9 h. ago Why the end of a prison sentence can be a most dangerous time

A new national service called Upside is helping former prison inmates re-enter society, which can be a daunting time for many

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15 h. ago Husband who murdered estranged wife could be FREED despite never revealing where her body is buried

A KILLER who has refused to reveal the location of the body of his murdered wife could be released from prison in weeks. Glyn Razzell is serving a life sentence for the killing of his estranged wife, Linda, who vanished on her way to work in Swindon in 2002. Razzell, now 64, was convicted of...

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4 d. ago Former FTX crypto executive Caroline Ellison released from federal custody

Ellison testified against Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX’s founder and her ex-partner who was sentenced to 25 years in prisonThe Disgraced former cryptocurrency executive Caroline Ellison has been released from federal custody after serving about 14 months for her involvement in the multibillion-dollar FTX fraud scandal. Ellison was previously head of FTX’s associated trading arm and the on-again, off-again romantic partner of the crypto exchange’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried.Ellison, 31, was sentenced to 24 months in prison in 2024 after pleading guilty to seven charges, including wire fraud and money laundering. She featured prominently as a witness for the prosecution of Bankman-Fried, testifying that her former paramour directed her to commit crimes. Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Sick offender caught with images of people having sex with dog and horse

Nathan Trewern has been sentenced to a suspended prison sentence

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4 d. ago Mum smuggled drugs and SIM cards into prison after ex 'threatened' her family

Margaret Farrell narrowly avoided a prison sentence

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5 d. ago Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes asks Trump to commute prison sentence

US justice department’s website shows the disgraced former CEO petitioned Donald Trump over fraud convictionTheranos founder Elizabeth Holmes has asked Donald Trump to commute her sentence after she was convicted of defrauding investors in her now-defunct blood-testing startup that was once valued at $9bn, a notice on the US Department of Justice website showed.The justice department’s office of the pardon attorney lists the status of her commutation request, which was made last year, as pending. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes asks President Trump to commute her sentence

A 41-year-old mother of two small children, Holmes began serving her 11-year sentence in May 2023 at a federal prison in Texas

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5 d. ago Disgraced DEA agent who used his badge to protect drug trafficker friends gets 5 years in prison

The punishment was significantly less than the sentence prosecutors sought

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5 d. ago Mum who kept woman as slave for 25 years has 3 words for victim outside court

Amanda Wixon, who now faces a lengthy prison sentence, kept a woman with learning difficulties captive for 25 years, regularly beating her in horrifying conditions

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5 d. ago Royal Ascot and Cheltenham bookie given suspended sentence for child sex offences

Jonathan Goss, 51, who worked for over 15 years in the betting industry, admitted a number of sexual offences against children before given a suspended prison sentence when he appeared in court

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5 d. ago ‘A grenade under her pillow?’: the Filipino journalist jailed for six years without trial

The arrest of Frenchie Mae Cumpio has been described as a ‘travesty of justice’. On Thursday a court will deliver its verdict, potentially sentencing her to 40 years in prison for alleged terrorismFor weeks before the police came for her, Frenchie Mae Cumpio had noticed odd incidents. The Filipino journalist – just 21 years old but already hosting a radio show and working as executive director of a local news website – told colleagues that a stranger had begun turning up and asking after her at the boarding house where she lived. She was sent a bouquet of flowers designed for a grave. She reported that two men had been following her on a motorcycle.Cumpio believed it was deliberate intimidation. She had recently published a series of reports after visiting poor rural farmers who said they were being harassed by army units in the region. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Shinzo Abe’s killer sentenced to life in prison over shooting of Japanese former PM

Abe was killed in 2022 while campaigning in the western city of NaraA Japanese court has sentenced a man who admitted assassinating the former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment on Wednesday, according to NHK public television.Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, earlier pleaded guilty to killing Abe in July 2022 during his election campaign speech in the western city of Nara. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Daughter jailed for extraordinary act of revenge shares defiant eight

Eleanor Brown, who posted indecent images of her father’s mistress on a sex-for-sale website, has been released from prison after serving just half of her sentence

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6 d. ago Convicted murderer used illicit iPhone to message prison officer at HMP Deerbolt

Mitchell Ingham, 25, was jailed for life in 2016 for murder and received an additional nine-month sentence for using an illicit iPhone to contact a prison officer while serving his sentence at HMP Deerbolt in County Durham

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6 d. ago The lovestruck killer and the prison officer he called 'babe'

Convicted killer Mitchell Ingham used an iPhone to message a prison officer and family while serving his life sentence

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6 d. ago Young dad arrested at Manchester Airport on return from Ukraine frontline avoids prison sentence

Cameron Macfarlane, 25, was handed a 12-month community order after officers detained him at Manchester Airport

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7 d. ago American sentenced to 5 years in Russia prison after rifle found on his yacht at Black Sea resort

Zimmerman argued that he had purchased the firearm for self-defence

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9 d. 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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9 d. 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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9 d. 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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