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France in 2022: Macron re-elected, record heatwaves and a landmark terror trial

French President Emmanuel Macron was re-elected for a second term as Marine Le Pen’s far-right party made historic gains in parliamentary elections. Temperatures hit record highs, sparking devastating forest fires. Football fans were hit with tear gas at the Stade de France, and a landmark terror trial saw the sole…

France 24

S. Korea to pardon former leader Lee for corruption crimes

The South Korean government of President Yoon Suk Yeol is granting a special pardon to ex-President Lee Myung-bak, who was sentenced to a 17-year prison term for a range of corruption crimes

The Independent UK

Necklace snatcher trapped inside gold shop

SONGKHLA: A convicted robber who had just been released from prison was arrested after being trapped by a shop's security door as he tried to steal a gold necklace.

Bangkok Post

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Belarus sentences in absentia former Olympian Herasimenia to 12 years in prison - BelTA

A Minsk court sentenced in absentia former Olympic swimmer Aliaksandra Herasimenia and political activist Alexander Opeykin to 12 years in prison for calling for sanctions and actions aimed at harming the national security of Belarus.

Reuters

Faces of 10 men banned from shops including Tesco, M&S, Co-Op, TK Maxx and Boots

One man on the list was banned from touching cars

Liverpool Echo

Kurdish Forces: Deadly ISIS Assault Targeting Syria Prison 'Thwarted'

ISIS militants in northern Syria launched a failed attack targeting a prison holding fellow extremists in a clash that killed six Kurdish fighters, local authorities and a war monitor said. The Kurdish fighters were killed in the assault on a security complex near a prison with ISIS inmates in Raqqa,…

Asharq Al-Awsat

How a full English breakfast helped police catch tragic hairdresser's obsessed killer

Glynn Williams was a key figure in the 1990 Strangeways riot, but 25 years later he committed an act of shocking violence

Manchester Evening News

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IS targets jailed jihadists in failed deadly attack on Syria’s Raqqa

Six members of Kurdish-led security forces and two jihadists were killed Monday in a failed Islamic State group assault near a prison for extremists in northern Syria, a war monitor said.

France 24

Russia's Navalny accuses authorities of using prison to break his health

Jailed Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny said on Monday he was suffering worsening back pain from long spells in solitary confinement that he said were part of a deliberate strategy by the authorities to undermine his health.

Reuters

Protest Held in Brussels to Call for Release of Belgian Held in Iran

Supporters of a Belgian aid worker being held in Iran staged a Christmas Day protest in Brussels to demand his immediate release, with a spokesman questioning why a prisoner swap treaty was stalled. Around 50 people took part in the demonstration under constant rain in the center of the Belgian…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Forbidden items confiscated from prisoners' cells including Spice, steroids and weapons

We asked the Ministry of Justice what was seized from prisoners across Merseyside and North Wales in 2022

Liverpool Echo

The Scottish prison menus for the festive season enjoyed by convicts behind bars

Cons serving time for serious offences such as murder, rape and drug dealing will be treated to special Christmas Day menus in the country's prisons

Edinburgh Live

Emmerdale fans make sinister Caleb prediction as Cain's secret brother arrives in village

Emmerdale viewers predict more drama following Caleb Milligan's arrival in the village

Leeds Live

From a murder at Strangeways to a poisoning at a workhouse: Manchester's horrible Christmas histories

A historian has unearthed some of the city's most grisly Christmas tales

Manchester Evening News

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Judge says Trump could be imprisoned

A former federal judge said that former President Donald Trump would likely end up behind bars if he were convicted

The Independent UK

Ex-Maldives leader gets 11 years for money laundering, bribe

A court in Maldives has found the former president guilty of money laundering and accepting a bribe and sentenced him to 11 years in prison

Liverpool Echo

City prisoners collect food for public in grim symbol of cost of living crisis

"Who'd have ever thought that in the sixth richest nation in the world people incarcerated in jail would be collecting food for the public"

ABC News

WA's Hakea Prison suspends Christmas Eve visits amid COVID-19 outbreak

Families have been left in the lurch after Hakea Prison, in Perth's south, cancelled family visits the day before Christmas Eve due to a COVID-19 outbreak.

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Liverpool Echo

Christmas menus prisoners will be having this year from cheeseburgers to spicy pizza

What prisoners are eating in HMP Liverpool and HMP Berwyn from their festive menus

Leeds Live

What prisoners in Leeds jails will be eating on Christmas Day 2022

Plus dinner in the can on Boxing Day 2022 and New Year's Day

AAP

Two inmates escape Townsville women's jail

A hunt is on for two inmates who escaped from Townsville Correctional Centre's women's low security prison on Christmas Day.

Bangkok Post

Crimes that rocked the nation in 2022

As the New Year approaches, the 'Bangkok Post' takes the opportunity to select five crime stories that both captivated and shocked the nation during the past 12 months.

Manchester Evening News

All GMP want for Christmas is this man

Shaun Aver is wanted on recall for prison

Evening Standard

Serial killer who inspired ‘The Serpent’ series arrives in Paris a free man

Charles Sobhraj, 78, was freed from serving a life sentence in a Nepalese prison

Belfast Live

'They serve a sentence no judge ever hands down' - the charity helping prisoners' families at Christmas

"We often say the family serves a silent sentence, they serve a sentence that no judge ever hands down"

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