As Britain is gripped by a prisons crisis, The Telegraph is publishing dispatches from an inmate at a Category B jail – the second highest level of security – to discover what life is really like inside. Recently, the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) found the jail to be chronically overcrowded and understaffed, with self-harm and … Read more
Police have released CCTV images of two possible witnesses as a murder investigation continues into the death of a chef on the final day of Notting Hill Carnival. Mussie Imnetu, 41, was repeatedly punched in the head during an altercation outside the Dr Power restaurant in Queensway at around 11.20pm on August 26 . He … Read more
Australian authorities have declared an arson attack on a synagogue last week a terrorist act as the detectives revealed the case has reached a “crucial turning point”. Arson squad detectives have been investigating the blaze that extensively damaged the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne on Friday. But the investigation was taken over on Monday by … Read more
After the child known as Baby C died, his mother had his tiny handprints and footprints made into a pendant to wear round her neck. It had comforted her to keep them close, she told the court. But even that was taken away from her when Lucy Letby, the nurse convicted of being Britain’s worst … Read more
A firebomb attack at a synagogue in Australia last week is being investigated as an act of terrorism, police have said. The Adass Israel synagogue in Melbourne had to be evacuated after a fire began at around 4am local time on Friday. The fire fully engulfed the building, causing extensive damage and leaving a person injured. … Read more
The only DNA found on the handle of a freezer inside which a dead three-month-old baby was discovered belonged to the infant’s mother, a New South Wales inquest has heard. Almost three years after the infant’s body was discovered by police in a home in Corowa, on the NSW-Victoria border, a coronial inquiry on Monday … Read more
‘There aren’t enough courtrooms, there aren’t enough judges and there aren’t enough barristers,’ says one judge and barrister.Composite: Guardian Design/Shutterstock A man bursts out of a courtroom, shouting expletives. The judge has just ruled that his brother-in-law will not be going to prison after sexually assaulting his two young daughters. “The justice system is a … Read more
Court backlogs are forcing alleged offenders to spend up to five years in jail awaiting trial and driving innocent people to plead guilty, two prison watchdogs have revealed. Charlie Taylor, the chief inspector of prisons in England and Wales, said some of the 17,000 prisoners on remand had waited nearly five years for their cases … Read more
A man bursts out of a courtroom, shouting expletives. The judge has just ruled that his brother-in-law will not be going to prison after sexually assaulting his two young daughters. “The justice system is a fucking joke,” he bellows, pacing ahead of his family. Another male relative mutters darkly: “We’ll find him.” The trial at … Read more
Police are calling for information after clothing was found in bushland that may be a crucial clue in determining the final movements of a woman who disappeared more than 30 years ago. Police, after searching the Illawarra escarpment at Figtree, found black pants and a cream button-down blouse with white and orange stitching as part … Read more