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‘It’s all hot air’: Starmer under attack from theft-hit shopkeeper for ‘tougher punishment’ pledge

Sir Keir Starmer claimed ‘the tide could be turning’ against shoplifters during a speech to shopkeepers on Monday

The Independent UK

‘Completely innocent victim’: Montana tattoo artist ends up in ‘wrong place, wrong time,’ the perpetrator sentenced to 100 years in prison

‘Stranger Danger’ was coined for people like Staigmiller.

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Supreme Court denies appeal of ex-Ohio House speaker's and lobbyist's convictions in $60M scheme

The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the racketeering convictions of imprisoned former Republican Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and ex-lobbyist Matt Borges in a $60 million bribery scheme

The Independent UK

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Future of former Maze prison site ‘very much a live issue’ – O’Neill

First Minister Michelle O’Neill said she wants to see political agreement to develop the site.

Evening Standard

German Motorcyclist Fled Police With Fake Plates, Later Arrested via Classified Motorcycle Ad

A 21-year-old motorcycle rider in Germany was arrested after the investigators found his motorcycle listed for sale eight months after fleeing and causing police to chase.

RideApart

Emma Coronel Remembers El Chapo Guzmán in New Instagram Post

Emma Coronel Aispuro, the wife of imprisoned Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, drew attention on social media this weekend after sharing an Instagram story featuring a song that mentions both her and her husband.

Latin Times

French prison guards strike over overcrowding as jails near 90,000 inmates

French prison guards blockaded facilities nationwide over overcrowding and staff shortages, as unions demand emergency hiring in a system nearing 90,000 inmates.

Euronews

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‘It’s like a slow death’: a jailed mother and her daughter on why prison is a sentence for them both

Valentina was seven when Ivonne first went to jail in Ecuador for selling drugs. Nine years later, as Ivonne faces another prison sentence, they discuss the trauma of living apart – and their lasting bond

The Guardian - UK

Taiwan court sentences ex-Tokyo Electron staff to 10 years in TSMC trade secrets case

A court in Taiwan has sentenced a former employee of Japanese computer chip equipment maker Tokyo Electron to 10 years in prison in a landmark case over trade secrets of the island’s leading chipmaker TSMC

The Independent UK

Missing 5-year-old Australian girl believed to be abducted, say police

Police says investigators are now looking for a 47-year-old man, Jefferson Lewis, who was recently released from prison

The Independent UK

Aboriginal life expectancy a factor in murder sentence

A man will spend at least another 11 years in prison after he was sentenced over the grisly murder of a 72-year-old man in his home.

AAP

French prison guards call for strike action as overcrowding crisis deepens

France’s prisons are edging closer to a breaking point, with one of the country’s main prison guard unions calling for strike action to force what it says are long-overdue reforms.

Radio France Internationale

Pro-Palestine activists appear in court over attack on Israeli arms factory in Germany

Families say ‘Ulm 5’ have been detained under extreme prison conditions since arrest last September

The Guardian - UK

Men accused of raping cellmates mistakenly allowed to stay in shared cells by Queensland prison staff

Strict protocols violated by corrections staff who wrongly believed sexual assault cases were ‘closed’, ombudsman finds

The Guardian - AU

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Euronews

New hotels in Japan: The standout openings to book in 2026

From Kyoto heritage stays to a converted prison in Nara, Japan’s newest hotels reflect a shift towards design, identity and experience-led travel.

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Lock up our hearts and throw away the key, because we have found love in space. Space prison movies, that is.

Radio France Internationale

Delon, a dead body and a Corsican gangster: new book unravels the Markovic Affair

In 1968, Alain Delon’s former bodyguard Stevan Markovic was found dead, a bullet in his head, wrapped in plastic, wearing the actor’s clothes. The scandal took France by storm, with Delon questioned by police and his friend, gangster François Marcantoni, spending a year in prison charged with the killing before…

Evening Standard

British man thrown into Qatar prison cell 'over scathing Tripadvisor review'

Craig Barratt, 49, had no idea he had fallen foul of Doha’s draconian cybercrime laws

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North Korean IT workers are stealing remote jobs and raking in billions—and Americans are helping them do it

“North Korean IT worker schemes would not be successful without U.S.-based facilitators,” wrote Assistant Attorney General John Eisenberg in an April sentencing memo.

The Guardian - UK

Hanged under the cover of war: letters and videos tell stories of Iran’s death row victims

Testimony emerges from Babak Alipour, who spent three years on death row before being taken to gallows in March

Latin Times

Operation Gangsta's Paradise in Southern California Leads To Arrest of More Than 40 Mexican Mafia Members

During the April 23 raids, authorities seized four kilograms of fentanyl, 54.4 kilograms of methamphetamine, 0.9 kilogram of heroin, three kilograms of cocaine, 25 firearms and more than $30,000 in cash.

The Independent UK

Man jailed for attempting to murder wife by pouring hot oil on her head

Raju Mollah, 50, has been sentenced to 26 years in prison for attempting to murder his wife in Birmingham. Mollah attacked his wife by pouring hot oil over her head and repeatedly striking her with a frying pan after asking her to make him an omelette. The victim suffered severe…

The Independent UK

Kosovo court sentences 3 ethnic Serbs to life, 30 years in prison over 2023 clash

A court in Kosovo has sentenced two ethnic Serbs to life in prison and another to 30 years over a 2023 clash with police that left four people dead

The Independent UK

Two women risked everything after US raid to protest Venezuela's detentions of their husbands

Venezuelan women have spent the year protesting to demand the release of hundreds of political prisoners

The Guardian - US

US soldier involved in Maduro raid charged over alleged bets on capture

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who allegedly made more than $400,000 on Polymarket, could face up to 60 years in prison

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