39 h. ago Murderer killed after being smacked over head with dumbbell inside jail gym

John Mansfield was killed while serving a life sentence at HMP Whitemoor in Cambridgeshire after he was jailed in 2014 for the murder of his elderly neighbour Ann Alfonso

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40 h. ago Murderer John Mansfield killed in prison gym attack with weight 'smashed on head'

Mansfield was jailed for life in 2007, and was serving his sentence at a high-security facility when he was killed.

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47 h. ago Convicted murderer John Mansfield killed in brutal attack at high

John Mansfield, who was jailed for life in 2007 for the drug-fuelled murder of his neighbour Ann Alfanso, was set upon at inside HMP Whitemoor, which is near March, Cambridgeshire

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58 h. ago Croydon killers who went to pub after their attack are jailed for life

Croydon killers who went to pub after their attack are jailed for life  BBC

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60 h. ago Croydon killers who murdered man and ordered Guinness minutes later jailed

David Walcott, 35, and Rammon Mali, 33, have been jailed for life for the murder of Rijkaard Siafa, 22, who was stabbed at least 13 times in Croydon in April last year

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60 h. ago Croydon pair jailed for life after knifing man 13 times before heading to pub

The Old Bailey heard David Walcott, 35, and Rammon Mali, 33, had set out with knives in a premediated attack on Rijkaard Siafa, 22.

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61 h. ago Killer died from head injury in prison, tests show as murder probe continues

John Mansfield, who was jailed for life in 2007 for murder, was found dead at HMP Whitemoor near March, Cambridgeshire, on Sunday.

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63 h. ago Convicted murderer John Mansfield died of a head injury after being 'attacked by another inmate' in high

John Mansfield, who was jailed for life in 2007 for the drug-fuelled murder of his neighbour Ann Alfanso, 63, was attacked inside HMP Whitemoor, Cambs.

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4 d. ago Tragic final moments of father, 35, stabbed to death over drug

Gregory Marshall, 35, was found collapsed and died in an alleyway in York after he was stabbed in the neck and chest by Ian James Franklin, who has been jailed for life.

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5 d. ago Sickening reason killer John Mansfield targeted vulnerable neighbour he used to shop for

John Mansfield, 63, who was jailed for life in 2007 for the murder of his female neighbour, was found dead at HMP Whitemoor near March in Cambridgeshire on Sunday

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5 d. ago Man arrested on suspicion of murdering convicted killer John Mansfield in prison

Mansfield, was jailed for life in 2007 for the murder of his 63-year-old neighbour, was found dead at HMP Whitemoor.

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6 d. ago Ban inmates from cooking after Hashem Abedi assault, says prison union

Chair of prison workers body says copycat incidents must be prevented after attack by convicted terroristThe union representing prison officers has said inmates should be banned from cooking in jail, with staff fearing copycat incidents after the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber attacked three officers at HMP Frankland.Hashem Abedi, a convicted terrorist who was jailed for life after helping his suicide bomber brother Salman Abedi carry out the Manchester Arena attack in 2017, is alleged to have set upon staff with hot cooking oil and improvised blades. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Moment Muslim convert who plotted to blow up mosque and kill anti

Jason Savage, 35, who dubbed himself 'Lone Wolf' can be heard mapping out his targets as he plans out attacks in Birmingham, which include a mosque he intended to 'flatten',

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7 d. ago Convicted child killer Rick Thorburn is found dead in his jail cell after taking his own life

The Aussie child killer was found dead in his Queensland jail cell on Friday following repeated attempts to take his own life.

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7 d. ago Child killer Rick Thorburn, who murdered Tiahleigh Palmer, found dead in Queensland jail cell

Thorburn was jailed for life after admitting to killing the 12-year-old foster child after his son Trent confessed to sexually assaulting herRick Thorburn, the Queensland man who was serving life in jail for the murder of 12-year-old foster child Tiahleigh Palmer, has been found dead in his cell.Queensland Corrective Services confirmed he had died in his Woodford Correctional Centre cell on Saturday. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Anaesthetist who tried to kill shop owner with lethal injection jailed for life

Darren Harris posed as a customer in Gary Lewis’s vinyl store before waiting until his back was turned and stabbing him in the thigh.

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8 d. ago Mum who drowned sons in bath after smoking cannabis jailed for life

The judge has issued a warning to cannabis users

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8 d. ago Twisted mum who drowned two kids and left dad to find bodies jailed for life

Kara Alexander was convicted of killing Elijah, two, and Marley Thomas, five by drowning them in a bath at their home.

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8 d. ago Mother gets life in jail for stabbing daughter for lying about exam results

Teenage daughter was under pressure to perform in exams

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8 d. ago The Evin Prison Bakers’ Club by Sepideh Gholian review – like no recipe book you’ve ever read

A political prisoner lifts the lid on the hardships and fantasies of life in Iran’s most notorious jailThe Iranian political prisoner Sepideh Gholian’s account of life on the women’s wards in Bushehr and Evin prisons is a blindsiding blend of horrifying concrete detail, dizzying surrealism and wild optimism. In every line and in every moment it attempts to recreate, it is entirely and unconditionally defiant. For the reader, discombobulation comes from (at least) two directions. At one moment, you are presented with, for example, the story of a woman attempting to abort her foetus under permanent camera and human surveillance, because the consequences for her unborn child, herself and other family members if the pregnancy continues are unimaginably violent. At another you are instructed how to make elephant ears pastries, designed for large gatherings of visitors, in the cheery tones of the encouraging expert (“It’s not at all messy and impossible to get wrong. You do...

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