# Jailed

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# Explainer

Here's why the water protesters were freed from prison...

Their lawyers appealed on the basis of problems with a ‘committal warrant’. But what was the basis of the argument?

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Mar 9th 2015, 6:34 PM

# Russia

Woman who set up site for Russian LGBT teens is fined for "gay propaganda"

Yelena Klimova (26) said she will appeal the verdict.

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Jan 23rd 2015, 7:39 PM

# Hate Preacher

British preacher Abu Hamza sentenced to life in prison

The hook-handed imam, blind in one eye and a double-hand amputee, was a tabloid bogeyman in Britain after the 9/11 attacks for preaching vitriolic, anti-American sermons.

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Jan 9th 2015, 8:46 PM

# Yuck

Man sent to jail... for buying and eating three tigers

He bought the tigers for “a huge amount of money”, Chinese media says.

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Dec 30th 2014, 7:50 AM

# fatal robbery

Burglar jailed after pensioner dies from heart attack during robbery

72-year-old Bertie Acheson died at his home in Coleraine.

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Dec 12th 2014, 5:18 PM

# Jailed

Taxi-driver who tried to rape Irishwoman in Dubai to serve three years

The man, a Bangladeshi national, had threatened to kill the woman if she told police about the incident.

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Nov 24th 2014, 7:24 PM

# Jailed

Captain of Korean ferry that killed over 300 escapes death penalty but sentenced to 36 years in prison

A three-judge panel said prosecutors failed to prove Lee Jun-Seok had acted intentionally.

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Nov 11th 2014, 7:33 AM

# Interview

Kathleen Chada to appear on the Late Late Show tonight

The mother of Eoghan and Ruairí will speak to Ryan Tubridy about her sons’ tragic deaths.

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Oct 10th 2014, 6:00 AM

# Boom to Bust

Who is Breifne O'Brien? Corkman, charlatan, Celtic Tiger conman...

Find out more about the man who encapsulated the Celtic Tiger with his fall from grace.

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Oct 8th 2014, 8:00 PM

# double personality

"Charmer" who knowingly infected woman with HIV is jailed for 12 years

This was his second time being jailed for a similar crime.

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Oct 2nd 2014, 10:30 PM

# Reaction

Willie O'Dea: What Ivor Callely did was wrong and the man has to take his punishment

A former Fianna Fáil colleague of jailed Ivor Callely has been speaking today.

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Jul 28th 2014, 3:17 PM

# Jailed

Mountjoy prison officer had blood smeared over his face by prisoner

Two other prison officers at Mountjoy had boiling water thrown at them in the past week.

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May 9th 2014, 7:00 AM

# Cat Burglar

Man jailed for 4 months after stealing kitten to give to his mother at Christmas

The man had told his mother that he bought the cat from a local pet shop.

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Apr 6th 2014, 1:35 PM

# Jailed

Uli Hoeness says he won't appeal tax fraud verdict, will go to jail

Hoeness has also stepped down as Bayern Munich president.

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Mar 14th 2014, 9:27 AM

# Jailed

Bayern Munich chief Uli Hoeness jailed for three and a half years

The European champions’ president is guilty of tax evasion.

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Mar 13th 2014, 1:25 PM

# Trouble

Birmingham owner Yeung jailed for six years

Judge Douglas Yau said the sentence sent a strong message against white-collar crime in the southern Chinese city.

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Mar 7th 2014, 12:56 PM

# Manslaughter

Woman who shot dead Irish boyfriend jailed for one year

Wendy Hanks shot Darren William Haverty in Florida last August.

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Mar 6th 2014, 3:10 PM

# Jailed

Former Romania international Popescu jailed for three years

The former Tottenham and Barcelona defender was found guilty of money laundering and tax evasion in relation to 12 transfers.

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Mar 5th 2014, 12:23 AM

# Death

Former IRA man Bernard McGinn found dead at his home in Monaghan

Gardaí have confirmed that a sudden death was reported to officers in Monaghan Town at around 2pm yesterday afternoon.

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Dec 22nd 2013, 11:44 AM

# Russia

Missing Pussy Riot member is being transferred to Siberia, husband says

The whereabouts of Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, jailed two years ago for her part in the performance of a protest song, had been unknown since October 22nd.

