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Faces of the men who fought 'running battles' in cemetery armed with bats, knives, hammers, and shovels

Nine men have been sentenced for their parts in a violent disturbance between warring factions of an extended family

Wales Online

Rapist jailed over series of sexual offences in Scots town

At the High Court in Glasgow on Monday, Martin Gavin was sentenced to five years and seven months in prison.

Daily Record

El Salvador crackdown breaks the gangs – at huge cost to human rights

War on gangs by populist leader Nayib Bukele has produced extraordinary change, but ‘the cure could be as harmful as the disease’

The Guardian - US

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Suspected cop killer shot dead at Korat resort

NAKHON RATCHASIMA: A man suspected of shooting dead a motorcycle policeman in Pak Chong district two weeks ago was killed in a shootout with police at a resort in Kham Thaleso disitrict in the small hours on Monday, Provincial Police Region 3 commissioner Pol Lt Gen Somprasong Yenthuam said.

Bangkok Post

Commentary: As Cubans flee, US travel operators peddle a tone-deaf, pastel view of an island paradise

MIAMI — I believe in Americans’ right to travel anywhere in the globe we wish.

Miami Herald

Trans killer locked up with women for six years in Scots prison fears she would not survive men's jail

Sophie Eastwood, formerly known as Daniel, has beenheld among female prisoners in Cornton Vale since 2017 but fears being moved.

Daily Record

Mokbel asks for move from 'harsh' prison conditions

Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel wants to be transferred to another prison as his recovery from a violent attack has been impeded due to his isolation, his lawyer says.

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Longtime activist celebrates 90th birthday

Family and friends celebrated Mary L. Johnson, who has spent much of her life trying to free people falsely accused of crimes they did not commit brought about by false confessions through torture by the Chicago Police Department.

Chicago Sun-Times

Boris Becker's estranged wife says prison didn't make the "devil" a better person

Dutch model Sharlely Kerssenberg, 46, who is in the process of divorcing the tennis legend, claims he stopped paying child support for their son Amadeus

Daily Mirror

Boris Becker branded "devil" after jail term in scathing attack by estranged ex-wife

Boris Becker was released from prison in December after serving just eight months of his two-and-a-half-year sentence, and was immediately deported from the UK

Daily Mirror

Texas death row inmate who cut out his eyes seeks clemency citing ‘psychosis’

Attorneys for a mentally ill Texas death row prisoner, along with faith leaders and mental health professionals are working to stop his 5 April execution, saying he'll never be sufficiently competent to be put to death

The Independent UK

Helicopter toys that sell for €15 being used to fly drugs into Irish prisons

Staff at Wheatfield Prison in Dublin removed one of the mini choppers from netting

Irish Mirror

Kaz Crossley seen for the first time since drug arrest as she returns to work

Love Island star Kaz Crossley beamed as she posed with the group in a black sports bra and leggings following the Muay Thai session – which she’s previously described as being her 'therapy'

Daily Mirror

Irish woman who survived stalker's chilling campaign of terror 'terrified' about prison release

He was arrested on July 27, 2020, after turning up at her home with duct tape, rope, a crowbar and a prosthetic penis strapped to him. In 2021 he was jailed for seven years, with two suspended, after pleading guilty to harassment, attempted burglary with intent to rape and a…

Irish Mirror

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Radio France Internationale

Why a far-right gang once tried to steal the corpse of France's Marshal Pétain

Fifty years ago today, a group of admirers of French Nazi collaborator Marshal Philippe Pétain spirited his coffin from the island where he died in prison and tried to bury him alongside fellow World War I heroes in Verdun. They failed.

Dublin Live

Kids' €15 toy helicopters being used to smuggle drugs into prison yards

Staff at Wheatfield Prison in Dublin removed one of the mini choppers from netting

Daily Record

SNP leadership hopeful Ash Regan vows to dump gender reforms if elected First Minister

Regan hit the headlines in October when she resigned as Minister for Community Safety in opposition to the GRR Bill, amid fears the safety of women and girls would be compromised.

Daily Record

Fugitive Nicholas Rossi has electric wheelchair confiscated in prison - for using it as a weapon

The wanted sex offender attacked fellow inmates with it at HMP Edinburgh after they taunted him with "Nasty Nick" comments.

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Los Angeles Times

Orange County, Calif., man who bought luxury cars with COVID-19 relief funds sentenced to prison

An Orange County, California man who fraudulently obtained $5 million in pandemic relief loans and then spent the money on lavish vacations, luxury sports cars and his own personal expenses was sentenced Friday to 41/2 years in prison, federal prosecutors said.

Sports Illustrated

Ex-NBA Players Sentenced to Prison After Multimillion Dollar Fraud Scheme

Anderson and Dooling will both serve prison sentences, as well as additional penalties for their role in a fraud scheme.

Daily Mirror

Almost 1,000 prison guards hospitalised in just one year after attacks by lags

Mark Fairhurst, chairman of union the Prison Officers Association, called the country's prisons "the most hostile workplace in Western Europe" and said the most violent group of prisoners were the under 18s

Manchester Evening News

The criminals locked up in Greater Manchester this week

Also locked up this week was a man who attacked a paedophile with a hammer after finding him watching vile child abuse videos

Manchester Evening News

Cop killer Dale Cregan poses for camera at maximum security prison

The picture has been slammed by Bryn Hughes, whose PC daughter Nicola was shot by Cregan in 2012

Daily Mirror

County lines drugs gang preying on inmates inside youth prison, inspectors reveal

Young inmates at Cookham Wood Young Offender Institution in Rochester, Kent, have helped arrange for drugs to be thrown over the walls or dropped by drones. A source said this raises security concerns

Manchester Evening News

It's the shabby gateway to the city centre...but the face of Manchester's notorious crime street is changing

A total of £40m worth of designer goods and 72 shops have been seized in the latest raids

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