18 h. ago Globetrotting fraudster who posed as landlord to scam victims facing jail

Samy Daim, 28, advertised properties he did not own and demanded substantial deposits before vanishing with the cash. The scam allowed him to live the high life and regularly jet off to exotic spots

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3 d. ago Woman faces jail after admitting she lied to police that she had been sexually assaulted

Elizabeth Bates admitted perverting the course of justice on August 26, 2022 with the particulars of the offence disclosing she did so by 'making false statements to police alleging sexual assault'.

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3 d. ago Criminals who refuse to attend sentencing to face longer jail time and loss of prison privileges

Judges will be able punish those who refuse to attend court under ‘long overdue reforms’ following outcry over killers who fail to face victim’s families at sentencing

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3 d. ago Australian man faces hard time in a Bali jail after allegedly slapping a woman at a ritzy resort when an argument erupted over a waterslide

An Australian father has been hauled before the courts after an alleged fight beside a ritzy resort pool in Bali.

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5 d. ago Vile criminals who try to dodge justice will face fresh punishment under new Labour law

Cowardly offenders who fail to attend their sentencing hearings could be placed in solitary confinement in jail or face other sanctions such as having their access to the gym cut

Society

7 d. ago Foreign Office warning as Brits could face €3,750 fine and jail for simple mistake

If you are heading abroad soon, don't fall foul of this law

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9 d. ago Kamala Harris says ‘courage is contagious’ in major speech excoriating Trump

Democratic presidential candidate speaks in San Francisco in first significant appearance since election defeatKamala Harris delivered a searing indictment of Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, warning in her first major address since leaving office that the nation was experiencing a “wholesale abandonment of America’s highest ideals”.Speaking to a crowd of Democrats in San Francisco, the former vice-president struck a defiant posture as she praised the leaders and institutions pushing back against the president and his agenda – from the members of Congress acting boldly to the judges “who uphold the rule of law in the face of those who would jail them”, the universities defying the administration’s “unconstitutional demands”, and the everyday Americans rallying to protect social security. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Man who blagged his way into Wembley for Champions League final may face jail

Steven Carruthers and his four-year-old son mingled with model Naomi Campbell and heavyweight boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk, after gaining access to the VIP area

Sport

1 week ago Man who tricked his way into Wembley for Champions League final may face jail

A court heard Steven Carruthers and his four-year-old son rubbed shoulders with celebrities and sat in seats which should have cost more than £20,000.

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2 w. ago Polluting water bosses face up to two years in jail for illegal sewage spills

Senior executives will also be banned from accepting bonuses if firms fail to meet Environment Agency’s standards

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2 w. ago Corrupt cop handed crooks intelligence after romantic relationships

PC Choni Kenny was told by a court that she faces jail after abusing her position.

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2 w. ago Civil servant faces jail after pocketing £40,000 in bogus expenses and faking sick note so he could travel the world

Maurice Okello, 39, pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to forging an unfit to work note so he could go on holiday and fraudulently claiming £41,476.91 under the guise of work travel.

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2 w. ago Katie Piper says jail inmates 'took the p**s out of face and thought I was a drug user'

In a hard-hitting new documentary, Katie Piper travelled to New Orleans to report on the lives of women in Louisiana's prisons – but the inmates were shocked to hear her story

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2 w. ago British tourist faces hellhole US jail term after he caused wrong

Thomas Robb, 22, drove past at least two 'No Entry' signs before travelling the wrong way on a road in Rockland County, New York and colliding into another vehicle.

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3 w. ago Harvey Weinstein will be allowed to stay in hospital and not jail as he faces sex

A New York judge said not transferring Weinstein could put him at risk of other ‘serious medical conditions, and possibly death’

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3 w. ago Behind bars, trio of thugs who killed woman in car attack after travelling to Scotland for drug deal

A drug dealer and his two accomplices have been told they face 'significant' jail sentences for killing a woman in a deadly car attack.

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3 w. ago Cage fighting bosses face jail after amateur boxer fatally floored

Joao Victor Penha was just 23 years old when he lost his life during a UFC-style bout in the Brazilian state of Ceara - where prosecutors say the organisers failed to take proper care to keep him safe

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3 w. ago Weinstein’s lawyers want him held in hospital rather than jail while he faces trial

Disgraced Hollywood mogul fears he could be vulnerable to life-threatening injuries or death if he’s not moved

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4 w. ago Love Island 'Barbie' faces jail as brains behind £53m operation flooding UK with drugs

Magdalena Sadlo, 30, used her management skills to painstakingly prepare criminal accounts for top table crooks in the Middle East before being nabbed by police on her return to the UK

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4 w. ago Unruly Ryanair passenger assaulted two people while drunk on flight from Tenerife

Catherine Bellis, 44, was on board a flight from Tenerife to Liverpool when she assaulted two people while drunk - and has been warned she may face jail when she returns for sentencing

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