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Serial rapist posed as taxi driver to lure women into his car before attacking them
Courts
Nazim Asmal managed to get hold of one of his victim's phone numbers and called her the following month asking she wanted to 'do something'.
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Luke Mitchell's 'cult followers' fundraiser banned one mile from where body of Jodi Jones found
Jodi Jones murder
The event next month was billed as a “birthday party” for Mitchell followed by "fun fundraising".
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Jozef Puska asked interpreter to stop translating Ashling Murphy's partner's victim impact statement
Police
Jozef Puska was in court for sentencing after being found guilty of the murder of Ashling Murphy on January 12, 2022.
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Son of Profumo sex scandal icon Christine Keeler says she may finally get justice 60 years on
Justice
Christine, who died at the age of 75 in 2017, was just a teenager when she had an affair with war minister John Profumo and helped topple the Tory Government in the most infamous political sex scandal.
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Man who murdered son of Manchester United title winner dies in prison
Manchester United FC
Simon Fell died this year, having been jailed for life in March 1996 for killing Grant Noble, son of Bobby Noble.
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Former West Lothian drug addict now teaches teens how to avoid taking his path
West Lothian
Addiction and repeated crimes of dishonesty saw him Donald Tumilowicz progress to the adult prison system
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Former addict and criminal now mentors Scots teens on how to avoid taking his path
Drugs
Teenagers falling into a life of addiction and crime are being pulled back by men who went through the same issues decades earlier.
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Renfrewshire thug ordered back to jail after boozed up bail breach
Paisley Sheriff Court
Barry McInally was jailed on Friday at Paisley Sheriff Court after threatening to "stab" cops in the neck.
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Murder suspect was wearing tag after being released from prison for violent offence
Police
he man was also seen 'hiding in the bushes' by neighbours multiple times before the violent attack.
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Prisoners in 'Barlinnie' TikTok posts want to 'go hame' and moan about food
HMP Barlinnie
Two TikTok accounts, which are believed to be linked with inmates locked in HMP Barlinnie, have posted a number of videos complaining about food and shouting they want to go hame.
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Twisted crimes of baby killer Lucy Letby examined in new ITV documentary
Prisons
Journalist Paul Brand will be joined by the medical professional who helped catch Letby, Dr Ravi Jayaram, in new documentary After Lucy Letby: Silence on the Wards?.
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Clarity needed over timescale for Barlinnie- prison replacement
HMP Barlinnie
HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow has been described as not fit for purpose, with the Scottish Government pledging to replace the Victorian jail with a new facility.
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Grieving dad says says 'prisoners treated better than cancer patients' after daughter's death
Cancer
Sean Smyth lost his beloved daughter Eimear Gooderham at just 25 years old after she battled Hodgkin's Lymphoma.
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Glasgow man becomes first DJ to perform for inmates at infamous Barlinnie Prison
Prisons
Calvin Logue was working in the jail when word got out that he was also a DJ.
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Brute attacked partner just months after being freed from jail for beating pregnant ex with hammer
Domestic violence
Craig Paul Thomas was jailed in 2013 for attacking Charlotte Rooks with hammers and forcing her to eat photographs of her dead loved ones.
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Prisoner's lover secretly smuggled drugs into jail for inmate boyfriend
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Kirsty Wright, 31, dodged being jailed herself after smuggling a package of tablets into the prison.
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Notorious serial killer has spent 40 years in bulletproof glass box in 'Monster Mansion' jail
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Robert Maudsley has spent four decades in solitary confinement at HMP Wakefield in Yorkshire.
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Mum of evil murderer who arranged teen's death sent knives into prison for son
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Police said the sinister plot to sneak weapons, drugs and mobile phones was part of the largest smuggling ring ever uncovered.
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Scots mum conned out of £200k by bigamist husband speaks out in new documentary
Financial crime
Mary Turner Thomson had been married to William Allen Jordan for six years when she received a shocking phone revealing her husband's sordid secret.
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Suspicious man found hiding in bushes unmasked as cocaine and heroin dealer
Justice
Officers approached Makai Clue to speak to him but he fled the scene while chucking away a number of items including £200 in cash and a mobile phone.
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'Sadistic' killer given minimum 23-year sentence after murdering Stirling mum Claire Inglis
Stirling News
Christopher McGowan claimed his girlfriend had fallen down the stairs when she suffered 76 injuries at his hands.
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Pair of prisoners escape together as police warn public not to approach them
Prisons
Police first received a report the pair had disappeared just before 7pm on October 21. Terry is from the Norfolk area and Mitchell is from the Hertfordshire area.
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Soham child killer Ian Huntley now looks 'unrecognisable' after prison attacks
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Ian Huntley murdered 10-year-old schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman just over two decades ago.
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Scotland's 'failing' £240million prison escort service blasted by warders' union
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The Prison Officers’ Association slammed outsourcers GEOAmey for its 'second-rate' performance, saying prison service staff were repeatedly stepping in to 'pick up the slack'.
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