4 h. ago Whole life sentences to be extended to revenge killings against cops and prison officers, David Lammy announces, in wake of shocking gangland 'execution'

Murderers who kill current or former police, prison or probation officers because of their jobs will likely get the toughest of jail terms, the Justice Secretary announced.

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4 h. ago Killers who target police, prison and probation officers to get whole life orders

David Lammy has announced plans to toughen up punishments after former prison officer Lenny Scott was murdered in a revenge attack

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7 h. ago Female probation officer admits relationship with inmate at top security jail

Bethany Dent-Reynolds, 27, pleaded guilty to misconduct in public office over an inappropriate relationship with inmate Kieran Robinson at Britain's most secure jail

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11 h. ago Probation officer had illicit relationship with prisoner at Britain’s most secure jail

Bethany Dent-Reynolds, who is from Forest Hill, southeast London, had an "inappropriate" tryst with lag Kieran Robinson while working at HMP Belmarsh in the capital

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29 h. ago Female probation officer, 27, admits having illicit relationship with inmate at Britain's most secure jail

Bethany Dent-Reynolds, 27, has admitted having an illicit relationship with convict Kieran Robinson while working at HMP Belmarsh in Woolwich, southeast London .

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8 d. ago Britain's longest serving prisoner Richard Maudsley refuses food in jail stand off

Robert Maudsley, 72, nicknamed 'Hannibal the Cannibal', has become obsessed with his treatment in a new jail. He is keeping legal documents to record his concerns 'in case something happens to him'

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1 week ago Female prison officer who had illicit relationship with gangster behind bars and triggered 102 corruption alerts in just five months is jailed

Megann Gibson, 26, became embroiled in a forbidden relationship with dangerous inmate Ryan Horan while working at Wealstun Prison near Wetherby, West Yorkshire.

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1 week ago Magistrate given formal warning after saying a probation officer looked like someone from Al

Kate Waghorn made the 'racially insensitive' remark in front of other magistrates and a legal adviser in the retiring room.

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1 week ago Twerking cop 'drunkenly groped colleagues and called one a p***y when he rejected her’

PC Pamela Pritchard, 29, joined North Wales Police in 2023 as it was her "dream job" to become an officer but was suspended while still in her probationary period following her antics at a boozy bash

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2 w. ago Instructor, 40, who forged 85 certificates in security training cover up that 'almost shut down Birmingham Airport' is spared jail

Shoaib Iqbal, 40, told investigators he had fallen behind on paperwork when in reality he had not conducted essential refresher training for dozens of staff.

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2 w. ago Former marine who mowed down crowds at Liverpool victory parade 'likely to be sent to secure hospital rather than jail'

Paul Doyle, 54, was diagnosed with PTSD while on remand ahead of his trial.

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2 w. ago Prison officer, 24, admits illicit sexual relationship with male inmate AND role in 'drug smuggling' operation

Robinson pleaded not guilty to a third count of supplying Class A drug cocaine, along with others, to another.

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3 w. ago England legend demands 'Britain's most notorious prisoner' Charles Bronson is released

A Chelsea and England legend has called for the release of Charles Bronson, one of the UK's most violent prisoners, and says he's 'vouching for him'

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3 w. ago Father and son who smuggled £20million worth of heroin into Britain inside pomegranate juice cartons are spared prison

Colin Bartlett, 54, and Lee Bartlett, 30, from Birmingham, operated in an organised crime gang that imported pomegranate juice laced with heroin from Afghanistan.

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3 w. ago Britain's longest serving prisoner Robert Maudsley to 'see girlfriend for first time'

Loveinia Grace Mackenney will meet Robert Maudsley, the quadruple killer dubbed 'Hannibal the Cannibal', at HMP Whitemoor, Cambs, for the first time in four years

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3 w. ago Tyson Fury and Chelsea legends John Terry and Dennis Wise join campaign to free Britain's most notorious prisoner Charles Bronson

Former Chelsea and England footballers John Terry and Dennis Wise have joined a campaign to free notorious British prisoner Charles Bronson from prison.

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4 w. ago Shamed prison nurse speaks out for the first time about being 'caught' in Britain's biggest jail smuggling racket... and being 'infatuated' with a career criminal

Amy Hatfield, 40, used her trusted role as a mental health support worker to flood HMP Lindholme with £1million worth of contraband after becoming 'infatuated' with criminal Joseph Whittingham.

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4 w. ago Female prison officer, 31, pleads guilty to having illicit relationship with male inmate

Sarah Barnett, 31, from Rugeley in Staffordshire and who worked at HMP Dovegate in nearby Uttoxeter, faces a possible jail term when sentenced on January 7.

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4 w. ago Labour deputy mayor tried to keep notorious rapist and killer out of prison after he attacked again

Councillor Kathleen Fraser provided a character witness and defence statement on behalf of Ronald Evans, 84, one of Britain's longest-serving prisoners.

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