13 h. ago Man 'driven by profit' spared jail over Rottweiler puppies kept in tiny bathroom

'Mr Lynch was clearly not a fit person to be owning animals'

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62 h. ago Detective who turned stalker to target her ex by posting lies about him online is spared jail but handed ten

Sue Thorpe, 44, a former officer with Northumbria Police, bombarded surfing instructor Barry Henderson with abusive voicemails, texts and emails in a year-long harassment campaign.

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66 h. ago Prison officer who sent indecent messages to fake profile of girl, 13, spared jail

Peter Sugden, 46, sent numerous indecent messages and sexual remarks to the fictional teenager over 16 days

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67 h. ago Prison officer who messaged fake profile of girl, 13, while at work spared jail

Peter Sugden, 46, of Falkirk, sent numerous indecent messages and sexual remarks to the fictional teenager over the course of 16 days.

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4 d. ago Man who tried to sell $6.4m gold toilet stolen from English country house is spared jail

A man who tried to help a burglar cash in from the theft of a gold toilet was spared prison on Monday after a British judge said he had been taken advantage of by the thieves

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4 d. ago Pregnant drugs mule, 19, who was caught trying to smuggle 22kg of cannabis into Britain from Canada is spared jail after telling court she needed cash for a house deposit

Daniella KanKam-Adu, 19, was offered £250 in return for smuggling £225,000 worth of cannabis from Canada to Newcastle Airport on March 3 this year.

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4 d. ago Pregnant drugs mule, 19, who was caught trying to smuggle 22kg of cannabis into Britain from Canada is spared jail after telling court she need cash for house deposit

Daniella KanKam-Adu, 19, was offered £250 in return for smuggling £225,000 worth of cannabis from Canada to Newcastle Airport on March 3 this year.

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5 d. ago 'I knew he was a sex offender... but I wanted a stable life': Prison officer reveals shame of sordid affair with convicted rapist after she was spared jail for behind bars fling

Cherri-Ann Austin-Saddington, 29, told MailOnline of her 'relief' that she was this week spared jail after admitting a six-month illicit affair with sex attacker Bradley Trengrove.

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5 d. ago Just Stop Oil activists boast of cushy treatment from prison guards after eight spared jail

Members of Just Stop Oil claim prison officers are more lenient, grant them special privileges and even support their efforts to combat the climate crisis - just days after eight members dodged jail

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7 d. ago Prison officer, 27, caught kissing drug dealer inmate on her own bodyworn camera is spared jail

Disturbing bodyworn camera footage shows Tracy Boateng, 27, lean in multiple times as she makes the inappropriate contact with Vincent Ojo at HMP Pentonville.

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7 d. ago Just Stop Oil protesters spared jail after failed Heathrow disruption

A group of Just Stop Oil protesters have avoided jail after their failed attempt to cause "unprecedented disruption" at Heathrow Airport last July.

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7 d. ago Just Stop Oil eco zealots are spared jail over bid to cause mayhem at Heathrow Airport after plotting to glue themselves to the runway

A group of Just Stop Oil (JSO) protesters have been spared jail terms at their sentencing hearing at Isleworth Crown Court.

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9 d. ago Scotmid shopper spared jail over mashed potato attack on store worker

Peter Ferguson had been warned he could be jailed over the attack.

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2 w. ago Australian cricket great Stuart MacGill spared jail time over supplying cocaine

MacGill was convicted of supplying drugs for a deal between his regular supplier and his brother-in-law in April 2021

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3 w. ago Childminder left three babies at home while she did school run

Andrea Ward, 62, left three boys - the eldest aged 16 months - alone at her home on 'multiple occasions', a court heard today.

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4 w. ago Stirling cattle farmer spared jail after five cows left to starve

He left the animals in a field near the city without checking on them during a drought in spring and summer 2023 - but was spared jail and dodged a cattle-keeping ban.

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