74 m. ago Predatory former football coach jailed for vile sex crimes against children

William Woods, now 67, began abusing his young victims from the 1970s

Events

7 h. ago Scots pastor who carried out catalogue of abuse against woman and eight children is jailed

Reverend James Haram traumatised his victims, including eight children, over a 23-year period.

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7 h. ago Livestreaming paedo who confessed to grooming more than 10 children dodges jail

David Smith was filmed by vigilante paedophile hunters revealing he was a serial child sex pest after being caught during several sting operations.

Society

4 d. ago Malqueridas review – blurry phone footage takes us inside Chile’s prisons with incarcerated mothers

Video shot by inmates opens the doors on the often painful realities of having children in the country’s jailsThis documentary about motherhood in Chile’s prison system is edited down from 4,000 photos and nearly 2,000 videos shot entirely on mobile phones by inmates of the country’s largest women’s jail. Phones are banned, so the images are often fuzzy and blurred, clips ending abruptly – sometimes with a hiss of “Hide the phone!” or “The guard is coming!”. At times, it can be hard to make sense of what is happening on screen. The voiceover is spoken by Karina Sánchez, who spent more than six years in prison, and she also voices the experiences of other incarcerated women. It’s not immediately clear she is telling multiple stories, however, so the voiceover becomes mildly disorientating.It’s estimated that 95% of women in Chile’s prisons are mothers, and their children can stay with them in jail until they turn two years old. A woman describes staying awake all night the night befo...

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3 w. ago Children of elderly UK couple jailed by Taliban make urgent plea for release before they ‘die in custody’

UN to make statement calling for immediate release of Barbie and Peter Reynolds

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4 w. ago 'Loving mother' who used her children to smuggle £14.4m of cocaine into UK with luggage trick is jailed for 13 years

Farzana Kauser, 54, worked with an unidentified accomplice in Pakistan known as 'Uncle' to mastermind bringing 180kg of the Class A drug from Cancun, Mexico, to Birmingham Airport.

Economics