25 h. ago Former aide to de facto leader of Georgia being held as ‘personal prisoner’, mother claims

Marina Ramazashvili says son, Giorgi Bachiashvili, was the victim of a ‘vendetta’ by billionaire politicianThe mother of a jailed former aide to Bidzina Ivanishvili has accused the de facto leader of Georgia of treating her son as his “personal prisoner” as she appealed to the west for help.Marina Ramazashvili, a renowned ophthalmologist in Georgia, said Giorgi Bachiashvili, who has allegedly been beaten in his prison cell, was the victim of a “vendetta” waged by the billionaire politician. Continue reading...

Events

8 d. ago Fundraising appeal for British woman, 23, jailed for life in Dubai is taken down for violating guidelines

Mia O'Brien, 23, from Huyton, Liverpool, made a 'very stupid mistake' and is now being held in the city's central prison, her mother revealed.

Events

1 week ago Son kills mum in shower days after taking out £560,000 life insurance policy to get rich

Andre Zachary Rebelo was sentenced to 25 years in prison after he was found guilty of murdering his mother and fraud after taking out three life insurance policies a week before her death

Events

1 week ago Distraught mother is seen visiting 'drug mule' Bella Culley in Georgian prison for agonising talks as huge sum of cash the family may need to buy her freedom is revealed

Lyanne Kennedy, 44, was seen with tears in her eyes after spending over two hours with her 19-year-old in Women's Penitentiary Number Five.

Events

3 w. ago Menendez brothers face parole hearings as they seek release after three decades

Erik and Lyle Menendez, sentenced to life over 1989 killings of parents, eligible for parole after judge’s May decisionThe Menendez brothers are scheduled to face separate parole hearings beginning Thursday, marking the closest they have been to winning freedom after spending nearly 30 years in prison in the slaying of their parents inside their Los Angeles home.Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison for killing their father, Jose Menendez, and mother, Kitty Menendez, in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989. They were 18 and 21 at the time. Defense attorneys argued the brothers acted out of self-defense after years of sexual abuse by their father, while prosecutors said the brothers killed their parents for a multimillion-dollar inheritance. Continue reading...

Politics

3 w. ago Maria thought her first overseas trip would be to a tropical paradise

A Melbourne woman has revealed the heartbreak of taking her first international flight not to a tropical  beach holiday she once imagined - but instead to visit her mother in a foreign prison.

Politics