All news on the topic: Prison sentence

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Instagram “Cheshire Kardashian” Jack Watkinson admits to fraud exceeding £190,000
Jack Watkin, 26, who once starred in a Channel 4 documentary called Rich Kids of Instagram, has pleaded guilty to fraud.
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Father of Jakob Ingebrigtsen convicted of assaulting daughter, but cleared of charges from Olympic son’s allegations
Gjert Ingebrigtsen handed suspended prison sentence and fined for hitting daughter with a wet towel - but ex-coach acquitted of charges against superstar son
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Chinese mine manager in PNG shoots compatriot — previously convicted of violence in Ghana
A Chinese mine manager, who was convicted last week in a shooting case in Papua New Guinea (PNG), relocated to the Pacific country shortly after completing a prison sentence in China for a series of violent crimes in Ghana, according to legal records.
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Train manager imprisoned for sexually assaulting teenager during fake ticket check
A train manager has been jailed for sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman after ‘checking her ticket’.
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MP Mike Amesbury, who punched a constituent in the street, walks free from jail after appeal
Jailed MP Mike Amesbury has had his prison sentence suspended after an appeal.
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Labour MP Mike Amesbury received a 10-week prison sentence, which was suspended, after punching a man in a brawl at 3am
Suspended Labour MP Mike Amesbury was brought to Chester Crown Court in handcuffs as he appealed his 10-week prison sentence following his imprisonment on Monday.
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It’s Jekyll and Hyde, says the son of the French surgeon accused of abusing 299 patients
Relatives of Joël Le Scouarnec, accused of sexually assaulting young patients, describe his split personality in court.
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Machete gang discharged a firearm while pursuing a boy through the streets
A 17-year-old boy was chased through the streets of Leeds by a rival gang armed with guns, machetes and bleach.
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Kyrgyz Supreme Court maintains prison sentences for journalists amid press freedom crackdown
Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court upheld prison sentences for two journalists accused of inciting mass unrest. This move was condemned by international rights groups as a blatant attack on press freedom.
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US authorities dismantle smuggling ring, indict 14 suspects
A federal indictment charges 14 individuals with operating a large-scale scheme to smuggle migrants into the U.S.
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Members of a Christian sect who watched an 8-year-old die receive lengthy prison sentences
The parents of an 8-year-old girl who died after they withheld her insulin, encouraged by members of a small Christian sect who believed God would save her, have been sentenced to at least 14 years in prison.
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Leonardo Cositorto convicted of Generation Zoe fraud
Generation Zoe Ponzi founder Leonardo Cositorto has been found guilty of fraud and criminal association.
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Lime Street Pub pair ’behaved like animals’ during an attack on a ’mature’ couple
There were tears in the dock as the judge’s sentence caused their separation.
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Mass murderer Jeremy Bamber hopes new photos will lead to his release from jail
Jeremy Bamber was convicted in 1986 of murdering his adoptive parents, Nevill and June, his adoptive sister Sheila Cafell, and her twin boys Daniel and Nicholas, aged just six.
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Burglar cut hole in museum floor and 'used a litter picker' to steal artefacts
Graham Gallon has been jailed for his burglary of Royal Lancers & Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum in Newark-on-Trent but the museum curator says the sentence was "too soft"
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Charity worker jailed for child abuse pics after being cleared of flashing kids
Samantha Norris was accused of “exposing her penis” deliberately to the two 11-year-old girls through the window of her flat in Ringwood, Hampshire but was cleared by a jury
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Abusive boyfriend sliced off ear and scrawled threat in blood to girlfriend
Samuel Hemingway from Halifax, West Yorkshire, sliced off part of his ear and daubed the threat on his ex-girlfriend's wall before leaving the severed body part on her dressing table
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Moment gunman wearing V for Vendetta mask terrorises hotel staff and customers
A court has heard that workers at a hotel in Corby, Northants were left petrified when Romans Vodcics put on a gold face mask and walked through the bar with a Glock pistol-like firearm
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Olivia Pratt-Korbel shooting target in 'pain' as he tries to lift shirt in court
In August 2022, Joseph Nee ran into the house in Dovecot, Liverpool where Olivia lived with her mother as he was trying to escape gunman Thomas Cashman - today he appeared in court on drug charges
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Abuser kicked girlfriend's dog to death after attacking her with lump of wood
Aidan Swift was jailed for two-and-a-half years after attacking his girlfriend, threatening to kill her and kicking her pet Chihuahua to death during a violent campaign of controlling behaviour
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Mum left blind in one eye after jealous boyfriend smashes pub window
Cameron Farmer forcefully punched and broke a window from the outside while she was standing inside the pub in Hull city centre, leaving her with horrendous injuries
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Paedophile teacher who had affair in prison now free after serving half her term
Kandice Barber, who was jailed in 2021 for having sex with a 15-year-old schoolboy while teaching at Princes Risborough School, has been released after serving just half her sentence
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Trusted GP surgery manager stole £320k from business as workers feared for jobs
A Port Talbot GP surgery that cares for 800 patients has been left in "substantial financial risk" with staff fearing for their jobs - after a practice manager embezzled £320,000 from the business
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Dog owner 'heartbroken' after sitter left her two beloved pets to die in hot car
Steph Pendleton went on holiday for a few days and left Lila and Phab in the care of dog sitter Janine Maloney - days later they’d died after being left in a hot car
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Two 'obnoxious' easyJet passengers jailed after drunkenly abusing cabin crew
Joshua Stone, 32, and Ryan Sanders, 34, were verbally abusive to easyJet cabin crew ahead of their flight departing Bristol Airport on July 11 resulting in them being escorted from the plane