Mark Royden, 47, has been jailed for four years after trying to steal the Magna Carta A hammer-wielding thief who attempted an extraordinary smash-and-grab on Salisbury Cathedral’s Magna Carta has been jailed for four years. Mark Royden, 47, tried to steal the 800-year-old ‘priceless’ document yet failed to break through the toughened glass box. With … Read more
Thug is jailed for more than four years after striking carer in the face with a full beer bottle leaving her with horrific head wound after she turned down his advances at a funeral WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Jamie Simpson attacked Yavana Dix with a glass bottle at a wake in December Ms Dix needed six … Read more
A mother-of-one who burst into another woman’s home and then battered, strangled and stabbed her in front of the victim’s grandchild was jailed for 11 years today. Shereena Oghani, 28, targeted 56-year old stranger Shukri Wando at complete random after loitering around her neighbourhood apparently looking for a home to rob. The sentencing judge described … Read more
A 76-year-old American senior citizen, who was jailed in Spain for smuggling 5lbs of cocaine became an unwitting drugs mule after suffering a brain injury, the US said. Victor Stemberger, from Virginia, is in a Spanish jail a year after flying into the country with cocaine expertly sewn into bubble jackets in a bag. The … Read more
Machete thug who posted bloody Snapchat selfie after almost hacking off man’s hand with a 15-inch blade in shocking attack outside a McDonald’s is jailed for 12 years Jordan Hughes, 22, followed group from a McDonald’s restaurant in Warrington He pulled a 40cm machete from his trousers and swung it at Samuel Liggett, 20 Hughes … Read more
Mother-to-be, 32, will give birth behind bars after being jailed for stealing £335,000 from her employer in elaborate scam Jaspreet Mann, 32, pocked thousands from the engineering company Meggitt She pleaded guilty to fraud and acquiring criminal property in earlier hearing On bail she became pregnant and attended Tuesday sentencing still expecting Judge Barry Berlin … Read more
Shamima Begum and other jihadis jailed in the Middle East ‘should be allowed BACK to their homelands in a bid to break the cycle of extremism’, says report Soufan Centre has claimed homegrown extremists pose greater threat to national security than UK jihadists jailed in the Middle East Ex-FBI agent has called for repatriation of … Read more
A six-year-old boy who was found dead in his father’s home was only staying with his dad because his mum had been jailed for murder. Arthur Labinjo-Hughes died in hospital several hours after he was found unresponsive at a house on Cranmore Road in Solihull, near Birmingham, on Tuesday afternoon, West Midlands Police (WMP) said. … Read more
Two teenagers, 16, and 17, are jailed for stabbing 15-year-old boy to death on the streets of East London after luring him to meeting outside Westfield shopping center Michael Irving was lured into a ‘Trojan horse’ trap on September 3 by two friends He was found by police with stab wounds in West Ham, east … Read more
A Russian court found ex-U.S. marine Paul Whelan guilty of spying for the United States on Monday and sentenced him to 16 years in jail after a closed trial which U.S. diplomats said was unfair and opaque. Whelan, who holds U.S., British, Canadian and Irish passports, has been in custody since he was detained by … Read more