5 h. ago ‘What reconciliation? What forgiveness?’: Syria’s deadly reckoning

Over a few brutal days in March, as sectarian violence and revenge killings tore through parts of Syria, two friends from different communities tried to find a way to surviveOn the night of 6 March, Munir, his wife and their two sons, both in their 20s, got no sleep. They huddled together in a small bedroom in their apartment as government troops and militiamen entered their neighbourhood of Qusour in the coastal city of Baniyas and went from house to house. The fighters seemed to be moving through the streets with little coordination. One house might get raided by five separate groups, while others were left untouched. “There was no plan,” Munir said, “just violence and looting.”The first question the fighters were asking when they stormed into an apartment was: “Are you a Sunni or an Alawite?” The answer decided the fate of the residents. Sunnis were spared – although in some cases their apartments were looted. When the raiders found an Alawite home, some stole what they...

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6 h. ago Scots prison officer sacked over death of inmate fails in bid to sue jail chiefs

Kenneth Aitken, 65, argued he had been unfairly dismissed by the Scottish Prison Service for failing to make sure Iain Brown was properly monitored after a nurse suspected him of being 'intoxicated'.

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62 h. ago Prison officer murdered after discovering colleague's sexual fling with inmate

Prison officer Lenny Scott uncovered a sexual relationship between Elias Morgan and fellow guard Sarah Williams after discovering a mobile phone in the then-prisoner's cell

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64 h. ago Corrupt prison officer's affair with inmate revealed at murder trial

Sarah Williams' relationship with Elias Morgan was uncovered by murder victim Lenny Scott

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66 h. ago 'Loose cannon' criminal's assassination of prison officer who exposed his fling with fellow guard even shocked underworld, top cop reveals

The criminal was a 'loose cannon' who broke the code of Liverpool's underworld, where even hardened criminals were 'wary' of the 'incredibly twisted' man, a top cop has revealed.

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2 d. ago 'Incredibly twisted' Lenny Scott murderer was 'loose cannon' who broke underworld code

Elias Morgan was convicted of the murder of dad-of-three and ex-Altcourse prison officer Lenny Scott

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3 d. ago Moment gunman assassinated prison officer who exposed his relationship with female guard 

Lenny Scott, 33, of Prescot, Merseyside, was shot after leaving the gym in February last year in Skelmersdale, Lancashire - and former prisoner Elias Morgan, 35, was found guilty of his murder.

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3 d. ago Man who murdered former prison officer in Skelmersdale shooting GUILTY

Sentencing will take place on 2 September 2025

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3 d. ago Former inmate found guilty of ‘revenge’ killing of prison officer

Lenny Scott, 33, was shot by Elias Morgan, 35, in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on February 8 last year.

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5 d. ago Prison officer becomes third female guard to be convicted of 'inappropriate' relationships with inmates in a year

A prison officer at HMP Five Wells, was jailed for 12 months after admitting to inappropriate relationships with inmates, the third female guard convicted at the same jail in a year

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5 d. ago Prison officer is third female guard convicted of 'inappropriate' jail affair in a year

A prison officer at HMP Five Wells, was jailed for 12 months after admitting to inappropriate relationships with inmates, the third female guard convicted at the same jail in a year

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5 d. ago ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ to be vacated in compliance with court order to shut it

Reported email by Florida official confirms state will shutter prison though governor Ron DeSantis has appealedFlorida’s immigration jail known as “Alligator Alcatraz” will probably be empty of detainees within days, a state official has said, indicating compliance with a judge’s order last week that the facility must close.The Republican governor Ron DeSantis’s administration appealed the order by federal court judge Kathleen Williams that the tented detention camp in the Florida Everglades, which attracted criticism for its harsh conditions, must be dismantled within 60 days. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Prison officer, 26, jailed for 'inappropriate' relationship with inmate

Aimee Duke was caught on CCTV entering prisoners’ cells

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5 d. ago Prison officer jailed for inappropriate relationship with inmate

Aimee Duke, 26, admitted two offences after she was caught sending messages to a prisoner.

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5 d. ago Prison officer, 26, who had romance with prisoner behind bars and was seen on CCTV behaving 'inappropriately' with other crooks is jailed

Aimee Duke, 26, was seen on CCTV entering cells when she didn't have a work-related reason to do so at HMP Five Wells in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.

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8 d. ago Ukraine's Bucha Butchers revenge bombing: Military intelligence in Ukraine 'kills three Putin soldiers' involved in 'torture, mutilation and rape atrocities' in 2022

Bucha - a quiet commuter town just outside of Kyiv - became a byword for Russian barbarism in 2022, when retreating Kremlin troops left behind mass graves and streets littered with bodies.

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1 week ago Erik Menendez's daughter explodes in a rage as he's denied parole for slaughtering his parents

Talia Menendez lashed out at the parole board, prison officials, and the media - even vowing to expose alleged abuses inside the correctional system.

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1 week ago 'I'm UK's first openly trans prison officer – trolls told me I needed to kill myself'

EXCLUSIVE: Jaxon Feeley, the UK's first openly transgender prison officer, has opened up about his transition while still working in the prison system

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1 week ago Prison officer took £2,500 from inmate to smuggle drugs, phones and alcohol

A search of her garage found a bag containing cannabis, steroids, a mobile phone, SIM cards, chargers, alcohol and tobacco

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1 week ago Female prison officer who hatched plot with inmate to smuggle drugs and phones into cells is jailed

Tori Muddyman, 31, was caught after police were tipped off in 2019 she had been sneaking contraband into HMP Onley in Northamptonshire.

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