10 h. ago Paedophile scoutmaster who fled to Thailand and spent decades on the run will die behind bars after being jailed for 46 years

Richard Burrows, 81, 'ruined countless lives' as he systematically abused 24 boys across Cheshire and the Midlands between 1968 and 1995, a judge said today.

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50 h. ago She paid a visit to her boyfriend in jail and ended up behind bars

Just days beforehand pregnant Katie Carter had walked free from court

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6 d. ago Man headbutted partner after she gave birth and strangled her as she fed their baby

Kieron Barnard, 22, has been jailed for subjecting his ex-girlfriend to nine-month campaign of abuse which saw him strangle her while she was feeding their baby and headbutt her

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6 d. ago Moment female prison officer 'twerked' for leering inmate after flirting with him on video filmed on mobile phone through jail cell bars

EXCLUSIVE: Footage circulating online shows the UK prison officer, who has not been named, being told to 'show me that batty' by a prisoner.

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8 d. ago Tiger King Joe Exotic marries fellow inmate as they tie the knot behind bars

Tiger King star Joe Exotic has tied the knot once again as the jailed zookeeper said 'I do' while behind bars

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1 week ago Maryland dad Abrego Garcia moved out of brutal El Salvador jail but remains behind bars, says senator who met with him

Maryland senator blasts Bukele for staging fake ‘margarita’ scene as he rallies for mistakenly deported man’s return

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2 w. ago Love Island 'Barbie' faces jail as brains behind £53m operation flooding UK with drugs

Magdalena Sadlo, 30, used her management skills to painstakingly prepare criminal accounts for top table crooks in the Middle East before being nabbed by police on her return to the UK

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2 w. ago Remorseless paedophile dies in jail years after being brought to justice

Kenneth Barnes, from Wythenshawe, was jailed for nine years in 2018 for sexually abusing a young girl in the 1990s

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2 w. ago Drug smuggler hid cocaine worth £22.8m under dry ice he claimed was for London hospital

Bart Verschueren has been jailed for 18 years for the smuggling plot

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3 w. ago Judges to bar US from using Alien Enemies Act to deport some Venezuelans held in Texas and New York

Judges in Texas and New York said they would temporarily bar the U.S. government from deporting Venezuelans jailed in parts of those two states while their lawyers challenge the Trump administration’s use of a rarely-invoked law letting presidents imprison and deport noncitizens in times of war

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3 w. ago SNP Government slated over 'failure' to build £1bn replacement for Barlinnie jail sooner

The union representing prison officers hit out after a damning report found the Victorian-era Barlinnie nick is 30 per cent overcrowded.

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3 w. ago Prison reformers warn of fear and stagnation in Scotland's biggest jail

Howard League Scotland offers scathing verdict on of Barlinnie prison, three years before a new jail is due to replace it

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3 w. ago Barlinnie prisoners reporting 'bully' officer attacks at overcrowded jail

Survey pinpoints threats and attacks by "bully" officers at Scotland's biggest jail. Inspectors claim overcrowding is causing bad conditions

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3 w. ago Moment thief performs bizarre dance moves to pickpocket distracted victims on streets of Birmingham

Anis Bardich, 27, was jailed after being spotted on CCTV throwing strange shapes to distract his targets while he stole their wallets and mobile phones.

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4 w. ago Neil Young says he may be barred from returning to US over Donald Trump criticism

The US-Canadian dual citizen speculates he may be ‘barred or put in jail to sleep on a cement floor’ after his European tour, after years of speaking against TrumpNeil Young has shared his concerns of being barred from the US after his European tour later this year, thanks to his outspoken critiques of Donald Trump.On Tuesday, on his website Neil Young Archives, the 79-year-old musician – who has dual Canadian-American citizenship – wrote of his fears after the recent spate of people being detained and deported upon entering the US. These incidents have been credited to vague or unspecified visa issues, but have frequently affected individuals who have criticised the Trump administration either publicly or in messages on their phone read by immigration officers. Continue reading...

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last month Kyah Barton: Teenage drink driver who killed man after 'three drinks' is jailed for horror crash

Kyah Barton told his friends he was fit to drive them home, but when he lost control of his car and hit a tree his back seat passenger suffered fatal injuries

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