61 h. ago 'Flirty' prison officer and inmate exposed as burned love letters found by cops

Niamh Lloyd began working at the category B jail when she was just 19, but her supervisors noticed she was 'displaying flirtatious behaviour', particularly towards career criminal Lee Makin

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63 h. ago ‘Dangerous’ inmate locked up indefinitely for attempting to kill prison officers

Aklakar Rahman, 38, repeatedly made attempts to wound or kill prison officers, the Old Bailey has heard.

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68 h. ago Female prison officer, 22, told inmate lover she was with him for 'the thrill'

Niamh Lloyd, 22, met the career criminal, Lee Makin, while working as a prison officer at Forest Bank jail in Salford, Greater Manchester.

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3 d. ago Terminally ill woman among victims conned out pensions by whisky cask scammers

Police are investigating three Scotch whisky companies over fraud allegations, with investments running into the millions.

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4 d. ago Police investigate alleged assault understood to involve multiple Parc prison officers and inmate

An inmate at the troubled jail is understood to allegedly have been assaulted by multiple officers at HMP Parc. Police investigations are said to be continuing

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4 d. ago 'The thrill': Cocky prison officer's loved up emails to inmate 'Big Lee' before illicit affair exposed

Niamh Lloyd 'became much too close' to Lee Makin

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5 d. ago Laurence Fox charged with allegedly sharing upskirting image of TV star

Laurence Fox has been charged with a sexual offence for allegedly sharing the image last year, following a police investigation.

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6 d. ago Exonerated prisoner awarded $1.4m after 46 years spent on death row in Japan

Iwao Hakamada, the world’s longest serving death row prisoner, had been wrongly convicted of a quadruple murderA Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4m in compensation, an official has said.The payout represents 12,500 yen ($83) for each day of the 46 years that Iwao Hakamada spent in detention, most of it on death row when each day could have been his last. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Female prison officer suspended from London jail after 'inappropriate relationship' with inmate

Police are investigating claims that HMP Feltham prison officer Katerina Tatus was part of an affair

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1 week ago Nicola Sturgeon no longer under investigation over SNP fraud claims

Police Scotland says former first minister not charged in party funding inquiry as husband appears in court for embezzlementNicola Sturgeon is no longer under investigation as part of the police case looking into alleged mishandling of Scottish National party funds.Police Scotland said the former Scottish first minister would not face any charges after her former husband, Peter Murrell, appeared for a private hearing at Edinburgh sheriff court on a single charge of embezzlement on Thursday. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Manhunt as inmate escapes prison van after 'overpowering' officers on motorway

Jamie Cooper was being transported to Lancashire Magistrates' Court after being charged with assaulting an officer and criminal damage when he managed to escape from the prison van and is now on the run

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1 week ago Prisoner allegedly sexually assaulted in cell at HMP Swansea

Police officers investigating the alleged attack were due to attend the prison on Wednesday

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1 week ago Police launch investigation into allegations of sexual abuse at a Scottish secondary school

Anyone who believes they may have been a victim is urged to come forward

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2 w. ago Police investigation launched into alleged ‘verbal threats’ by Reform MP Lowe

Rupert Lowe denies the claims and says he is seen as a ‘tall poppy’ who threatens to overshadow Nigel Farage.

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3 w. ago The shameful roll call of female prison officers sacked for flings with inmates

Forty have lost their jobs in just four years

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3 w. ago UK's female prison officer scandal as 40 fired for inmate flings over last four years

Security fears have skyrocketed due to the number of female prison officers having 'inappropriate' intimate relationships with inmates – as a number of high profile cases surfaced

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3 w. ago Prison officer jailed for inmate romp 'engaged to new partner' who vows to stand by her

Katie Evans, 26, was jailed after performing a sex act on an inmate at HMP Doncaster - and is now reportedly engaged to a new lover who vowed to 'stand by her' after the conviction

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3 w. ago One female prison officer sacked nearly every MONTH over flings with male inmates

Figures show that 40 women warders have been fired in past four years after it was found that they were having behind-bar flings with imprisoned criminals.

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3 w. ago Urgent security fears over rise in female prison officers having flings with male inmates

New figures come just days after “immature” female prison officer Katie Evans, 26, was jailed for 21 months after starting an intimate relationship with an inmate at Doncaster Prison

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3 w. ago Prison officer who boasted about sex acts with inmates is jailed

The judge outlined the issues prisons are having with accommodating inmates serving short sentences

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