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'Beatle' gets life sentence for Islamic State beheadings

A British national who played a key hole in a scheme by the Islamic State to kidnap and kill Western hostages a decade ago has been sentenced to life in prison

The Independent UK

'ISIS Beatle Kotey faces his worst nightmare - being locked up in US prison'

Chris Hughes interviewed Alexanda Kotey in a Syrian jail three years ago. He showed no sign of contrition for the suffering of ISIS victims. but said he was terrified of being locked up in the States

Daily Mirror

Short Circuit: A Roundup of Recent Federal Court Decisions

Neighbors from hell, unvaccinated prison staff, and unconscionable sentences.

Reason

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UK-born ‘Beatle’ ISIL member sentenced to life by US court

Former ISIL fighter Alexanda Kotey had pleaded guilty to ‘terrorism’ and lethal hostage-taking charges.

Al Jazeera

South Florida prison guards charged with murder in beating death of 60-year-old inmate

Three corrections officers face charges of second-degree murder over death of 60-year-old

The Independent UK

Isis ‘Beatle’ Alexanda Kotey sentenced to life in prison for role in kidnap and murder of hostages in Syria

Kotey could be moved to a British jail after 15 years as part of a plea deal

The Independent UK

First case of human bird flu infection confirmed in Colorado

The first case of a human testing positive for bird flu in the United States has been confirmed by the federal government in a Colorado state prison inmate on prerelease employment assignment helping to remove chickens from an infected farm

The Independent UK

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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

Chronicle Live

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.

WEKU

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.

Evening Standard

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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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

The Independent UK

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

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

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Nottingham Post

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

He was sentenced to 12 months in prison

Manchester Evening News

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

Ryan Griffin is from the Tameside area

Dublin Live

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

AAP

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.

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

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

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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