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Russian journalist facing 24-year jail term for treason refuses to sign ‘confession’

Ivan Safronov could be handed record sentence after being tried on secret evidence behind closed doors

The Guardian - UK

Boris Becker's heartbroken mum reveals solitary phone call since tennis icon was jailed

Tennis icon Boris Becker was sentenced to two-and-a-half-years in jail in April, after being found guilty of deliberately hiding assets after filing for bankruptcy

Daily Mirror

Mercedes driver leapt onto woman's bonnet before punching her in the face in road rage

Akaash Hussain was sentenced for the terrifying attack, as well as for conspiracy to supply drugs and perverting the course of justice. He appeared in court alongside three other men, who were also sentenced

Daily Mirror

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Lebanon: Death of Syrian Detainee under Torture Disconcerts Security, Judicial Authorities

The death of a Syrian young man under torture inside a state security prison in southern Lebanon sparked confusion at the security, judicial and political levels, and brought back to the fore the file of torture in pretrial detention centers. Lebanese sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the arrested Syrian, Bashar…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Prisoners 'smoke lingerie soaked in spice', Liverpool fans to launch legal action and drug dealer's link to shootings

These are the latest ECHO headlines on Sunday, September 4

Liverpool Echo

'I go inside the minds of the UK's worst sex offenders locked up in maximum security jails'

Dr Rebecca Myers, who was just 22 when she first entered a maximum security prison, opens up about the shocking moments she has has experienced giving rehab to sex offenders

Daily Mirror

Evil former garda scrubbing toilets in prison after being jailed for abuse

Paul Moody, 42, was jailed for three years and three months for a campaign of terror on his former partner who was ill with cancer

Dublin Live

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Iran’s Crackdown on Filmmakers Escalates

One year after ultraconservative President Ebrahim Raisi came to power, Iranian authorities are targeting the country's cinema. The July arrests of directors Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof, both icons abroad, reflect the pressure that filmmakers and actors are facing. The Iranian film community has been asking "who will be next?"…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mercedes driver jumped on woman's bonnet then punched her in the face in road rage row

Akaash Hussain has been sentenced alongside Mohammed Haq, Mustafa Zaidi, and Zeeshan Hussain for a string of offences

Manchester Evening News

Clothes parcels BANNED after Styal prison inmates 'smoke spice-soaked bras and knickers'

"You couldn’t make it up"

Manchester Evening News

Prisoners 'smoke lingerie soaked in Spice' like something from TV show 'Bad Girls'

The synthetic drug was reportedly smuggled in via parcels and letters

Liverpool Echo

Prisoners smoke Spice-soaked lingerie after smuggling drugs via parcels and letters

Inmates got pals to sneak in the liquid form of Spice soaked into lingerie in parcels. They then ripped the bras and knickers into pieces and smoked them. Jail bosses have now banned clothes parcels

Daily Mirror

Jim Crow revived in new voting laws

Felon disenfranchisement was a key 1890 "reform" meant to drive Black voters off the rolls. Now it's back

Salon

Family of father executed after wrongful murder conviction given police apology after 70 years

British Somali and former seaman Mahmood Mattan was hanged at Cardiff prison on 3 September 1952 despite having numberous alibis backed by witnesses and a lack of forensic evidence

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Lag who befriended Charles Bronson reveals truth about UK's 'most notorious prisoner'

Stephen Gillen was locked up in one of the highest security prisons in the UK where he met infamous lag Charles Bronson, reputed to be Britain's most violent prisoner

Dublin Live

Dublin killer gets married after being released from 18 year prison stretch

He was released after 18 years for the brutal murder of Joe Cummins who he shot dead in an act of revenge outside The Dragon Inn pub in Tallaght, South Co Dublin in 2001

Wales Online

The unsolved murder of the pawnbroker slashed with a razor that saw an innocent man hanged

Mahmood Mattan was executed 70 years a go for a crime he did not commit. The real killer has never been caught and the crime remains unsolved

The Independent UK

Steve Bannon’s request for new trial rejected by federal judge meaning he will be sentenced

Trump’s former adviser faces minimum prison time of 30 days when he is sentenced

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Nelson Mandela’s grandson criticises Meghan Markle over royal wedding celebration remarks

Meghan claimed that she was told people ‘rejoiced in the streets’ the same way as when Mandela was freed from prison

Salon

John Fetterman rips Oz "murder" smear

Oz attacked two Fetterman staffers who spent 27 years in prison for a crime they didn't commit

The Hindu

Karnataka seer sent to police custody till September 5

In a day of dramatic developments in connection with POCSO case, the seer was shifted from jail to hospital and finally to police custody

Daily Record

Hamilton Accies release new book aimed at helping those affected by addiction

The book has been backed by the Scottish Recovery Consortium and will be distributed to every prison in Scotland as a means of help

Al Jazeera

Myanmar court sentences ex-UK envoy, husband to year in prison

Ex-UK ambassador to Myanmar Vicky Bowman and her husband convicted over alleged immigration offences.

Liverpool Echo

Wanted man who 'could be violent if approached' previously ruptured woman's liver

Paul Ross is wanted on recall to prison

The Independent UK

Myanmar gives ex-British envoy 1-year prison term

A diplomat says a court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a former British ambassador to the Southeast Asian nation to a year in prison for failing to register her residence

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