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Man who battered victim outside Donegal hotel must pay €7,500 to stay out of prison

Gary McMenamin admitted a savage attack on David Porter outside the Allingham Arms Hotel in Bundoran.

Irish Mirror

Nepal to release French serial killer dubbed the ‘Serpent'

A Frenchman whose life of seduction, murder and escape on the "hippie trail" during the 1970s became the subject for a hit TV series was due to be freed on Thursday after 19 years in prison in Nepal.

Radio France Internationale

Iran's Supreme Court Orders Retrial of Protester on Death Row

The Iranian Supreme Court ordered a retrial of a protester sentenced to death in early November, according to the judiciary's website, Mizan Online. According to Agence France-Presse, Mahan Sedarat was among 11 people sentenced to death for events related to the protests that have been rocking the country for three…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Scots prison bosses told to make more use of open prison or shut it down

Watchdogs say Castle Huntly needs to be better used - or its style of rehabilitation spread to other prisons.

Daily Record

'The Serpent' Charles Sobhraj to be freed from Nepal prison on Friday

Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police suspect was responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, will be freed from prison in Nepal on Friday after nearly 20 years behind bars, a jail official told Reuters on Thursday.

Reuters

Boris Becker Says Fellow Inmate Tried to Kill Him in U.K. Prison

The German tennis star served eight months of a 2 1/2-year sentence.

Sports Illustrated

Concerns for Alice Springs prison officers' mental health as report reveals impact of staffing crisis

With record inmate numbers and an exhausted workforce, staff at this outback prison say they feel unsafe, overworked and undervalued.

ABC News

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French serial killer Charles Sobhraj to leave Nepal prison

A confessed French serial killer has been ordered released from prison in Nepal after serving most of his sentence

The Independent UK

Legal settlements totaling $645,000 push Baltimore’s Gun Trace Task Force payments to $16 million with 5 claims remaining

BALTIMORE — Baltimore’s spending board approved $645,000 on Wednesday to settle two more legal disputes related to the city police department’s disgraced Gun Trace Task Force, bringing the total amount paid out related to the rogue unit to more than $16 million.

Tribune News Service

Former Fort Worth cop Aaron Dean transferred to Texas prison after manslaughter conviction

DALLAS — Aaron Dean, the former Fort Worth police officer sentenced to prison Tuesday for the on-duty killing of Atatiana Jefferson is in Texas’ prison system.

Tribune News Service

Developer who recorded Madigan early in fed investigation gets 16 months in prison

Long before the feds’ public corruption investigation rocked Chicago, See Y. Wong went undercover to record powerful politicians in 2014.

Chicago Sun-Times

Coronation Street fans 'rumble' Damon's real plan for Harvey after prison attack

Coronation Street viewers think they've worked out what's really going on with Damon Hay following the reveal that he's Harvey Gaskell's brother

Daily Mirror

Russia jails nine Jehovah's Witnesses adherents in two-day period - group

A court in Russia's far east on Wednesday sentenced five Jehovah's Witnesses to more than six years in prison, just two days after four other believers were also sent to jail, the religious group said.

Reuters

Nepal to release serial killer Charles ‘The Serpent’ Sobhraj

The French national, also known as ‘The Bikini Killer’, has been accused of murdering more than 20 backpackers in Asia.

Al Jazeera

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Irish Mirror

Judge rules jailed teacher Enoch Burke should be released from Mountjoy Prison

The judge delivered his ruling on the matter on Wednesday evening after he considered brief submissions

Evening Standard

Damien Bendall: Chilling moment ‘brutal’ murderer confessed to killing partner and three children

Damien Bendall was handed a rare whole-life prison term on Wednesday for the horrific murders

Manchester Evening News

Climber scaled the Shard before telling arresting officers he would 'come down in two minutes after taking a selfie'

After the incident, Adam Lockwood uploaded a video to YouTube, in which he said: "I’m probably going to prison tomorrow but when I get out my videos will probably get crazier.”

WEKU

Turkey's attempt to ban an Erdogan rival from politics is drawing a backlash

People are protesting a court ruling to sentence Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to prison and bar him from politics for two-plus years. He's seen as a key challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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Inmates praised for saving guard being attacked by another prisoner, SC officials say

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Two inmates at a South Carolina prison are being praised for stopping a guard from being attacked Tuesday night, according to the state Department of Corrections.

Los Angeles Times

Chrisleys focus on therapy, Bible studies and their children ahead of prison term

As reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley prepare to start the new year in prison, they are focusing on their mental health, religion and family.

Reuters

Navalny says mercenary boss visited his jail to recruit for Ukraine campaign

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said on Wednesday that Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of the Wagner private military company that has taken a major part in the Ukraine war, had visited his prison to recruit convicts.

Daily Mirror

'I'm so happy that stepdad who stole my childhood has finally been jailed' - abuse victim

Miriam Lake said she was in "disbelief and shock" after the Court of Appeal ruled stepdad Michael Egan's abuse of her as a child required an immediate prison term

Daily Mirror

Serial killer 'The Serpent' who murdered up to 24 victims to be freed from prison

Nepal’s Supreme Court has ruled that notorious serial killer Charles Sobhraj will be freed from prison, due to his health, despite being linked to as many as two dozen murders across Asia

Daily Record

'High risk' Scots sex offender jailed after abducting stranger in knife rampage

Kenneth Gibson attacked two people in Edinburgh after pulling a knife on police officers, then got into a car with a lone motorist who had just left a judo class.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syria’s Assad Issues Conditional Amnesty for Draft Dodgers

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad issued an amnesty on Wednesday that pardons draft dodgers and helps them avoid prison if they report to duty within three to four months. Syrians who escaped the mandatory military service and are inside the country will have three months to turn themselves in, while those…

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