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Nov 6th 2013, 11:29 AM

# Jailed

Newcastle fan jailed for a year for punching horse

Barry Rodgerson was also given a six-year football banning order.

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Oct 24th 2013, 5:06 PM

# crap one

Man thrown in jail for pooing his pants

Criminally disgusting.

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Jul 30th 2013, 8:24 AM

# Jailed

Putin opponent sentenced to five years in penal colony

Moscow mayoral candidate was Alexei Navalny earlier convicted of embezzlement in Russia’s northern Kirov region.

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Jul 18th 2013, 9:53 AM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 stories, 5 minutes, 5 o’clock.

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Jun 24th 2013, 4:57 PM

# United Kingdom

Disgraced former minister and ex-wife released from prison early

Former UK cabinet minister Chris Huhne and his ex-wife Vicky Pryce were released from prison this morning and have to wear electronic tags.

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May 13th 2013, 11:19 AM

# Jailed

Former UK minister Huhne and ex-wife jailed for eight months

Chris Huhne and his former wife Vicky Pryce were jailed at a court in London today for perverting the course of justice over a speeding offence ten years ago.

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Mar 11th 2013, 6:21 PM

# Jailed

Manchester City youngster jailed for crash that killed brother and sister

18-year-old Courtney Meppen-Walter was driving at nearly double the speed limit of 30 miles.

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Feb 28th 2013, 5:22 PM

# Sean Quinn

Motorists report being verbally abused at Seán Quinn protest in Derrylin

Tractors are said to be blocking a road in the Fermanagh town as protestors voice their anger over the jailing of the former billionaire last week.

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Nov 5th 2012, 10:07 AM

# pussy riot

Russia frees one Pussy Riot member, keeps two in jail

Yekaterina Samutsevich was judged not to have had an actual involvement in the “punk prayer” performance at a Moscow cathedral in March.

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Oct 10th 2012, 12:41 PM

# Piracy

First person jailed in UK for linking to pirated copies of TV shows and films

The site was once among the top 500 websites visited globally.

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Aug 15th 2012, 11:13 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things to know this morning…

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Jul 21st 2012, 8:52 AM

# Arab Spring

Tánaiste seeks clemency for Bahraini medics

The doctors and nurses were sentenced after being found guilty of aiding an uprising against the Gulf kingdom’s regime.

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Jun 16th 2012, 2:21 PM

# Escapee

Garda killer jailed again in Derry after prison escape

Martin McDermott, who was serving a seven-year sentence for the manslaughter of a garda, escaped from a low-security jail earlier this month.

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Mar 23rd 2012, 8:01 AM

# Jailed

Former Man United player jailed for selling stolen car parts

Ronnie Wallwork, 34, was sentenced to 15 months in prison this afternoon.

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Dec 5th 2011, 6:05 PM

# Jailed

Man receives life sentence for Gaynor murder

A 23-year-old man has been convicted for fatally shooting Daniel Gaynor in front of his girlfriend and two children in Dublin last year.

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Nov 8th 2011, 8:28 PM

# Riots

Student jailed for six months for looting a case of water in London

The 23-year-old student has said he’s ashamed of his actions. He stole the water from a Lidl store in Brixton.

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Aug 11th 2011, 6:21 PM

# Piegate

'Jonnie Marbles' jailed over Murdoch attack

The comedian attacked 80-year-old Rupert Murdoch with a shaving-foam pie during a House of Commons committee meeting.

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Aug 2nd 2011, 6:28 PM

# Abuse

Galway mother jailed for cruelty and neglect

Judge Raymond Groarke described the abuse inflicted upon the eight children as a “human tragedy”.

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Jul 14th 2011, 6:53 PM

# Courts

Man jailed for killing young jockeys

Man started fire after being refused entry to a party at young jockeys’ flat.

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Dec 10th 2010, 2:53 PM

# Jailed

Protest over Tipperary man jailed in France

French authorities allege he was smuggling cigarettes; Paul Barrett says he thought he was importing apples.

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Aug 5th 2010, 4:39 PM