7 h. ago He became a hated man as a judge jailed him for 32 years. But the court didn't know one thing

It took Brian Buckle five years and cost him £500,000 before he was able to clear his name

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8 d. ago Republican Texas is a surprising model for solving the UK’s prison crisis – but it just might work | Gaby Hinsliff

Jails in England and Wales are in overcrowded meltdown, but justice secretary Shabana Mahmood has a rare chance to flip the script. She shouldWhat should become of the two idiots who took a chainsaw to the beloved Sycamore Gap tree? Obviously it was thuggish, a pointless desecration of something that gave countless people joy, judging by the outpouring of unexpectedly deep emotion that followed. Landscapes work their way into the soul. But so does the thought of two children whose father is about to be jailed for what the judge warned would be a “lengthy period”. Though a line obviously has to be drawn, is this really the best way we can think of to punish a heartless act that nonetheless posed no danger to human life?Now is the perfect time to wrestle with questions such as this, about whom we send to prison and why, and whether doing it differently would lead to a more humane but more effective prison system and ultimately cut crime. For this government is – shock, horror – finall...

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9 d. ago Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner convicted of insulting jail staff after ranting at guards

Christian Brueckner has been convicted of insulting prison guards - the 48-year-old paedophile was hauled before judges in Germany after branding jail staff “a laughing stock”.

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1 week ago Mum reads poem to judge as she's sent to jail following arrest at Betfred

Michaela Parsons swallowed 14 wraps of drugs inside the bookies

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1 week ago I spent months investigating the 'Beast of Birkenhead' and combing over all the evidence. This is the truth behind Britain's worst ever miscarriage of justice

That Friday night had been a busy one at The Wellington in Bebington and part-time barmaid Diane Sindall was glad to be heading home.

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1 week ago Afghan gangster who trafficked children into the UK to be raped and blackmailed will be extradited to Belgium to serve 10 year jail sentence

Saifur Ahmedzai, 23, along with Ziarmal Khan, 24, and Zeeshan Bangash, 20, were arrested by last December after a Belgian judge jailed them in their absence.

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2 w. ago Blake Lively is criticised for impersonating a black woman in SNL skit three years before slave plantation wedding to Ryan Reynolds

The actress, 37, and her husband Ryan Reynolds are currently embroiled in a lawsuit with her It Ends With Us co-star and director Justin Baldoni after accusing him of sexual harassment.

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3 w. ago UN judge is jailed for six years after being convicted of forcing a young woman to work as a slave

Lydia Mugambe, 50, was found to have taken 'advantage of her status' over a Ugandan woman in the 'most egregious way', while she studied for a PhD in law at Oxford university .

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3 w. ago UN judge who kept young woman as slave while studying at Oxford learns her fate

Lydia Mugambe, who is also a High Court judge in Uganda, told police she had "immunity" when she was arrested for forcing her victim to work unpaid as a maid and nanny

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3 w. ago UN judge jailed for more than six years for forcing woman to work as slave

Lydia Mugambe, 50, was found to have taken ‘advantage of her status’ over the Ugandan woman in the ‘most egregious way’.

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3 w. ago UN judge to be sentenced after being convicted of forcing woman to work as slave

Lydia Mugambe was found to have exploited her position over the Ugandan woman after a trial.

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