Adam Whittington, who allegedly organised the botched attempt to recover Sally Faulkner's children in Beirut, has been released on bail in Lebanon after 100 days in jail.

Australian TV journalist Tara Brown is reportedly back at work for 60 Minutes and on assignment in the US only three months after being released from a Lebanon jail.

The mother-of-two said her Instagram star daughter 'cried for the whole day' after talking to the disgraced investment banker - who was jailed for two years in June.

60 Minutes reporter Tara Brown and her husband of 16 years - television executive John McAvoy - have reportedly split. Brown and McAvoy have two children together, Jack, 7, and Tom, 5.

Adele Rennie (pictured) from Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, conned her victims during an 18-day period just three months after getting out of prison for an identical scam directed at other women.

Adele Rennie (pictured) from Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, conned her victims during an 18-day period just three months after getting out of prison for an identical scam directed at other women.

Adele Walton, 34, from Stockport, Greater Manchester, pocketed an extra £800 every month as she forged receipts for nursery and pre-school fees but was today handed a suspended sentence.

Peter Hunter (right) and David Smith (left) used multiple identities and computer bots to illegally buy £17m worth of tickets, which they then sold on for £26m, Leeds Crown Court heard.

They were taken by French photographer Romain Veillon inside the city of Autun jail, which has a design much-dreaded among prisoners - panopticon. It has been abandoned since 1956.

Australian drug smuggler Cassie Sainsbury is looking to the future as she prepares to start her new life as a free woman.

A thief who stole $340,000 from church collection plates to spend on lavish overseas holidays and Louis Vuitton shopping sprees has been jailed for five years. 

Barcelona midfielder Arda Turan has been sentenced to two years and eight months in jail for firing a gun to cause fear and panic, illegal possession of weapons and intentional injury.

In BBC Three's Boys Banged Up, filmed at Hydebank Wood prison in Northern Ireland, inmate William claims he self harms out of remorse for his part in an attack on a young girl.

Richard Pope, 40, visited an Asda in Spennymoor, County Durham, and took alcohol and snacks worth more than £438 over an eight day period, before being caught on his third attempt.

Brian Fraser (pictured) had been due before magistrates in April in Swindon to answer child sex abuse allegations, but failed to turn up to court. Police caught him after spotting him in a car park.

Duncan Johnson, 41, demanded Natalie Grimes' keys at an Asda car park in Liverpool as he tried to rob a vehicle with her daughter, seven, inside. He was jailed for six years after the incident in March.

Victoria Police launched an investigation after a mug shot and a second photo of Dean Laidley, 53, in custody at the police station following his arrest on Sunday night were publicly distributed.

Barney Coyle tried to scam an Uber driver by claiming he was the man who had ordered it before punching the genuine customer, Jamie Smith, in the back of the head in Guildford. He was jailed for seven years.

Tay Clovey, 16, was revealed as one of the thugs who killed Iderval Da Silva (pictured) in London last year. He was given 11 and a half years in prison for the murder of the driver.

The victim was the last of three school friends in the car after Onur Dedeoglu was booked to drive the group home in August 2018 when she was raped.

Dijon Landrum, 24, was arrested three times in just twelve hours after being released from jail in Glendora, California

Miles Armstead, 44, had been doing yard work outside of his home on the 7500 block of Ney Avenue in Oakland on Friday, when his former neighbor, Jamal Thomas, 43, is allegedly to have shot him.

Nicholas McEntee (pictured), 26, from Wetherby, appeared at Leeds Crown Court where he was jailed for eight years followed by an extended licence period of six years.

Connor Parrish, 19, pictured, received a four-year detention order after he admitted supplying ecstasy to 14-year-old Bethany Devlin-McCrone who later died.

Aaron Irvine, 19, a former pupil at fee paying Bedford Modern School dressed all in black and wore a balaclava and latex gloves during the assault at the girl's secluded home in Bedfordshire countryside.

Dewan Gazi, 22, messaged 95 teenagers on the social media app Yubo over a period of 12 days after claiming to be 17 years old. He was jailed for 12 years at Manchester Crown Court.

Stephen Godridge, a special constable for Greater Manchester Police, would befriend teenage girls on social media before meeting and sexually abusing them.

William Russell, from Adelaide has been jailed for two-and-a-half-years after he groomed teenage boys to send him nude photos.

Enroy Ruddock, 19, from Coventry, who bragged about stabbing Emmanuel Lukenga, 21, on snapchat was found guilty of murder at Warwick Crown Court today.

