A Banksy-inspired artwork has appeared overnight on the walls of a Grade-II listed Victorian jail where Oscar Wilde was famously held. The artwork, which depicts a prisoner attempting to escape over the wall with a typewriter in his hand, has been etched onto the side of HMP Reading. Irish poet Oscar Wilde was incarcerated in Reading Gaol … Read more
A prison officer had a baby with a jailed murderer after striking up a passionate relationship as she guarded him behind bars. Kerianne Stephens, 26, slept with hit-and-run killer Louis Tate during a five-month romance in HMP Swaleside on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent. The relationship, which carried on between September 1, 2018, and January 8 last … Read more
What is the coronavirus? A coronavirus is a type of virus which can cause illness in animals and people. Viruses break into cells inside their host and use them to reproduce itself and disrupt the body’s normal functions. Coronaviruses are named after the Latin word ‘corona’, which means crown, because they are encased by a … Read more
Convicted robber escaped HMP Sudbury by placing dummy in his cell then scaling 10ft walls and fleeing for weekend away in Skegness as girlfriend who helped him walks free from court Luke Harey, 30, was jailed for 12 years in 2014 for a robbery in Leicestershire Girlfriend Hannah Smith, 30, from Erdington, was given six-month … Read more