Former Barcelona defender Dani Alves has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison after being found guilty of raping a woman in a Spanish nightclub. The 40-year-old has also been ordered to pay the victim £128,500 (€150,000). MORE TO FOLLOW We’ll be
A man who imported more than 500 litres of the potentially lethal “date rape” drug GBL has been jailed for 11 years. The Metropolitan Police spent four years building a case against Afshin Alikhani after he brought in industrial quantities of the
The wife of an imprisoned Russian dissiedent has spoken out agaist what she believes to be the murder “in cold blood” of Alexei Navalny by Vladimir Putin. Evgenia Kara-Murza, wife of imprisoned Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza, said she believes Putin’s fiercest
The ex-wife of former world No.1 Amelie Mauresmo has been jailed for four months after being found guilty of harassing the tennis star. Marie-Benedicte Hurel, 60, had denied the allegations during the trial, with her legal team given 10 days to activate an appeal. Mauresmo, now
A crooked undertaker who conned thousands of pounds from grieving families in a funeral scam has been jailed – after going on the run for nine years. Steven Drinkwater, 46, told the families of lost loved ones to pay him in cash
A man has been jailed after going on a rampage snatching dummies from babies’ mouths. Josh Guilder was identified as the prolific dummy thief by police in Harlow, Essex, after four incidents were reported. The 23-year-old’s spate of offending took place between
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The first publicly known cases have emerged of Russian authorities penalizing people under a court ruling that outlawed LGBTQ+ activism as extremism, Russian media and rights groups have reported, with at least three people who displayed rainbow-colored items
A grinning biker who mowed down and killed an eight-year-old boy on a pedestrian crossing has been jailed for 12 years. Unlicensed and uninsured Nicholas Hopkins, 20, ploughed into little Mustafa Ahmed as he crossed the road in Plumstead, south east London,
A school headteacher has been jailed after he ran an illegal streaming service worth £450,000. Paul Merrell, 43, operated the illegal business which ripped off the likes of Sky Sports and TNT Sports for four years building up a customer base of
Protestors who climb on monuments could face prison time and fines under new plans from the Home Secretary. James Cleverly has said that climbing war memorials is an “insult” and “cannot continue” while announcing the new plans. He vowed last year to