A convicted murderer has gone on the run from an open prison near Dundee. Raymond McCourt, 59, who shot a shopkeeper in 1993, was reported missing from HMP Castle ...

A former police officer has been spared a jail sentence over his fatal decision to Taser a 95-year-old woman with dementia symptoms at an Australia aged care home.Kristian White ...

BBCJagtar Singh Johal arrives at court in India in November 2017Calum McKayBBC Scotland NewsIt's more than seven years since Jagtar Singh Johal was snatched from the bustling streets of ...

A pilot who caused a deadly light plane crash on an island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been spared a jail sentence.British tourist Jocelyn Spurway, 29, was killed ...

A former human rights lawyer has been spared jail over false claims of abuse made against British troops fighting in Iraq. Phil Shiner was given a two-year suspended sentence ...

Image source, Getty ImagesJussie Smollett, the actor accused of staging a hate crime hoax, has had his conviction overturned five years after he was first arrested.In 2022, the Empire ...

US rapper Young Thug was released from jail Thursday evening after pleading guilty to gang, drug and gun charges, in a dramatic twist that ended the longest criminal trial ...

PA MediaJustice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said jails "are on the point of collapse"Scrapping short prison terms is among a number of ideas set to be considered by an ...

PA MediaThe court heard that the defendant was arrested at his home where police recovered the batonA man who fractured a woman's kneecap with a bat in a "wholly ...

Water company bosses could be banned from receiving bonuses and even sent to prison under new government legislation to combat pollution.The proposed laws will apply in England and Wales ...