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KATHMANDU: French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, whose string of murders across Asia in the 1970s was portrayed in the Netflix series “The Serpent”, was still awaiting his release from prison Thursday after a Nepali court ordered him freed on health grounds.

Bangkok Post

Glasgow man who offered to 'help' vulnerable student commit suicide jailed

Craig McInally has been sentenced to a minimum of two years in prison for deliberately targeting people who were vulnerable and offering to 'assist' in the suicide of a 25-year-old woman.

Glasgow Live

Man climbed the Shard before telling police 'I'll come down after taking a selfie'

Adam Lockwood told his YouTube channel: "I'm probably going to prison tomorrow but when I get out my videos will probably get crazier."

Liverpool Echo

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Lawyers seek release of suspect in EU corruption scandal

Lawyers for the former European Parliament vice-president suspected of being at the center of one of the European Union’s biggest corruption scandals are seeking her release from prison

The Independent UK

Two associates of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried reach plea deals over crypto scandal

Pair faced hefty prison sentences for role in collapse of cryptocurrency exchange

The Independent UK

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.

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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

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

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.

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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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Daily Mirror

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

Reuters

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.

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Al Jazeera

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.

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.

Tribune News Service

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.

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