15 h. ago Harvey Weinstein clutches inhaler during desperate court hearing to move jail

Film producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison after being convicted of rape and sexual assault in 2020 but is now asking to move prisons

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15 h. ago Harvey Weinstein clutches inhaler during desperate court hearing in bid to move jail

Film producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison after being convicted of rape and sexual assault in 2020 but is now asking to move prisons

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18 h. ago 'Cold and cruel' carer splurged £17k from vulnerable people on gambling and takeaways

Cheryl Louise Pratt was sentenced to two years in prison

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20 h. ago 'Too many angry young men': Goldie says community support could have stopped his son from killing

The British artist, 59, spoke about the lost support systems - youth clubs, local schools, and shared spaces - failing a generation

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21 h. ago Goldie says son’s life sentence could’ve been prevented with community resources: 'Too many angry young men'

The British artist, 59, spoke about the lost support systems - youth clubs, local schools, and shared spaces - failing a generation

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23 h. ago The Correspondent review – Richard Roxburgh is excellent as jailed journalist Peter Greste

Based on Greste’s account of his time in an Egyptian prison, this is an important story powerfully toldGet our weekend culture and lifestyle emailLatvian-Australian journalist Peter Greste became the story when he was arrested in Cairo in 2013 on trumped-up terrorism charges with two of his Al Jazeera colleagues. In a sham trial the following year he was found guilty and sentenced to seven years in prison, ultimately spending 400 days there. It’s no spoiler to say that director Kriv Stenders’ grittily immersive film about Greste’s story has a happy ending – Greste was returned to Australia in 2015 and freed – capping off a tense and twitchy viewing experience, where the pressure valve is released only at the very last minute.Richard Roxburgh is in fine form as Greste, eschewing the slippery charisma he does so well (in TV shows such as Rake and Prosper) to depict the protagonist as a pragmatic but deep-thinking individual, navigating a crisis in which he’s close to powerless. At one...

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26 h. ago Man, 19, who was upset his girlfriend's family went on a cruise without him while he looked after their pets is jailed for sending false bomb threat to ship she was on

A Michigan man who was upset that he had to watch pets while his girlfriend's family went on a cruise was sentenced to eight months in prison for making a false bomb threat.

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28 h. ago Tommy Robinson loses appeal against sentence for contempt of court

The 42-year-old was jailed in October last year after admitting 10 breaches of an injunction barring him from repeating libellous allegations

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28 h. ago Tommy Robinson will STAY in prison after losing bid to overturn his 18

Tommy Robinson has lost a Court of Appeal challenge against his 18-month sentence for contempt of court.

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28 h. ago Tommy Robinson loses appeal bid after claiming prison is ‘making him ill’

The far-right figure, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is being held in segregation at HMP Woodhill where he is allowed four hours of social phone calls each day

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28 h. ago Tommy Robinson LOSES appeal against jail term after saying prison is 'making him ill'

Tommy Robinson was jailed last year after admitting multiple breaches of a High Court order

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42 h. ago Florida woman fakes her own death after stealing over $4 million from her employer

Madelyn Hernandez, 49, of Lee County, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for wire fraud and money laundering

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43 h. ago Russia jails four journalists for alleged links to Alexei Navalny’s movement

Court hands out sentences of over five years for extremism, accusing journalists of working for the late politician’s Anti-Corruption FoundationA Russian court has convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to five and a half years in prison each.Antonina Favorskaya, Konstantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artyom Kriger were found guilty of involvement with a group that had been labeled as extremist. All four had maintained their innocence, arguing they were being prosecuted for doing their jobs as journalists. Continue reading...

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43 h. ago Russia jails four journalists for alleged links to Alexei Navalny anti

Court hands out sentences of over five years for extremism, accusing journalists of working for the late politician’s Anti-Corruption FoundationA Russian court has convicted four journalists of extremism for working for an anti-corruption group founded by the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny and sentenced them to five and a half years in prison each.Antonina Favorskaya, Konstantin Gabov, Sergey Karelin and Artyom Kriger were found guilty of involvement with a group that had been labelled as extremist. All four had maintained their innocence, arguing they were being prosecuted for doing their jobs as journalists. Continue reading...

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46 h. ago Jury selection to begin in Harvey Weinstein’s retrial in New York

Weinstein is being retried on two charges from his original trial, which ended with a rape conviction but was later overturned The last time a New York City jury sat in judgment of Harvey Weinstein, the ex-movie studio boss was convicted of rape and sentenced to 23 years in prison.Five years later, that landmark #MeToo verdict is gone – wiped away on appeal – and Weinstein is set to go on trial again, beginning Tuesday with jury selection. Continue reading...

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50 h. ago Woman who forged paternity test certificates avoids prison sentence

Beth Fernley, 26, admitted fraud by false representation.

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3 d. ago Tommy Robinson to discover outcome of prison sentence appeal on Wednesday

The 42-year-old was jailed in October last year after admitting multiple breaches of a High Court injunction.

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3 d. ago Jeremy Vine shares biggest concern as convicted stalker Alex Belfield set for release

Former BBC Leeds host Alex Belfield was sentenced to five and a half years in prison after harassing a number of people - including fellow BBC star Jeremy Vine

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4 d. ago Musk trying to encourage me with tweet calling for new Reform UK leader – Farage

Elon Musk and Nigel Farage have clashed over the former’s support for the jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson.

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4 d. ago Society party girl, 39, who smashed Audi into three young men in horror hit and run quietly released from prison after serving less than HALF her sentence

Chloe Thynne, 39, who has family links to the aristocracy, left teenager William Pike with permanent disabilities after ramming her Audi Q5 into his Nissan Micra just after leaving a pub.

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