The father of a cyclist killed by a driver who didn’t brake or swerve before a fatal crash has branded the decision to spare the man jail a “farce”. Tony Jones’s son David died at the scene after he was struck on
Prosecutors in Senegal who had sought two years in prison for opposition leader Ousmane Sonko have filed an appeal after he was given a much lighter, two-month suspended sentence for his conviction on libel charges in a case his supporters say was
Senegal’s top opposition leader has been given a two-month suspended sentence after being found guilty of libel. Ousmane Sonko on Thursday was convicted of spreading false statements and will also have to pay about $330,000 to Minister of Tourism Mame Mbaye Niang,
The family of a partially blind woman who was jailed for waving a cyclist into a fatal crash are furious as they accuse the judge in the case of ignoring her vulnerabilities while delivering the three-year prison sentence. Grey told cyclist Celia
A climate change protester has been jailed for his part in blocking traffic on a busy motorway as part of an Insulate Britain campaign. Stephen Pritchard was given a five week prison sentence at Inner London Crown Court this morning. Pritchard, 63,
US free speech organization calls on Egypt to release well-known poet who is serving 5 year sentence
A U.S. free speech and literary organization has called on Egypt to release a well-known poet and songwriter who is on a hunger strike to protest his five-year incarceration. PEN America demanded Thursday that Egyptian authorities release Galal al-Behairy, who was first
A former Tory MP who sexually assaulted a 15-year-old boy is set to be released from prison after serving only half his sentence. Imran Ahmed Khan, 48 was jailed for 18 months after being found guilty in May last year. The Times
Ghislaine Maxwell is reportedly mounting a $10 million appeal against her 20-year prison sentence, drawing from funds secured through a recent divorce settlement. The Daily Mail exclusively reported, citing an unnamed source close to the family, that Maxwell reached a divorce settlement
David Carrick’s prison sentence is likely to be reviewed after the Attorney General was inundated with complaints that it was too lenient. The 48-year-old Metropolitan Police officer was given 36 life sentences at Southwark Crown Court and told he would not be
The paedophile glam rock singer – who had a string of chart hits in the 1970s – was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls. The PA news agency understands the 79-year-old left HMP The Verne – a low security category