5 h. ago Middle school teacher jailed for raping a student is killed in prison by his murderer cellmate, officials say

Ernest Nichols, 60, was convicted of rape in 2011 and set to be released in 2027

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14 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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32 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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45 h. ago Cristina Fernández de Kirchner: Argentinian court sentences man to 10 years for attempted assassination

Court in Buenos Aires sentences Fernando Sabag Montiel and accomplice over 2022 incident in which gun was pointed at former president but did not go offA court in Argentina has sentenced a man to 10 years in prison after finding him guilty of attempting to kill former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.The court in Buenos Aires also sentenced the man’s accomplice to eight years in prison, capping a dramatic case that has captivated the country since 2022, when the main defendant, Fernando Sabag Montiel, squeezed through a crowd outside the ex-president’s home, thrust a loaded gun at her face and pulled the trigger. Continue reading...

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54 h. ago 'I hope he's rotting in hell': Devastated mother of woman murdered by Jack the Ripper copycat killer says she finally has 'closure' after his death in prison aged 64

Jackie Summerford has faced 18 years of agony after Derek Brown slaughtered her girl, Bonnie Barrett, in 2007. Her daughter's killer died suddenly last month while behind bars.

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60 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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2 d. ago Man who was arrested for brutal 1973 killing just two weeks ago is mysteriously found dead in prison cell

The man who murdered a 21-year-old woman in her home over 50 years ago died in prison two weeks after he was caught for the crime.

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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 Firearms officer used excessive force in fatal shooting of unarmed man in London, misconduct hearing told

Jermaine Baker, from Tottenham, killed during operation to stop plot to spring gang leader from prison in 2015A firearms officer used excessive force when he shot dead an unarmed 28-year-old man involved in a foiled attempt to spring a gang leader from prison, a police misconduct hearing has been told.The officer, known only as W80, killed Jermaine Baker, from Tottenham, north London, during an operation to interrupt a criminal plot to snatch Izzet Eren, the head of the Tottenham Turks organised crime group, from a van heading towards Wood Green crown court in December 2015. Continue reading...

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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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7 d. ago ‘I literally lost my mind’: Diddy writes letter to judge on eve of sentencing begging for clemency

Sean Combs tells justice he was ‘broken to my core’ but now feels remorse over his past actions, observing: ‘Prison will change you or kill you – I choose to live’

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7 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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1 week ago South Carolina prosecutor seeks death penalty in murder case after Biden reduced sentence to life

A local prosecutor in South Carolina plans to seek the death penalty against a man whose federal death sentence for killing two bank employees was commuted to life in prison by President Joe Biden

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1 week ago I don’t like dating apps – I went to a ‘flirting party’ instead

It was me and 150 other millennials and gen Zers in Los Angeles. What could go wrong?The first – and only – time I’ve used dating apps was in the spring of 2021. I’d just moved to Los Angeles and wanted to see more of the city. But I soon grew tired of the actors, musicians and DJs who hounded me to attend their events; not to mention I didn’t feel safe with total strangers and I’m particular about hygiene.But ever since my parents cut me off from AOL chatrooms in middle school, I’ve never had trouble meeting people IRL. I’m a social creature who likes to meet people in the wild: I’ve gotten dates from chatting people up at concerts, dance parties, soccer games – I even met one ex in a cemetery, which may have foreshadowed our love’s bitter end. So when my friend invited me to a “flirting party”, it seemed like just the ticket. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Sick of dating apps, millennials and gen Z are throwing ‘flirting parties’

I went to one of these flirty soirees along with about 150 other people in Los Angeles. What could go wrong?The first – and only – time I’ve used dating apps was in the spring of 2021. I’d just moved to Los Angeles and wanted to see more of the city. But I soon grew tired of the actors, musicians and DJs who hounded me to attend their events; not to mention I didn’t feel safe with total strangers and I’m particular about hygiene.But ever since my parents cut me off from AOL chatrooms in middle school, I’ve never had trouble meeting people IRL. I’m a social creature who likes to meet people in the wild: I’ve gotten dates from chatting people up at concerts, dance parties, soccer games – I even met one ex in a cemetery, which may have foreshadowed our love’s bitter end. So when my friend invited me to a “flirting party”, it seemed like just the ticket. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Sick teacher, 34, who has sex with boy, 11, jailed after he helped police catch her

Former substitute teacher Alley Bardfield, from Illinois, US, claimed the young boy made sexual advances towards her but eventually admitted to sexual assault of a child

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1 week ago Three inmates killed themselves at Pentonville prison where jail staff on 24

Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor placed HMP Pentonville in London under special measures in July due to a series of 'comprehensive failures'.

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1 week ago Lucy Letby's life in jail from 'eerie room' to child killer pal and binging on junk food

Lucy Letby is serving a whole life order after being convicted of murdering seven children at the Countess of Chester Hospital as she spends her time in prison alongside other child killers

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1 week ago Medical student, 19, raped and murdered as Apple Health app exposes killer's lies

Maria Ladenburger was on her way home from a party when she was attacked by an asylum seeker who strangled, raped and later drowned her in a river

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2 w. ago Assata Shakur, an icon of Black liberation who was exiled to Cuba, dies aged 78

Shakur spent decades exiled after she was convicted of killing a state trooper in 1977 and escaped from prisonOn 25 September, Assata Shakur, a former member of the Black Liberation Army, died aged 78 in Havana, Cuba, according to Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cuban officials cited the reason for her death as old age and health conditions. Shakur, a longstranding symbol of resistance and Black liberation, spent several decades exiled in Cuba after she was convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper in 1977 and escaped from prison.“At approximately 1:15pm on September 25th, my mother, Assata Shakur, took her last earthly breath,” her daughter Kakuya Shakur wrote on Facebook. “Words cannot describe the depth of loss that I’m feeling at this time.” Continue reading...

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