37 h. ago Polluting water bosses face up to two years in jail for illegal sewage spills

Senior executives will also be banned from accepting bonuses if firms fail to meet Environment Agency’s standards

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3 d. ago Corrupt cop handed crooks intelligence after romantic relationships

PC Choni Kenny was told by a court that she faces jail after abusing her position.

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3 d. ago Brit couples 'betrayed' by secret habit their partner does that more than half are guilty of

A survey of 2,000 TV-loving couples found that nine in 10 have had to rewatch episodes to cover up that they had already watched the show without their partner

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3 d. ago Civil servant faces jail after pocketing £40,000 in bogus expenses and faking sick note so he could travel the world

Maurice Okello, 39, pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to forging an unfit to work note so he could go on holiday and fraudulently claiming £41,476.91 under the guise of work travel.

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6 d. ago Katie Piper says jail inmates 'took the p**s out of face and thought I was a drug user'

In a hard-hitting new documentary, Katie Piper travelled to New Orleans to report on the lives of women in Louisiana's prisons – but the inmates were shocked to hear her story

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6 d. ago British tourist faces hellhole US jail term after he caused wrong

Thomas Robb, 22, drove past at least two 'No Entry' signs before travelling the wrong way on a road in Rockland County, New York and colliding into another vehicle.

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6 d. ago Brit couple killed in Naples cable car tragedy 'were enjoying retirement'

Elaine and Graeme Winn, from Market Harborough, Leicestershire, were among the four people who died when a cable car plummeted to the ground in the Italian city of Naples on Thursday.

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6 d. ago Brit couple killed in Naples cable car tragedy pictured after 'enjoying retirement'

Elaine and Graeme Winn, from Market Harborough, were named as the British pair among the four people that died on Thursday after a wire snapped and sent a cable car plummeting to the ground

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6 d. ago Naples cable car deaths: 'Lovely' Brit couple 'were enjoying retirement' say heartbroken pals

Friends of Elaine and Graeme Winn - who tragically died in the horrific cable car crash in Naples - have paid tribute to the couple, who were two of four people killed on Thursday

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7 d. ago Harvey Weinstein will be allowed to stay in hospital and not jail as he faces sex

A New York judge said not transferring Weinstein could put him at risk of other ‘serious medical conditions, and possibly death’

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8 d. ago Behind bars, trio of thugs who killed woman in car attack after travelling to Scotland for drug deal

A drug dealer and his two accomplices have been told they face 'significant' jail sentences for killing a woman in a deadly car attack.

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9 d. ago Cage fighting bosses face jail after amateur boxer fatally floored

Joao Victor Penha was just 23 years old when he lost his life during a UFC-style bout in the Brazilian state of Ceara - where prosecutors say the organisers failed to take proper care to keep him safe

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9 d. ago Weinstein’s lawyers want him held in hospital rather than jail while he faces trial

Disgraced Hollywood mogul fears he could be vulnerable to life-threatening injuries or death if he’s not moved

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2 w. ago Love Island 'Barbie' faces jail as brains behind £53m operation flooding UK with drugs

Magdalena Sadlo, 30, used her management skills to painstakingly prepare criminal accounts for top table crooks in the Middle East before being nabbed by police on her return to the UK

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2 w. ago Unruly Ryanair passenger assaulted two people while drunk on flight from Tenerife

Catherine Bellis, 44, was on board a flight from Tenerife to Liverpool when she assaulted two people while drunk - and has been warned she may face jail when she returns for sentencing

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2 w. ago Paedo 'manipulated' mum so she'd leave him alone with naked child who called him 'dada'

A twisted pedophile who failed to tell his new partner that he had previously been caught with child abuse images – and was left alone with her child – now faces more time in jail

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2 w. ago American academic faces 15 years in jail for insulting royal family

Paul Chambers, a 58-year-old lecturer at Thailand's Naresuan University, was arrested last week following a complaint filed by the army.

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2 w. ago Catholic headteacher faces jail after admitting attacking deputy

‘On any view this is a spectacular fall from grace, to say the least,’ his lawyer said

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2 w. ago ‘Deception, fraud and coercion’: the Miami property magnate brothers accused of rape

Alon, Oren and Tal Alexander used their money and influence to build a sex-trafficking network, prosecutors sayThe Alexanders are the ultimate Miami crime story: three brothers from one of Florida’s wealthiest families, opulent real estate, luxury yachts and fast cars; there are drugs, fashion models and A-list celebrities. And, ultimately, a trio who flew too close to the sun, only to crash back down to Earth.The downfall of the Alexander twins Alon and Oren, and their elder sibling Tal, is reflected in their current residence, a federal jail in New York ahead of their trial next year. They face charges including rape, sexual assault and the sexual trafficking of dozens of victims. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Brit couple facing jail after Thai neighbours attacked THEM 'elated' to be back in UK

Mary Byrne, 69, and husband Des, 77, were savagely punched and kicked by a kickboxing couple after confronting them for ripping up plants from their garden in Thailand

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