Jonny Humphries & James Mountford BBC News Lancashire Police Lenny Scott had been threatened by a prisoner four years before his death, a jury heard A former prison officer was shot dead in an “act of retaliation” four years after seizing a mobile phone from a prisoner’s cell, a jury heard. Lenny Scott, 33, was...
The Israeli military has struck Tehran’s notorious Evin prison and damaged parts of the facility, which holds many political detainees, Iran’s judiciary says. The judiciary’s Mizan news agency reported that the situation on the ground was “under control” following the attack. CCTV footage showed an explosion at one of the prison’s gates, while state TV...
The husband of Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has been unexpectedly released from prison in Belarus, along with other political prisoners. Sergei Tikhanovsky has been moved to Lithuania and has been being reunited with his wife who lives in exile in the capital Vilnius. It is understood at least 10 prisoners have been released in...
Promes made his senior debut for Twente in 2009 and spent three years at the club before earning the first of his two stints with Russian side Spartak Moscow. After four years in the Russian capital, Promes joined Sevilla in La Liga but spent just one year in Spain before returning to the Netherlands with...
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Dozens of former officials have spoken to the BBC about their role enforcing the brutality of the Assad regime – including a man who said he tortured detainees, then defected in 2012. The rare first-hand testimony forms part of a BBC investigation into Syria’s notorious prisons under its former president, Bashar al-Assad, who was overthrown...
A former Arkansas police chief convicted of rape and murder has been caught by authorities nearly two weeks after he escaped from prison. Grant Hardin was captured only 1.5 miles (2.5km) from the prison. He tried to run from officers, but was quickly tackled to the ground, a spokesperson for the Arkansas prison system said....
Chloe Parkman BBC News, South West University of Plymouth Ms Chick was found seriously injured on West Hoe Road in January The family of murdered Plymouth university lecturer Claire Chick has launched a petition in a bid to mandate category A prisons for murderers. Paul Butler, 53, of Stangray Avenue, Plymouth, was jailed on 25...
George King BBC News, Essex Supplied The Parole Board said Michael Steele, who is now 82, had made progress in prison A triple murderer infamous for killing the so-called Essex Boys has been released from jail. Michael Steele, now 82, was jailed for life alongside Jack Whomes at the Old Bailey in 1998 for the...
Paul Seddon Political reporter Getty Images Prison officers dealing with violent inmates should be armed, the shadow justice secretary has said. Specialist guards should have Taser stun guns and baton rounds – a less lethal alternative to traditional bullets – to give them “confidence” in handling threats, Robert Jenrick told the BBC. The Conservatives said...
Tanya Gupta BBC News, West Midlands Getty Images A 25-year-old prison officer was attacked, police confirmed A prison officer has undergone emergency surgery, the BBC has been told, after being airlifted to hospital with serious injuries following a stabbing at a high security prison. Emergency teams were called to HMP Long Lartin in South Littleton,...
The search for a former Arkansas police chief convicted of rape and murder continues after he escaped from prison on Sunday. Grant Hardin was chief of police in Gateway, Arkansas – a small town of a few hundred residents on the state’s border with Missouri – for around four months in 2016, according to the...
Far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, also known as Tommy Robinson, has been released from prison. The 42-year-old, jailed for contempt of court in October, left HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes after his 18-month sentence was reduced by the High Court. Yaxley-Lennon was filmed speaking for about 20 minutes for a video posted to his social media...