7 d. ago Racist Scots murderer who gunned down waiter finally breaks silence in prison audio recordings

Michael Ross was just 15 when he walked into the Mumtaz restaurant in Kirkwall, Orkney, in 1994 and shot Shamsuddin Mahmood, 26, in the head at close range.

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7 d. ago Racist killer who shot waiter in the head on Orkney breaks silence in prison tapes

Michael Ross was just 15 when he walked into the Mumtaz restaurant in Kirkwall, Orkney, in 1994 and shot Shamsuddin Mahmood, 26, in the head at close range.

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2 w. ago Ghislaine Maxwell enjoys a bathroom break that fellow inmates in her Texas Club Fed prison don’t get

The convicted Jeffrey Epstein sex-trafficking accomplice is serving a 20-year prison sentence at a cushy federal Texas prison after an interview with the Trump administration

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2 w. ago More than 90 prisoners freed by mistake since April this year, figures show

It comes as Justice Secretary David Lammy is set to face questions from MPs over the issue.

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2 w. ago Over 90 prisoners mistakenly released from prison within last seven months, MOJ confirm

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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2 w. ago More than 90 prisoners have been freed from jail by mistake in the last seven months, government reveals

It follows earlier official data showing there were a record 262 releases in error in 2024-25, of which 87 were violent offenders and three had convictions for sexual offences.

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2 w. ago BREAKING: Exact number of prisoners released by mistake confirmed

Justice Secretary David Lammy will give a statement to MPs in the House of Commons after the Ministry of Justice confirmed that 91 criminals have been freed in error since April 1

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2 w. ago At least 31 dead and 30 injured after riot breaks out in Ecuador prison

The rioting came when inmates were set to be transferred to a new maximum-security facility

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3 w. ago 'Monster' paedophile who filmed himself abusing kids hit with lengthy sentence

Child sex offender Connor Wright, of Middlesbrough, has been handed an extended prison sentence - this is a breaking news story

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3 w. ago Two out of four prisoners still at large were freed by mistake last year

Two of the four prisoners who are still at large after being mistakenly released last year were freed in error in June this year, the Ministry of Justice has said

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3 w. ago BREAKING: Two prisoners still on the run after being freed by mistake last year

Two prisoners are still on the run after being mistakenly freed last year - this is a breaking news story

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3 w. ago Two prisoners still on the run after being freed by mistake last year

A total of four prisoners are missing after being mistakenly freed this year and the previous year, it has been reported

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3 w. ago Two of four prisoners still at large were freed by mistake last year

Another two, who are understood to have been freed in error in June this year, also remain missing.

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3 w. ago Tories blasted by former prison officer for 'breaking point' crisis

Sally Jameson, who worked for five years at HMP & YOI Moorland said accidental releases were unacceptable, but accused the Conservatives of letting the system rot for years

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3 w. ago Sex offender prisoner Brahim Kaddour Cherif released by mistake arrested and pictured

HMP Wandsworth prisoner Brahim Kaddour Cherif, who was mistakenly released last Wednesday, has been been arrested after the Met Police launched a major manhunt to find him

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3 w. ago Released sex offender prisoner Brahim Kaddour Cherif arrested as he says 'I'm someone else'

HMP Wandsworth prisoner Brahim Kaddour Cherif, who was mistakenly released last Wednesday, has been been arrested after the Met Police launched a major manhunt to find him

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3 w. ago Death of child killer in prison cell as three inmates charged with murder

This is a breaking news story and is being constantly updated by our reporters as the breaking news story develops

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3 w. ago More pressure on David Lammy as it's revealed a record 90 violent or sex offenders were freed from prison by mistake in past year

The number of bungled releases mark the highest on record, and eight times the figure from the year before, when 11 were freed in error.

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3 w. ago Moment fugitive fraudster hands himself in three days after he was freed from HMP Wandsworth by mistake as hunt continues for Algerian migrant sex offender

Fraudster William 'Billy' Smith, 35, was wrongly set free from the south London jail earlier this week but reportedly handed himself in after a three-day manhunt.

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3 w. ago Fugitive convicted fraudster is FOUND three days after he was freed from HMP Wandsworth by mistake as hunt continues for Algerian migrant sex offender

Fraudster William 'Billy' Smith, 35, was wrongly set free from the south London jail earlier this week but reportedly handed himself in after a three-day manhunt.

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