Arnhem hero dies aged 98: Parachute veteran was shot and captured only to escape from prison camp

A hero of the battle of Arnhem who was shot and captured, only to escape a prisoner of war camp and discover a secret German weapons test has died at the age of 98. Paratrooper John Jeffries died in Richmond, North Yorkshire, on August 30, after a remarkable life that saw him serve his country … Read more

Terrorist who Manchester bomber visited in UK prison is refusing to help public inquiry 

A picture has been uncovered showing Manchester Arena terrorist Salman Abedi’s brother holding a rocket launcher, as an inquiry into the attack heard how MI5 were twice alerted about the bomber in the months leading up to the atrocity. The picture shows Hashem Abedi, who helped his suicide bomber brother plan the attack, holding the … Read more

Police recruit used force’s computer to find out if her brother was in prison with officer 

Police recruit used force’s computer to find out if her killer brother was in prison with an undercover officer Naomi Jayne Buckland, 22, ‘acted out of misguided loyalty to brother Nathan’  He was accused of killing man outside pub in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham Buckland was working as a civilian apprentice with Durham Police in … Read more

Hate preacher Abu Hamza is suing US authorities over ‘cruel and degrading’ conditions in prison

Abu Hamza is suing American authorities over ‘cruel’ conditions at the country’s most secure prison – where two of the Isis ‘Beatles’ could face a life sentence.   Hamza, the former imam of north London‘s Finsbury Park mosque, says he isn’t getting enough sunlight in his cell – and being deprived of his hooks means he … Read more

Prison guard locked up for three years after smuggling cocaine and cannabis into jail in underwear

You’re KNICKERED! Prison guard, 27, is locked up for three years after smuggling cocaine and cannabis into jail in her underwear Hannah Gaves formerly worked as a prison guard at Erlestoke Prison in Wiltshire  She today pleaded guilty at Salisbury Crown Court to a string of drug offences  Gaves has also been ordered to pay … Read more

London flat compared to ‘prison cell’ up for rent at £754 a month

A north London studio flat with a washing machine and toilet underneath its cabin bed has shocked Twitter users after going up for rent at a whopping £754 a month. The flat, which is listed on Zoopla by Miki Property, boasts a kitchenette, shower, toilet, washing machine, sofa and bed all in one cosy room. The … Read more

Lori Loughlin ‘terrified about going to prison’ amid COVID-19 pandemic

Lori Loughlin is ‘terrified’ at the prospect of serving her imminent two month prison sentence. The actress, 56, who last Friday was sentenced for her admitted part in a college bribery scandal is at least partly ‘relieved’ that the legal battle for her crimes is finally over, but is still worried she might contract COVID-19 … Read more

Woman, 29, abandoned a toddler for six hours while she visited her boyfriend in Pentonville prison 

Woman, 29, abandoned a toddler for six hours while she visited her boyfriend in Pentonville prison Ebtissam Yahya claimed she left the child alone for 15 minutes to get groceries She admitted one count of child neglect at Westminster Magistrates’ Court  Yahya will be sentenced at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on September 15 By Sam Baker For … Read more

TOM LEONARD: The prison cell that’s a fate worse than death

After just two years in Colorado’s dreaded Supermax Prison, hate preacher Abu Hamza was frantically pounding on his cell door to get out, his lawyers decrying its ‘inhuman and degrading conditions’ and insisting he’d return to a British jail ‘in a second’ if he could. Perhaps his successor in British Islamist extremism, Isis fanatic Alexanda … Read more

How Steve Bannon led 2016 Trump victory but now faces prison

Steve Bannon, who was arrested on a boat in the Long Island Sound on Thursday, helped conceive Donald Trump‘s populist campaign message – only to fall out of favor and get indicted for allegedly pocketing thousands of dollars from fervent believers of a border wall. Bannon was a shadowy and influential figure in Trump’s 2016 … Read more