7 h. ago Serial killer Joanne Dennehy's sick rule before carrying out horrifying murders

Joanne Dennehy was sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murders of three men in 2013, and told friends the disturbing reasons behind her killing spree

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14 h. ago Rapper Wiz Khalifa sentenced to jail in Romania for drug possession after 'lighting up at festival'

Wiz Khalifa has been sentence to nine months in prison after he was said to have lit a joint while dancing to The Next Episode, with the US musician expected to appeal

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14 h. ago Bizarre demand prisoner made in court after conviction for weapons in his cell

Richard Mullen, known as 'Superned', was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of having homemade weapons in his cell in Addiewell Prison

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18 h. ago Wiz Khalifa sentenced to prison in Romania for drug possession

American rapper Wiz Khalifa could face prison time in Romania after being told he faces a potential nine months behind bars for drug possession

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19 h. ago Outcry over 'paltry' five year prison term for thug who killed father who accused him of jumping Sainsbury's queue as Tories accuse Labour of 'soft sentencing'

Demiesh Williams, 30, beat Andrew Clark to death following an argument over queue jumping at a supermarket in Beckenham, south-east London

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19 h. ago Rapper Wiz Khalifa sentenced in Romania on drug possession charges

Prosecutors said he was found in possession of more than 18 grams of cannabis, and that he consumed some on stage at a music festival

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19 h. ago Dad found dead in car day before he was to go to prison for death of daughter

Christopher Scholtes was found unresponsive in his car the day before he was due to start a 20-30 year prison sentence

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22 h. ago Mexican drug cartel member accused of faking his death is sentenced to 11

A Mexican drug cartel member accused of faking his death to avoid capture has been sentenced to more than 11 years in U.S. prison

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23 h. ago Brazilian president vows to veto bill cutting Jair Bolsonaro’s prison term

Lula acknowledges his decision to uphold 27-year sentence could be overridden by conservative lawmakers Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has promised to veto a bill passed by congress to reduce the prison term of Jair Bolsonaro, the former president who was sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for masterminding an attempted coup to overturn the 2022 elections.Lawmakers passed the bill late on Wednesday after it was approved last week by the lower house. On Thursday, Brazil’s leftist president – who, investigations showed, was the target of an assassination plan as part of the coup plot – acknowledged his veto could be overridden by the largely conservative congress. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Brian Walshe sentenced to life in prison for murdering missing wife

The couple’s three young children are currently in state custody

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24 h. ago Moment killer strolls back to supermarket to attack father in row over a queue jump

Demiesh Williams, 30, was today sentenced to five years and three months in prison over the death of Andrew Clark, who was described as a 'hard-working family man'.

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24 h. ago Brian Walshe sentenced to life in prison for the ‘barbaric’ killing and dismembering of his wife

The couple’s three young children are currently in state custody

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27 h. ago Gun gang jailed for brutal shop attack that left victim with life

Two men have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their roles in a brutal 2023 attack on a Glasgow shopkeeper.

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28 h. ago Indonesian court sentences an Australian to 12 years in prison for smuggling cocaine to Bali

An Indonesian court has sentenced an Australian man to 12 years in prison for smuggling cocaine to Bali

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30 h. ago French court finds ‘twisted’ anaesthetist guilty of killing 12 patients

Former top medic described as ‘Dr Death’ by prosecutors poisoned 30 people ranging in age from four to 89A French anaesthetist described by prosecutors as “Dr Death” has been found guilty of intentionally poisoning 30 patients and killing 12 over almost a decade as a top medic.Frédéric Péchier, 53, once seen by colleagues as a “star anaesthetist”, was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday after state prosecutors said he was “one of the biggest criminals in the history of the French legal system”. Continue reading...

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38 h. ago Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell seeks prison release due to 'substantial new evidence'

Ghislaine Maxwell has asked to be freed from her 20-year-prison sentence due to new evidence emerging proving that constitutional violations spoiled her trial

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43 h. ago Harvard morgue manager who sold body parts like 'baubles' gets 8

A former manager of the Harvard Medical School morgue in Boston has been sentenced to eight years in prison for stealing and selling body parts

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53 h. ago Man jailed for three years after breaking into petrol station and stealing £1.30

A man broke into a closed petrol station in Spain and stole just £1.30 from the cash register. Despite the small amount taken, his history as a repeat burglar led to a three-year prison sentence that cannot be suspended

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63 h. ago Bronx rapper Kay Flock sentenced to 30 years in prison for shootings

His music career was just taking off before his 2021 arrest

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67 h. ago Doctor who helped provide ketamine to Matthew Perry avoids prison for role in Friends’ star death

Perry died in October 2023 from a drug overdose

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