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Georgian court rejects appeal to release ex-leader Saakashvili on health grounds

A Georgian court on Monday rejected an appeal to release former President Mikheil Saakashvili from prison on health grounds, a decision the ex-leader said was akin to a "death sentence."

Reuters

Double killer and rapist dies behind bars while serving life sentence at HMP Frankland

George Naylor was jailed for life for killing two prostitutes in Bradford

Chronicle Live

Urgent appeal issued to trace wanted man, 25, with links to Manchester and Tameside

TeeJay Etchells is wanted on prison recall

Manchester Evening News

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Frenchman imprisoned in Iran for spying goes on hunger strike

Benjamin Brière, the French tourist who was jailed in Iran in May, 2020, has been on hunger strike since 28 January. Announcing the development, his sister Blandine Brière and the imprisoned man's legal team said it was the only protest available to him.

Radio France Internationale

Duncan Ferguson in Rangers throwback as he claims prison food can't compare to Forest Green Rovers vegan grub

The former striker has made reference to the time he got locked up in a Scottish prison after taking over at Forest Green Rovers.

Daily Record

Nicola Sturgeon responds to popularity rating drop amid trans prisoner row

Over the weekend, a YouGov poll reported the First Minister’s personal approval rating had dropped and the gender reform row was blamed

The National (Scotland)

The politics of blasphemy: Why Pakistan and some other Muslim countries are passing new blasphemy laws

On Jan. 17, 2023, Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously voted to expand the country’s laws on blasphemy, which carries the death penalty for insulting the Prophet Muhammad. The new law now extends the punishment to those deemed to have insulted the prophet’s companions, which could include thousands of early Muslims, with…

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Convicted drug smuggler marries woman he met while doing 10 years in Caribbean jail

Paul Cains also fathered a child in the Dominican Republic prison where he was banged up after being caught with £500,000 worth of cocaine at Punta Cana Airport.

Glasgow Live

Gang tried to smuggle £1m of cannabis using prams and pushchairs

22 people were arrested as a result of a covert police sting operation

Manchester Evening News

Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier in plea for clemency after 47 years in jail

Exclusive: Peltier, 78, convicted of murdering two FBI agents in 1975, tells Guardian of desire to return home to tribal land

The Guardian - US

'Serpent' serial killer insists 'I didn’t murder anyone' after prison release

Charles Sobhraj, dubbed ‘The Serpent’ in the hit BBC TV drama of the same name, speaks out weeks after he was released from jail in Nepal because of his age and declining health

Daily Mirror

Iran singer who faces prison wins Grammy for protest anthem

An Iranian singer who faces possible prison time for his song that’s become an anthem to the ongoing protests shaking the Islamic Republic wept early after seeing he’d won a Grammy

The Independent UK

Police storm home and catch man red-handed

Daniaal Ghafoor is now beginning a four-year prison sentence

Manchester Evening News

David Carrick criminal inquiry to continue after his imprisonment

Detectives seek evidence of further offending by serial rapist, who is due to be sentenced this week

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Daily Record

Scots drug smuggler ties the knot with woman he met while serving 10 years in Caribbean prison

Paul Cairns enjoyed a traditional Scots wedding to Dominican Republic native Carmen Rosa, with an accomplice his best man.

Liverpool Echo

Gang's £1m plot to smuggle cannabis and cash into Isle of Man using pushchairs and cars

22 people were arrested in total during the police sting, leading to the criminal conviction of 14 people to a combined total of nearly forty years in prison

Daily Mirror

Inside the abandoned prison that held killers featuring creepy artwork and peeling walls

Topo Chico Preventive and Social Reintegration Centre in Mexico used to house notorious murderers and rapists, but was shut down in 2019 after a series of deadly prison riots

Liverpool Echo

Forgotten Kirkdale prison that housed Liverpool's notorious criminals

Public hangings were commonplace at the prison with railway firms running special trains for people to witness the executions

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Liverpool Echo

73 faces and codenames of dozens of EncroChat criminals linked to Merseyside

An overview of the cases linked to the major investigation into the use of communications network EncroChat by the region's underworld

Daily Mirror

'I won't let my dog die,' says desperate owner facing £20,000 vet bills

Jaxon Feeley's two-year-old Weimaraner Rambo went into hypovolemic shock on January 20 - and despite fearing the worst, the prison officer vowed to do all he could to save his pet's life

France 24

Iran admits 'tens of thousands' detained in protests, says will pardon some

Iran's supreme leader on Sunday reportedly ordered an amnesty or reduction in prison sentences for “tens of thousands” of people detained amid nationwide anti-government protests shaking the country, acknowledging for the first time the scale of the crackdown.

Daily Mirror

UK's most notorious prisoner Charles Bronson creates new art in bid to win his freedom

In many of Bronson's drawing, the work gives an insight into his own life while he has spent 47 years in jail. Supporters of the prisoner, now Charles Salvador, believe the work may help with his parole bid

The Times of India

YS Viveka murder case: CBI asks Sheik Dastagiri to appear before court at Hyderabad on Feb 10

TIRUPATI: Sheik Dastagiri, ex-driver of former minister YS Vivekananda Reddy, met the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths at the central prison guesthouse at Kadapa on Sunday.

Manchester Evening News

Urgent appeal issued to find wanted man, 40, with links to Manchester and Salford

Dane Wesley Twemlow is wanted on recall to prison

The Independent UK

Support for SNP and Scottish independence drops amid trans row

Nicola Sturgeon warned controversy over gender reform bill and rapist initially held at women’s prison could be her ‘poll tax’

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