Tag Archives: Prisons

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif and William ‘Billy’ Smith were both accidentally released over the past two weeks Three prisoners who were mistakenly released are still at large, the Justice Secretary has confirmed, with one free since August last year. David Lammy set out the latest statistics on accidental releases as the government …

Prince William’s Duchy of Cornwall estate each year rakes in £1.5million a year from MMP Dartmoor despite being empty as it is leased to the Ministry of Justice Prince William inherited the Duchy of Cornwall from the late Queen ( Image: PA) The Prince of Wales receives millions in taxpayer …

Hayley Turner, Britain’s winning-most female jockey, said she had to call in the police after the correspondence took a turn for the worst Hayley Turner was targeted by a prison inmate ( Image: Getty Images) Britain’s winning-most female jockey has revealed she was once sent “a spliff” by a prison …

A drug dealer was caught after Royal Mail employees smelt a parcel at their depot and informed police. The package was addressed to Daniel Lloyd Taylor, 25, and passed through a sorting office on its way to his home. However, when postal workers raised the alarm, officers raided his house …

Stephen Simmons was sent to prison for a crime he didn’t commit because of one bent copper. Then just 19-years-old, Stephen was told to plead guilty because no one would believe him if he accused the police of being liars. It would take four decades for the shocking truth to …

Mr Wilson, of Redditch, Worcestershire, pleaded guilty to £27,000 of false accounting rather than risk prison and was sentenced to 300 hours’ community service, working alongside criminals cleaning a graveyard.   He had bought his  local Post Office in 2002 with his wife Karen after she retired as a police …

A package containing drugs was delivered to a Perthshire address as police carried out a raid on the property. The delivery, which contained 161 grammes of cannabis, was addressed to 30-year-old Steven Lorimer, who was running a mail order drugs business from his flat at Philip Redford Court, St Madoes. …