54 h. ago Evil former nun who abused children at Scottish care homes jailed

The sick pattern of abusive behaviour also included locking one child in a cupboard and another in an unlit cellar without access to water

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55 h. ago ‘Forever more I am believed' Abuse survivor's heartbreaking relief as evil nun jailed

After a lifetime of silence, an abuse survivor has spoken of finally being believed as a disgraced nun was jailed for tormenting children at Nazareth House.

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59 h. ago Evil nun denies abusing children at orphanage in disturbing police interview

Eileen McElhinney and Dorothy Kane were found guilty of abusing children at homes run by the Catholic order The Sisters of Nazareth.

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60 h. ago The FBI’s raid of journalist’s home was the product of decades of backsliding | Seth Stern and Chip Gibbons

The trend of invading newsrooms, in violation of federal law, has now spread to the highest levels of the federal governmentThe raid of a journalist’s home, along with the jailing of their alleged source, are shocking acts of authoritarianism. And they are in line with Trump’s willingness to use the national security state as a weapon against the press, which is a serious threat to our democracy. But those weapons were not invented by Trump nor did he pioneer their use against free press.The raid of Hannah Natanson, is a shocking escalation, not a rupture. The United States has been backsliding to this point – at both the federal and local levels – for quite some time.Seth Stern is the Director of Advocacy at Freedom of the Press Foundation and a first amendment lawyerChip Gibbons is the policy director of Defending Rights & Dissent. A journalist and researcher focusing on the US national security state, Gibbons is currently working on The Imperial Bureau, forthcoming from Verso...

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3 d. ago Killer caught on CCTV stabbing unarmed man outside his home jailed for life

Brian Ramsay was killed by drug-fuelled attacker Paul Menzies who fatally stabbed the unarmed father-of-three outside his home.

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3 d. ago Man who fired gun at former friend's Niddrie home in Edinburgh jailed for nine years

A man who shot three rounds of live ammunition through the window of a former friend’s home in Edinburgh has been sentenced to nine years in prison.

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3 d. ago Gangland gunman who fired bullets at Mark Richardson's pal's home jailed for 10 years

Nicky Robertson targeted a property in Niddrie Marischal Crescent in Edinburgh.

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4 d. ago A suspect in the vandalism of JD Vance’s Ohio home must stay in jail until trial

A judge says a suspect in the vandalism of Vice President JD Vance’s home in Ohio must remain behind bars while awaiting trial

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4 d. ago Serial domestic abuser who punched and bit his partner at Craigneuk home is jailed

Anthony Bucknell was also banned from any contact with the woman under a three-year non-harassment order.

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4 d. ago Chilling moment county lines teenage gang chased homeless man before beating him to death with a gin bottle and posing for selfies and filming themselves dancing

Three teenage drug runners who posed for smiling selfies before and after beating a homelessman to death have been jailed for a total of more than 23 years.

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9 d. ago Man slept with underage girl at same time wife was giving birth to their child

David Peers has been jailed after admitting sexual offences against two underage girls in his home and car

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1 week ago Moment bungling cash machine raider uses homemade bomb to blow up village ATM in botched theft attempt

Kristopher Follos, 45, set off improvised explosives at the ATM outside a service station in a rural village.

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1 week ago Depraved children's care home worker jailed after grooming and raping vulnerable girls

Alexander “Sandy” Boyd was convicted grooming, assault and rape, after a trial into historic sex abuse in Oban.

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1 week ago Teenagers who posed for selfies after killing homeless man jailed

Detective Inspector Jim Barry called the attack ‘a particularly callous murder’

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1 week ago Teens jailed for fatal attack on homeless man near King's Cross

Teens jailed for fatal attack on homeless man near King's Cross  BBC

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1 week ago Laughing teenagers who posed for selfies after killing homeless man near King’s Cross station jailed

Anthony Marks, 52, was hit with a car bonnet and stamped on in a horrific attack near the busy central London transport hub

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1 week ago Teens who took selfies after killing homeless man with gin bottle are jailed

Three teenagers - Eymaiyah Lee Bradshaw-McKoy, Mia Campos-Jorge and Jaidee Bingham - brutally killed Anthony Marks, 51, in London to settle a county lines drug score

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1 week ago Albanian murderer who posted TikToks from British jail begging to be sent home is FINALLY set for deportation

Eugert Merizaj was handed a 32-year sentence in May 2022 for the shotgun killing of rival drug dealer Hemawand Ali Hussein and has been locked up at HMP Manchester.

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2 w. ago Woman jailed in Dubai over 'stupid mistake' now back 'home where she belongs'

Mia O'Brien was 'jailed for life' in Dubai - but her mum said she had 'never done a bad thing in her life'

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2 w. ago Brit, 24, jailed in Dubai over 'stupid mistake' returns home in 'Xmas miracle'

A British student who was sentenced to 25 years in a Dubai jail has returned home after she was released from her "living hell" - this is a breaking story

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