4 d. ago Truck driver who murdered wife with hammer and then used her phone for months afterwards to pretend she was alive has been jailed

An Italian truck driver has been handed a life sentence after a court heard he butally murdered his wife before impersonating her in messages to friends to pretend she was alive

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6 d. ago Brazen thief who stole Bridgerton's Genevieve Chenneour's phone jailed

Bridgerton star Genevieve Chenneour was left shaken after fighting off a teenage thief who attempted to steal her phone at a London coffee shop before she tackled him

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6 d. ago Prolific thief who stole Bridgerton actress's phone in 'ruthless' crime spree jailed

Zacariah Boulares was quickly confronted by Genevieve Chenneour who heard the iPhone 14 being snatched - and then wrestled to the ground by her heroic boyfriend

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9 d. ago Hero who stopped phone snatcher in his tracks with fearsome body check reveals why he stepped in

Alex, originally from New Zealand , was on his lunch break from work when he said he first spotted a cyclist that he described as looking 'slightly off'.

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2 w. ago Hope for end to ‘cruel experiment’ of indefinite jail terms that have seen phone thieves trapped for up to 20 years

Exclusive: Top justice experts urge government to finally end IPP sentences with a string of new measures

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2 w. ago Desperate father who set himself alight while serving 13 years in jail for stealing a phone finally moving to hospital

Trapped under an abolished IPP jail term, Thomas White was driven to schizophrenia and psychosis. For the past year, The Independent has documented his tragic case - now he is finally being transferred to hospital following a six-year family campaign

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2 w. ago Desperate father who set himself alight while serving 13 years in jail for stealing a phone finally moved to hospital

Trapped under an abolished IPP jail term, Thomas White was driven to schizophrenia and psychosis. For the past year, The Independent has documented his tragic case - now he is finally being transferred to hospital following a six-year family campaign

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3 w. ago GCHQ intern who downloaded secrets and names of spies onto phone learns fate

Hasaan Arshad, 25, was found to be in 'flagrant breach' of tight security rules when he used his mobile phone to remove material from a computer system during his GCHQ internship

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3 w. ago GCHQ intern who downloaded Britain's secrets including names of spies onto his mobile phone is jailed for more than seven years

Hasaan Arshad, 25, was on secondment to the communications agency when he took his work mobile phone into a top secret area and connected the device to a workstation.

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