25 h. ago Notorious gangster unrecognisable after eyes gouged out in horror prison killing

James "Whitey" Bulger was a notorious Irish-American crime boss who was murdered in a maximum security prison in 2018

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25 h. ago Horror weapon used to kill notorious gangster in prison leaves him unrecognisable

James "Whitey" Bulger was a notorious Irish-American crime boss who was murdered in a maximum security prison in 2018

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53 h. 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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5 d. ago Bodycam footage shows moment killer Elias Morgan is arrested for revenge shooting of prison officer

The footage shows the moment the gunman was arrested

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5 d. ago Wrong family informed after attempted murderer died behind bars

The Prison Service has apologised after the wrong family was informed when an inmate at a maximum security prison killed himself.

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7 d. ago Prison officer shooting UPDATES as killer sentenced for murder over jail affair

Elias Morgan tracked down prisoner officer Lenny Scott after he was released from prison and shot the father of three six times as he was leaving the gym in Skelmersdale, on February 8, last year

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8 d. ago Mum killed in own home had 'multiple sharp force injuries including cut throat'

Lisa Fraser was found dead at her home in Pembroke Dock in May 2022 with a cut throat. The man who claimed to have killed her was found hanged in prison days later

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8 d. ago James Bulger's killer could walk free from prison again in a few months

If his request is approved, Venables could be free in the Autumn

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9 d. ago James Bulger killer Jon Venables could be freed within months after parole bid win

Jon Venables could be released from prison in just a few months if his killer wins his latest parole bid.

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9 d. ago Brothers horror 'honour killing' as they gouge out sister's eyes and cut off both her feet'

WARNING, GRAPHIC CONTENT: Two brothers in Pakistan have been accused of gouging out their sister's eyes and cutting off her feet in a brutal 'honour killing'

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9 d. ago James Bulger's killer Jon Venables could walk free from prison again in a matter of months

James, two, was abducted, tortured and beaten to death by 10-year-olds Jon Venables and Robert Thompson in Bootle, Merseyside, in February 1993 in a crime which shocked the nation.

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1 week ago Killer nurse Lucy Letby is 'pals with notorious paedo' on prison's 'VIP wing'

Lucy Letby has befriended a notorious paedophile at HMP Bronzefield, according to a source, who said the killer nurse 'isn’t fussy about who she socialises with'

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1 week ago Moment gunman assassinated prison officer who exposed his relationship with female guard 

Lenny Scott, 33, of Prescot, Merseyside, was shot after leaving the gym in February last year in Skelmersdale, Lancashire - and former prisoner Elias Morgan, 35, was found guilty of his murder.

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1 week ago Former inmate found guilty of ‘revenge’ killing of prison officer

Lenny Scott, 33, was shot by Elias Morgan, 35, in Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on February 8 last year.

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1 week ago How distant relatives, DNA markers and a water bottle helped sentence a cold case killer to 22 years in prison

Eugene Gligor pleaded guilty to the 2001 killing of Leslie Preer, his ex-girlfriend’s mother, after he was arrested last year

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1 week ago Disgraced Metropolitan Police detective 'killed himself in prison' weeks after his wife was found dead in Barbados hotel room, inquest hears

Former Detective Inspector Warren Arter, 54, tried to kill himself in the Caribbean but was arrested and brought back to the UK on 'non homicide charges.'

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2 w. ago Sex offender, 84, killed in 'brutal and sustained' attack after recent release from prison: Man in 40s arrested over 'murder'

Sean Small, 84, was discovered near his Newcastle property in County Down, Northern Ireland, late on Sunday night.

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2 w. ago The Menendez brothers were denied parole. They have to wait at least 18 months for their next chance

Erik and Lyle Menendez have both been denied parole by a California board after decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills mansion

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2 w. ago Fresh anguish for murdered schoolboy Jimmy Mizen's family as his drill rapper killer is lined up for freedom from prison by Christmas

Jack Fahri, then 19, was sentenced to life after he threw a large glass dish that shattered, severing an artery in the 16-year-old's neck, at a bakery in Lee, south-east London in 2008.

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2 w. ago 'I'm UK's first openly trans prison officer – trolls told me I needed to kill myself'

EXCLUSIVE: Jaxon Feeley, the UK's first openly transgender prison officer, has opened up about his transition while still working in the prison system

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