Andrew Crozier, who was due to be married, had snapchat exchanges with a teenage girl which were exposed when the girl's family found out about the exchanges and alerted the police.

Tristan Vanderwatt worked as a support staffer at Gippsland Grammar in VIctoria in 2019. The then 20-year-old had sex with a 14-year-old student and groomed another on Snapchat.

A former Google engineer charged with stealing trade secrets from its self-driving car program has agreed to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors, according to documents filed in a California court yesterday.

Darren Kyle Hunter, 31, was involved in an incident in April 2017 and was helped by a man who offered his iPhone so Hunter could call a taxi, the a Western Australian court heard on Friday.

Brett Harriss, 26, had served just two years of a 32 month sentence and had been barred from using the internet but he secretly acquired the games console to go online.

Jordan David Hans Gill, 29, appeared in the ACT Magistrates Court on Tuesday where he also admitted to sending threatening emails to a police officer.

James Lattimer, 51, bought the cheapest possible ticket to enter the Lord's Cricket ground on August 15 last year before sneaking his way into the pavilion.

Rebecca Holloway, 26, and Oliver Wilson, 28, of Lincolnshire, were jailed at Teesside Crown Court after admitting to committing 'horrific and appalling' abuse on children.

Stone said Friday that the president's public comments have been 'encouraging'. On February 20, he was sentenced to three years and four months in prison.

Joe Exotic's seedy sex den sits abandoned after his employees trashed it while celebrating his departure from the zoo, exclusive DailyMailTV photos show.

Members of staff suspended as Delhi's High Court probes into prisoners allegations that they were mercilessly beaten by staff on 21 November.

Summer Worden is accused of falsely filing complaints against astronaut Anne McClain on two occasions, according to federal authorities.

The Bombay High Court directed the Maharashtra government to take an appropriate policy decision to tackle the spread of COVID-19 at Arthur Road Jail in central Mumbai. At least 77 inmates and 26 personnel of Arthur Road Jail tested positive for coronavirus early this week. Justice Bharati Dangre on Friday was hearing a bail application filed by Ali Akbar Shroff, one of the inmates at the prison, seeking temporary bail on medical grounds. In his order, Justice Dangre noted that the situation was precarious and in such a contingency, the state government and the policy makers should take a decision. "If it is true that more than 100 patients have tested positive in Arthur Road Jail, then it is for the authorities to ensure that other inmates, who are presently lodged in the jail, are not infected by the virus on account of overcrowding," the court said. The authorities must remember that inmates had the right to a safe and healthy environment even when they were ...

There are 250,000 people languishing in jails waiting for the courts to hear their cases. But far from facilitating the release of those who have been detained for years, the amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act is a reversal of many Supreme Court decisions, writes Colin Gonsalves.

Too many RTI applicants are being fobbed by Public Information Officers saying the file being sought is lost. Well, in that case, ask what action has been taken per the Public Records Act, urges Krishnaraj Rao.

Those turning to the Government 'helpline' in Mahbubnagar, Andhra Pradesh, learn the hard way what happens when the little farmer of the countryside runs into the large apparatus of the state. P Sainath reports on a farmer's near-death brush with the government's promise of relief.

After a lull of some years, farmers are being jailed for debt in Andhra Pradesh. Even those in drought-hit districts who cannot repay their loans. Farm unions see the banks as driving a dangerous and explosive process which lets off crorepati defaulters but jails bankrupt farmers owing a few thousand rupees, writes P Sainath.

Despite a political decision to drop charges against Kannada TV reporter Naveen Soorinje, he continues to remain in prison. A PIL filed soon after the decision has put the case in limbo. Satarupa Sen Bhattacharya tracks and analyses the developments.

Valmiki Rampersad had pleaded guilty to 26 offences including four counts of causing/inciting a girl, aged 13 to 15, to engage in sexual activity; 21 counts of engaging in sexual communication with a child; and, one count of making indecent photographs of a child.

An Indian-origin Singaporean, Jasvinder Singh Mehar Singh (52) was sentenced to two months' jail on Thursday for shouting "corona, corona" and spitting on a hotel floor at the Changi Airport, the first conviction of its kind in the country related to the coronavirus outbreak. Singh breached a remission order after his early release from prison in February.

An Indian-origin man has been sentenced to 52 weeks' imprisonment after pleading guilty to writing offensive graffiti at a number of locations across Leicester in central England, some of which was deemed to be racially or religiously aggravated. Amit Divecha admitted to being responsible for the graffiti, which was found outside a Hindu temple.