3 d. ago Dani Alves CLEARED of raping woman in nightclub after appealing guilty verdict

Dani Alves was handed a four and half year prison sentence in February last year after three judges convicted him of the sex attack following a three-day trial - but he has now been cleared

Politics

3 d. ago Criminals handed longer sentences 'will be let out of prison early to make room in jails'

Shabana Mahmood's remarks open up the prospect of offenders handed long jail terms getting less jail time as part of a sentencing review launched by Labour.

Events

5 d. ago Joey Barton's sexist comments in full after being convicted of assaulting his wife

Barton was handed a 12-week suspended prison sentence after kicking his wife Georgia in the head in 2021.

Events

5 d. ago Joey Barton given suspended jail sentence after being found guilty of kicking wife in head

Joey Barton has been handed a suspended prison sentence at Westminster Magistrates' Court after being found guilty of assaulting his wife at their family home in June 2021

Events

5 d. ago Seven year prison sentence handed to man behind 'serious assault' in Ayrshire

Kristoffer McDowall, 22, received the sentence after assaulting a 20-year-old man in the Eglinton Road area of Ardrossan in August 2022.

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7 d. ago Woman dies visiting her quadruple murderer husband in prison after being 'strangled'

A woman was strangled to death while visiting her husband in prison – who had previously been convicted for four murders in the 90s and handed a life sentence in prison

Events

1 week ago Moment Pakistani student, 31, prowls the streets for victims before raping two women just hours apart

Haider Ali, 31, raped the women just eight months after arriving from Pakistan on a student visa and has been handed a ten year prison sentence at Teesside Crown Court.

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2 w. ago Tories announce policy to deport all foreign nationals with criminal convictions

Policy would apply to those seeking asylum as well as anyone who had been charged with or convicted of immigration offencesAll foreign nationals in the UK who receive a criminal conviction would be deported under a new Conservative party policy. The Tory plan would introduce an amendment to the government’s borders bill that would remove the current threshold, in which foreign criminals are only removed after being handed a prison sentence of one year.The party hopes this amendment, which would need support from Labour MPs, would also make it easier for the government to deport foreign offenders by ending exceptions that had been granted by the European court of human rights. Continue reading...

Events

3 w. ago Ayrshire assault: Police Scotland launch investigation as two teenagers and a man found with serious injuries

"Officers are following a positive line of inquiry.”

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3 w. ago BBC gives 'frustrating' update on Huw Edwards and Gregg Wallace

Last year, Edwards was handed a six-month suspended prison sentence

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