10 h. ago 'Battersea Beast' rapist deemed 'too dangerous to release' makes fresh freedom bid

Edward Bartley could be back on the streets in months despite having his prison release blocked twice over concerns the serial rapist, who targeted lone women, will strike again

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16 h. ago Mansfield player who killed cyclist returns to squad after prison release

Akins served half of his 14-month sentence for causing death of a cyclist by careless or inconsiderate driving

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27 h. ago Keir Starmer says top Labour figure won't return to government after Epstein scandal

The PM dismissed the ambassador from his post after Peter Mandelson suggested the notorious billionaire "fight for early release" shortly before he was sentenced to 18 months in prison

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31 h. ago Jailed footballer set for return after being released from prison halfway through 14

Lucas Akins, 36, was jailed in April after causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving. He hit Adrian Daniel, 33, after he pulled out of a T-junction in his £200,000 Mercedes.

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32 h. ago EFL club confirm striker has 'rejoined squad' after release from prison

Mansfield Town have released a statement confirming Lucas Akins has returned to their first-team squad following his release from prison after causing the death of a cyclist in 2022

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35 h. ago Violent man killed pregnant girlfriend ‘after release from prison on licence’

Alana Odysseos, 32, was in the early stages of pregnancy with her third child when she was attacked by Shaine March at her home in Walthamstow.

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61 h. ago Stephen Lawrence killer is ‘unreliable narrator’ who is not ready to be released, Parole Board told

David Norris has apologised for his role in the notorious murder as he makes a bid to be released from prison

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62 h. ago Lawrence killer ‘unreliable narrator of his own life’, prison psychologist finds

A parole hearing is taking place to decide whether David Norris, one of the men who murdered Stephen Lawrence, should be released from prison.

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3 d. ago Stephen Lawrence's killer must name other racist gang members before being released from prison, his father says

Neville Lawrence, 83, is preparing for David Norris, 49, to appear before a parole board for the first time to plead for his freedom.

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4 d. ago US supreme court declines to hear Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal of sex

Jeffrey Epstein associate was sentenced in 2022 to 20 years in prison for sex trafficking and related crimesThe US supreme court has declined to hear an appeal from the Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell of her sex-trafficking conviction.The decision brings an end to Maxwell’s legal effort to have her 2021 conviction on sex-trafficking charges overturned – and leaves presidential clemency as her only option for early release from a 20-year prison sentence handed to her in 2022. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Gun murder was planned assassination reminiscent of terrorist ambush, court told

Two men have been told how long they must serve in prison before they can be considered for release for the murder of Malcolm McKeown in 2019.

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6 d. ago Man charged over Marcus's death: Family's agony after British teenager who was jailed for holiday romance in Dubai with girl, 17, dies in crash three months after prison release

Marcus Fakana, 19, tragically died after a car he was a passenger in smashed into another vehicle while it was being tailed by the Metropolitan Police in Tottenham, north London.

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6 d. ago Brit teen killed 3 months after Dubai prison release pleaded for 'life back' before tragedy

Marcus Fakana, 19, tragically died in a car crash days after leaving prison in Dubai, where he was jailed for having an intimate relationship with a 17-year-old girl

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6 d. ago Barbie Kardashian reveals 'violent sexual fantasies' about high profile inmate while inside prison

Kardashian — who was jailed for threatening to rape and kill her mother — is already facing arrest after making new threats this week after upon her release from Limerick Prison

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6 d. ago Brit teen Marcus Fakana jailed in Dubai over sex with girl dies in crash after release

Marcus Fakana, 19, has died in a car crash in London three months after being released from a Dubai prison - tributes said he had 'shown strength and courage' as he fought his case

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7 d. ago Diddy sentencing live updates: Sean Combs was nearly stabbed in prison, lawyer tells judge in push for release

The disgraced music titan, 55, is likely facing 5 to 7 years in prison after a jury convicted him in July on two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution

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8 d. ago Homeless outreach worker shot dead in San Francisco after asking man to stop using drugs in front of main library

Joey Alexander, 60, was recently released from prison and was began working as a street ambassador in San Francisco before he was killed

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9 d. ago Arbitrary detention victims urge Starmer to press Modi on jailed British Sikh

Activist Jagtar Singh Johal has been held in Indian prison for nearly eight years without full trial The sisters of the British-Egyptian human rights campaigner Alaa Abd el-Fattah have intervened for the first time since his release from prison in Egypt to call on Keir Starmer to push Narendra Modi to free a British Sikh activist when he meets the Indian prime minister next week.Jagtar Singh Johal, from Dumbarton, has been held in an Indian jail for nearly eight years without facing full trial in what his supporters say is an arbitrary and egregious denial of justice by a British ally. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago 'Barbie Kardashian' released from prison despite 'grave concerns' and 'threat to public'

Police believe Barbie Kardashian poses a 'significant threat' to her mother as well as the wider public after she was released from prison on Wednesday after serving two years and six months

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1 week ago Freed Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner calls for ‘witch hunt’ against him to stop

German national Christian Brueckner said he wanted the prosecutor to give him his ‘life back’ and that he still did not ‘feel free’

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