77 m. ago James Bulger killer Jon Venables' eerie life after release and paedophilia nosedive

Jon Venables became the youngest convicted murderer in British modern history alongside Robert Thompson after the brutal killing of James Bulger – and he's been back in prison twice since

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77 m. ago James Bulger killer Jon Venables' eerie life after release and nosedive into paedophilia

Jon Venables became the youngest convicted murderer in British modern history alongside Robert Thompson after the brutal killing of James Bulger – and he's been back in prison twice since

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2 h. ago Why America needs a new antiwar movement – and how it can win | Jeremy Varon

Demonstrations against the Iraq war proved protest works. Now we must halt destruction before it more powerfully startsIn spring 2004, Gen Anthony Zinni uttered about Iraq the dreaded words in US politics: “I spent two years in Vietnam, and I’ve seen this movie before.” A year after George W Bush’s declaration of “mission accomplished” – when the war had hit its peak popularity at 74% – the invasion had descended into quagmire, marked by a raging insurgency, the Abu Ghraib torture scandal and US casualties nearing 1,000. For the first time, a majority of Americans judged the war a “mistake”. In this, they echoed what millions of Americans, predicting fiasco, had been saying since before its start.By the summer of 2005, with Iraq exploding in civil war, public support further eroded. Vietnam comparisons abounded. Running against the war, Democrats had blowout wins in the 2006 midterms. The new Congress empaneled the bipartisan Iraq study group, which concluded that the war had to end...

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2 h. ago Shamed sports icon Boris Becker's new life after prison stint and 10

German tennis legend Boris Becker is rebuilding his life in Milan after serving prison time and being deported from the UK with a 10-year ban

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3 h. ago ISIS monster Baghdadi tried to rape me while his wife held me down: Yazidi sex slave describes seven

Sipan Khalil (Ajo), now 26, was a teenager when ISIS swept through the Yazidi village of Kocho, Iraqin 2014 during what the UN later recognised as a genocide.

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3 h. ago Autistic boy suffers brain death in a makeshift school 'prison' begging for mum

An 11-year-old autistic child suffered brain death after allegedly being 'imprisoned" in his own classroom, with his heartbroken mother claiming staff 'watched and did nothing' to help as he smashed his head against the floor

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4 h. ago Boris Becker's new life with shamed tennis legend banned from UK after prison stint

Boris Becker was one of the biggest names in tennis but the German icon's legacy was derailed when he was jailed for two-and-a-half years

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13 h. ago Dad doused in unknown substance during pub fight told by doctors 'he could have died'

Adam Tickner has been left with severe PTSD following the incident at Ye Arrow in Rochester, Kent and has spoken out after his attacker was given a suspended prison sentence

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14 h. ago Australia news live: NSW dog owners face jail time for leaving pets in cars; flood warnings issued for Sydney

Under the proposals, offenders could be fined a maximum of $44,000 and sentenced to a year in prison. Follow updates liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast‘Brazen’ judge comments highlight family court failuresLegal experts have criticised the handling of abuse cases in family court, after a woman and alleged survivor of domestic abuse alleged a judge suggested she be taken to a park to “fight it out” with her former partner.The judge has evidence before them of family violence, which by definition is a pattern of violence, control and abuse of power, and yet has opted to collude with the alleged perpetrator, emboldening this person to continue his offences.The fact that these attitudes permeate the justice system does not surprise me but it is shocking how brazen (these comments) are.” Continue reading...

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21 h. ago UK prisoners being 'tortured' as infestation of 'bloodthirty creatures' feast of them

Lags at a British prison are being eaten alive as they sleep after an infestation of bed bugs hit the site. Family members have even accused staff of 'torturing' inmates

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23 h. ago UK hunger strikers facing devastating battle despite ending protest and facing trial

UK prisoners embarked on hunger strike in what one has called a "last ditch effort" to secure a fair trial - but the government insisted "it would be unconstitutional and inappropriate" for Ministers to intervene

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25 h. ago Family of girl, 3, tortured and killed in exorcism ask for case to be thrown out

Arely Naomi Proctor was killed at a church in San José after being brutally tortured for 12 hours, but now her family want the case to be dismissed, citing a newly-brought in law

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25 h. ago South London killer ‘who rapped about murdering schoolboy’ in bakery blocked from prison transfer

South London killer ‘who rapped about murdering schoolboy’ in bakery blocked from prison transfer  MyLondon

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25 h. ago Horrific injuries paedophile John Alford inflicted on victim and grim aftermath

Former Grange Hill actor, John Alford, has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison for sexually abusing two underage girls, aged 14 and 15, whilst they were at a sleepover

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27 h. ago Mum chains son up in basement for 'eating too much' while she heads to work

A mother who left her own son shackled for hours on end while she was at work is now facing prison time after pleading no contest to her shocking crimes

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28 h. ago Luxury Maldives resort with amazing diving and private pool villas over the Indian Ocean where dolphins come to play

I’M not normally one for a picnic, but when I heard we’d be enjoying it on a deserted sandbank in the Indian Ocean, I was first in the queue for the boat. A quick 15-minute thrill ride over the waves and we arrived to find a fabulous feast set out for us, beanbags for chairs,...

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28 h. ago Two men charged with theft of a van and machinery worth more than £100k

Police arrested 32 people including six people that were recalled to prison

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28 h. ago ‘Children lead mums to torture chambers’: Horror of Iran’s prisons laid bare by critic who reveals why she was ‘LUCKY’

AN IRANIAN political prisoner has come forward with a rare account of the regime's torture tactics, as the death toll from the uprising rose to levels unseen in decades. Having fled the Islamic Republic 15 years ago, N. - a mother of a little girl, who wishes to remain anonymous out of fear of persecution...

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29 h. ago 'I escaped gang who planned to sell my virginity and organs but three words saved my life'

A woman who was kidnapped as a teenager and was about to be sold for her virginity and organs has shared her brave story of escaping her tortured hell and how she fled the dangerous gang

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29 h. ago Acid thug Arthur Collins under investigation over 'prison drone drops linked to organised crime'

Arthur Collins, 33, who is serving 20 years for a nightclub acid attack that left 22 people injured in 2017, is reportedly a 'person of interest for drone activity' to prison bosses.

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