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UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
36 minutes ago

Woman jailed for harassing Rachel Reeves' sister

A woman was jailed for harassment after repeatedly contacting and threatening MP Ellie Reeves, causing significant fear, disruption, and a court-imposed restraining order.
US news
fromThe Mercury News
50 minutes ago

Oakland man settles rape case by pleading no contest to assault

Eric Conley pleaded to assault likely to produce great bodily injury; rape and other sexual charges were dropped for jail, probation, and ankle monitoring.
#vehicular-manslaughter
fromNewsday
1 week ago
New York City

Brooklyn driver who killed a mother and two children is sentenced to 3 to 9 years in prison

fromGothamist
1 week ago
Brooklyn

Brooklyn driver sentenced to up to 9 years for crash that killed a mother and 2 daughters

fromBrooklyn Paper
1 week ago
New York City

Driver who killed mother, two children on Ocean Parkway sentenced to 3-9 years in prison * Brooklyn Paper

Driver who ran a red light with a suspended license received 3-9 years after pleading guilty to manslaughter for killing a mother and two children.
fromNew York Post
1 week ago
New York City

Deadly wigmaker's sweetheart deal proves even kid-killing is shrugged off by NYC judges

A reckless driver with a suspended license killed a mother and two children; the driver received a three- to nine-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to manslaughter.
fromNewsday
1 week ago
New York City

Brooklyn driver who killed a mother and two children is sentenced to 3 to 9 years in prison

fromGothamist
1 week ago
Brooklyn

Brooklyn driver sentenced to up to 9 years for crash that killed a mother and 2 daughters

fromBrooklyn Paper
1 week ago
New York City

Driver who killed mother, two children on Ocean Parkway sentenced to 3-9 years in prison * Brooklyn Paper

Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
2 hours ago

Man who had his child in the car as he crashed into two garda cars during high speed chase is jailed

Dublin man drove 160km/h with his 13-year-old son onboard, collided with two garda cars during a pursuit and was jailed for two years nine months.
fromwww.bbc.com
3 hours ago

'Satanist' actor jailed for extreme material

A self-proclaimed Satanist who claimed he made a pact with a "red-horned devil" has been jailed for 23 months after being found guilty of having extreme right-wing material on his phone. Declan Candiani, 26, was stopped by counter-terrorism police at Stansted Airport as he attempted to go on holiday on 13 August 2024. On seeing the contents of his phone, officers arrested him and searched the home he shares with his mother in Streatham, south London.
London
#murder
fromIndependent
8 hours ago
Miscellaneous

Billy Burns sentenced to life in prison for murder of his mother Miriam at her Co Kerry home three years ago

fromIndependent
8 hours ago
Miscellaneous

Billy Burns sentenced to life in prison for murder of his mother Miriam at her Co Kerry home three years ago

Toronto
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 day ago

Former Ontario teacher who sent nude images to students sentenced to 4 years | CBC News

A former Grade 8 teacher in Ontario was sentenced to four years for persuading students to exchange explicit selfies and committing multiple sexual offences against minors.
#shoplifting
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
2 days ago

Man who held teen 'hostage' by threatening to leak naked photos of her online after meeting on Roblox is jailed

A 24-year-old man who met a 15-year-old via Roblox blackmailed her with naked photos and received a two-and-a-half-year prison sentence.
#homicide
fromsfist.com
2 days ago
San Francisco

Killer of Visitacion Valley's 88-Year-Old Grandma Huang' Sentenced to Life In Prison

fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago
US news

Queens man sentenced to 24 years for horrifying' killing of ex-girlfriend in Maspeth pub | amNewYork

fromsfist.com
2 days ago
San Francisco

Killer of Visitacion Valley's 88-Year-Old Grandma Huang' Sentenced to Life In Prison

fromwww.amny.com
1 week ago
US news

Queens man sentenced to 24 years for horrifying' killing of ex-girlfriend in Maspeth pub | amNewYork

#dangerous-driving
Soccer (FIFA)
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Former Royal Marine pleads guilty to injuring 29 people at Liverpool FC parade

Paul Doyle pleaded guilty to deliberately driving into Liverpool FC parade crowds, injuring dozens including two infants; a custodial sentence is expected.
US news
fromBoston.com
2 days ago

Former Suffolk County corrections officer pleads guilty to wire fraud

A former Suffolk County corrections officer pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining approximately $54,700 in pandemic-era unemployment and PPP loan funds and faces severe federal penalties.
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 days ago

