Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband fears she will be sent back to Iranian jail when lockdown ends after her temporary release during coronavirus crisis Richard Ratcliffe renewed his call for the Government to get his wife back to UK His family have been granted brief respite, speaking to Nazanin over Skype But he says that he is … Read more
Granddaughter of former law chief Lord Hailsham is spared jail over car knife fury Kate Smith stopped her vehicle after seeing Katharine Koops being restrained Instead of thanking Miss Smith, Koops brandished 7in knife and threatened her She was yesterday spared jail in a virtual hearing at Lewes Crown Court By Daily Mail Reporter … Read more
Notorious rival gang members find a way to coexist inside overpopulated jail cells after Salvadoran president’s crackdown on violence Jailed members of the MS-13 and Barrio 18 gangs are being held together at six different prisons in El Salvador Ariel Alexander Ávila Gómez, a member of the Barrio 18, told Noticias Telemundo that rivals had … Read more
Mohammed Khan (pictured), 20, is facing jail after pleading guilty to masterminding a ‘Covid-19 tax break’ scam A student who masterminded a ‘sickening’ coronavirus swindle against the most vulnerable members of the public is facing jail. Mohammed Khan, 20, sent thousands of fraudulent texts and emails inviting unwitting victims to fill in their bank details in … Read more
Qatar launches world’s toughest punishments with three years in jail and £45,000 fines for anyone not wearing a face mask as it battles one of globe’s highest coronavirus infection rates More than 30,000 people tested positive for COVID-19 in the tiny Gulf country Gatherings during Muslim fasting month of Ramadan may have increased cases Mosques, … Read more
Donald Trump demanded Sunday morning that former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden face jail time for involvement in the Michael Flynn case. ‘It was the greatest political crime in the history of our country,’ Trump said of his predecessor and Biden, the presumed Democratic nominee. ‘If I were a Democrat instead … Read more
His handlebar moustache ‘disguise’ has long gone. So, too, the £10,000 ostrich-hide jacket he was sporting when his whereabouts as a ‘fugitive’ in England were first uncovered. But then Nirav Modi’s entire life has changed beyond recognition. Most significantly, his place of residence for the past 14 months has not been the Manhattan apartment he … Read more
There are few places in all of France as forbidding as this abandoned 19th-century prison – as these eerie pictures show. They were taken by French photographer Romain Veillon inside the city of Autun jail, which has a design much-dreaded among prisoners – panopticon, a word derived from panoptes, the Greek for ‘all-seeing’. The cylindrical … Read more
Is this the world’s smallest prison? The tiny Channel Island jail that has just TWO CELLS (and a narrow corridor) The prison was built on the island of Sark in 1856 and houses offenders for a maximum of two days Sark is a tiny island measuring just 2.1 square miles, with a tiny population, just … Read more
‘Flabbergasted’ police say it is a ‘disgrace’ that thug has avoided jail after coughing in officer’s face saying he ‘wanted to infect him and his family’ with coronavirus Trevor Dangerfield, 39, was aggressive towards police in East Sussex last Friday He coughed in an officer’s face saying he had coronavirus, according to police Dangerfield was … Read more