4 d. ago Labour MP Tulip Siddiq says Bangladesh prison sentence is ‘Kafka

Dhaka court finds Siddiq guilty of corruptly influencing her aunt – the former prime minister Sheikh Hasina – to help her mother acquire a piece of land in suburbs of Bangladeshi capital

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5 d. ago Labour MP sentenced to two years in prison by Bangladeshi court after corruption trial

Labour MP Tulip Siddiq has been sentenced by a court in Bangladesh to two years in prison for corruption involving a government land project. Her aunt, ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, was sentenced to five years.

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5 d. ago Bangladesh court sentences UK MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in prison in absentia

Siddiq, who serves as an MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London, has denied the allegationsA court in Bangladesh has sentenced the British MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail after a judge ruled she was complicit in corrupt land deals with her aunt, the country’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina.In a ruling on Monday, a judge found Siddiq, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate, guilty of misusing her “special influence” as a British politician to coerce Hasina into giving valuable pieces of land to her mother, brother and sister. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Labour MP Tulip Siddiq sentenced to two years in prison by Bangladeshi court

Ms Siddiq’s lawyers have called the charges baseless and politically motivated.

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6 d. ago Quadruple murderer labelled 'jailhouse Karen' after prison bananas complaint

Bryan Kohberger, 31, was previously described as an 'incel serial killer' by an FBI investigator because he targeted women who bared similarities to those who 'scorned him'

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3 w. ago Bangor, Maine, swears in new City Council member who went to prison for manslaughter

A woman sworn in Monday as a city council member in Bangor, Maine, served time in prison for manslaughter

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The 61-year-old was already doing jail time when he was convicted of 13 historical sex offences against four boys

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EXCLUSIVE: The 61-year-old has issued a statement to the Manchester Evening News

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