7 h. ago Jack the Ripper copycat who stalked same streets as notorious serial killer dies in jail as victims’ remains never found

A JACK the Ripper copycat who stalked the same streets as the serial killer has died in jail. Derek Brown has died at the age of 64 after being taken to hospital. Brown was sentenced to a minimum term of 30 years on October 6 2008 after he was found guilty of murdering DVD seller...

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7 h. ago Lancashire murderer dubbed 'one of Britain's most evil killers' dies in jail

Derek Brown was described as a modern day 'Jack the Ripper' before police put a stop to his killing spree

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15 h. ago Uncomfortable questions about the British teen who was freed from Dubai jail only to die in police chase... and his disturbing links to deadly gang

Three months after being pardoned by the ruler of Dubai for having sex with a teenage girl during a holiday romance, Marcus Fakana found himself in a BMW in the early hours of Friday morning.

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3 d. ago Teen freed from jail for relationship in Dubai dies after London police chase

Teen freed from jail for relationship in Dubai dies after London police chase  The Indian Express

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4 d. ago British teenager dies in car crash months after being freed from Dubai jail for sex with girl, 17

Marcus Fakana, 19, died in hospital after police pursued a vehicle in Tottenham, London, which was then involved in a collisionA British teenager who was jailed in Dubai for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl while they were on holiday has died in a car crash three months after he was released, a campaign group has said.Marcus Fakana, 19, died in hospital in the early hours of Friday after police pursued a vehicle in Tottenham, north London. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago British teenager dies in car crash months after being freed from Dubai jail for sex with girl

Marcus Fakana, 19, died in hospital after police tried to stop a vehicle in Tottenham, London, which was then involved in a collisionA British teenager who was jailed in Dubai for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl has died in a car crash three months after he was released, a campaign group has said.Marcus Fakana, 19, died in hospital in the early hours of Friday after police tried to stop a vehicle at 12.52am in Tottenham, north London. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Sean 'Diddy' Combs tells judge 'old me died in jail' as he faces 11 years behind bars

Disgraced US rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs faces sentencing on Friday in a sordid criminal case that could keep him locked up for years

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4 d. ago Sean 'Diddy' Combs tells judge 'old me died in jail' as he could be jailed for 11 years

As disgraced rapper Diddy — whose real name is Sean Combs — prepared to be sentenced, the 00s music star has pleaded his case, adding he is not the same man he used to be

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5 d. ago Combs pleads with judge in letter before sentencing, saying he was ‘reborn’ in jail

Music mogul, facing up to 11 years in prison, says he is a new man and ‘I no longer care about the money or the fame’Facing up to 11 years in prison at his sentencing on Friday, Sean “Diddy” Combs told a federal judge that he has experienced “a spiritual reset”, and he hoped to be released so that he can return to his children and his mother.“The old me died in jail and a new version of me was reborn. Prison will change you or kill you – I choose to live,” Combs, 55, wrote in a letter to Judge Arun Subramanian. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago ‘He’s in the right place now’: Father jailed for 13 years for stealing phone is finally transferred to hospital

Thomas White, who was driven to schizophrenia and psychosis under an abolished IPP jail term, told his sister ‘I would have died in prison’ after he finally arrived in hospital

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7 d. ago Ohio county agrees to $7M settlement over man's death after jail guards restrained him, family says

The family of a man who died after being restrained in an Ohio county jail says they've reached a $7 million settlement with the county and are pushing officials there to prevent something like it from happening again

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8 d. ago Nursing home manager and two of her staff face jail after they admitted lying over death of pensioner who died from complications after falling from her wheelchair

A nursing home manager and two of her staff have admitted attempting to pervert the course of justice by covering up failings following the death of resident Shirley Froggett, 84.

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1 week ago Tupac Shakur's godmother Assata Shakur dead at 78: Cop killer who escaped jail and fled to Cuba passes away

Tupac Shakur's godmother and convicted cop killer Assata Shakur - who escaped jail and fled to Cuba in 1979  -  has died aged 78.

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1 week ago Death of man who was left to die in Scots jail cell to be probed by sheriff

Darren Brownlie was fatally injured at HMP Low Moss in Bishopbriggs during a disturbance in his cell on January 6, 2020.

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2 w. ago Man arrested by Ice dies in jail cell in Long Island, New York

Officials in Nassau county confirmed death of 42-year-old man to Newsday but declined to share detailsA man arrested by US Customs and Immigration Enforcement (Ice) died in a Long Island, New York, jail on Thursday, according to a report.Officials in Nassau county confirmed the death of a 42-year-old man to Newsday but declined to share details, saying that an investigation was under way. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Widow of Alexei Navalny says lab tests confirm he was poisoned in prison

Yulia Navalnaya says tests by two laboratories on samples smuggled out of Russia show her husband was killed by poisonYulia Navalnaya, the widow of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, said that two foreign laboratories had confirmed her husband was poisoned, after tests on biological samples secretly smuggled out of Russia.Navalny, 47, died suddenly on 16 February 2024, while being held in a jail about 40 miles (64km) north of the Arctic Circle, where he had been sentenced to decades in prison to be served in a “special regime”. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Three prisoners who died in Scots jail all consumed street valium, FAI finds

Marius Bauba, 28, Thomas Thompson, 46, and James Garscadden, 32, all died in a four month period between April and July 2021.

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last month Mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson's bizarre reaction as she's told she will likely die in jail

Erin Patterson now has until October 6 to lodge an appeal against her conviction or sentence or both. She was jailed for three counts of murder and one count of attempted murder

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last month 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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