36 h. ago British retired couple who faced Thai prison after being attacked ‘elated’ with fine

The Byrnes are are waiting anxiously to return home after the 15-month ordeal

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55 h. ago Brit couple who feared being sent to Thailand jail even though they were attacked 'elated' with fine

British couple Des and Mary Byrne said the “champagne corks are not popping yet” until they are on a flight back to the UK, after a 15-month nightmare ordeal in Thailand

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60 h. ago Brit couple who retired to Thailand facing jail despite CCTV proving THEY were attacked

Des and Mary Byrne have been found guilty of causing "superficial injuries and mental anguish" her brother has revealed, despite the fact they were not the aggressors in the incident

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3 d. ago Lawyers for Bataclan terrorist Salah Abdeslam deny claims he is to become a father

The only surviving perpetrator of the 2015 Paris attacks was tried in Belgium in 2016 and is serving jail time in the Vendin-le-Vieil prison in Pas-de-Calais.

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4 d. ago Brit couple found dead in ditch after being followed by police on holiday

Ryan Duffy, 24, and Ellie Marsden, 20, had travelled from their hometown of Wigan to Cumbria for an evening away but were tragically found dead just hours after their van was followed by police as they left a pub

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4 d. ago Brit couple on holiday found dead in ditch hours after their van was 'followed by police'

Ellie Marsden, 20, and Ryan Duffy, 24, both from Wigan, were found dead on a narrow country road in Cumbria having earlier been followed by police, an inquest heard

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5 d. ago 'Trapped' Brit couple savagely beaten by gang in their own Thailand garden face jail

Former chemical engineer Des Byrne, 77, and his wife Mary, 69, retired to Thailand and built a villa in the 'Thai Riviera' – but now face being jailed despite being the victims of a brutal assault

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8 d. ago Sadistic son of man who 'inspired' Trainspotting's Begbie found dead in prison

Dean MacLeod, who was found dead in his jail cell days after a violent attack on an officer, carried out horrendous crimes with his dad, Ian MacLeod, who was a notorious gang leader

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1 week ago Twisted 'blowtorch killer' dies in jail days after attacking officer with boiling sugar water

Dean MacLeod had been serving a minimum term of 34 years in prison after he and his father were both found guilty last year of the joint torture and killing of two innocent men

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1 week ago Scots Dragon's Den star facing jail after 'sinister' masked hammer attack on ex

Brian Smillie Jr turned up uninvited outside his ex-partner's home and smashed her car with a weapon.

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1 week ago Entitled Spirit Airlines passenger learns harsh lesson after attacking staff as she tells them to 'take me to jail'

An entitled female Spirit Airlines passenger named Rachel threw a huge fit and stomped her feet at police after she was put on the no-fly list while trying to catch a flight from Orlando to San Juan.

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1 week ago Sadistic torture killer found dead in cell at Scots jail days after attack on prison officer

Dean ‘Denim’ MacLeod and his father were both found guilty of torturing and killing two innocent men.

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2 w. ago Brit couple's idyllic life in France before brutal deaths as tragic new theory emerges

WARNING DISTURBING: Andrew and Dawn Searle were found dead in their home in France, with police now suspecting that the husband killed his wife before taking his own life in a tragic murder-suicide

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2 w. ago Taliban arrest Brit couple in their 70s for ‘teaching parenting skills to mothers’ in Afghanistan

Peter and Barbie Reynolds’ texts to their family stopped three days after they were detained on February 1

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2 w. ago Brit couples follow Beyoncé with prenups soaring to unprecedented number before marriage

More and more Brits are opting for prenuptial agreements before tying the knot - the agreements are now 'mainstream' according to new figures from a YouGov survey

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3 w. ago Tehran charges Brit couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman with spying and accuses them of 'posing as tourists'

 Two British nationals detained in Iran have been charged with espionage, Iranian Judiciary News Agency says. 

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3 w. ago British mother who had heart attack while sat by swimming pool on holiday is 'threatened with jail' while still in hospital

Collette Robinson, 58, from Manchester, had an ongoing travel insurance policy but forgot to update it to include she had a heart attack last year.

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3 w. ago Captive Brit couple Craig and Lindsay Foreman are charged with spying in Iran days after they were arrested during motorbike trip

 Two British nationals detained in Iran have been charged with espionage, Iranian Judiciary News Agency says. 

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3 w. ago Brit who had heart attack on holiday faces jail if she doesn't pay £22k hospital bill

Collette Robinson, 58, suffered a heart attack while staying at a luxury four star hotel, but her holiday hell got even worse when hospital bosses demanded £22,000 before she could go home

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