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# Aung San Suu Kyi

Myanmar's Suu Kyi sentenced to three years for 'electoral fraud'

Journalists have been barred from proceedings in the military-built capital Naypyidaw.

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Sep 2nd 2022, 8:36 AM

# UK

Wembley murders officers jailed over ‘shameful’ WhatsApp images

Deniz Jaffer and Jamie Lewis took photos of the scene they were assigned to guard after sisters Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman were found dead.

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Updated Dec 6th 2021, 5:19 PM

# Relief

France World Cup winner Hernandez avoids jail

The suspension of the sentence will be for a period of four years.

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Oct 27th 2021, 5:41 PM

# Courts

Getaway driver in bid by organised crime gang to murder man in west Dublin jailed for ten years

The judge said Lee Boylan was shot three times at close range.

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Mar 12th 2021, 12:44 PM

# Robbery

Man jailed for mugging tourists near the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin

The incident happened in October 2019.

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Mar 8th 2021, 5:17 PM

# Punishment

Marseille fan jailed, 11 more described as 'imbeciles'

Hundreds of angry supporters broke into the club’s training ground late last month.

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Feb 24th 2021, 11:36 PM

# Ecuador

At least 75 inmates dead in Ecuador prison riots

The military was deployed to help police quell the uprising.

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Feb 24th 2021, 7:08 AM

# Courts

Limerick truck driver jailed for importing €1.6 million worth of drugs to Ireland

Alyvydus Simkus received a three-and-a-half-year sentence in court today.

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Jan 25th 2021, 4:33 PM

# Rise

From the flats in Dublin city to Arsenal FC: 'It 100% kept me away from drugs, jail and heartache'

Former Ireland international Susan Heapes on overcoming the challenges of her upbringing to become a footballer.

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Oct 4th 2020, 10:00 AM

# Courts

Man (29) jailed after asking teenage boys to send him naked pictures over social media

The judge suspended three-and-a-half years of his sentence due to underlying problems.

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Jun 16th 2020, 3:14 PM

# Dublin

Man who destroyed evidence in garda station and urinated in cell jailed

Rhys Moran (24) was jailed for four years.

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May 6th 2020, 3:04 PM

# Courts

Man who shot bystander in chest at Dublin scrapyard jailed for five years

The incident took place on 4 August 2018.

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Feb 14th 2020, 4:57 PM

# Courts

Man who threatened to kill neighbours while on the run from prison jailed for four years

The 21-year-old had absconded from a Wicklow prison when he carried out the offence.

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Feb 13th 2020, 4:52 PM

# Jail

Man who fraudulently claimed over €225,000 in social welfare admits to falsely claiming a further €18,000

Leendert Stolk fraudulently used a school stamp while claiming child benefit for his two children between 2011 and 2018, a court heard today.

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Jan 20th 2020, 10:30 PM

# Dublin

Man who sexually assaulted flatmate while she was sleeping jailed

The 29-year-old Italian man pleaded guilty.

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Jan 14th 2020, 6:45 AM

# England

Woman who posed as a boy to sexually assault teenage girls is jailed for eight years

The woman concealed her hair beneath a baseball cap and baggy clothes.

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Jan 10th 2020, 5:43 PM

# Foster Care

Man jailed for 12 years for raping his 16-year-old foster daughter

The conviction followed a trial at the Central Criminal Court in Dublin last July.

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Nov 13th 2019, 2:19 PM

# Murder

Teenager who murdered his girlfriend after she dumped him is sentenced to life in UK court

He returned to school after the murder and the girl’s father discovered her four hours later.

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Nov 9th 2019, 3:22 PM

# CURITIBA

Brazil's former President Lula released from jail after supreme court ruling

Lula led Brazil through a historic boom from 2003 to 2010.

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Nov 8th 2019, 9:28 PM

# Cork

Man who raped his neighbour handed seven and a half year sentence by judge

The court heard that the man was asked to leave his neighbour’s house but instead followed her to her bedroom.

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Jul 29th 2019, 7:21 PM

# Dublin

Woman jailed for kicking expectant mother in stomach

Joyce Conlon was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.

