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Former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto’o sentenced to 22 months in prison for tax fraud in Spain

Samuel Eto’o has been handed a 22-month prison sentence and seven-figure fine after admitting tax fraud worth over £3.25million in Spain.

Evening Standard

Cyprus investigates prison director's blackmail allegations

Cyprus’ top lawyer has appointed an investigator to probe allegations by the country’s prisons’ director that a senior police officer had tasked an inmate to gather any information or video about her private life that could be used to blackmail her

The Independent UK

Mother of journalist beheaded by Isis Beatle says kidnapper ‘came close’ to apologising in prison meet

Diane Foley met her son’s kidnapper in prison as part of a plea deal which will see him returned to the UK

The Independent UK

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Convicted Edinburgh killer beat up female prison officer as she screamed for help

Violent lifer James Demarco carried out the terrifying attack on Roseanne Bell in privately run Addiewell prison, West Lothian, before throwing pool balls at her and another female guard.

Edinburgh Live

Samuel Eto’o escapes Spanish prison sentence after admitting £3.3m tax fraud during Barcelona career

Eto’o failed to declare income from the transfer of image rights between Puma and Barcelona from 2006 and 2009

The Independent UK

Murderer sank teeth into Lanarkshire prison officer's thigh amid pool table brawl

Stevie Angus refused to go back to his cell before carnage erupted at HMP Shotts. He leapt onto a pool table and told staff, 'I'm going to kill you' while brandishing a cue.

Glasgow Live

Scots killer sank teeth into female prison guard's thigh in jail rammy

Stevie Angus was jailed for 17 years for the murder of Aaron Arthur in Aberdeen nearly a decade ago.

Daily Record

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Edinburgh prisoner found dead in cell while serving sentence for vile crime

Handed an Order of Lifelong Restriction for his crimes last week, the Sun has reported that Charters was found dead in his cell at HMP Edinburgh at the weekend.

Edinburgh Live

Prison break sees four men ‘walk away’ from minimum security Virginia camp

The four inmates had been serving jail sentences between 10-18 years

The Independent UK

Australian PM rejects calls to intervene in Julian Assange case

UK government ordered extradition of WikiLeaks founder to the US on spying charges, risking up to 175 years in prison.

Al Jazeera

'Prison will never, ever be a safe place to be pregnant' - Calls to end jailing of pregnant women after infant was stillborn in a cell block loo

A watchdog has found a nurse at HMP Styal thought inmate Louise Powell was suffering period pains - her infant was stillborn in the toilet

Manchester Evening News

More unrest at troubled WA juvenile prison

Children at Western Australia's trouble-plagued Banksia Hill prison are breaking walls and smashing property, officials have told a parliamentary hearing.

AAP

Ex-Australian Foreign Minister Urges Assange's Freedom

Former Australian foreign minister Bob Carr called Monday for his country to demand the United States drop its prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Britain last week approved the Australian's extradition to the United States, where he could face life in prison over publishing secret military files, said AFP. Assange's…

Asharq Al-Awsat

At 100 years old, Bill Aldcroft has been a prisoner of war, an advocate for Canberra's jail and an Order of Australia recipient

Bill Aldcroft has been a prisoner of war, an advocate for Canberra's jail and an Order of Australia recipient. On his 100th birthday, he recalls the greatest lesson he has learnt.

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Liverpool Echo

Faces of 23 people jailed in Merseyside this week

An overview of the court cases heard in our region over the last week

WEKU

4 inmates escaped from a minimum security prison in Virginia

The four escapees were found to be missing at approximately 1:45 a.m. Saturday. Details about their disappearance were not released by the Bureau of Prisons.

The Independent UK

No updates on 4 inmates who escaped prison satellite camp

Authorities haven’t released any updates about the search for four escaped inmates a day after they were discovered missing from a federal prison’s satellite camp in Virginia

Newsroom.co.nz

Cracking the code on prisoners re-entering the workforce

Two major companies have signed up to take on graduates from a programme teaching prisoners to code

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Manchester Evening News

Landlady who allowed pub to be used for spice factory filmed dancing on beer keg singing about drugs operation

Lorraine Jackson allowed the cellar and bedroom at her pub to be used as a base for the operation

Daily Mirror

Pub landlady filmed singing about drugs while cellar is used as spice factory for prisoners

Lorraine Jackson, 51, allowed her pub in Preston, Lancashire, to be used as a factory sending spice to prisoners after being filmed dancing on a beer keg singing about double dipping drugs

Daily Mirror

World Cup fans could be jailed for seven years if they have a one night stand in Qatar

A police insider said there will "definitely be no one-night stands" at the tournament in Qatar, where sex outside of marriage is illegal and carries a prison term of up to seven years

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: 12 prisoners lodged in Agra's central jail pass board exams

AGRA: 12 prisoners lodged at central jail here passed the annual class 10th and 12th UP board examination, a police official said on Sunday. Senior Superintendent VK Singh told PTI, "In class 10th three prisoners have grabbed first division rank, whereas six prisoners have got second division rank. Besides, in…

The Independent UK

Georgia prisoner sentenced to die in guard killings

A Georgia prisoner convicted of killing two guards during an escape from a prison transport bus five years ago has been sentenced to die

The Independent UK

Famous faces read extract about son of detained British-Egyptian writer

Alaa Abd El-Fattah, 40, who is on the 79th day of a hunger strike, has spent most of the past decade behind bars in Egypt.

Wales Online

Thieves ram raided a police compounds to retrieve stolen cars officers had seized

The gang stole one car three times and when police recovered it for the final time, the driver told officers "his mates would just steal it back again"

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