28 h. ago Madeleine McCann prime suspect Christian Brueckner faces fresh charges

Christian Brueckner's release could be delayed after he was charged with offences against prison staff at the German jail where he is serving time for a rape sentence

Politics

39 h. ago Criminals who refuse to attend sentencing to face longer jail time and loss of prison privileges

Judges will be able punish those who refuse to attend court under ‘long overdue reforms’ following outcry over killers who fail to face victim’s families at sentencing

Events

39 h. ago Labour's 'tough' punishments for convicts who refuse to face victims at court include... being banned from watching TV for six weeks

Labour's sanctions faced ridicule after it emerged the new punishments will be imposed for mere weeks.

Events

39 h. ago Criminals who refuse to attend sentencing could now receive more jail time

There have been series of high profile offenders refusing to face victims' families, including in the case of Olivia Pratt-Korbell, which has sparked a public outcry and calls by campaigners for a change in the law

Events

45 h. ago Ridicule as it emerges Labour's 'tough' punishments for convicts who refuse to face victims at court include... being banned from watching TV for six weeks

Labour's sanctions faced ridicule after it emerged the new punishments will be imposed for mere weeks.

Events

46 h. ago Criminals who refuse to attend sentencing face up to two more years behind bars and loss of prison privileges

Judges will be able punish those who refuse to attend court under ‘long overdue reforms’ following outcry over killers who fail to face victim’s families at sentencing

Events

56 h. ago Australian man faces hard time in a Bali jail after allegedly slapping a woman at a ritzy resort when an argument erupted over a waterslide

An Australian father has been hauled before the courts after an alleged fight beside a ritzy resort pool in Bali.

Events

4 d. ago Vile criminals who try to dodge justice will face fresh punishment under new Labour law

Cowardly offenders who fail to attend their sentencing hearings could be placed in solitary confinement in jail or face other sanctions such as having their access to the gym cut

Society

7 d. ago Rangers legend Duncan Ferguson insists he's "no hard man" as lifts lid on time in notorious Barlinnie jail

Duncan’s autobiography, Big Dunc, is released next week, a searingly honest account of his career and his life, including a painful reflection on the 44 days he spent in Barlinnie.

Events

1 week ago Racist thugs dodge jail after battering stranger as they were 'children' at the time

Declan Buchanan and Regan Mills were just 16 when they assaulted a stranger in Perth city centre.

Events

2 w. ago Tiger King star Joe Exotic ties the knot for the sixth time from jail as he serves 21

The Netflix star has shocked followers announcing his sixth marriage to fellow inmate Jorge Flores Maldonado, as he serves 21 year prison sentence

Events

2 w. ago 'UK's most dangerous killer' out of 'glass cage' as he's sent to new prison after 46 years

Robert Maudsley, 71, has been transferred from Wakefield jail in West Yorkshire for the first time in nearly five decades, after the quadruple killer went on hunger strike

Events

3 w. ago Fyre Festival 2 ticket holders react after Billy McFarland postpones at the last minute

McFarland served jail time after the original 2017 Fyre Festival failure

Politics

3 w. ago The Balcony Movie review – funny/sad film that offers a view into strangers’ lives

Pawel Lozinski’s documentary collects conversations with passers-by he talks to from the window of his Warsaw flatPolish film-maker Pawel Lozinski has curated this amusing, cumulatively melancholy documentary which he has shot from the first-floor balcony in his flat in the Saska Kępa district of Warsaw. Over a number of years, and with a microphone discreetly attached to the chainlink fence at street level, he simply calls down to people going past and asks them to stop and talk about something, anything.There are a lot of dog-walkers and people with babies; most people smile or grimace politely and say they are not special enough to be featured in a film. A priest says he can’t talk because he is carrying the Holy Sacrament. Others obligingly talk: one woman sings a rather beautiful song, a man talks about being homeless, having just got out of prison. People confide their sadness at the loss of a loved one, though one woman sheepishly confesses her profound happiness that her abu...

Culture

4 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

Politics

last month Tourist gets jail time for wandering a little too close to famed Yellowstone attraction

The tourist pleaded guilty to violating a law requiring people to walk on the designated trails

Events