12 h. ago Louisiana jail sees a murder suspect scale the fence and escape

Tra’Von Johnson, 19, was arrested for a 2022 home invasion that left a father dead and his child injured

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43 h. ago Family of Sarah Everard murdered by police officer slams major jail change plans

The parents of Sarah Everard, who was was abducted, raped and murdered in 2021, are among bereaved families to criticise plans to let prisoners out of jail earlier for good behaviour

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49 h. ago Scissor killer seeks ban on biological males in women's jails

Jayney Sutherley was acquitted of transphobic abuse of trans murderer Alex Baker - who is still being held in women's jail despite being biologically male

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3 d. ago Boris Johnson warns that Starmer's Britain is 'turning into a police state' after mother who tweeted about Southport murders fails in her bid to have lengthy jail term slashed

Lucy Connolly posted a vile message about migrants - but supporters point out that criminals found guilty of far more serious offences have been handed substantially shorter sentences.

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3 d. ago Woman jailed for 12 years for murder of abusive partner while he slept

Julie Ann McIlwaine stabbed James Joseph Crossley 10 times in the chest and abdomen.

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4 d. ago Drunk thug who broke every bone in pensioner's face because he was upset girlfriend dumped him is jailed for 15 years for murder

Thug Jake Saunders, 19, has been jailed for life for the murder of 75-year-old Anthony Jacobs in Weymouth, Dorset, in a savage street attack.

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4 d. ago Scissor killer cleared over trans prison row after court hears of murderers' jail shower sex

Killer hairdresser Jayney Sutherley was cleared of a four-year transphobic abuse campaign.

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4 d. ago Jake Saunders who murdered OAP after breaking every bone in face jailed for life

Beloved grandad Anthony Jacob was beaten simply for asking Jake Saunders not to damage a stranger's car - he had every bone in his face broken by the 19-year-old during the assault in Weymouth

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4 d. ago Murderer who stabbed her partner to death in 'drunken temper' jailed for life

Joanna Wronska, 51, murdered Marcin Koziol in a 'cruel and unnecessary' attack at their Wrexham home

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4 d. ago Seagull 'mass murderer' jailed after mowing down 25 birds with his car

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: A man has been jailed after he appeared to go into a 'daze' and murder several seagulls with his car while on holiday, leaving bodies in a trail behind him

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6 d. ago Bella May Culley faces jail time with sledgehammer murderer who choked own son to death

Bella May Culley, 18, is being held at Women's Prison No.5 which holds murderer Magda Papidze who struck her husband with a sledgehammer while he slept and strangled her five-year-old son

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7 d. ago Police warning as 11 prisoners including murderers escape US jail and leave taunts to guards

One of the escapees, 20 year old Kendall Myles, was apprehended in New Orleans today. The other 10 remain at large. Members of the public are being advised not to approach them.

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7 d. ago Son of man jailed over botched plot to murder £54m Securitas robber faces extradition to Japan over £680k jewellery store heist in Tokyo

Ex-football prodigy Kaine Wright, 27, and Joe Chappell, 37, allegedly took 46 items from the Harry Winston Omotesando Hills Salon of Jewellery in the Shibuya district of Tokyo in 2015.

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7 d. ago Salman Rushdie attacker sentenced to 25 years for attempted murder

Attacker who left Salman Rushdie blind in one eye has been jailed for 25 years for attempted murder

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7 d. ago Teenager jailed for murdering boy, 16, after 'petty' row over £180 moped in west London

The 17-year-old was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday

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7 d. ago Shakeil Thibou: Man jailed for murder of Cher Maximen in front of daughter at Notting Hill Carnival

A judge said the ‘brazen’ attack had been carried out in broad daylight in front of families

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7 d. ago Notting Hill Carnival: Man jailed for murder of Cher Maximen

Notting Hill Carnival: Man jailed for murder of Cher Maximen  BBC

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8 d. ago The innocent man wrongly locked up for murder for 38 YEARS who was cruelly denied parole...after he refused to say he was guilty of a crime he did not commit

Peter Sullivan spent 38 years in jail for a murder he didn't commit but the Parole Board turned him down for release just three months ago after he said he 'maintains his innocence'

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8 d. ago Dad jailed for murdering teen daughter in kitchen 'play fight' learns fate over sentence

Simon Vickers, 50 gave different accounts of what happened in the seconds before he stabbed a kitchen knife 11cm into his daughter, Scarlett's lung and heart at their home in Darlington

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8 d. ago Burglar, 27, who murdered pensioner in his own home two days after release from prison in drug

Burglar Owen Blades, 27, has been jailed for life at Lincoln Crown Court for the murder of John Connolly, 69, in his own home just two days after his release from prison,

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