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Brit who snorted cocaine off Pablo Escobar's grave jailed for 50 years for drug smuggling

Steven Semmens, whose 2018 graveyard stunt drew the ire of Colombian cartels, has been jailed along with four other defendants at Swansea Crown Court for cocaine dealing

Daily Mirror

Dangerous men every woman in Merseyside needs to know about

These 19 men were responsible for horrendous attacks and violent treatment of women

Liverpool Echo

How a lost tape from a Jeff Ross comedy special might send a Texas man to the execution chamber

Video from a Comedy Central special helped form part of the Texas case against Gabriel Hall. Josh Marcus reports

The Independent UK

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Syria's Kurds Launch Offensive against ISIS Militants

Syrian Kurdish-led forces said Thursday they had launched an offensive against ISIS group fighters, days after jihadist gunmen launched a deadly prison attack. Six Kurdish fighters were killed Monday when ISIS militants attacked a complex in Raqa, the extremist group's former de facto capital in Syria, in a bid to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Man who sniffed cocaine from Pablo Escobar's grave jailed as part of drug gang

The gang shipped large quantities of cocaine into south Wales

Wales Online

College scandal middleman blames 'winning at all costs'

Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to send the consultant at the center of the nationwide college admissions scandal to prison for six years

The Independent UK

Thug threatened to 'chew woman's face off' in horrific calls from prison

Prisoner bombarded victim with abusive messages

Liverpool Echo

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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe recalls watching Sir Andy Murray claim Wimbledon title from behind bars in Iran

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has recalled watching Sir Andy Murray win Wimbledon from solitary confinement in an Iranian prison, during an emotional meeting with the Dunblane tennis star. The 44-year-old British-Iranian dual national said Sir Andy offe

Daily Record

One of James Bulger's killers Jon Venables could be 'freed from prison in weeks'

Jon Venables has reoffended twice since he was convicted of abducting and murdering James Bulger in 1993

Wales Online

'A perversion of justice': Decision to release Greater Manchester's worst rapist given 13 life sentences is slammed by politicians and public

Andrew Barlow will be fully released from prison next month

Manchester Evening News

The relentless indignities of being a woman working for justice

Doing their jobs requires navigating a centuries-old, male-dominated system — while suffering an almost institutionalized onslaught of indignities.

Mic

Police appeal for help to track down woman wanted on recall to prison

Officers are searching for Anne Marie Jaques

Manchester Evening News

Daughter who stole B250m from sick mother gets 20 years

A woman who stole more than 250 million baht from her bed-ridden 85-year-old mother was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison.

Bangkok Post

'I'm one of UK's youngest prison officers - I deal with men twice my age and 2ft taller'

Emily, 22, started working in the prison at the age of 20 but after two years in the job and a lot of training she has now established herself and got some respect from inmates

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Wales Online

Serial rapist who was UK's most wanted man back on streets despite 13 life sentences

Andrew Barlow was dubbed 'the Coronation Street rapist'

Daily Mirror

Serial 'Coronation Street rapist' allowed out of prison despite 13 life sentences

Andrew Barlow - known as 'The Coronation Street rapist' - was sentenced to 13 life sentences but the Parole Board has deemed it safe to release him from prison next month

Wales Online

Young female prison officer on how she deals with 'screaming' male inmates

Emily says she loves her job despite some difficult moments with rowdy prisoners

Dublin Live

Fears growing for Irishman held in sub-zero Iranian hellhole prison

Bernard Phelan was jailed in October after he was charged with inciting propaganda against the regime

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Manchester Evening News

He was once branded 'Britain's most wanted man'... and now Greater Manchester's worst rapist is back on the street despite THIRTEEN life sentences

"Parole Board decisions are solely focused on what risk a prisoner could represent to the public if released and whether that risk is manageable in the community"

Wales Online

The ridiculous lengths some drivers go to avoid being prosecuted

From naming an imaginary builder as the driver to fitting stripes on their vehicles or paying a 'Mr Fix It' to make the problem go away, some drivers go to extraordinary lengths to avoid taking responsibility for their wrongdoing on the roads

AAP

Three inmates escape Darwin prison

Northern Territory Police say three male prisoners escaped from a Darwin correctional facility overnight and remain at large.

WEKU

Dominican court convicts 10 people in the shooting of Red Sox star David Ortiz

Two men, including the shooter, were each sentenced to 30 years in prison for the Hall of Famer's 2019 ambush in Santo Domingo. Eight others received prison sentences of between 5 and 20 years.

Tribune News Service

Inmate planned to use stimulus check to pay hit man to kill Florida judge, feds say

A Florida prison inmate pleaded guilty to engineering a murder-for-hire plot that would have used federal stimulus money to pay for killing a judge and his family, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Middle District of Florida.

Tribune News Service

In surprise interview Bill Cosby announces plans to tour in 2023

Bill Cosby, having been released from prison after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed his conviction, is planning a comeback tour.

France 24

Eleven sentenced to life in prison for 2016 Ivory Coast beach attack

Eleven people have been sentenced to life in prison in Ivory Coast on Wednesday after being convicted of carrying out an Islamic extremist attack that killed 19 people and injured dozens more on a tourist beach nearly seven years ago.

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