26 h. ago 'I'm going to slit your throat,' screamed the murderer. 'I'm going to kill you': BORIS BECKER reveals the truly terrifying encounter that left him fearing for his life in jail

When I played tennis for a living, I was good at reading my opponents, their strengths and weaknesses.

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65 h. ago British law student jailed for life in Dubai hellhole jail 'had only taken single line of cocaine when she was arrested at party'

Mia O'Brien was sentenced to 25 years behind bars after a day-long hearing which was held entirely in Arabic on July 25. She had been caught with 50g of cocaine by police last October.

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7 d. ago Mushroom killer Erin Patterson's weird reaction as she's sentenced to life in jail

Erin Patterson was sentenced to life in prison after she murdered three Australian dinner guests, including her estranged husband's aunt and uncle, and attempted to kill a fourth person after serving them death cap mushrooms in a beef Wellington

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8 d. ago Mushroom cook killer Erin Patterson's bizarre reaction as she's told she will likely die in jail

Mushroom killer Erin Patterson will likely die in prison after being sentenced to life in jail.

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8 d. ago Erin Patterson gets LIFE in jail... How the notorious mushroom lunch murderer reacted as historic sentence was handed down: 'Betrayal of trust'

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8 d. ago Dubai jail Brit Mia O'Brien's mum sets up new fundraiser after original deleted

Mia O'Brien is serving a life sentence in a notorious Dubai jail after she was allegedly caught with cocaine - her desperate mum has set up a new fundraiser after her previous one was removed

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9 d. ago Inside Dubai's 'Alcatraz' jail where Brit law student faces life sentence

Liverpool native Mia O'Brien, 23, is believed to be being held in the notorious Al-Awir prison in central Dubai, which has faced horror accusations of abuse and the torture of inmates

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1 week ago Gunman who assassinated prison officer who exposed his relationship with female guard is jailed for 45 years

A criminal who shot dead the prison officer who found an illicit phone in his jail cell has been jailed for life with a minimum 45 years before parole.

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2 w. ago Shirley Ballas admits she will 'never feel safe again' as she recounts the terrifying moment her stalker followed and confronted her 87

A stalker who made Strictly Come Dancing star Shirley Ballas' life hell over a terrifying six-year ordeal was spared jail earlier this year - after a court heard he believed she was his aunt. 

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2 w. ago Inside the dark life of Purple Aki: The underworld enforcer who was sent to jail for sexually assaulting rugby players

Many assumed he was an urban legend but when the age of the internet dawned it was revealed Purple Aki was real, and he had a trail of terror and even death in his wake.

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2 w. ago British ‘Beatle’ terrorist’s bid to transfer to UK prison ‘should be rejected’

El Shafee Elsheikh, known as ‘Ringo’ is serving eight life sentences in a US jail for his involvement in a hostage-taking scheme.

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2 w. ago ISIS Beatle 'Jihadi Ringo' who was part of a gang that filmed the killings of hostages makes a bid to return to the UK

El Shafee Elsheikh - known as Jihadi Ringo - is currently serving life in a high-security US jail after he was convicted in 2022 of hostage-taking and conspiring to murder.

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2 w. ago Prisoner trapped on abolished indefinite jail term took his own life after government refused to resentence him

Keith Gadd, 60, died in prison 13 years over his original tariff with no friends or family left to contact

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2 w. ago Art fraudster Inigo Philbrick's life after jail and reality TV legend wife

Inigo Philbrick, a British-born art dealer, was once hailed as a prodigy of contemporary art dealing. He was later jailed for orchestrating one of the most audacious art frauds in recent memory.

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3 w. ago Explosive new claims emerge about Erin Patterson's life in jail

Erin Patterson's former inmate has made shocking claims about the murderer's life behind bars.

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3 w. ago I found the love of my life in a jail cell on the other side of the world. Then we met

Jessica Silvey, 30, from Brisbane married her husband Craig, 34, while he was serving a 10-year prison sentence in Kansas for attempted aggravated robbery in the US.

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3 w. ago Michaella McCollum says being ordered to strip off in prison helped her on Celeb SAS

Michaella McCollum became notorious after she was arrested and imprisoned in Peru after attempting to smuggle 12kg of cocaine but she says life in jail made her stronger

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3 w. ago Chemical castration laws are toughened in Kazakhstan with men guilty of 'lesser' child sex offences facing injections before release

Paedophiles in the central Asian nation who have committed rape and violent sexual assault causing severe injury already face 'life-means-life' jail sentences and chemical castration.

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4 w. ago The GHOST that walks on Death Row: US prisoner jailed for murder he didn't commit reveals inmates saw a SPIRIT 'walk down the hallway' whenever there was an execution

In the fragile space between life and death, Florida prison inmates sit in a damp jail cell waiting to learn their fate. 

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