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Man sank 12 pints of Guinness at funeral before headbutting Ryanair flight attendant

Patrick McDonagh prison after the sympathetic judge said the mourning 46-year-old was "very much affected by grief" having just attended the funeral of his nan hours before the assault

Daily Mirror

YouTube star sentenced to 5 1/2 years, ordered to forfeit $30M in large-scale cable piracy case

PHILADELPHIA — A YouTube star who built a sizable following with slickly produced videos flaunting his fleet of luxury and sports cars, collection of diamond-encrusted bling, and his spacious Swedesboro, New Jersey, home will be forced to give up nearly all of it after he was sentenced Tuesday to 5…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Nigerian woman who ran prostitution ring extradited to Italy

A Nigerian woman who has been wanted in Italy since 2010 has been flown from Abuja back to Rome where she has been sentenced to 13 years in prison for crimes including running a prostitution ring, Italian police said on Wednesday.

Reuters

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A former inmate returns to HMP Holloway: Joya Berrow’s best photograph

‘I photographed Tia in the old counselling block where she had often recounted painful stories during her time as an inmate’

The Guardian - UK

Iran jails ill Irish-French national for six-and-a-half years on spying charges

Iran has sentenced an Irish-French citizen to six-and-a-half years in jail. Bernard Phelan has been held since his arrest in October in the northeastern city of Mashhad.

Radio France Internationale

Charles Bronson superfan with huge tattoo of infamous criminal claims he is misunderstood

Demi Keeler, from Wiltshire, is obsessed with the infamous prisoner and has a huge tattoo of him on her leg - and now she's spoken out about how she admires the armed robber, saying he should be released.

Daily Mirror

Evil Scottish killer who left body of teenager in wheelie bin has parole rejected

Colyn Evans was ordered to serve a minimum 17 year prison term after being convicted of killing 16-year-old Karen Dewar in Tayport, Fife, in January 2005.

Edinburgh Live

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Charles Bronson faced brutal treatment in jail, psychologist tells parole hearing

The expert gave evidence to a public Parole Board hearing which resumed on Wednesday

Evening Standard

12 killers including Veronica Guerin hitman have early release from prison stopped as Parole Board deals with cases

It is understood that the cases of over 100 prisoners eligible for early release are waiting to be dealt with by the Board.

Irish Mirror

Satirical duck calendars land Thai activist in jail for insulting king

A political activist arrested in Thailand for selling satirical calendars featuring yellow ducks has been sentenced to two years in prison.

The New Daily

Charles Bronson 'will always value violence' and looks on hostage-taking 'romantically'

Charles Bronson, 70, has gone before the Parole Board which will determine if one of the UK's longest-serving prisoners should remain behind bars - a psychologist has given evidence about his temperament this morning

Daily Mirror

Franco-Irish Citizen Sentenced to 6.5 Years in Iran as Health Worsens, Says Family

Iran has sentenced Franco-Irish citizen Bernard Phelan to 6.5 years in prison for "providing information to another country", his sister said in a statement, adding that her 64-year-old brother was at risk of dying in custody. Ties between France and Iran have deteriorated in recent months with Tehran detaining seven…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Evil killer who torched body of Scots teen inside wheelie bin has parole bid rejected

Colyn Evans was ordered to serve a minimum 17 year prison term after being convicted of killing 16-year-old Karen Dewar in Tayport, Fife, in January 2005.

Daily Record

Woman was locked up and chained to abusive partner who held her hostage for five years

Michael Cooper, 50 fitted bars to the windows and forced his partner to sleep in the loft as his prisoner before she eventually escaped in June 2020 after five years.

Daily Record

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The Times of India

Manish Sisodia lodged in segregated ward; Tihar jail authorities dismiss AAP's allegations

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Prison officials on Wednesday denied the Aam Aadmi Party's allegations and referred to them as "unfounded," adding that former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia was lodged in a section of Central Jail No. 1 of Tihar, where there are no gangsters and a small number of…

Daily Mirror

Disturbing sketch by Charles Bronson with inmate's eye gouged by machinery on sale

Described on auction website eBay as "Raw and Intense - as real as a Charles Bronson gets" the grim £6,000 sketch shows a fellow lag having their limbs torn off

France 24

Thai hunger strike activists calling for justice reforms fight for life in hospital

After 44 days of hunger strikes, two Thai activists in their early twenties were rushed to a hospital near Bangkok over the weekend amid fears they may not survive the night. The pair are calling for the release of political prisoners and urgent reforms of the Thai justice system, which…

Wales Online

What it's really like to be a woman working inside a male prison

Two female prison staff share their experiences on International Women’s Day

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The Independent UK

Thai man gets 2-year term for calendar said to mock king

A Thai man has been sentenced to two years in prison for selling calendars featuring satirical cartoons of yellow ducks that a court said mocked the country’s monarch

Daily Mirror

Gary Green: Killer begs victim's family to forgive him moments before execution

Gary Green, 51, received a lethal injection for the September 2009 deaths of Lovetta Armstead, 32, and her daughter, Jazzmen Montgomery, at their home in Dallas

Chicago Sun-Times

Suburban church leader gets 15 years in prison for sex assault, abuse of a child

Mark Rivera, a former lay pastor at a Kane County church, is sentenced to at least 11.7 years in the sexual abuse of a 9-year-old child who attended his church.

AAP

Mother spared jail after flinging boyfriend off car

A Melbourne woman has avoided prison after she nearly killed her ex-boyfriend by braking while he was holding on to their car, flinging him onto the road.

The Independent UK

Man serving life sentence admits to 1990 Missouri slaying

A prisoner who has been behind bars for decades for a St. Louis-area killing has pleaded guilty to killing one woman

Wales Online

The 'self-assured' double killer whose actions shocked even the most experienced police detectives

The killing of a backpacker whose body parts were dumped in a Welsh layby 33 years ago has been re-investigated as part of a crime documentary

Manchester Evening News

Call for change over prison visits to convicted terrorists to stop radicalisation after Manchester Arena bombing

The chairman of the public inquiry into the attack said preventing prisoners from radicalising others 'cannot be achieved' under the current system

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