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Thief who told police ‘you’re lucky I’m not grooming girls’ jailed after £19,000 crime spree

The judge warned Neville Stanbury, 58, that he may die in prison if he does not choose to give up drugs

Evening Standard

Small boat asylum seeker guilty of raping woman at London hostel

Iraqi asylum seeker Yousif Al-Maliki, 30, carried out the attack on a woman he had just met while staying at a hostel in South Kensington

Evening Standard

‘Devious’ prison officer jailed for having sex with inmate

Isabelle Dale, 23, was also jailed for plotting to smuggle drugs into a Kent prison

The Independent UK

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Moment Tim Hortons boss chases thief after £65,000 Patek Philippe watch was ripped from his wrist in Mayfair

Judge Christopher Hehir told Ahmed Djidi he couldn’t see how him remaining in the UK ‘would be conducive to the public good’

Evening Standard

Jury retires in trial of police officers who Pava-sprayed and tasered amputee

The care home called 999 after Donald Burgess, an amputee and wheelchair user, reportedly grabbed a knife and threatened to stab staff, jurors heard.

Evening Standard

Let juries judge disruptive protesters like Just Stop Oil on their integrity – expert view

The UK Court of Appeal recently ruled on an appeal brought by 16 environmental activists serving prison sentences for planning or participating in a series of disruptive non-violent protests.

The Conversation

Just Stop Oil activists who plotted M25 protest chaos win bid to cut record-breaking prison terms

Judges agreed to cut the jail terms for the M25 protest plotters

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Just Stop Oil appeals: Supporters protest outside High Court as prison sentences challenged

Just Stop Oil founder Roger Hallam, who is challenging his five-year prison sentence, among 16 activists appealing ‘corrupt’ sentences

Evening Standard

Former human rights lawyer spared jail after admitting fraud over Iraq war claims

Phil Shiner pleads guilty to misconduct and dishonesty relating to untruthful allegations against UK combatants

The Guardian - UK

Ex-human rights lawyer Phil Shiner spared jail over Iraq War fraud charges

The 67-year-old was sentenced for three counts of fraud at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday.

Evening Standard

Van Gogh is turning in his grave at the harsh Just Stop Oil sentence. I know, because I spoke to him

Nature was the painter’s ultimate muse, and he would have admired those seeking to protect it, says activist Nadya Tolokonnikova

The Guardian - UK

Why climate activists keep targeting art galleries – despite public outcry

Two Just Stop Oil activists were recently jailed for 27 months and 20 months respectively for throwing soup at one of Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers paintings at London’s National Gallery back in October 2022. Some commentators suggested these were overly harsh sentences for a nonviolent protest, while others felt such…

The Conversation

As the waters rise, a two-year sentence for throwing soup. That’s the farcical reality of British justice

Why do the mass killers of the fossil fuel industry walk free while the heroes trying to stop them are imprisoned? asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

Just Stop Oil protesters deny ‘revenge’ soup attack on Van Gogh paintings

Stephen Simpson, 61, Phillipa Green, 22, and Mary Somerville, 77, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court

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Van Gogh paintings vandalized at a London gallery after 2 activists were sentenced in similar attack

A group of activists attacked a pair of paintings by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh at London’s National Gallery by throwing what appeared to be tomato soup on the artworks

The National (Scotland)

Activists receive two-year jail sentence for throwing soup on Van Gogh painting

TWO Just Stop Oil activists have been jailed for pouring soup over Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers.

The Guardian - UK

Just Stop Oil activists throw soup at Van Gogh’s Sunflowers after fellow protesters jailed

Three individuals targeted National Gallery paintings an hour after Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland were jailed for similar attack in 2022

Evening Standard

Just Stop Oil eco-activists jailed for throwing soup at Van Gogh's Sunflowers

Phoebe Plummer and Anna Holland were condemned for the ‘criminally idiotic’ stunt at the National Gallery

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Soup protest at Van Gogh's Sunflowers was 'work of art', say artists

Judge told the two Just Stop Oil activists they should prepare for a prison sentence

The Guardian - UK

Artists plead for activists who threw soup on a Van Gogh to be spared jail

More than 100 artists, curators and academics said Just Stop Oil action was in keeping with ethos of the arts

The Independent UK

Just Stop Oil protesters appeal record-breaking sentences for M25 disruption

The long sentences were criticised by environmental campaigners, actors and faith leaders

The Guardian - UK

The end is nigh. For insects, bats, protest, the planet…

Our response to global heating and the decimation of animal species is to marginalise the Green party and lock up protesters

International Business Times UK

Just Stop Oil Co-Founder Jailed For 5 Years After 2022 M25 Protest That Affected Over 500K Vehicles

Many of those who have supported the movement have shown concern over the court's decision to imprison the protesters.

The Guardian - UK

Just Stop Oil jail terms raise questions over harsh treatment of protesters

Lengthy prison sentences seen by many as heavy-handed and prompt comparisons with other offences

Evening Standard

Just Stop Oil founder Roger Hallam handed longest-ever jail sentence for peaceful protest over M25 chaos

Roger Hallam handed five-year sentence while four others are jailed for four years

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