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Dominique Pelicot cried as he was sentenced to the maximum of 20 years in prison for raping and organising the mass rape of his wife – with all of his 50 co-defendants also receiving guilty verdicts for their part in France’s most notorious sex crimes trial.  Dubbed the Monster of …

A British teenager has been jailed for one year in Dubai for having sex with a 17-year-old girl during a holiday romance. Marcus Fakana, of Tottenham, was given the shattering news by his lawyer following a brief trial. The 18-year-old was charged with underage sex with the British girl even …

A killer who lured an Army veteran to his death using a gay dating app has been jailed for 37 years. Jack Crawley was handed a mandatory life term yesterday after killing Paul Taylor, and the attempted murder of a second man, also aged in his 50s. The 56-year-old was …

Two Just Stop Oil activists have been jailed for pouring soup over Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers, after they came close to ‘destroying’ the masterpiece. Phoebe Plummer 23, and Anna Holland, 22, caused as much as £10,000 worth of damage to the artwork’s gold-coloured frame when they targeted it at London’s …

By Katherine Lawton Published: 12:21 BST, 12 August 2024 | Updated: 12:35 BST, 12 August 2024 More alleged ‘armchair thugs’ have been charged over the riots and are due in court accused of stirring up racial hatred on social media.  Geraint Boyce, 43, and Jamie Michael, 45, are accused of …

A British far-right activist whose racist websites inspired an American teen to murder ten people in a mass shooting has been jailed. Colin McNeil, 46, who pleaded guilty to four offences of disseminating a terrorist publication, was sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment today.  Sheffield Crown Court heard how his two …

 Open Letter for Whole Truth Five Dear Attorney General, Richard Hermer KC, This week has seen one of the greatest injustices in a British court in modern history. On Thursday 18th July, five people were given the highest sentences for nonviolent protest this country has ever seen. They were on …

A British construction boss managed to celebrate his dream Majorcan wedding despite spending two nights of his stag do in jail after drinks at a luxury beach club descended into an alcohol-fuelled punch-up that injured several waiters and a pair of Spanish cops. Groom Connor Lorimer, 29, who runs two …

By Tom Cotterill Published: 07:08 BST, 13 May 2024 | Updated: 07:14 BST, 13 May 2024 A teenager who stabbed British mother Emma Lovell to death during a violent home invasion in Australia has been jailed for 14 years.  Ms Lovell, 41, was slaughtered after confronting two intruders who had broken …

A woman who stalked Harry Styles has been jailed and banned from seeing him perform. Myra Carvalho, 35, who appeared at Harrow Crown Court sitting at Hendon Magistrates’ Court in London, was said to have stalked the singer by sending him 8,000 cards in less than a month. She was …