4 h. ago French court to rule in Marine Le Pen embezzlement case – Europe live

Prosecutors seeking a fine of €300k, a prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office, which would stop far-right leader’s presidential runThe 2027 French presidential election may be two years out, but its first act will play out in a Paris court this morning, as judges hand down a verdict on charges the far-right leader Marine Le Pen and party officials embezzled money from the European parliament.Prosecutors asked for a €300,000 (£250,000) fine, a prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office. Crucially, it would apply immediately, even if she appeals against it. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago 'Sadistic' former prison officer used dating app to meet seven women and rape them

Mark Scott, 40, has just been given more jail time after another victim came forward

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42 h. ago HMP Wandsworth sex prison officer's wild plans with lover when he got out

Prison guard Linda De Sousa Abreu had big plans for her future with the inmate in HMP Wandsworth and told psychiatrists she was 'in love' with the convicted burglar

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58 h. ago Bournemouth beach murderer touched himself as he asked prison officer how famous he was

Nasen Saadi, 21, has been jailed for a minimum of 39 years for the murder of Amie Gray and the attempted murder of Leanne Miles on Bournemouth beach in July this year

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60 h. ago Bournemouth beach killer touched himself while asking prison officer how famous he was

Nasen Saadi has been jailed for life the a minimum of 39 years for the brutal murder of Amie Gray and the attempted murder of Leanne Miles on Bournemouth beach

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68 h. ago 'Flirty' prison officer and inmate exposed as burned love letters found by cops

Niamh Lloyd began working at the category B jail when she was just 19, but her supervisors noticed she was 'displaying flirtatious behaviour', particularly towards career criminal Lee Makin

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69 h. ago ‘Dangerous’ inmate locked up indefinitely for attempting to kill prison officers

Aklakar Rahman, 38, repeatedly made attempts to wound or kill prison officers, the Old Bailey has heard.

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3 d. ago Female prison officer, 22, told inmate lover she was with him for 'the thrill'

Niamh Lloyd, 22, met the career criminal, Lee Makin, while working as a prison officer at Forest Bank jail in Salford, Greater Manchester.

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3 d. ago Former Australian police officer avoids prison after killing 95

A former Australian police officer has avoided a prison term for killing a 95-year-old nursing home resident with a stun gun

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3 d. ago Prison officer's affair with lag unravelled after police scour burned love letters

Supervisors of prison officer Niamh Lloyd raised concerns about her behaviour whilst she was working in the prison, uncovering a letter which wrote of her sordid affair with an inmate.

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4 d. ago Trump administration official visits El Salvador prison where deported Venezuelans are held

US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem visited the Terrorist Confinement Center in Tecoluca

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4 d. ago Female prison officer, 22, is jailed after fling with 'empathetic' career criminal

Niamh Lloyd, who was employed at Forest Bank Jail in Salford, met Lee Makin, 40, a notorious burglar serving a six-year sentence, during her time at the facility.

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4 d. ago Police investigate alleged assault understood to involve multiple Parc prison officers and inmate

An inmate at the troubled jail is understood to allegedly have been assaulted by multiple officers at HMP Parc. Police investigations are said to be continuing

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4 d. ago 'The thrill': Cocky prison officer's loved up emails to inmate 'Big Lee' before illicit affair exposed

Niamh Lloyd 'became much too close' to Lee Makin

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6 d. ago ‘Sadistic’ double murderer who tortured French students sues jail bosses over broken Xbox

Nigel Farmer was jailed after two French PhD students were stabbed hundreds of times in a ‘horrific’ attack - but has whiled away his sentence playing video games

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6 d. ago ‘Sadistic’ double murderer who tortured French students sues MOJ after prison officers broke his Xbox

Nigel Farmer was jailed after two French PhD students were stabbed hundreds of times in a ‘horrific’ attack - but has whiled away his sentence playing video games

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7 d. ago Scots prison officer suspended over claims he starred in 'hardcore trans porn'

Managers at Polmont, near Stirling, are now studying the pictures to see if he was in the video.

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7 d. ago Killer who tortured two students and stabbed them 244 times demands £10k in human rights compensation after claiming he suffered 'mental trauma' when jail staff broke his Xbox

Nigel Farmer, 49, killed two French students after stabbing them 244 times in an 'orgy of bloodletting' in 2008.

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8 d. ago Trans killer's jail rammy leaves female prison officer injured in women's wing

Paris Green, who is serving life for murder, was initially charged with assaulting the victim by forcibly pushing a door in August 2023.

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1 week ago My life as a prison officer: ‘It wasn’t just the smell that hit you. It was the noise’ – podcast

I saw first hand how prisons are having to use segregation units for acutely mentally ill inmates who should not be in prison at allWritten and read by Alex South Continue reading...

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