Daughter, 29, avoids jail for glassing her own mother in the face during drunken row after drinking Tequlia Sunrise and Stella Artois on all-day pub crawl Jade Rhodes, 29, glassed her mother Joanne after a day drinking Stella Artois Was given a suspended sentence weeks earlier for attacking emergency worker Her mother suffered a black eye, … Read more
PC Harper’s widow calls for full life jail terms for killers who claim lives of 999 heroes – after traveller trio dragged her husband to death in line of duty Lissie Harper said she would to ‘never stop’ in pursuit of justice for her husband She wants killers of emergency workers to be given full-life sentences … Read more
Prisons and jails number among the top hotspots for coronavirus outbreaks in the US – and new Harvard University research suggests that for every one person who goes into a jail, another two people in the communities they return to develop COVID-19. By the end of last month at least 78,526 people had tested positive … Read more
British 28-stone conman, 74, is spared jail because he is so fat prison staff would struggle to get him out of bed A judge at Southampton Crown Court said jail staff would struggle to get 28-stone Barry Beardall out of bed in the morning Judge Henry said the 74-year-old’s size and ill-health, meant he would … Read more
Former British army officer is facing 13 years in jail over a Romanian meditation ceremony where country VIPs drank hallucinogenic Amazonian healing medicine Thomas Lishman spent more than a decade as an officer in the British Army He was working in a clinic outside Bucharest, Romania when he was arrested Lishman was hosting a ceremony … Read more
Former Italian deputy PM Matteo Salvini could face 15 years in JAIL after senate allows him to be tried for ‘illegally detaining migrants at sea’ Vote passed 149 to 141 with one abstention in the Italian senate in Rome today He is accused of using his power to illegally prevent more than 80 migrants rescued in … Read more
Matteo Salvini could face 15 years in JAIL after Italy’s senate allows him to be tried for ‘illegally detaining migrants at sea’ Vote passed 149 to 141 with one abstention in the Italian senate in Rome today He is accused of using his power to illegally prevent more than 80 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean from … Read more
A husband who murdered his wife and never revealed where he dumped her body has confessed to her killing from behind bar, just weeks before his parole hearing. Russell Causley, now 78, killed his wife Veronica Packman, who liked to be known as Carole, in 1985 but has never told his devastated family what happened … Read more
Burglar, 17, whose gang ransacked Cardiff City star Sol Bamba’s home and stole jewellery, designer handbags and £62,000 Range Rover walks free because he was a victim of ‘modern slavery’ during the raid The then 17-year-old, who cannot be named, stole jewellery and fancy handbags He and three friends also stole a £62,000 Range Rover … Read more
A 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard has been spared jail after being found guilty of accessory to 5,230 murders. Bruno Dey was handed a two-year suspended sentence on Thursday by a court in Hamburg. In what could be one of the last such cases involving surviving Nazi guards, Dey was convicted for his role … Read more