11 h. ago South Florida matriarch sentenced to life in prison for hired killing of her ex

The matriarch of a wealthy South Florida family who was convicted in the hired killing of her former son-in-law has been sentenced to life in prison

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11 h. ago Florida grandma sobs and swears her innocence in court as she faces life in prison for son

The 75-year-old was convicted last month of masterminding the 2014 murder of Dan Markel

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17 h. ago Holly Willoughby kidnap and murder plotter Gavin Plumb back in court in matter of days

Gavin Plumb, who has given a life sentence in prison over a plot to kidnap, rape and murder TV presenter Holly Willoughby, is set to have his appeal bid heard in court next week

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2 d. ago Adam Johnson's new life after prison as wife's business goes bust and he sells off mansion

Adam Johnson has suffered a fresh financial setback, having already been forced to pay the taxman £500,000

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3 d. ago Ronnie Kray's intimate message to killer as victim's family suspect chilling link

Notorious East End villain Ronnie Kray called Nizamodeen Hosein 'the sweetest' in a prison card as the pair served life sentences in HMP Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight in the 1970s

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4 d. ago Increase sentence for Gisèle Pelicot rapist, prosecutor tells court of appeal

Dominique Sie recommends 12-year jail term after Husamettin Dugan’s ‘refusal to take responsibility’ for assaultThe French state prosecutor has called for the jail term of an unemployed builder to be increased after he contested his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot after she had been drugged unconscious by her husband.Dominique Sie, the lead state prosecutor, told the court of appeal in Nîmes that Husamettin Dogan’s claims of innocence were an example of how rape culture was still widespread in society as part of “archaic” forms of “male domination”. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Morgan Freeman wanted on prison recall by cops in "real life Shawshank plot"

A police appeal for runaway Morgan Freeman went viral after hundreds of social media users speculated a wanted lag from Somerset has escaped prison to lie on a beach in Mexico like his famous namesake

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5 d. ago Lawrence killer ‘unreliable narrator of his own life’, prison psychologist finds

A parole hearing is taking place to decide whether David Norris, one of the men who murdered Stephen Lawrence, should be released from prison.

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7 d. ago 'Calculating and insidious' rapist who pursued men and women after drunken nights out in Manchester's Gay Village is sentenced to life in prison

Sid Ali Djelid, 39, stalked drunken and vulnerable victims in around the Canal Street area of the city before raping two men and one woman and stealing phones and jewellery.

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8 d. ago Prosecutors want longer sentence for Australian mushroom killer Erin Patterson

Patterson was sentenced to life in prison for murder of three people who were lunch guests at her home in 2023

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9 d. ago Brit teen killed 3 months after Dubai prison release pleaded for 'life back' before tragedy

Marcus Fakana, 19, tragically died in a car crash days after leaving prison in Dubai, where he was jailed for having an intimate relationship with a 17-year-old girl

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1 week ago Dad crushed baby's skull then went out for a cigarette as nurses tried to save him

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Daniel Gunter, who has today been sentenced to life in prison, 'crushed' the skull of his premature baby son before going for a cigarette break as nurses tried desperately to save the child

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1 week ago South Carolina prosecutor seeks death penalty in murder case after Biden reduced sentence to life

A local prosecutor in South Carolina plans to seek the death penalty against a man whose federal death sentence for killing two bank employees was commuted to life in prison by President Joe Biden

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2 w. ago Boris Becker's regret he shares with Emma Raducanu after life spiralled into prison stint

The tennis legend won five Grand Slam titles, including three at Wimbledon, but endured a turbulent life away from the court and was sent to prison in 2022

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2 w. ago P Diddy inmates write glowing reviews of rapper's prison 'life skills' classes

P Diddy has been held in the Metropolitan Detention Centre since September 2024 and recently the rapper has been teaching some of his fellow inmates "entrepreneurship"

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2 w. ago Cocaine Quarterback review – true crime shouldn’t be this entertaining

It’s right to be sceptical of college footballer turned drug kingpin Owen Hanson sharing his own story from prison. But huge characters join in to tell a wild, droll tale with the ultimate endingDressed in a khaki jumpsuit, his face red in a way that suggests recent tears, Owen Hanson describes his life behind bars. On his first day in prison, another inmate gave him a weapon – a “bonecrusher” – and told him to keep it on him at all times. “I’m some fucking surfer kid from Redondo Beach and you’re telling me I have to go to war?!” Hanson says, shakily.This is one of many moments in the first episode of Cocaine Quarterback that makes me deeply sceptical. The three-part docuseries – released under the Prime Video Sports umbrella – tells the story of a college footballer from California turned drug kingpin, but part one feels more like The Owen Hanson Story, as presented by Owen Hanson. Central to the tale is his father’s alcoholism, his parents’ divorce, and his first, faltering foray...

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2 w. ago Ryan Routh stabs himself in the neck with a pen as he is found guilty of plotting the assassination of Donald Trump

Ryan Routh, 59, faces life in prison after being found guilty of plotting to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course

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2 w. ago Ryan Routh found guilty of 2024 attempted assassination of Trump in Florida

Routh represented himself in trial over botched attempt on Trump’s life at West Palm Beach golf course The man accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump on his West Palm Beach golf course two months before Trump clinched his second presidency in the 2024 White House election has been found guilty by a jury in Fort Pierce, Florida.Ryan Routh – who now faces up to life in prison at a later sentencing hearing – reportedly tried to use a pen to stab himself in the neck as the guilty verdict was read in court. Officers quickly swarmed him and dragged him out of the courthouse. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Ghislaine Maxwell's cushy life in jail: Disgraced socialite spotted on her way to a yoga class inside plush prison

Disgraced socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, 63, (pictured) is being held inside the deluxe new Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas.

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3 w. ago Ghislaine Maxwell's cushy life in jail: Disgraced socialite spotted on her way to a yoga class inside plush prison

Disgraced socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, 63, (pictured) is being held inside the deluxe new Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas.

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