5 h. ago Sick teacher faces five years in jail after admitting to romp with student

Lisette Veles Ortega, 32, was an outside contractor working at Imperial Beach school in California when suspicions were raised in May over her relationship with 17-year-old student

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15 h. ago Constance Marten: The aristocrat who fell from high society to become a convicted baby killer

She was born into a life of incredible privilege but gave it all up for a sordid life on the run with a convicted rapist. Now she faces many years in jail

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17 h. ago Runaway aristocrat Constance Marten and Mark Gordon to be sentenced for killing baby

Constance Marten and Mark Gordon face a jail term when they are sentenced at the Old Bailey

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29 h. ago Tories write to Starmer to demand answers over Mandelson scandal

The Labour grandee was sacked on Thursday over emails that showed he sent supportive messages even as Epstein faced jail for sex offences.

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39 h. ago Mandelson should never have been made ambassador, say Virginia Giuffre’s family

The Labour peer was sacked on Thursday after emails were published showing he had sent supportive messages even as Epstein faced jail.

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62 h. ago Man, 28, faces jail as he pleads guilty to arson after Labour MP Sharon Hodgson's office was set on fire

Joshua Oliver's plea was entered at Newcastle Magistrates' Court today on the basis that it was reckless rather than intentional - the Crown did not accept its basis.

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66 h. ago 'Despicable' Scots sex beast facing jail over rape and violence towards women

William Byrne abused women in Ayrshire between 2018 and 2024.

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68 h. ago Shocked by Epstein’s birthday book? That culture was everywhere before feminism | Rebecca Solnit

Feminism exposed the ubiquity of child abuse, rape, sexual harassment and domestic violence – and helped fight that cultureI was there. I kept the receipts. I remember how normalized the sexual exploitation of teenage girls and even tweens by adult men was, how it showed up in movies, in the tales of rock stars and “baby groupies”, in counterculture and mainstream culture, how normalized rape, exploitation, grooming, objectification, commodification was.The last Woody Allen movie I ever saw was Manhattan, in which he cast himself as more or less himself, a dweeb in his mid-40s, dating a high school student played by Mariel Hemingway. She was my age, 17, and I was only too familiar with creeps, and the movie creeped me out, even though it was only long afterward that I read that she said he was at the time pressuring her to get sexually involved with him in real life.Rebecca Solnit is a Guardian US columnist. She is the author of Orwell’s Roses and co-editor with Thelma Young Lutunat...

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3 d. ago Masseur faces jail over attacks on five women at luxury Berkshire spa

Ibrahim Ali, 36, of Datchet, Berkshire, had been working at the Nirvana Spa on Mole Road, Sindlesham, when he committed the vile acts between November and December last year.

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4 d. ago Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro found guilty of 2022 election coup plot

The former president faces decades-long jail sentence for seeking to remain in power after losing 2022 election

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4 d. ago Lord Mandelson sacked by Sir Keir Starmer over Epstein friendship after emails revealed

Emails reportedly show the peer sent his support to Epstein as he faced jail for sex offences

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4 d. ago Peter Mandelson removed as US ambassador over Jeffrey Epstein emails

Leaked emails showed the New Labour grandee sent supportive messages even as Epstein faced jail for sex offences.

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6 d. ago New law will see criminals who steal tools face longer jail sentences

The law will better protect plumbers, carpenters, electricians and others in the building trade

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7 d. ago Drunken lout who forced plane to turn back after proposing to an air stewardess then arguing with other passengers faces jail

Matthew Taylor, 30, pleaded guilty to being drunk when he boarded an Alicante-bound Jet2 flight which was packed with families and holidaymakers on August 18.

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9 d. ago Inside Dubai's 'Alcatraz' jail where Brit law student faces life sentence

Liverpool native Mia O'Brien, 23, is believed to be being held in the notorious Al-Awir prison in central Dubai, which has faced horror accusations of abuse and the torture of inmates

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1 week ago Beast caged over rapes and sex attacks on five women across Scotland

Stephen Whitehurst was convicted of multipe offences, including rapes, against five women.

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1 week ago Daughter's plea to cops over sex beast who murdered mum 40 years ago

Graham McGill is serving a life sentence for strangling 58 year old Mary McLaughlin in 1984.

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1 week ago Marco Pierre White Jr is remanded in custody as he faces jail for stealing £1,500 of Jellycat toys

Marco Pierre White Jr, 30, is facing jail after he admitted carrying out a number a burglaries in a crime spree across west London.

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1 week ago More than 1,000 Palestine Action supporters are planning second mass rally in London despite arrests

Police have warned that anyone convicted of supporting Palestine Action faces six months in jail and a travel ban for EU countries

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1 week ago Europe live: US treasury secretary indicates growing frustration with Putin over Ukraine

Scott Bessent says ‘all options on the table’ and condemns ‘despicable’ increase in attacks as Russian leader receives warm welcome in Chinain BrusselsBelgium will recognise a Palestinian state at the UN general assembly, adding to the growing number of countries seeking to put pressure on Israel and keep alive a two-state solution to end the conflict.“In view of the humanitarian tragedy playing out in Palestine and particularly in Gaza, and in the face of the violence perpetrated by Israel in violation of international law, given its international obligations, including the duty to prevent any risk of genocide, Belgium had to take strong decisions to increase pressure on the Israeli government and the Hamas terrorists.” Continue reading...

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