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The Serpent's sick crimes that shocked the world - and where key people are now

Evil killer Charles Sobhraj and his accomplice Marie-Andree Leclerc were finally caught and their exploits became the subject of a hit TV show, but there were more twists not shown on The Serpent

Daily Mirror

Killer who drove ex-girlfriend to her own grave won't have prison sentence extended

Andrew Burfield was sentenced to 32 years for the murder of Katie Kenyon

Liverpool Echo

Kerala court sentences man to 31-year imprisonment for raping daughter

IDUKKI (KERALA): A man from Kerala was sentenced, on Friday, to 31 years in prison for raping and impregnating his daughter in 2016.

The Times of India

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Russian wife who urged soldier husband to rape Ukrainian women placed on wanted list

Olga Bykovskaya faces 12 years in prison after a call between her and her Russian soldier husband was released, where she gives him permission to rape Ukrainian women

Daily Mirror

Search continues for wanted Rozita Shahi as public told not to approach her

Rozita Shahi, wanted on recall to prison, has links to Bristol and Bournemouth

Bristol Post

Nepal releases French serial killer "The Serpent' after 19 years in jail

A Frenchman whose life of seduction, murder and escape on the "hippie trail" during the 1970s became the subject for a hit TV series was freed on Friday after 19 years in prison in Nepal.

Radio France Internationale

Man convicted over German train knife attack that wounded 4

A German court has convicted a man of attempted murder and bodily harm and sentenced him to 14 years in prison over a knife attack on a train last year that left four people wounded

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'The Serpent' serial killer Charles Sobhraj freed from prison after murdering up to 24

Charles Sobhraj, otherwise known as The Serpent, was driven out of Central Jail in Kathmandu, Nepal, in a heavily guarded police convoy after spending two decades in jail for the murders of American and Canadian backpackers

Daily Mirror

Serial killer Charles Sobhraj whose story was turned into hit TV drama The Serpent is released from prison

Charles Sobhraj is thought to have killed at least 20 people

Wales Online

French serial killer Charles Sobhraj released from Nepal prison

He spent 19 years in jail in Nepal for two murders in 1975 and was freed given his age and for good behaviour.

Al Jazeera

New details: Cuba spy soon to be freed was willing to divulge US war plans in Afghanistan

Ana Belén Montes, the convicted Cuba spy who is set to be released from prison in January, was willing to pass military secrets about the U.S. war in Afghanistan if requested by her spymasters in Havana, even if that resulted in the death of American soldiers on the ground, she…

Miami Herald

Notorious French serial killer freed from Nepal prison

Confessed French serial killer Charles Sobhraj has been released from prison in Nepal after serving most of his sentence

The Independent UK

'Serpent' Sobhraj headed back to France

KATHMANDU: French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, responsible for multiple murders in the 1970s in Thailand and across Asia, was heading to France on Friday after being freed following almost 20 years in a Nepali prison.

Bangkok Post

Convicted killer Charles Sobhraj freed from Nepal prison - Reuters witness

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Brittney Griner asks supporters to advocate for Paul Whelan

Brittney Griner has asked her supporters to advocate for the release of Paul Whelan, a former Marine serving a 16-year prison term in Russia for espionage charges the United States are baseless.

Manchester Evening News

'Stupid' teenager huffed balloons during high speed police chase then reversed into officer

Rio Gregory, 18, was given a suspended prison sentence for causing actual bodily harm to a police officer

Reuters

Charles 'The Serpent' Sobhraj freed from Nepal prison, heads to France

Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police say is responsible for a string of murders in the 1970s and 1980s, was released from a Nepal prison on Friday after nearly two decades behind bars.

AAP

Drug-carting drone crashes into prison

Parcel delivery has soared to new heights with a drone carrying drugs to inmates worth $250,000 crashing in a Townsville jail.

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Drone used in attempt to smuggle $250,000 worth of drugs into Townsville Correctional Centre

Patrolling officers discovered the crashed drone and a package of drugs on the prison grounds last month.

Los Angeles Times

UCSF apologizes for experiments done on prisoners in the '60s and '70s

The University of California, San Francisco has issued a public apology after conducting an investigation into experiments performed by two faculty members in the 1960s and '70s on prisoners, some of whom were mentally ill. In many cases, there was no record that the prisoners had provided informed consent.

The Independent UK

Adnan Syed hired by Georgetown's prison reform initiative

Adnan Syed, who was released from a Maryland prison this year after his case was the focus of the true-crime podcast “Serial,” has been hired by Georgetown University as a program associate for the university’s Prisons and Justice Initiative

Chicago Sun-Times

Making domestic battery an automatic felony could backfire

A night or two in jail could lead to job loss and the main source of income for affected families. Survivors may drop charges if they feel that their abuser may be sent to prison.

The Independent UK

California university apologizes for prisoner experiments

A prominent California medical school has apologized for conducting dozens of unethical medical experiments on at least 2,600 incarcerated men in the 1960s and 1970s

Sports Illustrated

Brittney Griner Asks Fans to Write Letters to Paul Whelan

The WNBA star urged fans to join her in sending letters to the former Marine who remains behind bars in a Russian prison.

Tribune News Service

Adnan Syed hired by Georgetown University for its prison reform organization

BALTIMORE — Adnan Syed is now a Georgetown University employee, the private university in Washington, D.C., announced.

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