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Rapist who won lottery on day release from prison is granted access to full £7.2m jackpot

Hoare has seven convictions for rape and other sex offences dating back to 1973

The Independent UK

My son is moving out – but we had time to play one last game

What better final bonding experience than a video game about a prison break before heading off to uni, asks Dominik Diamond

The Guardian - UK

Rapist who won £7.2m on lottery while in prison gets full access to his money

Iorworth Hoare bought a lottery ticket while on day release during a life sentence

Wales Online

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Commentary: How Los Angeles’ first female public defender pioneered the rule that led to Trump’s indictment

Warren G. Harding was a terrible president, but he did get two things right. He freed an ailing Eugene Debs from federal prison, where Debs had been locked up for criticizing World War I, and he appointed Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Los Angeles’ first female public defender, as assistant attorney general…

Los Angeles Times

Rapist who won lotto while in prison granted access to £7.2 million fortune - after 15 year legal dispute

Iorworth Hoare bought the winning lottery ticket while he was on weekend leave from an open prison and then moved to a luxury property in Northumberland

Chronicle Live

‘It’s worrying’: Greek election ban on extremist party may be too little, too late

Crackdown on Hellenes and its Golden Dawn leader Ilias Kasidiaris could cause more problems than it solves

The Guardian - UK

Men who tortured prison guard get more years in jail

Two men who held a prison officer hostage and tortured him for six hours in the hopes of getting opioids have had their jail time stretched by up to 13 years.

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Stephen Silver set to appeal his capital murder conviction

Silver "can’t believe he was convicted" over capital murder of Detective Horkan

Dublin Live

Strangeways prison... a stage for high drama, violent protest and terrible tragedy - as well as justice

From lone actors to whole cast of protesting malcontents, that roof has seen plenty of spectacles, some comedy and even tragedy down the years

Manchester Evening News

US seeks jailed Vietnam blogger’s release before Blinken visit

The US called on Vietnam to release blogger Nguyen Lan Thang, who was sentenced to six years in prison Wednesday for anti-state activities, ahead of Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s weekend visit for talks in Hanoi.

Bangkok Post

Vigilante Scots mum escapes jail after abducting suspected drug dealer and gagging him

Linda Gowers, from Kirriemuir, Angus, was told she could have been sent to prison for bundling Michael Graham into a van before strapping him to a chair and binding him with duct tape.

Daily Record

Mum battered, threatened and cut with knife by violent ex

Kirsty Burrows fears for her safety when thug Jake Shaw is released from prison

Liverpool Echo

Man sentenced to 70 years in Texas prison for spitting on officers during arrest

A Black man was sentenced to 70 years in prison for spitting on officers during an arrest in Texas.

Tribune News Service

Crack addict banned from every Boots store after telling worker 'I don't give a f***'

Emma Berry, 36, repeatedly targeted a branch of the health and beauty retailer in Tameside, pilfering cosmetics from the store on eight separate occasions

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The Independent UK

Threats to dictionary publisher land man a year in prison

A California man who made violent anti-LGBTQ-related threats against dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster over its updated gender definitions has been sentenced to a year in prison

The Independent UK

Peru politician convicted in reporter's murder 35 years ago

A Peruvian judge has convicted and retired army general and conservative politician Daniel Urresti to 12 years in prison Thursday for his role 35 years ago in the murder of a journalist who covered abuses during Peru’s civil war

Tribune News Service

Brittney Griner makes surprise NYC appearance, vows to fight for 'every American detained overseas’

WNBA star Brittney Griner showed up without notice at the Rev. Al Sharpton’s annual convention in Manhattan on Thursday, marking her first public appearance in New York since her release from a Russian prison.

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: TikToking from Strangeways in a dressing gown

Why did an inmate scale the roof of Strangeways and stay there for 12 hours?

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Former Capitol Police officer sentenced for interference with Jan. 6 probe

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a former Capitol Police officer to 120 days of home incarceration and two years of probation for a felony conviction tied to Facebook messages with a rioter who was in the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Newsroom.co.nz

Figures reveal prisoners' huge mental health need

New figures reveal the depth of mental health services crisis in prisons, with nearly every prisoner in need of help.

The Independent UK

Navy veteran who stormed Capitol gets 3 years on gun charges

A former Navy reservist who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler has been sentenced to three years in prison on firearms charges

Manchester Evening News

Crack addict told Boots worker 'I don't give a f***' - now she's banned from EVERY store in the country

Emma Berry wept as she was locked up

Evening Standard

Supporters of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny say he may be being poisoned in prison

Russian dissident politician Alexei Navalny may have been poisoned according to his spokeswoman who says he is ill in jail with a mystery ailment.

Liverpool Echo

Strangeways protester caused £17,000 worth of damage to prison

Joe Outlaw staged an overnight protest on the roof of the prison

Bangkok Post

Taiwan sentences nine over Cambodia human trafficking scams

A Taiwanese court Thursday sentenced nine people to prison terms ranging from 11 to 18 years on human trafficking charges for luring dozens of people to Cambodia to toil in online scam syndicates.

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