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America is willing to drop the threat of the death penalty in order to put the British ‘ISIS Beatles’ on trial, it was reported last night. El Shafee Elsheikh and Alexanda Kotey are accused of belonging to a four-man execution cell in Syria named after the band by their captives. Elsheikh and Kotey also have admitted their … Read more
A 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard has been spared jail after being found guilty of accessory to 5,230 murders. Bruno Dey was handed a two-year suspended sentence on Thursday by a court in Hamburg. In what could be one of the last such cases involving surviving Nazi guards, Dey was convicted for his role … Read more
A greedy mother-of-two who stole nearly £700,000 from her boss to gamble online has avoided jail after her defence team argued she would catch Covid-19 behind bars and die. Accounts assistant Sandra Greaves, 61, used her heart condition and COPD to say she would be ‘particularly susceptible’ to the virus if she went to jail. … Read more
World’s sports stars are spared quarantine to save the ‘crown jewels’ of Britain’s summer – including Champions League Football, British Masters Golf tournament and international cricket Britain has excused sports players from having to quarantine after foreign travel This means golf stars such as Tiger Woods can play in the British Masters International cricket events … Read more
A mother-of-two has been spared jail after hitting her cheating boyfriend’s lover over the head with a picture frame while he hid in a wardrobe after a judge said she suffered ’emotional abuse’ over his infidelity. Care worker Rachel Parkinson, 33, struck Jacqueline Hunter with the glass piece of furniture after going into the woman’s … Read more
Ministers have been sent a list of 45 countries to prioritise for quarantine-free ‘air bridges’, it emerged last night. Airlines drew up the index last week at the request of the Government amid mounting fury over ‘unenforceable’ plans for a 14-day quarantine imposed on all arrivals. The list, agreed by airlines including British Airways, Easyjet … Read more
Howell Hughes (pictured) was driving his Fiat Panda when it hit 66-year-old Brian Griffiths at a petrol station in Swansea A 91-year-old driver who crushed a university lecturer to death with his car when he accidentally pressed the accelerator instead of the brake has been spared jail. Howell Hughes was behind the wheel of his … Read more
Granddaughter of former law chief Lord Hailsham is spared jail over car knife fury Kate Smith stopped her vehicle after seeing Katharine Koops being restrained Instead of thanking Miss Smith, Koops brandished 7in knife and threatened her She was yesterday spared jail in a virtual hearing at Lewes Crown Court By Daily Mail Reporter … Read more
A doctor who deliberately drove his car at a pensioner when he ‘saw red’ has been spared jail after a judge was told he hoped to work at one of the Nightingale hospitals to help tackle coronavirus. Dr Shah Ali, 40, knocked over a man in his 80s during a road rage incident in Birmingham … Read more
Motorist, 40, is spared jail despite punching to death a cyclist who he believed had ripped the wing mirror off his Mercedes Nicolae Budurus, 40, admitted to the manslaughter of Audrius Lapinskas, 30 He punched Mr Lapinskas two or three times outside his Peterborough home CCTV showed Mr Lapinskas weaving his bicycle outside Mr Budurus’ house … Read more