Emeryville pimp who tricked woman with modeling' job gets 6 years

A man who pimped a woman after luring her to the area with a modeling job was sentenced to six years in state prison, according to court records. Christopher Lee Card, 40, pleaded no contest to pimping the woman and was formally sentenced in October, court records show. Card was given about four years worth of credit for time he spent behind bars while the case was pending, including time credits for good behavior.
California
California
fromThe Mercury News
3 days ago

Care-home employee who left pitcher of cleaning fluid unattended, leading to deaths of two residents, sentenced to 40 days

A San Mateo assisted-living worker whose toxic cleaning fluid was mistaken for juice, killing two residents, was sentenced to 40 days jail and two years probation.
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
3 days ago

San Leandro man gets 11 years in fatal crash where key witness was on meth

Ric Acosta pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced to 11 years for the 2020 killing of bicyclist Mark Lee Moore.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
3 days ago

Man (25) jailed for six years after raping student (17) who was within sight of her house on walk home from party

A 25-year-old man was jailed for six years for raping, assaulting and falsely imprisoning a 17-year-old student during a 20-minute ordeal in West Cork.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
3 days ago

Ontario trucker sentenced to more than 6 years for cocaine smuggling linked to Ryan Wedding | CBC News

Ranjit Singh Rowal received six years and two months in U.S. federal prison for attempting to smuggle cocaine into Canada for a transnational drug network.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 days ago

In hot water: Car thieves hide in hot tub after crime spree

Three men were jailed for a combined 30 years for vehicle thefts, burglaries and being found hiding in a hot tub and a trailer.
Canada news
fromBitcoin Magazine
4 days ago

13-Hour Home Invasion, Sexual Assault, And $1.6 Million Bitcoin Theft Results In 7-Year Sentence

A Hong Kong man received a seven-year Canadian prison sentence for participating in a violent home invasion that stole $1.6 million in Bitcoin.
fromIndependent
4 days ago

'He lost the run of himself' - man jailed for going on rampage through Dublin Airport and causing 9,400 worth of damage after missing flight

Kaunietis was due to fly to Lithuania and was at the Ryanair gate at 7am but the gate was closed He smashed computers and glasses from a nearby bar and rolled a barrel table down a walkway A man who caused more than €9,400 worth of damage at Dublin Airport after he missed his flight has been jailed for one year. Lukas Kaunietis (29) pleaded guilty to three counts of criminal damage at Terminal One on March 17, 2025.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
4 days ago

Boxing coach who cable-tied, abducted and assaulted victim avoids custodial sentence

Wexford man pleaded guilty to what the circuit court judge described as a 'pretty horrendous crime'
Law
New York Islanders
fromStreetsblog
4 days ago

Republican Signs On To Super Speeder Bill, After Defending Reckless Driving - Streetsblog New York City

A Republican assembly member endorsed the Stop Super Speeders bill to require speed limiters for habitual speeders after a deadly crash and lenient sentencing.
World news
fromLos Angeles Times
6 days ago

She set up three surfers visiting Mexico to be robbed, investigators say. All were found dead in a well.

A 23-year-old Mexican woman pleaded guilty and received a 20-year prison sentence for involvement in robbery and the deaths of three surfers in Baja California.
Toronto
fromwww.cbc.ca
6 days ago

Toronto police officer who shot man twice in park in 2023 won't face jail time | CBC News

A Toronto police officer pleaded guilty to assault and careless use of a firearm for shooting a knife-carrying homeless man and received no jail time.
#manslaughter
fromIndependent
1 week ago
New York City

Ex-boyfriend of Irish woman Sarah McNally jailed for 24 years - 'I hope one day for forgiveness'

fromIndependent
1 week ago
New York City

Ex-boyfriend of Irish woman Sarah McNally jailed for 24 years - 'I hope one day for forgiveness'

UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 week ago

Shocking moment sly thieves make off with 2,000 haul in Square mile pub theft

Two men were jailed for 18 weeks after CCTV showed them stealing a bag containing £2,000 worth of items from a City of London pub.
Europe news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales jailed for 10 years over pro-Russia bribes

Nathan Gill was sentenced to 10 years and six months for accepting bribes to make pro-Russia statements in the European Parliament.
US politics
fromwww.npr.org
1 week ago

Pras Michel of the Fugees sentenced to 14 years over illegal campaign donations

Pras Michel was sentenced to 14 years for funneling millions in illegal foreign contributions to Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign.
Music
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Fugees rapper Pras sentenced to 14 years in prison over illegal donations to Obama campaign

Prakazrel Pras Michel received a 14-year prison sentence for illegally funneling millions in foreign contributions to Obama's 2012 campaign.
US news
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week ago

