paper. “Finally, I found a drugstore that had two copies of the New York Times in the back,” Hersh recalls. He bought one for himself. He can’t help but wonder whether anybody bought the second.Hersh was born in Chicago in 1937, the year the Hindenburg airship blew up and the aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared over the Pacific. That makes him a man of hot metal, the media’s ancient mariner, with metaphorical newsprint on his f...

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1 week ago Bride shares bizarre “prison chic” outfit after marrying serial rapist in Barlinnie

A BRIDE who married a serial rapist in Barlinnie has made light of his crimes by posing in a stripey jail-style outfit. Brogan Quinn, 29, wore the matching top and bottoms for a TikTok video and labelled the look “prison chic”. She often posts about her “prison wife life” and claims she can “fix” Quinn,...

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1 week ago 'I was honour graduate soldier until prison at 20 – my life has never been the same'

Jerry Mathes was honour graduate and soldier of the year in the Army National Guard before a conviction for possessing an unregistered firearm saw him jailed for two years at age 20, leading to decades of PTSD and addiction

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2 w. ago Paedo teacher Rebecca Joynes' 'dangerous' life in prison and rules for baby with pupil

Rebecca Joynes, 30, was found guilty of six sexual offences against two teenage boys following a nine-day trial and was sentenced to serve six-and-a-half years behind bars

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2 w. ago Inside triple killer Joanne Dennehy's life in prison from bizarre escape plot to secret lovers

Joanne Dennehy was put behind bars after being handed a whole-life order for murdering three men during a 10-day rampage in Peterborough in 2013 - and even in prison she continues to pose a threat to inmates and prison staff

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2 w. ago Alleged gang leader is sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping of 17 missionaries in Haiti

A man alleged to be the founder and leader of a Haitian gang has been sentenced to life in prison for orchestrating the kidnapping of 17 people, including five children, who were on a missionary trip to the Caribbean country

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2 w. ago Biden prosecutor who wanted Trump to die in prison is subpoenaed by Congress

Jack Smith led two criminal cases against Trump, who if convicted would have spent the rest of his life in prison.

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