2 w. ago London serial rapist who drugged victims and filmed attacks faces jail for catalogue of crimes

Chao Xu hid cameras around his bathroom in Greenwich to secretly film women as they used the toilet and showered

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2 w. ago Former Tottenham owner Joe Lewis, 88, pardoned by Donald Trump

The east London-born billionaire, 88, was spared jail when he admitted to one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and two counts of securities fraud in January 2024.

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2 w. ago Construction boss avoids jail after worker found dead on synagogue site in Hackney

Although the worker died of natural causes multiple life-threatening failures were found at the construction site

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2 w. ago More than 230 domestic abusers recalled to prison under London mayor’s GPS tagging scheme

Pilot cut re-offending by 45 per cent, protects victims and holds perpetrators to account, says Sir Sadiq Khan

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2 w. ago More than 150 domestic abusers recalled to prison under London mayor’s GPS tagging scheme

Pilot cut re-offending by 45 per cent, protects victims and holds perpetrators to account, says Sir Sadiq Khan

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2 w. ago Chinese fraudster’s luxury run ends in London jail, Malaysian aide sentenced as UK police seize £5b in bitcoin

Chinese fraudster’s luxury run ends in London jail, Malaysian aide sentenced as UK police seize £5b in bitcoin  Malay Mail

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2 w. ago Chinese fraudster's luxury life on the run ends in London jail

Chinese fraudster's luxury life on the run ends in London jail  Reuters

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2 w. ago Moment Air Canada passenger is arrested after squaring up to an air hostess and hurling racist abuse when he was refused a cup of coffee

Iranian-born Akbar Aghgaleh (pictured), who was on a flight from Montreal to London Heathrow on August 29 last year, is now facing jail time for his racist and expletive-laden outburst.

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2 w. ago AI chatbot is Government's new recruit at HMP Wandsworth to stop inmates being wrongly freed

Prisons minister Lord Timpson said the southwest London jail had been given the ‘green light’ to use artificial intelligence

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3 w. ago Wrongly freed man hands himself back in to London jail after manhunt

Wrongly freed man hands himself back in to London jail after manhunt - live  London Evening Standard

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3 w. ago Moment fugitive fraudster hands himself in three days after he was freed from HMP Wandsworth by mistake as hunt continues for Algerian migrant sex offender

Fraudster William 'Billy' Smith, 35, was wrongly set free from the south London jail earlier this week but reportedly handed himself in after a three-day manhunt.

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3 w. ago Prisoner manhunt LIVE: Wrongly freed man hands himself back in to London jail

Surrey Police said Billy Smith handed himself into to HMP Wandsworth following his accidental release

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3 w. ago Smiling wrongly released prisoner William Smith hands himself back in to Wandsworth prison

Convicted fraudster William ‘Billy’ Smith smiled and waved as he walked back into the south London jail

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3 w. ago Fugitive convicted fraudster is FOUND three days after he was freed from HMP Wandsworth by mistake as hunt continues for Algerian migrant sex offender

Fraudster William 'Billy' Smith, 35, was wrongly set free from the south London jail earlier this week but reportedly handed himself in after a three-day manhunt.

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3 w. ago Rats, overcrowding and urgent riot warnings — my day inside a London jail

Britain’s jails are “on the precipice of failure”, with warnings that jails could run out of space within days. As Keir Starmer announces emergency measures to fix the crisis, Katie Strick spends a day on the frontline

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3 w. ago Prisoner manhunt LIVE: Met police 'urgently' seeking Algerian man wrongly released from HMP Wandsworth a week ago

A manhunt is under way in London after another foreign prisoner was mistakenly released from jail.

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3 w. ago Moment burglar steals £24,000 from London celebrity restaurant as he avoids jail

Iuliu Kubola, 61, stole tens of thousands of pounds worth of fine wine and champagne from high-end London restaurants

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