25 h. ago Men who filmed woman having sex without her consent told to 'hang their heads in shame'

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Nathan Howard, Jason Lewis and Jack Thompson admitted a single charge of voyeurism dating back to June 2022 and were sentenced at Belfast Crown Court

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69 h. ago Trump's White House breaks silence over P Diddy presidential pardon allegations

Sean 'P Diddy' Combs was sentenced to four years and two months in prison on 3 October 2025 after being found guilty on two counts of transportation for prostitution

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3 d. ago Man who fled to Scotland to avoid US rape charges jailed for at least five years

Nicholas Rossi will return to court next month, when he will be sentenced for a second rape conviction.

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3 d. ago Man who fled US to avoid rape charges jailed for at least five years

He will return to court next month, when he will be sentenced for a second rape conviction, having been found guilty in September.

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4 d. ago Nicolas Sarkozy to enter prison for criminal conspiracy over Libyan funding

Former French president set to start five-year sentence for scheme to obtain campaign funds from Muammar Gaddafi’s regimeThe former French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, will go to prison on Tuesday after a court sentenced him to five years for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.Sarkozy, who was the rightwing president of France between 2007 and 2012, will become the first former head of an EU country to serve time in prison, and the first French postwar leader to be jailed. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago TikTok killer who murdered mother's toyboy lover in 100mph crash should have sentence reduced, court hears

Mahek Bukhari was jailed for a minimum of 31 years in September 2023 after she recruited 'followers' to 'jump' Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin before their deaths in February 2022.

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6 d. ago TikTok influencer’s double murder sentence ‘wholly disproportionate’, court told

Mahek Bukhari was jailed for a minimum of 31 years in September 2023 for her role in the murders of Saqib Hussain and Mohammed Hashim Ijazuddin.

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6 d. ago US woman described by judge as ‘incorrigible fraudster’ sentenced in Co Down

Marianne Smyth was sentenced at Downpatrick Crown Court after being found guilty of theft and fraud in September.

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7 d. ago Man who tried to make gun parts with a 3D printer is found guilty of terrorism offences

Polish national Robert Adamski, 29, will be sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on November 28

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7 d. ago Man who led police on pursuit through Bristol jailed for 16 months

Avon and Somerset Police said Bryan Smith admitted driving offences and was sentenced at Bristol Crown Court.

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8 d. ago 'I'm taking the bike, I can do it nice or nastily': Moment pair of bike thieves who trawled Facebook Marketplace for targets launch vicious attack on victim

Bilal Jama, 18, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison, while Michael Ogbeide-John, also 18,  received a four-year sentence at Manchester Crown Court yesterday.

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9 d. ago 'My girl was killed in most brutal way – we've been let down by the system yet again'

Linda Westcarr today lashed out after learning the Attorney General would not be referring Gogoa Tape's sentence to the Court of Appeal after he killed Kennedi Westcarr-Sabaroche

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9 d. ago Corrupt Police Scotland cop jailed after using force database to access personal records

Steven Charletta, 60, was sentenced to two years behind bars at Falkirk Sheriff Court.

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9 d. ago Afghan Channel migrant who threatened to kill Nigel Farage on TikTok jailed

Fayaz Khan, pictured with an AK47 tattoo on his cheek, faces being deported after he was convicted of making threats to kill Nigel Farage on TikTok. He was sentenced at court today.

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1 week ago Former Premier League referee David Coote admits making indecent image of a child

He will return to court to be sentenced

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1 week ago Migrant who threatened to kill Nigel Farage gave police false name, court told

Fayaz Khan is due to be sentenced at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday.

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1 week ago Man, 28, who raped women he met on Tinder and Snapchat after inviting them to his house is jailed

The 28-year-old was sentenced in the Bristol Crown Court last Wednesday to two charges of rape and one charge of sexual assault.

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1 week ago The Guardian view on the online scam industry: authorities must not forget that perpetrators are often victims too | Editorial

A lucrative sector is spreading fast as criminal enterprises force abused and trafficked workers to cheat othersA Chinese court last month sentenced 11 people to death over their roles in a illegal scam empire along the border with Myanmar. But it won’t end a noxious multibillion-dollar industry that devastates the lives of two sets of victims. The first are those cheated out of money, often by people posing as potential romantic or business partners in what are known as “pig‑butchering” schemes. The second are those who are forced to cheat them, working in conditions amounting to modern slavery.The recent study, Scam: Inside Southeast Asia’s Cybercrime Compounds, by Ivan Franceschini, Ling Li and Mark Bo, paints a terrifying picture of the sector. Workers are trafficked into heavily guarded, prison-like compounds, where they are routinely abused and tortured for failing to meet targets, or extorted for ransoms. Others take the jobs willingly, but find that they cannot repay ru...

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1 week ago Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy ordered to go to jail next week

Sarkozy must go to La Santé prison in Paris after conviction over scheme to obtain election funds from Gaddafi regimeThe former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been ordered to go to jail in Paris next week after a court last month sentenced him to five months in prison for criminal conspiracy over a scheme to obtain election campaign funds from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.Sarkozy, who was the rightwing president of France between 2007 and 2012, was summoned to meet state prosecutors on Monday. They told him he must present himself at the entrance of La Santé prison in the south of Paris on 21 October to begin his sentence. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Radio legend David ‘Diddy’ Hamilton can’t sell D1DDY number plate because of Sean Combs

David Hamilton has dominated British airwaves for decades, but recently admitted he can no longer sell his personalised registration plate due to the P Diddy scandal

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