33 m. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi charged with three counts of attempted murder after prison officers attacked

Abedi has also been charged with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of unauthorised possession of a knife or offensive weapon

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34 m. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter charged with three counts of attempted murder

Hashem Abedi charged over incident in which four prison officers were injured at a maximum security prison in AprilThe Manchester Arena plotter Hashem Abedi has been charged with three counts of attempted murder after four prison officers were injured at a maximum security prison.Abedi, 28, is also charged with one count of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and one count of unauthorised possession of a knife or offensive weapon after an incident at HMP Frankland in Durham on 12 April. Continue reading...

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35 m. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi charged with three counts of attempted murder after four prison officers injured

Hashem Abedi, 28, was ordered to serve a record 55-year minimum term for helping his suicide bomber brother Salman murder 22 people, many of them children, at the Manchester Arena in 2017.

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44 m. ago Hashem Abedi charged with attempted murder after prison officers injured

Abedi, 28, is also charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon after the incident at HMP Frankland

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51 m. ago Manchester Arena bomb plotter Hashem Abedi charged with three counts of attempted murder

The charges come after four prison officers were injured during an attack at HMP Frankland

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25 h. ago Jet ski riders facing jail or £50K fine over 'disturbing' incident with dolphins

Two jet skiers could face up to two years in jail or a huge a fine after 'disruptively' cruising their jet skies seemingly meters away from an innocent pod of dolphins

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26 h. ago Drug dealer who worked with Salford gangster Jamie Rothwell got involved in crime after life 'spiralled'

Jamie Rothwell faces a lengthy jail sentence

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34 h. ago Female prison officer, 23, admits to having fling with inmate

A judge said 'all sentencing options' were open

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40 h. ago Married teacher brought boy, 11, to her home for 'play dates' then raped him

Alley Bardfield admitted predatory criminal assault against a minor, whom she taught at a school in Illinois, United States, and she now faces up to 40 years in jail

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47 h. ago Most Palestine Action protesters unlikely to face prison, officials say

More than 500 people arrested in London on Saturday for supporting proscribed terrorist group

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53 h. ago Female prison officer admits illicit fling with inmate behind bars

Prison officer Megan Breen, 23, could face jail time after she admitted to an inappropriate relationship with an inmate between February and May 2022 in Gwent, South Wales

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53 h. ago Prison officer, 23, facing jail herself after admitting affair with an inmate

Megan Breen initially denied the fling with the unnamed prisoner while working at two prisons in 2022, but later changed her plea and admitted the illicit affair behind bars.

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53 h. ago Prison officer admits 'inappropriate' relationship with inmate

Megan Breen initially denied the fling with the unnamed prisoner while working at two prisons in Wales

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58 h. ago British backpacker who hit and killed a father of two while riding an e

Alicia Kemp, from Worcestershire, appeared in Perth Magistrates' Court via video link from prison on Monday, charged with dangerous driving causing death under the influence of alcohol.

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4 d. ago Bolsonaro supporters pray for Trump rescue as coup plot trial verdict nears

Far-right ex-president’s devotees pin hopes on pressure campaign but tariffs and sanctions appear likely to failEach morning, Edite Costa steps out of her bungalow on Brasília’s sun-baked savannah, stands beneath a mango tree and lifts her hands to the sky in prayer. “I ask God to work so that not just Trump but all Americans come to help us rip out the evil that has taken hold of the country I love,” said the 66-year-old Baptist, who is a fervent supporter of Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro.Bolsonaro could face decades in jail for allegedly leading a murderous conspiracy to seize power after his leftwing rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva beat him in the 2022 presidential election. But Costa believes her populist leader can still be saved – if her prayers are answered and Donald Trump intervenes. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘Gross abuse of state power’: defiance grows over UK ban on Palestine protest group

More than 200 have been arrested for alleged support of Palestine Action – and hundreds more are expected to protest on Saturday At 81, Deborah Hinton, a former British magistrate who was honoured by the late Queen Elizabeth II for services to the community, seems an unlikely terrorist suspect. In the quiet town in south-west England where she lives, much of her retirement is spent walking along the cliffs, raising funds for the nearby cathedral choir, and supporting local charities.But last month she was detained in a police cell for seven hours, fingerprinted and had a DNA swab taken from her mouth. It was the first time she had ever been arrested, and the experience left her “in a state of trauma” and “shaking uncontrollably”. She could face a jail sentence of six months under UK terrorism legislation. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago No contempt for Trump officials over Venezuelan migrant deportations to El Salvadorian prison, appeals court rules – live

Three-judge panel sided with government by a 2-1 vote, with two Trump-appointed judges and one Obama-appointed judge making the decisionAccording to new reporting by the New York Times, the president has secretly signed a directive to the Pentagon to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels that the Trump administration considers terrorist organizations.According to the Times’ sources, US military officials have started drawing up options for how the military could go after the group. The Times also notes that this escalation would be the most “aggressive step” in the administration’s “campaign against cartels”. They also noted that this continues the president’s preference for using “military forces to carry out what has primarily been considered a law enforcement responsibility to curb the flow of fentanyl and other illegal drugs”. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Indiana announces a ‘Speedway Slammer’ to house migrants and become the Hoosier state’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Indiana is expanding a state prison by 1,000 beds to house migrants in what Trump officials are calling the ‘Speedway Slammer.’

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7 d. ago Journalist sentenced to two years in prison for slapping police officer

The case against Mzia Amaghlobeli has been condemned as an attack on media freedom

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7 d. ago Georgian journalist is convicted of slapping a police office at a protest and gets 2 years in prison

A Georgian journalist has been convicted of slapping a senior police officer at an anti-government protest and sentenced to two years in prison in a case that was condemned by rights groups as an attack on press freedom

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