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Jul 5th 2019, 9:15 PM

# Gary Watson

Man who was cleared of murdering former soldier is jailed for stabbing another man on same night

Gary Watson was convicted by a jury last February.

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May 16th 2019, 1:10 PM

# paul manafort

Trump's ex-campaign chief sentenced to almost four years in prison

Paul Manafort was jailed for tax crimes and bank fraud.

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Mar 8th 2019, 7:23 AM

# Courts

Man who slashed Luas passenger in the face with a flick knife jailed for 5 years

The Judge said it was ironic that the 28-year-old man’s actions were a “warped manifestation” of his devotion to his family.

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Nov 2nd 2018, 8:59 PM

# Cork

Many prisoners on Spike Island may have been from 'black spots of disadvantage'

Spike Island initially became a convict depot in 1847.

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Sep 7th 2018, 6:01 AM

# pastoral care

Irish Prison Service recruiting chaplains to 'encourage and support' inmates

There are vacancies in a number of prisons including Mountjoy.

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Jul 29th 2018, 4:00 PM

# Oberstown

Teen who caused €50,000 in damage to detention centre jailed for four years

On one occasion Michael Ward set fire to a room.

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Jul 28th 2018, 6:00 AM

# met police

'Parasitic fraud': Man and woman jailed for claiming to have lived in Grenfell Tower

The judge said that this was “a parasitic fraud in the wake of a human catastrophe”.

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Jul 13th 2018, 10:30 PM

# Banged Up

Calls for 'nuance' after judge suggests reform of the law around jailing elderly people

A High Court judge called for the Irish Penal Reform Trust to take a look at the matter.

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Jun 24th 2018, 7:45 AM

# Sentenced

Here's who been jailed over Ireland's banking crisis so far

David Drumm has became the fourth person to be jailed over his role in a bank fraud scheme 10 years ago.

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Jun 20th 2018, 8:20 PM

# Court Fines

Over 2,000 people jailed for non-payment of fines last year

The latest figures shows there has been a significant drop in the number of imprisonments following new legislation.

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Jun 8th 2018, 6:15 AM

# hunting knife

Man jailed for 18.5 years for 'brutal' attacks and sexual assaults on women

The premeditated attacks involved a leather belt, a hunting knife, duct tape and cable ties.

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May 17th 2018, 8:30 PM

# Courts

Three teenagers sentenced to five years in prison for roles in 'rampage' at Oberstown

During the incident a roof was set on fire and missiles were thrown at staff, gardaí and fire officers.

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May 3rd 2018, 6:05 AM

# USA

Man jailed for robbing bank is released... then robs the same bank the next day

Markiko Sonnie Lewis allegedly robbed the bank in Cleveland, Ohio on his first full day of freedom while on parole for the earlier crime.

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May 2nd 2018, 5:53 PM

# Courts

77-year-old avoids jail term for sexually assaulting seven-year-old neighbour

The judge suspended an 18-month sentence on strict conditions having noted that he was unlikely to re-offend.

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Apr 25th 2018, 5:23 PM

# South Africa

South Africa's highest court rejects Oscar Pistorius's request to appeal 13 year jail sentence for murder of girlfriend

The former Paralympic athlete had asked the Constitutional Court to review the jail term.

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Apr 10th 2018, 8:26 AM

# Jailed

Disgraced former South Korea president jailed for 24 years for corruption

The trial lasted more than 10 months and highlighted shady links between big business and politics in South Korea.

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Apr 6th 2018, 12:47 PM

# Salman Khan

Bollywood superstar jailed for five years for killing endangered antelopes 20 years ago

Bad boy actor Salman Khan had earlier been found guilty of killing endangered wildlife nearly two decades ago.

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Apr 5th 2018, 10:24 AM

# Anniversary

Husband of woman jailed in Iran says Boris Johnson has not done enough to secure her release

The case sparked a political firestorm when Boris Johnson told a parliamentary committee she was in Iran “training journalists”.

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Apr 2nd 2018, 7:59 PM

# Accountability

No more lying: A new bill that makes it a crime for bankers to lie to Central Bank won't be opposed

The Sinn Féin Bill carries a possible penalty of five years in jail for the offence.

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Feb 13th 2018, 7:56 PM