5 h. ago I spent five years in prison after being accused of a horrific sex crime I didn't commit

Brian Buckle spent £500k on a lengthy legal battle which ultimately ended in his release in 2022 after a jury cleared him in just 80 minutes.

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3 d. ago Serial killer Robert Maudsley 'buried alive' in glass cage below ground

Robert Maudsley, 71, has spent the past 46 years in solitary confinement at Wakefield Prison in West Yorkshire.

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4 d. ago Teacher had sex with schoolboy after exchanging 'highly sexual' texts

Judith Evans was sentenced to two years in prison convicted of grooming and abusing a schoolboy

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1 week ago Watching extreme porn is leading to online sexual offending, charity warns

A married man in his 30s said he was placed on the sex offenders register after his porn addiction escalated into viewing child sexual abuse images

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2 w. ago Exile is ‘a little bit less than death’ for lawyer forced to flee Guatemala

Virginia Laparra spent two years in prison after reporting her suspicion that a judge leaked sealed details of a caseA Guatemalan anti-corruption prosecutor forced into exile after being pursued by the country’s conservative elite has said that leaving the country was the only way to save her life but was only “a little bit less than death”.Virginia Laparra, 45, spent two years in prison for allegedly abusing her position after she reported her suspicion that a judge had leaked sensitive details from a sealed corruption case to a colleague in 2017. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Prison officer who boasted about sex acts with inmates is jailed

The judge outlined the issues prisons are having with accommodating inmates serving short sentences

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2 w. ago Inside the horrific world of deepfake porn: How young woman student was targeted in vile sex crime by her music prodigy best friend

Jodie started to have a panic attack when she saw the AI porn made of her - a perverted form of online violence that is happening to thousands of women without them knowing about it.

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2 w. ago Menendez family criticizes LA district attorney for opposing brothers' new trial

Cousins of Erik and Lyle Menendez spoke out to criticize the Los Angeles district attorney’s recent decision to oppose a new trial for Lyle and Erik Menendez, who have spent nearly 30 years in prison for the 1989 killing of their parents

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3 w. ago France: Where rapists can attack one victim or hundreds but still face the same time in prison

Former surgeon Joel Le Scouarnec is accused of raping or sexually abusing 299 victims in France’s trial of its kind

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3 w. ago Elizabeth Struhs death: father jailed for 14.5 years as sect faces sentencing for eight

Jason Struhs is the first of 14 members of Toowoomba religious group the Saints to be sentenced for Elizabeth’s 2022 death by withholding insulinFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe father of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs has been sentenced to 14-and-a-half years in prison, with a minimum of 80% to be spent behind bars, for the death of his eight-year-old type 1 diabetic daughter by denying her life-saving insulin.Jason Struhs was the first of 14 members of Toowoomba-based religious sect the Saints to learn his fate at a sentencing hearing in the Queensland supreme court on Wednesday, after they were found guilty of manslaughter over Elizabeth’s January 2022 death by diabetic ketoacidosis.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Sex Education actor Alexander Westwood jailed for rape after using ‘minor celebrity status’ to lure victims

Alexander Westwood, 24, was on Tuesday sentenced to more than 15 years behind bars after he was found guilty in December of 26 offences against women and children

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3 w. ago Sex Education actor Alexander Westwood jailed after raping teenagers in class

Alexander Westwood, 24, was on Tuesday sentenced to more than 15 years behind bars after he was found guilty in December of 26 offences against women and children

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3 w. ago Man stared at woman passenger while performing sex act on Northern line Tube train

Anyone who recognises the male is asked to contact detectives

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3 w. ago Hawaii man freed after 30 years in prison visits mother's grave and ponders ubiquitous cellphones

A Hawaii man released after spending 30 years in prison for a murder he has always denied committing has spent his first day of freedom visiting his mother's gravesite and marveling at how much the world is different

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3 w. ago Judge releases Hawaii man who argued he spent 30 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit

A judge has ordered the release of a Hawaii man who was imprisoned for 30 years for a murder he says he didn’t commit

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3 w. ago Burglar stole from property after trying front doors but his jacket gave him away

Kristian Evans' advocate said his client had spent much of his life in prison and "it may be that at the age of 42 he is institutionalised and is unable to cope outside the prison regime."

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last month Cops find 150 videos of Las Vegas woman sexually abusing her dog as she admits to heinous crimes

Five videos show Brennah Montgomery’s face, while others show the woman using peanut butter, police say

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