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Sword attack killer gets another 55-year prison sentence

A Connecticut man has been sentenced to 55 years in prison for a vicious and random sword attack that killed one man and seriously wounded another in 2020

The Independent UK

Rats 'as big as cats' take over homes as mum feels like they're 'living in prisons'

Families in Burnley, Lancashire, claimed their homes have been overrun with giant rats that help themselves to food from their cupboards, as they were told to "close windows"

Daily Mirror

Prisoner squirted noxious substance out of cell in Nottinghamshire prison

He struck again at a prison in London

Nottingham Post

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Transgender sex offender who attacked child in Morrisons toilet locked up in male prison

Katie Dolatowski was convicted of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in Kirkcaldy in 2018 as well as violent assaults on adults. She went against court orders to stay at her bail address at night.

Daily Record

Stephen Bear's girlfriend 'applies to be cleaner in prison' to be closer to him

Jessica Smith, girlfriend of Stephen Bear, has vowed to stand by the disgraced reality star despite him serving jail time for sharing footage of himself having sex with his ex Georgia Harrison without her permission

Daily Mirror

Man jailed for killing banker in mistaken West End attack over mobile phone

Construction worker to serve less than a year in prison after sentence judge admitted ‘will seem like nothing’ to victim’s family

Evening Standard

Mum's life changed when friend showed her what 'little bit of kindness' can do

Charlotte worked in a prison as a teacher for 15 years before taking redundancy

Liverpool Echo

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Man sparked bomb scare at city mosque, Glasgow police station and prison with hoax claims

A man who falsely reported that a bomb had been planted at Stirling’s Islamic Centre was this week jailed for two years and six months. Keith Smyth, of Cowie, had made the claim, on the night of June 20 last year, that a bomb was likely to explode a

Daily Record

Rapists should be sent to jail, FM insists amid outcry over Sean Hogg sentence

THE First Minister has said he agrees that all rapists should be sent to prison, amid outcry over one convict who was given community service.

The National (Scotland)

Garda killer Stephen Silver 'behaving himself' in prison so will serve life sentence in Mountjoy

The Irish Prison Service has no plans to move him and say so far he is a "model prisoner" who is full of remorse

Irish Mirror

US fugitive Nicholas Rossi fails to attend court hearing after 'altercation' with security guard

Rossi was brought to Edinburgh Sheriff Court for extradition hearing but didn't appear after alleged incident with security officer.

Daily Record

Couple who fled motorway crash that killed schoolgirl won't have prison sentences increased

Hannah Jones and boyfriend Safeer Iqbal were both jailed and banned from driving after being responsible for a collision on the M61 in July, 2019.

Daily Record

Beth Kowitt: Disney embraces its role as hero to DeSantis’s villain

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s war against Walt Disney Co. reached parody level on Monday when he floated his latest threat: building a prison next to its theme park complex in the state.

Tribune News Service

Russian woman jailed for 21 years for bizarre identity theft cheesecake murder plot

A Russian-born woman has been sentenced to 21 years in prison for trying to kill her American lookalike with poisoned cheesecake and then stealing her identity.

Evening Standard

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The Guardian - UK

En garde! Fencing helps young Senegalese play by the rules

Teaching young offenders and others the sport has been so successful at instilling self-discipline and respect that the scheme is expanding

AAP

More unrest at troubled West Australian prison

More details have emerged of unrest at a youth detention unit in Perth's Casuarina prison, with one officer confirmed injured in the latest altercation.

The Independent UK

Teen admits guilt to felonies in Vegas school teacher attack

A Las Vegas teenager has pleaded guilty as an adult to felony charges that a prosecutor says could get him decades in prison for attacking a high school teacher and leaving her unconscious in a classroom after school a year ago

Tribune News Service

Texas mother who confessed to killing her 2 daughters sentenced to life in prison

DALLAS — It took a Dallas County jury less than an hour to return a guilty verdict for the Irving mother who confessed to killing her two young daughters.

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Prominent Boogaloo boy pleads guilty following probe that raised extremism concerns

DETROIT — Timothy Teagan, a prominent member of the far-right anti-government Boogaloo movement, pleaded guilty to gun- and drug-related charges Wednesday following an investigation by FBI counterterrorism investigators and could spend 13 months in federal prison.

Manchester Evening News

Corrie shock over Stu's prison compensation 'fortune' as Alya is left horrified by the amount

The Coronation Street chef was left reeling from the news

Salon

Female prisoners' relationship with food

For incarcerated women, art themed workshops show how food can act as both panacea and hindrance

Manchester Evening News

Couple who ran away from scene of M61 crash as schoolgirl lay dying will not have prison sentences increased

Hannah Jones and her boyfriend Safeer Iqbal fled the scene in a taxi

The Independent UK

Connecticut man sentenced to 55 years in manhunt killing

A 26-year old man who used a sword to attack two men in Eastern Connecticut before going on a crime spree that included killing a former classmate and kidnapping a woman before during a multistate manhunt was sentenced Wednesday to 55 years in prison

The Independent UK

US judge sends Hugo Chavez's ex nurse to prison for 15 years

A federal judge in Miami has handed down a 15-year prison sentence to the former nurse of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez for taking bribes from a billionaire media mogul to green-light lucrative currency transactions when she served as Venezuela's national treasurer

The Independent UK

Maine shooting suspect Joseph Eaton was released from prison four days before rampage

Suspect left prison shortly before shooting after violating parole from previous offences, official says

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