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Rapist who won £7.2m in lottery while in prison given full access to fortune after 15-year legal dispute

Iorworth Hoare was sentenced to life in prison in 1989 for the attempted rape of Shirley Woodman but won the cash while on weekend leave in 2004.

Daily Record

Wisconsin man gets life in prison for wife's 1998 slaying

A Wisconsin man convicted for a second time of killing his wife with antifreeze and by suffocation in 1998 has been sentenced to life in prison without parole

The Independent UK

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Vaccinated jurors, a parking monopoly, and plant-based meat.

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'It started with him smashing up my house - then he turned his fists on me'

Kirsty Burrows fears for her safety when thug Jake Shaw is released from prison

Liverpool Echo

Capitol rioter who crushed officer with shield gets prison

A Connecticut man who used a stolen riot shield to crush a police officer in a doorframe during the U.S. Capitol insurrection has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison for his role in one of the most violent episodes of the Jan. 6 attack

The Independent UK

Holiday spots where laughing gas is banned as Cyprus tightens up rules

Laughing gas is a term commonly used for nitrous oxide or NOS that is often found in pressurised metal canisters and is facing being banned under stricter new laws in the UK

Daily Mirror

US leaks ‘dripper’ Jack Teixeira remanded in custody as billing records helped ID him

Leaks were part of a suspected display of bravado by Jack Teixeira, allegedly using the nickname ‘Jack the dripper’

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Austin PD’s Bad DNA Analysis Nearly Cost This Man His Life

Billy Faircloth was sentenced to 60 years in prison, but an appeals court overturned his conviction.

Texas Observer

Alexei Navalny in ‘critical’ situation after possible poisoning, says ally

Russian opposition leader said to have had severe stomach pains, with ambulance being called to penal colony

The Guardian - UK

Drunk driver Hugh Campbell avoids jail after fatally striking pedestrian during Sculpture by the Sea exhibition

An elderly man who was intoxicated when he struck and killed a pedestrian along WA's coast avoids an immediate jail term.

ABC News

Rapist who won lottery on day release from prison is granted access to full £7.2m jackpot

Hoare has seven convictions for rape and other sex offences dating back to 1973

The Independent UK

My son is moving out – but we had time to play one last game

What better final bonding experience than a video game about a prison break before heading off to uni, asks Dominik Diamond

The Guardian - UK

Rapist who won £7.2m on lottery while in prison gets full access to his money

Iorworth Hoare bought a lottery ticket while on day release during a life sentence

Wales Online

Commentary: How Los Angeles’ first female public defender pioneered the rule that led to Trump’s indictment

Warren G. Harding was a terrible president, but he did get two things right. He freed an ailing Eugene Debs from federal prison, where Debs had been locked up for criticizing World War I, and he appointed Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Los Angeles’ first female public defender, as assistant attorney general…

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Rapist who won lotto while in prison granted access to £7.2 million fortune - after 15 year legal dispute

Iorworth Hoare bought the winning lottery ticket while he was on weekend leave from an open prison and then moved to a luxury property in Northumberland

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s worrying’: Greek election ban on extremist party may be too little, too late

Crackdown on Hellenes and its Golden Dawn leader Ilias Kasidiaris could cause more problems than it solves

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Men who tortured prison guard get more years in jail

Two men who held a prison officer hostage and tortured him for six hours in the hopes of getting opioids have had their jail time stretched by up to 13 years.

Dublin Live

Stephen Silver set to appeal his capital murder conviction

Silver "can’t believe he was convicted" over capital murder of Detective Horkan

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Manchester Evening News

Strangeways prison... a stage for high drama, violent protest and terrible tragedy - as well as justice

From lone actors to whole cast of protesting malcontents, that roof has seen plenty of spectacles, some comedy and even tragedy down the years

Bangkok Post

US seeks jailed Vietnam blogger’s release before Blinken visit

The US called on Vietnam to release blogger Nguyen Lan Thang, who was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday for anti-state activities, ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s weekend visit for talks in Hanoi.

Daily Record

Vigilante Scots mum escapes jail after abducting suspected drug dealer and gagging him

Linda Gowers, from Kirriemuir, Angus, was told she could have been sent to prison for bundling Michael Graham into a van before strapping him to a chair and binding him with duct tape.

Liverpool Echo

Mum battered, threatened and cut with knife by violent ex

Kirsty Burrows fears for her safety when thug Jake Shaw is released from prison

Tribune News Service

Man sentenced to 70 years in Texas prison for spitting on officers during arrest

A Black man was sentenced to 70 years in prison for spitting on officers during an arrest in Texas.

Daily Mirror

Crack addict banned from every Boots store after telling worker 'I don't give a f***'

Emma Berry, 36, repeatedly targeted a branch of the health and beauty retailer in Tameside, pilfering cosmetics from the store on eight separate occasions

The Independent UK

Threats to dictionary publisher land man a year in prison

A California man who made violent anti-LGBTQ-related threats against dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster over its updated gender definitions has been sentenced to a year in prison

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