14 h. ago Female paedophile and child rapist, 31, found dead in prison

An investigation is under way into the death of Rebecca Holloway

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32 h. ago Child rapist Rebecca Holloway who sent 'depraved and vile' texts about crimes dies

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT: Rebecca Holloway, 31, was jailed for 12 and a half years at Teesside Crown Court in 2020 for the "horrific and appalling" abuse of a girl

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32 h. ago Child rapist who sent 'depraved and vile' texts about her crimes dies in prison

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT: Rebecca Holloway, 31, was jailed for 12 and a half years at Teesside Crown Court in 2020 for the "horrific and appalling" abuse of a girl

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34 h. ago Female child rapist and mother, 31, is found dead in prison while serving 12

Rebecca Holloway, 31, died at Low Newton Prison, County Durham, on Thursday, February 13, after being jailed for 12-and-a-half years at Teesside Crown Court in 2020.

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34 h. ago Child rapist dies in prison after 'one of the most distressing cases ever heard'

The case involving Rebecca Holloway was described as "one of the most distressing ever heard".

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35 h. ago Child rapist Rebecca Holloway, 31, dies in prison after 'depraved' texts emerged

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Rebecca Holloway was jailed for 12-and-a-half years at Teesside Crown Court in 2020 after pleading guilty to rape, conspiracy to sexually assault children and distributing indecent images

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3 d. ago South Carolina conducts first US firing squad execution in 15 years: ‘Barbaric’

Brad Sigmon, 67, was shot dead by prison staff despite outcry over ‘cruel’ method and calls for clemencyThe US has conducted its first execution by firing squad in 15 years, with South Carolina prison officials shooting to death Brad Sigmon, 67, on Friday evening, despite widespread concerns about the safety and cruelty of this method.Sigmon was the oldest person to be executed in the state’s history and his death was part of a series of rapid killings the state has pursued in the last six months as it revives capital punishment. There had been growing calls for clemency, but minutes before Sigmon was killed, the state’s Republican governor, Henry McMaster, announced he would not be intervening. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Serial rapist and child abuser Colin Batley who ran sex cult in Kidwelly could be freed within days

Colin Batley was jailed in 2011 after being found guilty of a catalogue of sexual offences including rape and causing a child to have sex

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4 d. ago Sadistic son of man who 'inspired' Trainspotting's Begbie found dead in prison

Dean MacLeod, who was found dead in his jail cell days after a violent attack on an officer, carried out horrendous crimes with his dad, Ian MacLeod, who was a notorious gang leader

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5 d. ago 'Trainspotting' dad of blowtorch killer found dead in prison was '80s gang leader'

Ian 'Bronco' MacLeod, the father of the sick blowtorch killer who died while in prison, is understood to have inspired the crazed 'Begbie' character from Trainspotting

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7 d. ago 'Blowtorch killer' dies in prison days after drenching officer in boiling water and sugar

Dean 'Denim' MacLeod was found dead on Sunday in Low Moss Prison where he was serving a lengthy sentence for brutally torturing and murdering two innocent men with his dad

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7 d. ago Sadistic torture killer found dead in cell at Scots jail days after attack on prison officer

Dean ‘Denim’ MacLeod and his father were both found guilty of torturing and killing two innocent men.

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8 d. ago Murderer and child rapist dies in prison less than two years into 27

William Dawson, who was known as Billy the Bump, died at HMP Holme House after being transferred from HMP Durham for end of life care.

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1 week ago ‘This moment is medieval’: Jackson Katz on misogyny, the manosphere – and why men must oppose Trumpism

The result of the US election unleashed a ferocious feminist backlash, he says, and makes his 40-year struggle to end violence against women more urgent than ever‘If it takes a village to raise a child, it also takes a village to raise a rapist,” Jackson Katz says. “Perpetrators aren’t individual monsters; they are people reflecting a system. We need to address that system.”For the past 40 years, the researcher and activist has been advocating that violence against women be treated as a men’s issue. He works across the US in universities, schools and the military to encourage men to speak up when they encounter misogynistic behaviour in their peer groups. Katz believes that it is only through boys and men holding themselves accountable for their behaviour that violence against women can end. Since the re-election of Donald Trump, he believes his work has become more urgent than ever. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Forget the Epstein files, this is the REAL bombshell: Top lawyer makes fresh case for why billionaire was MURDERED... and it's scarily compelling

From the moment Jeffrey Epstein was found dead on his prison cell floor six years ago, a noose made from an orange bedsheet around his neck, the conspiracy theories ran wild.

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1 week ago Husband who murdered his wife in 'honour killing' confessed to his son where he buried her body during prison visit before police found human remains next to lay

hmed Al-Khatib, 46, from Gorton had admitted the location of his dead wife's - Rania Alayed - body to his son during a prison visit before her remains were found by a lay-by.

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2 w. ago Notorious 'drug kingpin' dubbed 'The Fly' is arrested in Romania months after he was sprung from prison van in ambush that left two guards dead

Notorious 'drug kingpin', Mohamed Amra, known as 'The Fly' has been arrested in Romania after staging a deadly escape killing two guards and leaving others seriously injured nine months ago. 

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