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Misconduct hearing of firearms officer who shot man dead in north London collapses

Marksman known as W80 was accused of using excessive force in shooting dead Jermaine Baker during prison van break

Evening Standard

Misconduct case dismissed for police marksman in Jermaine Baker shooting

Jermaine Baker was shot at close range by a counter-terrorism specialist firearms officer near Wood Green Crown Court in 2015

The Independent UK

Misconduct hearing thrown out for police marksman who fatally shot man

The officer, known only as W80, shot Jermaine Baker, as police stopped a plot to snatch two prisoners from a van near Wood Green Crown Court in 2015.

Evening Standard

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A notorious nude and pages from the Guardian? Claire Fontaine’s dazzling show has got the lot!

The duo behind Claire Fontaine discuss their new exhibition, which explores everything from prison atrocities to neon profanities – and even pairs this newspaper with a Courbet masterpiece

The Guardian - UK

Julio César Chávez Backs Son Amid Drug Trafficking Probe: 'If He Was a Narco, I'd Put Him in Jail Myself'

"Everyone who knows my son Julio knows perfectly well that he is not connected to a drug cartel or weapons or anything like that. Has he had addiction problems? Yes, indeed, just like me. But he is fighting it," Chávez Sr. said.

Latin Times

Roofman: The true story behind Channing Tatum’s wild crime drama

New comedy follows real-life robberies story of an escaped prisoner who hid in a toy shop

The Independent UK

Lifers review – an inside look at the ageing prison population

A young officer becomes the de facto carer of a vulnerable inmate in Evan Placey’s well-observed play about a stretched Prison Service

The Guardian - UK

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Iran gives lengthy jail sentences to two French citizens for ‘spying’ for France and Israel

Their sentencing comes just days after Tehran suggested the pair could be released in a prisoner swap

The Independent UK

DoJ seizes $15 billion in Bitcoin from Cambodian fraudster who ran 'pig butchering' scam using forced labor — accused could face 40 years in prison following department's biggest ever crypto confiscation

The DoJ has seized $15 billion in Bitcoin, thought to be proceeds from a 'pig butchering' scam run from forced-labor compounds in Cambodia.

Tom’s Hardware

Trans jail ban sparks outrage amid inmate safety debate

Trans women inmates in male prisons will suffer yet more physical and sexual assaults now a territory has barred them from female jails, rights groups say.

AAP

Raila Odinga: Kenya's Perennial Opposition Leader

Raila Amolo Odinga, whose death at 80 was announced on Wednesday, spent most of his adult life in politics, including eight years in prison as a pro-democracy campaigner -- but never achieved his goal of becoming Kenya's president, despite five attempts.

International Business Times

Man kills, SAs, and eats a Dutch student in Paris but walks free, never serving prison time. He spends decades as a Japanese celebrity with no remorse

Somehow the cannibalistic murderer never saw a jail cell.

We Got This Covered

Gaza doctor who became face of medical struggle remains in Israeli detention

Over 100 medical professionals are still held

The Independent UK

The mysterious fate of a serial killer who spent decades hunting down criminals before becoming a YouTube star

Brazil's most prolific serial killer served just 34 years.

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Evening Standard

Real-life Roofman robber ‘warm and optimistic person’, says Channing Tatum

The movie tells the true story of US Army veteran-turned-robber Jeffrey Manchester, who hid in a Toys R Us store after escaping prison.

AAP

Grim milestone for state's Indigenous deaths in custody

Twelve Indigenous people have died in custody in NSW in 2025, the highest number ever recorded in a single year, with less than two months to go in the calendar

The Independent UK

Lawyers seek release date for man after conviction overturned in Etan Patz disappearance case

Lawyers for a man whose conviction in the 1979 disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz was recently overturned asked a judge on Tuesday to set a date for his release from prison if prosecutors don’t decide soon to hold a new trial

International Business Times

Diddy Reportedly 'Agitated and Paranoid' After Trump Snubs: 'He Thought He'd Be Out in Weeks'

Sean "Diddy" Combs is reportedly struggling behind bars, as insiders claim the disgraced rapper is "agitated and paranoid" with little chance of receiving a pardon from Donald Trump.

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Evening Standard

Sex predator dubbed 'Notting Hill Rapist' recommended for open prison

Anthony MacLean was jailed for life in 1989 after being found guilty of a series of rapes and sexual assaults

The Guardian - UK

‘Cruellest forms of torture’: freed Palestinians describe horrors of Israeli jail

Men who were held in Nafha prison say they were brutally beaten, bound at the hands and feet, verbally abused, allowed to contract fungal and skin diseases, and assaulted with loud music for up to two days straight

Evening Standard

PM's groundsman jailed for attack on murder victim's dad outside Old Bailey

Jeffrey Johnson, 24, admitted to the ‘disgraceful’ attack outside the Old Bailey courthouse

International Business Times UK

Ghislaine Maxwell's Prison Warden Warns Inmates: 'Threaten Her And You'll Be Shipped Out'

Ghislaine Maxwell's transfer to Federal Prison Camp Bryan led to a warden-led 'town meeting' warning inmates that threats or talking to the press could bring transfer to a higher-security facility; DOJ interview transcripts and congressional letters now frame oversight demands.

Euronews

Iran sentences two French citizens to a combined 63 years in prison for spying

The pair were named as Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, who were detained in Iran in 2022 on charges France called "unjustified and unfounded".

Radio France Internationale

Iranian court sentences two French nationals to 31 and 32 years for spying

An Iranian lower court has handed heavy prison sentences to two French citizens charged with spying for France and Israel, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Tuesday. The announcement comes a week after Paris and Tehran indicated progress in talks to release them.

The Guardian - US

‘Shattered my whole world’: the wild story behind stranger-than-fiction drama Roofman

Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst lead the acclaimed new comedy drama about an escaped prisoner hiding in a toy store and deceiving a local woman

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