11 h. ago Paisley thug who stole Good Samaritan's mobile phone after faking call is jailed

Sheriff Thomas McCartney told the accused there was no alternative to a custodial sentence.

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56 h. ago Prison which accidentally freed sex offender was duped by fake 'get out of jail free' letter

HMP Chelmsford, which recently accidentally released a sex offender, also saw a fraudster manage to dodge jail time in 2023, before one mistake managed to expose his lies

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7 d. ago Nicholas Rossi: US fugitive who faked his own death and fled to Scotland jailed for rape

One victim said Rossi had left a “trail of fear, pain and destruction” behind him.

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7 d. ago 'Rapist who faked his death using obituary and fled US is jailed for five years'

Nicholas Rossi, who is also known as Nicholas Alahverdian, was jailed for five years on Monday after he was convicted of raping two women in 2008

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7 d. ago American man Nicholas Rossi who faked his own death and fled to Scotland to escape rape charges is jailed

Nicholas Rossi (pictured), 38, from the US state of Rhode Island, has been sentenced to at least five years behind bars for raping two women in northern Utah in 2008.

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7 d. ago Imposter Nicholas Rossi jailed at last after fleeing justice to Scotland and faking his death

Nicholas Rossi has been jailed on rape charges stemming back 17 years, after he faked his own death and started a new life in Scotland

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7 d. ago Fugitive double rapist Nicholas Rossi who faked death and fled to Scotland to avoid justice has been JAILED

FUGITIVE serial sex attacker Nicholas Rossi who faked his own death and fled to Scotland has been jailed for five-years to life. Rossi was sentenced today over the first of two sex convictions in Utah. A Salt Lake County jury found him guilty of a 2008 rape after a three-day trial in August His accuser...

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1 week ago 'Queen of the con' who stole more than £100,000 from friends before fleeing to the US and posing as a fake heiress is jailed for three years

Marianne Smyth, 56, stole the six-figure sum from clients after befriending them while working as a mortgage adviser between 2008 and 2010.

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2 w. ago GP jailed for plotting to murder mother’s partner with fake Covid jab now admits trying to poison him with wine

Thomas Kwan laced wine with a highly toxic metal called thallium, Newcastle Crown Court heard

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2 w. ago Jailed, nurse who shaved head and inserted cannula in fake leukemia scam

A nurse shaved her head and put a cannula in her arm to convince her family she was dying of leukaemia as part of a £180,000 pension scam.

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2 w. ago Luxury wine scammer faces jail after $100m fake collector plot

Victims were tricked into investing in wealthy wine collectors who did not exist

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3 w. ago Influencer who made sick fake syringe videos targeting strangers jailed

Ilan M., who goes by ‘Amine Mojito’ online was sentenced to six months behind bars for the disgusting prank in which he left people thinking they had been injected with an unknown substance

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3 w. ago Fake millionaire who branded himself the 'Kardashian of Cheshire' is jailed for six years for £200k Hermes handbag scam

Jack Watkin, 26, promised friends a profit from his Hermes handbag business but it never materialised and instead he used their cash to fund his lavish lifestyle.

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3 w. ago James Clacher: Gym boss who faked death and fled Scotland for Spain after raping two women jailed

Clacher denied any wrongdoing during his trial and the judge said he showed ‘no remorse’.

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3 w. ago Tinder rapist who faked his own death and fled to Spain learns fate after gym arrest

James Clacher, 57, was convicted of two rape charges following a trial at the High Court in Glasgow and today was jailed for his crimes after writing a fake suicide note

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3 w. ago Rapist who faked his own death and fled to Spain jailed for eight years

A judge described James Clacher’s attempt to evade justice as ‘cowardly’.

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3 w. ago Tinder rapist who faked his own death and fled to Spain finally jailed

James Clacher was found guilty of carrying out two rapes against women he met on Tinder in 2019 and 2020 in their own homes before going on the lam and leaving the country for Spain's Costa del Sol

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3 w. ago Scots Tinder rapist who faked own death jailed for eight years

James Clacher, 57, was convicted of attacking his victims in their own homes following a trial last month.

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