38 h. ago ‘I never realised something wasn’t right’: Carlo Ancelotti denies €1m tax fraud

Manager accused of failing to pay tax due on image rightsItalian claims salary arrangement seemed ‘quite normal’The Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti, who is on trial for allegedly defrauding Spain’s tax office of more than €1m in undeclared earnings from image rights, has told a court he believed his financial affairs were in order and “never thought a fraud could have been committed”.Prosecutors allege the 65-year-old former Chelsea and Everton manager used shell companies outside Spain to conceal “the real beneficiary of the income from the exploitation of his image rights” in 2014 and 2015. They are seeking a jail term of four years and nine months and a fine of €3.2m. Continue reading...

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56 h. ago Trail hunting a ‘smokescreen’ for illegal fox hunts, MP says in jail terms plea

Labour MP Perran Moon called for a ban on trail hunting, which he warned was being used as a ‘smokescreen’ for illegal fox hunting.

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58 h. ago What is Marine Le Pen guilty of in National Rally embezzlement case?

The far-right leader has been banned from running for office for five years after an EU parliament fake jobs scamAfter a nine-week trial, the French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was this week found guilty of the embezzlement of European parliamentary funds through a fake jobs scam of an unprecedented scale and duration. She was banned from running for office for five years with immediate effect, which could prevent her making a fourth bid for the French presidency in 2027.She has said she will appeal against the verdict and sentence, which also included a four-year prison term – with two years suspended and two to be served outside jail with an electronic bracelet – and €100,000 (£84,000) fine. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Hot tub sex pest spared prison for sex assaults on three women at hotel

Zia Khan claimed the teenager and two women made up the claims they were sexually assaulted by him at the Village Hotel in Attenborough. He was convicted and given a suspended jail term

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67 h. ago Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti to stand trial accused of €1m tax fraud

Charged with not declaring earnings from image rightsItalian ‘not worried’ and has ‘total confidence in justice’The Real Madrid coach, Carlo Ancelotti, will appear in court on Wednesday to stand trial on charges of defrauding Spain’s tax office of more than €1m (£836,857) in undeclared earnings from image rights in 2014 and 2015.Prosecutors, who are seeking a jail term of four years and nine months, allege that the 65-year-old former Chelsea and Everton manager used shell companies outside Spain to create “opacity vis-a-vis the Spanish treasury concealing the real beneficiary of the income from the exploitation of his image rights”. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Fury as court bans Marine Le Pen from presidential run and hits her with four

Le Pen, 56, was handed a five-year ban from holding public office after being convicted of embezzlement by a court in France today.

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7 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.

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7 d. ago Killers could serve shorter jail terms for good behaviour in radical overhaul of sentencing, justice minister signals

Shabana Mahmood warned ‘short sentence reform on its own isn’t going to be enough’ to ease the overcrowding crisis as she opened a new 1,500-cell prison

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7 d. ago Environmental campaign group Just Stop Oil announces end to direct action

The group has drawn attention, criticism and jail terms for protests ranging from defacing artworks and heritage to invading motorways.

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8 d. ago Warning illegal immigrants could remain in the UK indefinitely under weaker punishments plan that risks 'blowing hole' in border controls

The Sentencing Council - already embroiled in a political storm over its 'two-tier justice' measures - plans to slash the maximum jail terms for a range of immigration crimes

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8 d. ago Willie Kirk struggling for ‘second chance’ in women’s football after relationship with player: ‘Feels like a jail term’

The former Leicester City Women boss was dismissed last year after breaking code of conduct rules

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9 d. ago Minister admits indefinite IPP jail terms are ‘terrible stain’ on justice system – but will not resentence prisoners

Prisons minister Lord Timpson has admitted indefinite jail terms are a “terrible stain” on our justice system.

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1 week ago Model makes sickening animal sex admission after being charged with 92 offences

Sick model Cody Asplet was charged with 92 sick offences said to have been carried out between 2022 and 2024 and faces a lengthy jail term after admitting six of them in a deal with prosecutors

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2 w. ago ‘Scandal hidden in plain sight’: Death toll of abolished jail term climbs to 94 after fresh wave of self

Exclusive: The total number of total number of self-inflicted deaths of those trapped under abolished IPP jail terms to 94, according to campaigners, as the government resists calls to resentence inmates

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3 w. ago Kyle Clifford's chilling talk with convicted killer brother in prison before murders

The crossbow killers spoke about weapons with his brother Bradley, who is serving a life jail term

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3 w. ago Fox hunt probe after huntsman 'punched animal rights activist in face'

EXCLUSIVE: Man, 64, charged after confrontation between Dumfriesshire and Stewartry Foxhounds and hunt saboteurs on Saturday.

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3 w. ago Conservatives push legal changes to allow all foreign criminals to be removed from the UK

The proposals would eradicate a threshold, currently set out in the law, which says foreign offenders handed a 12-month jail term or more should face removal.

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3 w. ago Just Stop Oil activists who plotted M25 protest chaos win bid to cut record

Judges agreed to cut the jail terms for the M25 protest plotters

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4 w. ago Killer who carried out barbaric 'horror film' torture on drug dealer loses jail term appeal

Thomas Campbell, 38, was left for dead in his hallway after being tied up, stabbed and beaten for two hours by a gang who ransacked his home in search of valuables, cash or drugs

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