24 h. ago 'I knew the fake Madeleine McCann imposter — and spotted 4 telltale signs of her lies'

Julia Wandelt falsely claimed to be Madeleine McCann and was sentenced to to six months in prison last month, after a court heard she sent the family sinister letters and asked for a DNA test

Politics

56 h. ago Limbs in the Loch killer complains after being refused Amazon delivery at prison

William Beggs took the Scottish Prison Service to the Court of Session over an incident which happened at HMP Edinburgh in December 2024.

Events

3 d. ago Irish teacher who refused to 'call a boy a girl' in trans row will remain in jail for Christmas, judge rules

Enoch Burke has been detained in Mountjoy Prison since late November for breaches of a court order directing him not to trespass at Wilson's Hospital School in Co Westmeath.

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3 d. ago Libyan man accused of murder, rape, and torture appears at the ICC

A Libyan man accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes at a Tripoli prison has appeared before judges at the International Criminal Court

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4 d. ago Brit facing possible death penalty in Bali jokes 'give them a smile and a big thumbs up!' as he arrives in court accused of smuggling cocaine

Kial Robinson, 29,from Chichester, in West Sussex, appeared to smirk as he arrived in court wearing the distinctive orange Indonesian prison uniform.

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5 d. ago Luigi Mangione swaps prison garb for sharp suit as alleged CEO killer, 27, asks court to throw out crucial evidence against him

The alleged killer, 27, appeared upbeat as he arrived back in court days before the anniversary of his alleged assassination of healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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5 d. ago UK Labour MP Tulip Siddiq sentenced to two years in jail but will never serve it

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in prison by a Dhaka court for her role in a corruption case, but won't serve time due to lack of UK-Bangladesh extradition treaty

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5 d. ago Labour MP sentenced to two years in prison by Bangladeshi court after corruption trial

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced by a court in Bangladesh to two years in prison for corruption involving a government land project. Her aunt, ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, was sentenced to five years.

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5 d. ago Bangladesh court sentences UK MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in prison in absentia

Siddiq, who serves as an MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London, has denied the allegationsA court in Bangladesh has sentenced the British MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail after a judge ruled she was complicit in corrupt land deals with her aunt, the country’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina.In a ruling on Monday, a judge found Siddiq, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate, guilty of misusing her “special influence” as a British politician to coerce Hasina into giving valuable pieces of land to her mother, brother and sister. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Labour MP Tulip Siddiq sentenced to two years in prison by Bangladeshi court

Ms Siddiq’s lawyers have called the charges baseless and politically motivated.

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5 d. ago Labour MP sentenced to two years in prison after major corruption scandal

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced to two years in prison by a Dhaka court for her role in a corruption case, but won't serve time due to lack of UK-Bangladesh extradition treaty

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7 d. ago Migrant deported from UK twice is jailed after returning for third time

Emirjon Gjuta, 34, was deported from the UK twice and has now been sentenced to 14 months in prison at Leeds Crown Court after turning up for a third time in recent years

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8 d. ago Albanian national who was deported twice from UK jailed after entering illegally for third time

Emirjon Gjuta, 34, was sentenced to 14 months in prison at Leeds Crown Court

Events

2 w. ago Bolsonaro claims after arrest he tampered with ankle tag from ‘curiosity’

Ex-president says he used soldering iron on device and is now in custody because of fears he was going to abscondBrazil’s former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has claimed he tried to damage his electronic ankle monitor “out of curiosity” after he was arrested at his villa owing to suspicions he was poised to abscond.In a video released by the supreme court, Bolsonaro – who was recently sentenced to 27 years in prison for masterminding a military coup – can be heard admitting to a security official that he had used a soldering iron to tamper with the black tag. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Biafran separatist leader sentenced to life on terrorism charges by Nigerian court

Judge says Nnamdi Kanu used his Indigenous People of Biafra group to incite attacks on security officials and civiliansThe Biafran separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu has been sentenced to life in prison on terrorism-related charges by a court in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.Judge James Omotosho said prosecutors had shown that Kanu, who also holds British citizenship, had used his Indigenous People of Biafra group (Ipob) to incite attacks on security officials and civilians in south-east Nigeria and during anti-police protests in Lagos. Continue reading...

Events

2 w. ago Boris Becker: ‘Whoever says a prison life is easy is lying – it’s a real punishment’

Former Wimbledon champion on how taking accountability for his crimes allowed for rehabilitation, watching Novak Djokovic from his cell and the new era of brotherhood in the sport“I heard the screaming and I didn’t know what it was,” Boris Becker says as he remembers staring into the dark in Wandsworth prison, just over two miles from Wimbledon’s Centre Court where he won the first of his three men’s singles titles at the age of 17 in 1985. “Were people trying to kill themselves or harm themselves? Or couldn’t they deal with their loneliness? Or are they just making crazy noises because they have lost their minds already?”Becker had been sentenced to a two-and-a-half-year jail term. Amid his insolvency, he was found guilty of not declaring all his assets so that additional funds could be distributed to his creditors. The judge confirmed that his money was used, instead, to meet his “commitments to his children and other dependents, medical and professional fees, and other expenses”....

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2 w. ago Prison guard mum, 29, 'had 1,100 message inappropriate relationship' with inmate

Mum Zoe Oldham pleaded guilty to misconduct in a public office while working as a prison guard, with the court told around 1,100 messages were exchanged with a lag

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2 w. ago Londoner jailed for ISIS terror plot 'suffered human rights breaches in prison crackdown', judge rules

An Islamic extremist held in segregation in prison was treated unlawfully, a judge has ruled

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3 w. ago Joyriding teenager who swerved onto pavement and killed pensioner after losing control of £84,000 Nissan GTR he picked up for his father's valet business is jailed

Lewis Meadows was sentenced to four years in prison today at the Ipswich Crown Court after admitting to causing the death of 74-year-old Mary Kinsey.

Economics

3 w. ago Rastafarian turns to Supreme Court after prison officers shaved his dreadlocks

Guards cut the dreadlocks he had been growing for nearly two decades

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