South Hayward gangster gets 23-year prison term in Operation Winter Storm'

Humberto Villegas accepted a 23-year sentence for three attempted-murder counts as part of an eight-year Operation Winter Storm gang prosecution.
#child-sexual-abuse
fromIndependent
2 weeks ago
Miscellaneous

Paedophile ballet teacher tried to resume classes after his arrest for sexually assaulting child

fromIndependent
2 weeks ago
Miscellaneous

Paedophile ballet teacher tried to resume classes after his arrest for sexually assaulting child

US news
fromThe Mercury News
1 week ago

East Bay pimp allegedly used prostitutes to sell guns to criminals

Hayward man sentenced to five years for operating a gun trafficking ring that used women he pimped to buy guns for resale.
#sexual-abuse
New York City
fromNew York Daily News
1 week ago

Wigmaker Miriam Yarimi weeps as she's sentenced for crash killing Brooklyn mom, kids

Miriam Yarimi received a three-to-nine-year sentence after pleading guilty for a speeding crash that killed a Brooklyn mother and two young daughters.
#murder-conviction
fromwww.sbsun.com
2 weeks ago
California

California woman who admitting killing missing boyfriend with a skillet convicted of second-degree murder

fromwww.sbsun.com
2 weeks ago
California

California woman who admitting killing missing boyfriend with a skillet convicted of second-degree murder

Toronto
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 week ago

Toronto woman who suffocated 2 sons gets life with no chance of parole for 18 years | CBC News

A Toronto woman suffocated her two young sons and was sentenced to life in prison with no parole eligibility for 18 years.
California
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 week ago

Daly City mother who helped hide son after alleged killing sentenced

Zaib Afridi received a three-year prison sentence for felony accessory to murder for helping her son hide after the September 2024 fatal shooting of Rolando Yanga.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Prosecutors demand life as ICC prepares to sentence Sudan axe murderer'

Former Janjaweed leader Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, convicted of mass murders and rapes in Darfur, faces ICC sentencing with prosecutors seeking life imprisonment.
fromIndependent
1 week ago

'There are no paedophiles in heaven,' victim tells Pat Salmon (89) as he is sentenced for horrific abuse of young girl

'Self-proclaimed pillar of society' was heard complaining about conditions in cell before hearing Moments before the paedophile Pat Salmon learnt his fate for the horrific abuse of a five-year-old, he complained to his counsel about having had to sleep on the floor of his overcrowded cell the night before. Salmon (89), of Rookfield, Knock, Co Mayo, was remanded in custody last Thursday before the finalisation of his sentencing yesterday by Ms Justice Caroline Biggs at the Central Criminal Court.
Law
fromSan Jose Inside
1 week ago

Former CFO of Major Seafood Wholesaler Sentenced to 36 Months in Prison for $9M Fraud

Antonietta Nguyen has been sentenced to 36 months in federal prison for her role in orchestrating multiple fraud schemes against ABS Seafood, Inc., a major seafood wholesaler in San Francisco where she had previously served as chief financial officer. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston sentenced Nguyen on Nov.14. She was convicted in June of 12 felony counts, following her arrest in June 2023.
Law
#knife-crime
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
1 week ago

Shoplifter poses as wheelchair user to steal beer before assaulting security guard

A 19-year-old pretended to be a wheelchair user to steal beer, assaulted staff, was arrested, pleaded guilty, and sentenced to three years one month.
#art-theft
#sexual-assault
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Man jailed after stealing 270,000 Banksy print to pay off historic drug debt

A man stole a Banksy Girl With Balloon print to pay a historic drug debt and was jailed for 13 months.
#assault
fromIndependent
2 weeks ago
Miscellaneous

Man who stormed into house and repeatedly stabbed another man after littering argument is jailed for three years

fromIndependent
2 weeks ago
Miscellaneous

Man who stormed into house and repeatedly stabbed another man after littering argument is jailed for three years

fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Man jailed for 13 months for Banksy print burglary

Larry Fraser, 48, stole the limited edition signed print of Girl with Balloon from Grove Gallery on New Cavendish Street on 8 September to pay off a historic drug debt.
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Calculated' predator who spiked and raped women jailed

A serial rapist suspected of being one of the UK's worst sex offenders has been jailed for life with a minimum of 14 years, after spiking and recording his victims as he abused them. Chao Xu, 33, had placed hidden cameras inside household objects such as an air freshener and a packet of sanitary pads to spy on women visiting his home address in Greenwich, and had also filmed women at his workplace and participated in upskirting at London Bridge underground station.
UK news
World news
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Man jailed for drugging, raping and filming women

