4 h. ago Scotmid shopper spared jail over mashed potato attack on store worker

Peter Ferguson had been warned he could be jailed over the attack.

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4 h. ago Imran Khan’s sons call on Donald Trump to intervene and secure his release

Khan’s sons call for ‘international pressure’ on Pakistan to secure their father’s release

Politics

5 h. ago Towie star James Argent gets suspended jail sentence after admitting to domestic violence charge

Argent was arrested following a fight with his girlfriend in Spain

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5 h. ago Sir Alex Ferguson would end up in JAIL if he was managing now, Man United icon Patrice Evra claims, as he opens up on 'evil' environment where players 'bullied' each other with 'no friends'

Sir Alex Ferguson 's tough management style would have landed him in trouble with the law if used today, according to former Manchester United defender Patrice Evra.

Sport

6 h. ago British teenager faces years in 'hellhole' jail in Georgia after being arrested ‘for smuggling cannabis’

Bella May Culley, 18, who reportedly vanished while on holiday in Thailand, allegedly carried 13 kilos of drugs into Eastern Europe

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7 h. ago Innocent man's 38 years in hell jail with UK's most prolific rapist and 'scariest ever' man

The case of Peter Sullivan, 68, is believed to be the longest-running miscarriage of justice in British history after he spent almost four decades locked up in HMP Wakefield

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16 h. ago 'Beast of Birkenhead' Peter Sullivan in line for £1m compensation payout after spending 38 years in jail for murder he didn't commit in UK's longest miscarriage of justice

The victim of one of Britain's worst miscarriages of justice walked free last night having spent 38 years in jail.

Economics

18 h. ago Criminals will be freed after serving just one THIRD of their jail sentences under new plans set to be revealed

Labour's long-awaited sentencing review is expected to suggest the biggest-ever reductions in the time prisoners must serve, in exchange for good behaviour while they are behind bars.

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19 h. ago Facing jail, law student who was caught with £150,000 worth of cannabis at airport

A university law student is facing a lengthy jail sentence after she was caught attempting to smuggle £150,000 of drugs through Edinburgh Airport.

Society

20 h. ago Hospital worker faces jail after admitting to planning sex attack on child

Tracy Turner, 51, who worked as an operating theatre assistant at Cardiff's University Hospital of Wales, wept in the dock as she admitted plotting to rape children with her boyfriend

Events

23 h. ago I spent months investigating the 'Beast of Birkenhead' and combing over all the evidence. This is the truth behind Britain's worst ever miscarriage of justice

That Friday night had been a busy one at The Wellington in Bebington and part-time barmaid Diane Sindall was glad to be heading home.

Economics

25 h. ago He has spent 38 years in jail for murder. Now evidence shows someone else did it

Peter Sullivan has now been freed aged 68 after three judges quashed his conviction

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26 h. ago 'Beast of Birkenhead' Peter Sullivan has conviction quashed over new DNA evidence after spending 38 years in jail for murder of florist Diane Sindall

Peter Sullivan has repeatedly tried to get the murder conviction overturned amid concerns about the evidence used against him by UK prosecutors.

Events

40 h. ago Diddy list of accomplices will be named and shamed as prosecutor warns 'he didn't act alone'

Opening statements in Sean ' Diddy ' Combs sex-trafficking trial in Manhattan federal court will happen on Monday after jury selection was delayed.

Events

45 h. ago Diddy list of accomplices will be named and shamed as prosecutor warns 'he didn't act alone': Live updates

Opening statements in Sean ' Diddy ' Combs sex-trafficking trial in Manhattan federal court will happen on Monday after jury selection was delayed.

Events

47 h. ago Diddy trial live updates: Horrifying detail involving Cassie and male prostitute revealed by prosecution

Opening statements in Sean ' Diddy ' Combs sex-trafficking trial in Manhattan federal court will happen on Monday after jury selection was delayed.

Politics

48 h. ago Diddy trial live updates: Jury selected in music mogul's case

Opening statements in Sean ' Diddy ' Combs sex-trafficking trial in Manhattan federal court will happen on Monday after jury selection was delayed.

Politics

49 h. ago Diddy trial live updates: Disgraced mogul shows off new appearance as rapper's kids arrive in court

Opening statements in Sean ' Diddy ' Combs sex-trafficking trial in Manhattan federal court will happen on Monday after jury selection was delayed.

Events

50 h. ago Diddy trial live updates: Cassie Ventura to testify as other witness goes 'missing'

Opening statements in Sean ' Diddy ' Combs sex-trafficking trial in Manhattan federal court will happen on Monday after jury selection was delayed.

Events

3 d. ago Hate preacher Anjem Choudary who was jailed for running terror group has 28

The fanatic was implicated last month when the brother of Manchester Arena bomber attacked three prison guards with boiling oil and makeshift knives in prison.

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