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Avraham Gil argued he should be granted diplomatic immunity due to his father's position after allegedly hitting the cop.

Tony Hudgell, nine, from Kent, has been praised for his 'out-of-this-world fundraising' for Evelina London Children's Hospital after he raised a staggering £1.8million

Sick Met Police officer Wayne Couzens, 51, kidnapped and murdered Sarah Everard, 33, in March 2021 in London before being sentenced to a whole life order in prison

Ivan Cantu was denied a special last meal of his choosing before he was executed in Texas for murder and theft, although he claimed he was innocent all the way up to his death

Death row killer Ivan Cantu, who was convicted in 2001 for the 2000 murders of his cousin and his cousin's girlfriend in Texas, was put to death on Wednesday despite pushes from Kim Kardashian to stay the execution

Bianca Censori's father Leo Censori reportedly wants to have a man to man discussion with Kanye West over his daughter being treated like a 'trashy naked show pony' after string of nearly-nude outings

The execution of convicted serial killer Thomas Eugene Creech was halted in Idaho after the medical team couldn't locate a vein for an IV to administer the lethal drugs

The family of former British Airways manager Manuel Guerrero are pleading for his release after they claim he is being tortured in jail in Qatar after a police sting operation on the gay dating app Grindr

A fresh investigation is taking place into what authorities knew about large scale abuse at the Medomsley Detention Centre in Co Durham which was exposed by the Daily Mirror

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling has hit out at Sky News for referring to a transgender murderer as a woman, after the outlet covered the news that Scarlet Blake had been sentenced to life in prison

Transgender killer Scarlet Blake, who was sentenced to life with a minimum of 24 years, will be housed in a men's prison where an expert claims she will receive special privileges as a 'vulnerable prisoner'

Rapper Ja Rule has hit out after being denied entry to UK days before tour starts in Cardiff this week

A funeral for Alexei Navalny is set to be held later this week after his shock death in a notorious prison earlier this month, with critics blaming Russian leader Putin

Shanda Vander Ark, 44, and her son Paul Ferguson, 21, from Michigan, US, tortured Timothy, 15, with a nine hour ice bath before his death - they both retched during their trials

Wayne Burgess, 61, spent almost a quarter of a century behind bars for a crime he did not commit, and a lot has changed since his 1999 incarceration

Cat killer Scarlet Blake - who was inspired by Netflix documentary - has been sent to an all-male prison and her own lawyer warned no parole board will ever set her free

Ethan Gill, 29, is among a group thought to number up to 12 who are being held in a jail in Constanta, a city on the east coast, after being arrested at a hotel

MPs have called for action to ensure prisoners cannot share videos and photos on social media and brag about their crimes from behind bars

Roger Clarke, 77, was transferred from an open prison to a maximum security jail after his complaints about breaching of his human rights landed him in hot water with prison bosses

A beautiful home is up for sale in East Yorkshire, and despite it's hefty price tag, the humble abode was once home to 100 convicts in the town - but is now a far cry from a prison

British Airways pilot Robert Brown killed his wife Joanna in October 2010 before dumping her body - with chilling footage emerging of their wedding, including his groom speech

Maria Pevchikh, a senior aide to Alexei Navalny, claims he was set to be freed in a swap deal brokered by ex-Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich - but Vladimir Putin blocked it

Robert Maudsley, known as Hannibal the Cannibal, 70, has been kept in solitary confinement for 45 years after killing three other inmates while behind bars for murder

Billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein's 'House of Sin' apartment in Paris where he entertained Prince Andrew and Jean-Luc Brunel has been sold for £2million under the asking price

A man who brutally murdered an 18 year old school girl and his ex-girlfriend continues to have sex with multiple women despite his 28 year sentence.