3 d. ago Driver admits killing teen in crash just months after he was freed from Dubai jail

Marcus Fakana spent around a year in prison before being freed thanks to a royal pardon from Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum

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6 d. ago Freed Evin prisoner demands ‘action now’ in hunger strike at US London embassy

Freed Evin prisoner demands ‘action now’ in hunger strike at US London embassy  thenationalnews.com

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7 d. ago Dozens of IS prisoners freed in Syria amid clashes between army and Kurdish

It remains unclear who freed prisoners, with both sides blaming the other, as Syria’s president looks to gain control of north-east and consolidate his ruleDozens of inmates from a jail holding Islamic State prisoners have been freed in Syria amid clashes between the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and government-affiliated forces in the north-east of the country.Videos released by the SDF showed what it said were IS members being broken out from a jail in Shaddadi by figures in black balaclavas. It said it had lost control of the building after an attack by government-affiliated fighters that killed or wounded dozens. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Prison wrongly told domestic violence victim her ex would be freed from jail 18 months early

William McDonald, 76, pushed his wife into the sea from a pier, bit her on the nose and smashed her over the head with a bucket in a series of harrowing attacks.

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1 week ago Cheryl Tweedy's killer stalker, who 'scared her young child', is back in prison after being secretly freed after just three months

Bannister, 51, was jailed for 12 months in September last year for breaching a restraining order that prevented him from contacting the Girls Aloud star.

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1 week ago Cheryl Tweedy's stalker freed from prison after just three months but jailed again

Daniel Bannister was sentenced to a year behind bars last September after stalking Girls Aloud star Cheryl and breaching a restraining order by turning up at her home

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1 week ago Cheryl Tweedy's stalker Daniel Bannister is freed from prison after just three months

Cheryl Tweedy was terrified after Daniel Bannister repeatedly turned up at her home, and "displayed fixated, obsessive, unwanted and repetitive behaviour" towards the Girls Aloud singer

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1 week ago Bath snatch rapist who dumped girl, 6 in dark lane after horror attack to learn fate

Peter Voisey was locked up for life after carrying out one of the North East's most terrifying and shocking crimes 20 years ago - and now he could be freed from prison

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1 week ago Americans detained in Venezuela released in what US calls ‘an important step’

Venezuela’s national assembly head indicated last week that a "significant number" of foreign prisoners would be freed

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2 w. ago Woman stabbed one boyfriend, hit another with lamp and warned she'd 'splatter' her step mum

But Rachel Tinsley was freed from prison on the eve of her 40th birthday

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2 w. ago Human rights activist first confirmed prisoner released in Venezuela

Venezuela’s top lawmaker said a significant number of prisoners will be freed in the coming hours

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2 w. ago Female prison officer who became pregnant with inmate's baby after starting a relationship with him while he was on overnight release is spared jail

Sarah Barnett, 33, who worked as a member of operational support staff at HMP Sudbury in Derbys, spent two nights with Scott Taylor after he was temporarily freed from the Category D prison.

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2 w. ago Russia frees French political scholar in a prisoner swap for a basketball player

France's president says a political scholar from the country who was serving a three-year sentence in Russia and facing new charges of espionage has been freed in a prisoner swap with France

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3 w. ago Brits escape death sentence after smuggling £300k worth of cocaine in Angel Delight

Drug mules Lisa Stocker and Jon Collyer have been freed from their Bali prison hellhole, getting back to the UK within months despite risking the firing squad over their cocaine-smuggling scheme

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3 w. ago Freed prisoners are committing a record number of serious offences, probation watchdog reveals

Freed prisoners are committing a record number of serious offences including murder and rape, the chief inspector of probation has warned.

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4 w. ago Government accused of cover up after censoring details of Andrew's taxpayer

Record of a 2004 Royal Visits Committee meeting which discussed allocating an extra £90,000 for Andrew's trips was pulled from public view at the last moment by the Cabinet Office.

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