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Becker gets 2 1/2 years in prison for bankruptcy offenses

The 54-year-old German was found to have transferred hundreds of thousands of pounds (dollars) after his June 2017 bankruptcy from his business account to other accounts

The Hindu

SC tells prisoners to report back to jails within two weeks

‘Near-normalcy has returned in the country’

The Hindu

Robber who snatched 79-year-old woman's handbag had boiling water poured over him in prison

Dean Kenyon carried out the frightening robbery in Consett on January 12

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Wimbledon champion Boris Becker gets 2 1/2 years in prison for bankruptcy offenses

The 54-year-old German tennis great was sentenced for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt.

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Becker gets 2 1/2 years in prison for bankruptcy offenses

Tennis great Boris Becker has been sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt

The Independent UK

Ex-Ald. Edward Vrdolyak released from prison after 5 months

A judge in March denied a request from Vrdolyak, 84, for compassionate release. Vrdolyak’s lawyer had cited his “spiraling health issues,” reporting that he spent two weeks in solitary confinement after he reported to Minnesota’s FMC Rochester.

Chicago Sun-Times

Boris Becker’s life ‘ruined’ by bankruptcy conviction, says lawyer

Boris Becker’s life and career has been ruined by the “public humiliation” of his criminal prosecution, his barrister argued in an impassioned plea for the tennis great to be spared prison on Friday.

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Reeva Steenkamp’s parents ‘frustrating’ Oscar Pistorius parole bid, claims lawyer

Oscar Pistorius’s lawyer has claimed the convicted murderer’s parole is being “unfairly” stalled by the refusal of his victim’s parents to meet him in person.

Evening Standard

Germany Summons Turkish Envoy over Kavala Verdict

Germany summoned Turkey's ambassador in Berlin on Friday to protest a sentence of life in prison that a Turkish court handed to a prominent Turkish civil rights activist and philanthropist. Western governments and rights groups strongly criticized this week's ruling which found Osman Kavala guilty of attempting to overthrow the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Germany summons Turkish envoy over Kavala verdict

Germany has summoned Turkey’s ambassador in Berlin to protest a sentence of life in prison handed to a prominent Turkish civil rights activist and philanthropist

The Independent UK

Sisi Pardons More than 3,000 Egyptian Inmates

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has pardoned more than 3,000 inmates, including a journalist who was jailed for “spreading false news,” local media and officials said Wednesday. Hossam Moniss, who is also a prominent leftist organizer, was sentenced to four years in prison in November over the charge. Moniss was…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Man rammed police cars and drove wrong way up A1 to avoid capture

He was sentenced to 12 months in prison

Nottingham Post

Appeal for help as police hunt for man, 37, wanted on recall to prison

Ryan Griffin is from the Tameside area

Manchester Evening News

Prison officers fear violent clashes as Kinahan gang members to be challenged by rivals

The majority of some 79 cartel associates convicted in recent years are locked up in Mountjoy

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Qld prison staff had problems before riot

Cultural problems were affecting the psychological wellbeing of guards and creating safety risks at a central Queensland prison before a riot last year.

Chronicle Live

Newcastle City Council supervisor jailed for stealing £97k of equipment also grew cannabis

Karl Ellison, who was locked up last year for fraud committed to fund his cocaine habit, also had a cannabis farm at his Whitley Bay home

Evening Standard

Tennis ace Boris Becker jailed for two and a half years for hiding assets from bankruptcy

The former Wimbledon champion has been jailed for two and a half years

The Independent UK

An Oval Office visit and a Moscow trip: Inside the Reed deal

A series of factors helped pave the way for Trevor Reed's release from a Russian prison this week as part of a prisoner exchange

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Queensland police charge 45 prisoners over 16-hour Rockhampton riot that included molotov cocktails

The riot is described as the most significant event in the prison's history and allegedly involved up to 70 prisoners. Police say prisoners climbed the roof and used diesel from the garden shed to make molotov cocktails.

AAP

Dozens charged after wild Qld prison riot

Police have charged 45 prisoners after a "code black" riot at a central Queensland prison damaged more than 300 cells.

The Canberra Times

Hidden camera criminal's 'plainly unjust' jail sentence scrapped

The 31-year-old will not have to go back to prison after winning an appeal against his sentence for "morally repugnant" crimes.

The Independent UK

Clemency bid denied for Arizona prisoner set for execution

Arizona’s clemency board has declined to recommend that the death sentence of a prisoner be delayed or reduced to life in prison in what would be the state’s first use of the death penalty in nearly eight years

Tribune News Service

Billy Chemirmir found guilty in Texas serial killings, will spend rest of his life in prison

DALLAS — A Dallas County jury Thursday found a suspected serial killer guilty of capital murder. Police say Billy Chemirmir preyed on elderly women in Dallas and Collin counties.

Daily Mirror

Brit ISIS Beatle to avoid toughest prison in US 'Alcatraz of the Rockies' when sentenced

British ISIS Beatle Alexanda Kotey will dodge being sent to the supermax prison ADX Florence when he is sentenced for his crimes tomorrow, following his co-operation with US captors

Input

NFL star turns gas mask bong scandal into an NFT

Laremy Tunsil is donating a portion of the proceeds from his NFT sale to the Last Prisoner Project, a non-profit advocating for cannabis criminal justice reform.

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