Chao Xu received life imprisonment with a minimum 14-year term after pleading guilty to 24 sexual offences including drugging, rape, voyeurism and upskirting.
Miscellaneous
fromIndependent
2 weeks ago

Former inter-county GAA referee Thomas Howard jailed for more than six years for indecently assaulting niece when she was a child

Thomas Howard, who officiated the 1993 Derry-Cork All-Ireland final, received a six years and nine months sentence for indecently assaulting his niece.
Miscellaneous
fromIrish Independent
2 weeks ago

The Indo Daily: 'Marianne Smyth will never stop scamming' - Con-hunter opens up about being tricked by 'Queen of Con'

Marianne Smyth scammed dozens, including a TV producer, out of over £100,000 using multiple aliases, lies, and manipulations before receiving a four-year prison sentence.
fromLI Press
2 weeks ago

Lawrence man back to prison after 2021 Trump commutation

Braun was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison by District Court Judge Kiyo Matsumoto in 2021 for failing to adhere to the terms of his supervised release. He will only serve 20 of those months as he has been detained in Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Center since this spring. Despite the commutation, the terms of his supervised release included strict behavioral guidelines and a fine of $100,000, both of which Braun violated according to federal prosecutors.
Law
California
fromThe Mercury News
2 weeks ago

Bay Area man convicted in 2021 DUI crash dies in state prison

Augie Lamar Delariva, sentenced in 2023 to 16 years for a DUI-caused crash that injured multiple people, died Oct. 29 in state prison.
California
fromwww.pressdemocrat.com
2 weeks ago

Bay Area man convicted in 2021 DUI crash dies in state prison

Augie Lamar Delariva, 34, died in state custody after a 2023 16-year sentence for a 2021 DUI chain-reaction crash that injured six.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
2 weeks ago

Hospital ward manager sentenced over patient death

NHS trust fined £565,000 and ward manager sentenced after patient Alice Figueiredo died by suicide at an east London mental-health unit in 2015.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Man Pardoned By Trump Sentenced to Jail For New Crimes, Including Alleged Sexual Abuse

Convicted drug dealer Jonathan Braun, who had his sentence commuted by President Donald Trump during his first term, is being sent back to prison after he violated terms of his supervised release with a series of heinous acts, including allegedly assaulting a three-year-old and sexually abusing a nanny. Braun was sentenced to 27 months in prison on Monday in New York City.
US politics
UK news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Man set fire to ex's house by pouring petrol through letterbox while she slept

Nicholas Martin jailed for 30 years after setting his ex-partner's house on fire, causing severe injuries and stemming from a prolonged campaign of abuse.
US news
fromAP News
2 weeks ago

Drug dealer granted clemency by Trump sent back to prison for violating terms of his release

A clemency-granted convicted drug dealer violated release, faced new charges, and was resentenced to 27 months after prosecutors argued he remains a danger.
Law
fromIndependent
2 weeks ago

Man jailed for nine years after stabbing woman in genital area during 'depraved' misogynistic attack

A 22-year-old man was jailed for nine years after stabbing a woman multiple times in the genital area in a misogynistic, depraved attack.
MMA
fromCageside Press
2 weeks ago

Ex-UFC Bantamweight Sentenced to Jail Time Over Aggravated Assault

Casey Kenney received a 180-day jail sentence after pleading to an aggravated domestic violence assault charge stemming from a July 2024 alleged 13‑hour assault.
Law
fromIrish Independent
2 weeks ago

Judge says knife possession 'an absolute epidemic' as man faces fifth charge for carrying one

A man received 10 months' imprisonment after repeatedly being caught carrying knives while on two suspended sentences.
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Man jailed for seven years after sharing Grant Shapps' details with Russian spies'

Howard Phillips jailed seven years for giving defence secretary Grant Shapps's personal details to men he believed were Russian agents, aiding a foreign intelligence service.
fromIndependent
3 weeks ago

Gangland criminal who killed UL student Joe Drennan in hit-and-run has five years added to sentence on appeal

A gangland criminal, who caused the death of a 21-year-old student in a notorious hit-and-run case where he had filmed himself speeding just moments before, will now serve an extra five years in prison after the Court of Appeal ruled that his original eight-year sentence for this and other offences was unduly lenient.
Miscellaneous
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
3 weeks ago

Woman 'strung along' seriously ill man over kidney donation

A Belfast woman falsely promised a kidney donation to a seriously ill man, creating false hope and receiving a five-month prison sentence after conviction.
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