43 h. ago 'Infatuated' prison worker who sent inmate pictures of herself in her underwear and smuggled in SIM cards for him is jailed for 12 months

Nikki Croft, 51, pleaded guilty to having an inappropriate relationship with the prisoner, who she referred to by the initials LZ, while serving at HMP Morton Hall, near Lincoln.

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4 d. ago Driver with 'James Bond' style revolving number plate is jailed after trying to smuggle £2.7million of cigarettes into Britain

Andreu Silivaniuk, 34, attempted to sneak an estimated £2.7million worth of cigarettes into Britain, hidden inside Bentley car parts.

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1 week ago Prison officer 'had intimate relationships with prisoners and smuggled drugs into jail'

Kayleigh Robson, 29, allegedly struck up inappropriate romances with prisoners at HMP Peterborough over a nine-month period, before getting involved in an alleged money laundering plot

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1 week ago Female prison officer denies relationships with inmates and smuggling cannabis in UK jail

Kayleigh Robson, 29, appeared at Cambridge Crown Court accused of misconduct, smuggling cannabis and tobacco, and money laundering at HMP Peterborough. She pleaded not guilty

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1 week ago Female prison officer, 29, had intimate relationships with inmates and smuggled drugs and tobacco into jail, court hears

Kayleigh Robson, 29, struck up inappropriate romances with prisoners at HMP Peterborough over a nine-month period, it is alleged.

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2 w. ago Jailed Brits who smuggled cocaine disguised as Angel Delight escape death sentence

The British couple told police that they did not know the packages contained £300,000 of cocaine, and believed they were delivering treats to a friend in Indonesia

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2 w. ago Run Away review – James Nesbitt and Minnie Driver give us comfort TV at its finest

The twists and turns come thick and fast in this deeply pleasing Harlan Coben thriller, as a father goes in search of his missing daughter. Even a vegan restaurant owner gets in on the actThey come round sooner every time, do they not? I think we’re now the recipients of a new Harlan Coben adaptation every three weeks or so. Who knows what rate will be attained next year? We watch and wait, though possibly in neither case for long.We are now about a dozen, rating-banking offerings into the bestselling thriller writer’s multi-book deals with Netflix and Amazon. They are generally solid, workmanlike fare that doubtless help fund many passion projects and pay many mortgages along the way. They are comfort TV not just for viewers, but, I suspect, everyone involved. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Young mother who tried to smuggle £285,000 of cannabis from Thailand into UK avoids jail after saying drugs bosses threatened to kill her child

Poppie Kudiersky, 22, was arrested after customs officers at Manchester Airport stopped a companion she had been travelling with and seized two suitcases containing 28.5kg of the drug.

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3 w. ago Classic car ‘like something out of James Bond’ up for sale after being abandoned and covered in moss

A STUNNING classic James Bond style car is up for sale after being abandoned. The Lotus sports car has been sitting empty, covered in moss, in an old barn for years. Its original owner parked their 1982 Lotus Esprit Turbo for the final time back in 1995. He had snapped up the car in 1990...

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