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Japan terrorist group founder freed after serving time

Fusako Shigenobu, who co-founded the terrorist group Japanese Red Army, has been released from prison after serving a 20-year sentence, and apologised for hurting innocent people

The Independent UK

Jailed at Bristol Crown Court in May 2022

We compile last month's list of people we reported on who were sent to prison after being convicted of a variety of crimes

Bristol Post

Child killer Karen Harrington enjoying art class with prisoners 'not deemed a threat to her' just days after guilty verdict

Exclusive: Sources have confirmed to us that Harrington (38), who brutally murdered little tot Santina Cauley (2), is in protective custody - after prison bosses identified several prisoners who could pose a threat to her

Irish Mirror

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It's terrible, sad: Novak Djokovic on Boris Becker serving prison term

PARIS: Novak Djokovic expressed concern for his former coach Boris Becker, who is serving his prison term in the United Kingdom. The German superstar declared bankruptcy and concealed £2.5m of assets to avoid paying money he owed.

The Times of India

'Cannabis king' sentenced to 22 months in prison for bribing San Luis Obispo politician

LOS ANGELES — Helios Dayspring had one goal: build a cannabis empire that, in his words, would be "too big to fail."

Los Angeles Times

Drug cartel leader ‘El Tomate’ extradited from Mexico, faces federal charges in Chicago

Adan Casarrubias Salgado — also known as “Tomatito,” “Star” and “Silver” — is charged with conspiracy, drug trafficking and money laundering.

Chicago Sun-Times

Remand prisoners turn violent on bus

They also damaged equipment at Kilimanoor police station

The Hindu

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Veronica Nelson was a kind woman. An inquest heard she died an 'appallingly undignified' death in prison

A five-week coronial inquest has heard about multiple missed opportunities that may have saved the life of the kind and loving Aboriginal woman before she died in a Melbourne prison cell in January 2020.

ABC News

Double killer on the run from prison for the second time

People should call 999 if they see Darren Pilkington

Liverpool Echo

Double killer on run after escaping prison for second time sparking manhunt

Darren Pilkington, 39, who previously killed his girlfriend and as a teen beat a man to death outside a pub, has gone AWOL from HMP Kirkham in Lancashire, with officers launching a manhunt

Daily Mirror

Manhunt for double killer after he goes on the run from open prison for the second time

Darren Pilkington was jailed in 2006 for killing his then girlfriend Carly Fairhurst in Wigan

Manchester Evening News

Man nearly drowned after jumping in canal to escape police

Merseyside Police said the man "will be able to empty his shoes of water in Her Majesty's Prison"

Liverpool Echo

‘Extremely urgent’: British MPs push government to help human rights activist jailed in Egypt

Alaa Abdel-Fattah is a UK citizen who has been on hunger strike for more than 50 days. MPs are desperately urging the government to secure his release

The Independent UK

Dundee woman almost beaten to death with dumbbell in woods by killer launches campaign for justice

Maniac Robbie McIntosh was on jail leave when he attacked defenceless dog walker Linda McDonald with a dumbbell

Daily Record

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Nottingham men sentenced after dad 'stripped naked and beaten to death'

Two men were sentenced to life in prison

The Independent UK

MP Lammy says he will not be silenced after racist death threat troll fined

Glenn Broadbent, 62, was given a suspended prison sentence and fined £2,000 after sending the shadow foreign secretary a vile message on Twitter.

The Independent UK

Manhunt for double killer on run from open prison after escaping for second time

Darren Pilkington was jailed in 2006 for killing his then girlfriend

Daily Mirror

Manhunt for double killer who left teen ex to die as he escapes from prison AGAIN

The father of his second victim, Carly, said he went missing from a category D institution on Wednesday after being jailed for a sixth time a year ago for fleeing a bail hostel.

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Daily Record

Brute banned from entering Bellshill after striking partner on face

Alexander Flemming was freed from prison but now must comply with strict conditions.

ABC News

Sex offender Robert Hughes to seek new life in UK if he is released from prison

Former Hey Dad! actor and convicted child abuser Robert Hughes appears in court via video link to seek parole and extradition to the UK.

ABC News

Cleaner Hanny Papanicolaou, who killed 92yo client in Sydney, jailed for 22 years

A Sydney cleaner who murdered her elderly client by beating and stabbing her is sentenced to 22 years in prison.

The Times of India

Suspicion over affair led to murder of Amravati jailor's son, say Pune police

PUNE: The Hadapsar police on Thursday morning arrested a 20-year-old woman from Kale-Borate Nagar in connection with Tuesday night's murder of Amravati prison officer's son Giridhar Gaikwad (20) near Hadapsar gliding centre.

Los Angeles Times

Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel granted parole, pending review and governor’s approval

LOS ANGELES — Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer Patricia Krenwinkel has been found suitable for parole, according to an announcement Thursday by state prison officials.

AAP

Sentence hearing proceeds without Hoffmann

Convicted triple murderer Benjamin Hoffmann has refused to leave his prison cell to attend his sentence hearing via an audio visual link to the court in Darwin.

Tribune News Service

Long Island man who smoked weed in US Capitol during Jan. 6 insurrection sentenced to more than 3 years in prison

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