4 h. ago Bangladesh tribunal sentences Hasina to jail for contempt over a claim she had a license to kill

A tribunal has sentenced Bangladesh’s former leader Sheikh Hasina to six months in jail after she was found in contempt of court for allegedly claiming she had a license to kill at least 227 people

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16 h. ago Surrey engineer jailed for 15 months for ‘vile’ post after Southport murders

Joseph Haythorne from Ashford made comment on X as violence was breaking out at asylum hotel near Rotherham An engineer who posted “burn any hotels with those scruffy bastards in it” online as violence erupted outside a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for 15 months.Joseph Haythorne, 26, from Ashford in Surrey, posted the comment on X, formerly known as Twitter, at lunchtime on 4 August last year, just as violence was breaking out near Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Man jailed for 15 months after ‘burn hotels’ social media post during riots

Joseph Haythorne posted the comment in August 2024 just as violence erupted outside a hotel housing asylum seekers in South Yorkshire.

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42 h. ago Prolific teenage criminal, 18, who tried to steal Bridgerton star's phone during 'ruthless' thieving spree after mugging Aled Jones for his Rolex is jailed for just 22 months

Zacariah Boulares, 18, snuck up behind actress Genevieve Chenneour, 27, and grabbed her iPhone 14 in the upmarket coffee shop on Kensington High Street, west London.

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51 h. ago Prison officer jailed after she's caught putting items in her bra for prisoners

Barbara Peters was jailed for 10 months

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3 d. ago Kids with rotten teeth and infected wounds living in house of horrors with faeces on the walls

The mother - who can't be named for the children's privacy - was given a 20-month jail sentence suspended for 18 months and ordered to complete a course of rehabilitation at Swansea Crown Court

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6 d. ago Ecuador reveals how notorious gang leader 'Fito' hid in his hometown for 18 months after jailbreak

Ever since Ecuador’s most notorious gang leader vanished from his prison cell in January 2024, the mystery of his whereabouts has been the buzz of the nation

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8 d. ago Lucy Connolly jailed for race hate tweet is being ‘mistreated’ in prison, Reform’s Richard Tice claims

Tory Councillor’s wife was jailed last year for 31 months for inciting racial hatred in the wake of the Southport murders - a sentence that has been criticised as harsh

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8 d. ago Assault outside pub left victim with a fractured skull and bleeding to his brain

The attacker has avoided jail and has been given a six-month electronic tagging order.

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8 d. ago Georgia jails top opposition figures as authorities ramp up crackdown

Georgia has jailed four key opposition figures within days as part of a monthslong crackdown on dissent that followed a disputed election last October

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8 d. ago Public’s ‘gut instinct’ should count in reviewing criminal cases, says Tice

It comes after Lucy Connolly, the wife of Conservative councillor Ray Connolly, was jailed last year for 31 months for inciting racial hatred.

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9 d. ago Domestic abuse thug who said he was like killer Raoul Moat to terrify his partner is jailed for two years and four months

Eric Drinkald, 41, (pictured) and the woman split after he hit her with a hoover attachment, curtain pole and his fists before he then bombarded her with calls and texts during a campaign of stalking.

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1 week ago SPFL chief insists Scots football yobs must feel 'full force of the law' after Sinisalo perpetrator served justice

Andrew Watt was jailed for eight months and banned from grounds for six-and-a-half years on Friday for launching a Buckfast bottle at Celtic goalkeeper Viljami Simisalo last month

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1 week ago Evil GP Thomas Kwan who dressed as nurse to kill mum's partner cut off by family

Once-respected GP Thomas Kwan was jailed for 31 years and five months in November after admitting attempted murder, he is unable to apply for parole for 20 years.

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1 week ago Mahmoud Khalil gets incredible news three months after ICE threw Columbia activist in jail

Mahmoud Khalil was given great news on Friday, three months after the former Columbia student turned activist was taken into ICE custody.

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1 week ago Judge orders Columbia University student activist Mahmoud Khalil released after more than three months in ICE jail

The case is at the center of the Trump administration’s attempts to combat dissent against Israel’s war on Gaza on campuses

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2 w. ago Paedo sent intimate photo of himself to undercover cop pretending to be 13

Barry Stevenson, 28, was jailed for 15 months at Airdrie Sheriff Court and told he will be under supervision for two years when he is released.

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2 w. ago Chelsee Healey supports dad of baby daughter as he faces jail for drug

Hollyoaks actress Chelsee Healey watched from the public gallery at Manchester Crown Court as the father of her 15-month-old daughter, Eddie Raindford, faced jail

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2 w. ago Major update on Southport killer Axel Rudakubana investigation from police

Axel Rudakubana was sentenced to a minimum of 52 years in prison for the murder of three girls in Southport in July 2024

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2 w. ago Major update as police release new info in Axel Rudakubana investigation

Merseyside Police has now released a new statement on the investigation into the Southport murders, following the sentencing of Axel Rudakubana earlier this year

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