4 h. ago DWP issues stark benefit warning after woman jailed for 20 months

The DWP has issued a stern warning to benefit claimants across Great Britain, confirming that benefit fraud will be detected and pursued to the 'fullest extent of the law'

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8 h. ago My abusive ex beat me up at our late baby's cemetery after threatening to steal the ashes and burn her grave

In June, Josh Kelly, 23, was jailed for four years and eight months at Bristol Crown Court - and handed a ten-year restraining order.

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32 h. ago DWP issues stark warning to JSA, UC and PIP claimants as woman jailed for 20 months

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a grave warning to the 24 million Brits claiming benefits

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36 h. ago Trans woman caught smuggling 26 kilos of cannabis into the UK to try and fund a sex change operation is jailed for 18 months in a men's prison

Keira Borrett, 46, from Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk, was discovered with two suitcases full of the Class B drug when stopped by Border Force officials at London Heathrow Airport on May 23.

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55 h. ago Predator who sexually assaulted two women as they lay next to him in his bed jailed for 16 months

The fully-clothed females had stayed over at Paul Slaven's Moodiesburn home after they'd been socialising together.

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56 h. ago "Merciless" puppy torturer jailed after attacking dog with iron and bottle

Sadistic Daniel Murphy hit Buster, a Staffie, 70 times in three hour torture session, making vet feel physically sick at torture footage. Murphy was jailed for nine months and banned for life from keeping animals.

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63 h. ago DWP issues stark warning to benefit claimants after woman jailed for 20 months

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has issued a warning to millions of benefit claimants after a woman was jailed for 20 months after a court found her guilty of benefit fraud

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3 d. ago ‘He’s 180 pounds. I’m 300 pounds’: Former college football player who spent two months in jail for a murder he did not commit says he never matched the suspect’s description

Ty’Ran Dixon — whose name was similar to the suspect later charged — was arrested in August 2024 for the murder of 21-year-old Jasmine Roach

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3 d. ago DWP promises legal action against those trying to cheat the benefits system

A Port Talbot couple received suspended jail terms ranging from six months to two years following their fraudulent claims totalling £48,517 in Universal Credit

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5 d. ago Gang who squirted sauce on victims to distract them as they stole thousands are jailed after months

Members of a ruthless organised crime gang who robbed people by squirting them with bottled sauces have been jailed.

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6 d. ago Labour frees 26,000 prisoners early: In just seven months, hundreds jailed for more than 10 years are released

Astonishing figures for the soft-justice programme suggest 45,000 could have their sentences cut in its first year.

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8 d. ago ‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group

More than 200 have been arrested for alleged support of Palestine Action – and hundreds more are expected to protest on Saturday At 81, Deborah Hinton, a former British magistrate who was honoured by the late Queen Elizabeth II for services to the community, seems an unlikely terrorist suspect. In the quiet town in south-west England where she lives, much of her retirement is spent walking along the cliffs, raising funds for the nearby cathedral choir, and supporting local charities.But last month she was detained in a police cell for seven hours, fingerprinted and had a DNA swab taken from her mouth. It was the first time she had ever been arrested, and the experience left her “in a state of trauma” and “shaking uncontrollably”. She could face a jail sentence of six months under UK terrorism legislation. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Horrifying moment speeding biker ploughs into trainee teacher as she steps off bus onto pavement

Macenna Shaw, 21, was wearing a balaclava-style ski mask when he smashed into Grace Marriott in Halifax, West Yorkshire. He has been jailed for 22 months.

Transport

1 week ago Virgin Atlantic First Class Passenger on London to Pakistan Flight Jailed for 15 Months

Virgin Atlantic First Class Passenger on London to Pakistan Flight Jailed for 15 Months  Aviation A2Z

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1 week ago Pakistan Businessman Jailed In London For 15 Months For Threatening To Rape Air Hostess

Pakistan Businessman Jailed In London For 15 Months For Threatening To Rape Air Hostess  NDTV

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1 week ago Thug who battered man with pool cue after pub argument is jailed for 16 months

Josh Donachie, 21, of Coatbridge, admitted assaulting the man to the danger of his life at Heritage bar in Sunnyside Road in March last year.

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1 week ago UK gardeners warned over possible fine for illegal hedge cutting

Destroying a bird's nest could result in an unlimited fine and six months in jail

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2 w. ago Mum left 16 month old home alone to die when she went on holiday

Kristel Candelario, who left her 16-month-old daughter Jailyn behind while she went on holiday, has explained why she carried out such a 'diabolical act', which resulted in a tragedy that continues to haunt investigators

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2 w. ago Woman jailed for leaving eight starving dogs to eat each other in hellhole flat

Stacey Harris, 39, was jailed for eight months and banned from ever owning dogs again after seven dogs died when they were starved and left in a filthy abandoned flat

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4 w. ago Channel migrant who sexually assaulted teenage girl with special needs in broad daylight is jailed for 14 months

Aron Hadsh, 27, who was living at a taxpayer-funded Holiday Inn near Heathrow, attacked the 19-year-old in June last year after she had been sent by her mother to pick up fruit from a food bank.

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