21 h. ago ‘The only way out for me is in a body bag’: The desperate final days of IPP prisoner Taylor Atkinson

Exclusive: After serving 13 years on a ‘hopeless, desperate, barbaric’ indefinite jail term, Taylor Atkinson ended his own life. This week an inquest concluded his IPP sentence was likely the most significant reason for his death, Amy-Clare Martin reports

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25 h. ago ‘The only way out for me is in a bodybag’: The desperate final days of IPP prisoner Taylor Atkinson

Exclusive: After serving 13 years on a ‘hopeless, desperate, barbaric’ indefinite jail term, Taylor Atkinson ended his own life. This week an inquest concluded his IPP sentence was likely the most significant reason for his death, Amy-Clare Martin reports

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6 d. ago Desperate final hours of crypto couple found wrapped in plastic and buried in concrete

Three people have been arrested after a cryptocurrency couple were horrifically found dead in a desert - investigators have revealed what the pair's final tragic moments could have been like

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1 week ago Girl, 14, gives birth at home and 'dumps dead baby in tote bag after hiding pregnancy'

A teenage girl faces murder charges after a newborn baby was found hidden in a tote bag at her home, with shocking injuries on the tiny body that point to homicide

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2 w. ago A woman’s body was found floating in a sleeping bag in San Francisco Bay. Thanks to her daughter, an arrest has been made 40 years on

Investigators credit the persistence of the victim’s daughter for keeping the case alive

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2 w. ago Gran tried to escape morgue freezer after being incorrectly declared dead

Maria de Jesus Arroyo was declared dead by medics but she was later found face down in a partially opened body bag.

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3 w. ago The fat lags? Weight loss drugs are now being smuggled into jails by drone

Weight loss drugs as well as a range of illicit and lifestyle drugs are being smuggled behind bars with drones, the chief inspector of prisons Charlie Taylor has said.

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