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Sexual predator jailed for murdering Zara Aleena days after prison release

Jordan McSweeney was caught on CCTV following two other women before he targeted the 35-year-old walking home.

The Independent UK

Zara Aleena murder: Jordan McSweeney jailed for at least 38 years

McSweeney pleaded guilty to murder and sexual assault of law graduate in Ilford, east London

The Guardian - UK

Zara Aleena: Sexual predator who murdered law graduate jailed after refusing to attend court

Ms Aleena’s family said the law graduate loved to walk everywhere

The Independent UK

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Predator jailed for killing Zara Aleena in 9-minute frenzy after dragging her off street

Jordan McSweeney left Ms Aleena, who was walking home, for dead after dragging her onto a driveway and brutally attacking and sexually assaulting her with "a savagery that is almost impossible to believe", the Old Bailey heard

Daily Mirror

Ex-MP McGarry to appeal against embezzlement conviction and prison sentence

She is currently serving a two-year jail term after being found guilty in May.

The Independent UK

Death penalty branded ‘immoral’ as 17 criminals are spared executions by state

Oregon Governor Kate Brown used her executive powers to change the sentences to life in prison without a chance of parole. The Democrat politician has a history of releasing convicts

Daily Mirror

Number of journalists in prison globally reaches record high: RSF

Reporters Without Borders has cited Iran's crackdown on protests for pushing the number of journalists in prison to a record high of 533.

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Turkish court sentences Erdogan rival to jail with political ban

A Turkish court sentenced Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu to jail on Wednesday and imposed a political ban on the opposition politician who is seen as a strong potential challenger to President Tayyip Erdogan in elections next year.

Reuters

Revealed: MEP in prisoner resolution row made undeclared Bahrain visit

European parliament due to vote on Thursday on resolution calling for release of Bahraini activist

The Guardian - UK

Jailed Putin critic Alexei Navalny gets 12 days in solitary confinement for swearing

Alexei Navalny is serving a prison term totalling 11-and-a-half years

The Independent UK

Georgia's Saakashvili renews, then calls off hunger strike over court delays

Georgia's jailed ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili declared a new hunger strike then abandoned it within hours on Wednesday as he faced further delay in a legal bid to get medical treatment abroad.

Reuters

Iran sentences Belgian aid worker to 28 years in prison

Belgian aid worker Olivier Vandecasteele has been sentenced to 28 years in prison in Iran for a "fabricated series of crimes", Belgium's Justice Minister said on Wednesday, adding the government was doing everything possible to secure his release.

Reuters

Horror of Nice truck rampage that killed 86 recalled as 8 people convicted 6 years on

A French judge has sentenced eight defendants to prison terms ranging from two to 18 years after three-and-a-half months of heart-wrenching testimony from survivors of the Nice terror attacks - which saw driver Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel smash his truck into a crowd of people watching fireworks on Bastille Day in 2016,…

Daily Mirror

Meek Mill goes deep for Philly kids caught in justice system

Meek Mill played football inside the Philadelphia Eagles' practice facility with 35 area children from families caught in the criminal justice system

The Independent UK

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Senate probe found some federal prison staff abused female inmates without discipline

A new Senate probe finds some men who work for federal prisons have systemically preyed on women in their custody, with few criminal or disciplinary consequences.

Bangkok Post

Paroled Bali bomb maker apologises to victims' families

LAMONGAN, Indonesia: An Indonesian bomb maker convicted for his role in the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub attacks has apologised to the victims' families, after his release from prison was met with outrage in Australia.

Evening Standard

Zara Aleena’s killer jailed for life for the brutal sexually motivated murder in Ilford

Jordan McSweeney will serve a minimum of 38 years in prison for ‘deeply violent’ killing of Ms Aleena as she walked home from a night out

Reuters

Convicted Bali bomb maker apologises to victims' families

An Indonesian bomb maker convicted for his role in the deadly 2002 Bali nightclub attacks has apologised to the victims' families, after his release from prison was met with outrage in Australia.

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Evening Standard

Man who spat in PC’s eye spared a jail term as ‘prisons are too full’

A man who spat in a police officer’s face has been spared a stint in jail after a judge said Britain’s prisons are too full to take on extra inmates.

France 24

Iran drives number of imprisoned journalists worldwide to record high

Iran's protest crackdown has helped push the number of journalists imprisoned worldwide to a record high of 533 in 2022, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published Wednesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Iran Pushes Global List of Imprisoned Journalists to Record High

Iran's protest crackdown has helped push the number of journalists imprisoned worldwide to a record high of 533 in 2022, according to a report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published Wednesday. The figure is up from 488 in 2021, already a record, according to the France-based NGO.

The Guardian - AU

Climate activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco reveals why she was prepared to risk jail time

Exclusive: In her first interview since being released from prison, Coco recalls how bushfires three years ago sparked her epiphany

AAP

Man avoids adult prison for Xmas day death

A 19-year-old man has been sentenced to a youth detention centre for the Christmas Day manslaughter of a Victorian grandfather.

Sports Illustrated

Griner ‘Heartbroken’ Over Ex-Marine Imprisoned in Russia, per Agent

The WNBA star is reportedly “heartbroken” that the former U.S. Marine remains behind bars in Russia.

The Times of India

Sam Bankman-Fried faces up to 115 years' prison if convicted on FTX fraud

WASHINGTON: Sam Bankman-Fried faces up to 115 years in prison if he’s convicted on all eight charges filed by the US Department of Justice on Tuesday — though he’s unlikely to be sentenced to that long a term.

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