9 h. ago Prison custody manager ‘scapegoated’ over bungled release of Hadush Kebatu, union claims

Mistakes happen all the time amid jails chaos, warns chief inspector of prisons

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9 h. ago Prolific shoplifter who stole £16k worth of goods from petrol station he targeted more than 100 times is jailed

Mark Stavrou, 33, was caught on CCTV strolling around the store in north-east London and brazenly helping himself to an array of goods.

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37 h. ago Prison which accidentally freed sex offender was duped by fake 'get out of jail free' letter

HMP Chelmsford, which recently accidentally released a sex offender, also saw a fraudster manage to dodge jail time in 2023, before one mistake managed to expose his lies

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45 h. ago MSP behind proposals to criminalise buying sex accuses “pimp lobby” of normalising exploitation of women

The proposed new laws would mean people paying for prostitution could be fines of up to £10,000 and face jail time.

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5 d. ago Baby P mum Tracey Connelly visited a sex club when she was released from prison

Tracey Connelly, speaking publicly for the first time since being jailed for her 17-month-old son Peter’s death, has revealed she visited a sex club after leaving prison

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6 d. ago The rise and fall of Nicolas Sarkozy: Former French president jailed in historic first

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy begun serving a prison sentence in Paris on Tuesday (21 October) – the first time a leader of the French Fifth Republic has been jailed.

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8 d. ago Nicolas Sarkozy to enter prison for criminal conspiracy over Libyan funding

Former French president set to start five-year sentence for scheme to obtain campaign funds from Muammar Gaddafi’s regimeThe former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will go to prison on Tuesday after a court sentenced him to five years for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.Sarkozy, who was the rightwing president of France between 2007 and 2012, will become the first former head of an EU country to serve time in prison, and the first French postwar leader to be jailed. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'I just killed my girlfriend in a hot tub in the garage': Murderer's chilling 999 call is released as he is jailed for life for stabbing partner at least 26 times

Aren Pearson, 41, carried out the frenzied attack on Claire Leveque, 24, while drunk at his mother's home in Shetland, Scotland.

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1 week ago Evil boyfriend who stabbed woman 26 times in hot tub murder jailed for life

Aren Pearson, 41, has been sentenced to a minimum term of 25 years in prison for murdering Claire Leveque, 24, in Sandness, Shetland, on February 11, 2024

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1 week ago Killer who murdered girlfriend by stabbing her in hot tub at least 26 times is jailed for life

Aren Pearson, 41, carried out the frenzied attack on Claire Leveque, 24, while drunk at his mother's home in Shetland, Scotland.

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1 week ago Renfrewshire banned driver escapes jail after driving three times over two days

Alison Gibson got behind the wheel on three separate occasions despite already being a disqualified driver

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1 week ago Drink driver mum who was four times limit with toddlers in car is spared jail

Kirsty Jones, 36, was sentenced to 14 weeks in prison, with the sentence suspended for a year, after pleading guilty to all charges

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1 week ago 'Lostprophets paedo Ian Watkins was unrecognisable when I saw him in Monster Mansion'

Paedophile Ian Watkins, who was killed in Wakefield prison, looked "scruffy" in recent times, according to insiders who spoke about his time in jail before his death

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2 w. ago Monday's biggest news in pictures as Scots mum slams pathetic jail time for paedo

Here is a round up of today's news from the Daily Record.

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2 w. ago Prolific shoplifter who brazenly stole £16,000 of TAPS from B&Q is jailed

Daniel Cleveland, 33, worked with another man to target stores in London and across the south of England 11 times.

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2 w. ago Moment police arrest prolific B&Q shoplifter who stole taps worth £16,000 across London stores

Daniel Cleveland, 33, sentenced to three years in jail but his accomplice remains at large

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2 w. ago Scots mum slams pathetic jail time for paedo who sexually abused her young daughter

Liam Moir first sexually assaulted the girl on her 12th birthday.

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2 w. ago Ian Watkins killer 'given bonus points' by inmates after stabbing Lostprophets paedo to death

An ex-prison officer said other paedophiles jailed at HMP Wakefield are likely to have a tough time after former Lostprophets star Ian Watkins was stabbed to death in his prison cell

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2 w. ago Natalie Dormer refuses to promote her new ITV drama in which she plays Sarah Ferguson

A source explains that Dormer isn't the lead - that's Mia McKenna Bruce who plays Jane Andrews, Fergie's one time dresser who was jailed for murdering her boyfriend Thomas Cressman.

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2 w. ago The 'Tinder Swindler' fears he has been 'set up' as he speaks from his Georgian jail cell for first time since his dramatic arrest for alleged fraud

Israeli sweetheart scammer Shimon Hayut told local celebrity lawyer Mariam Kublashvili that while he is 'no angel' he has 'no recollection' of the crimes he is accused of.

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