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Jail Roundup: Three Arsonists And A Female Groomer

Remember the story about the fire attack on publishers Gibson Square (confusingly based in Lonsdale Square)? The company were due to publish the novel Jewel of Medina, which concerns a wife of the Prophet Muhammad, when a trio of Muslims took umbrage and decided to …

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Did They Really Want To Punish Him?

Barely four months into his 15-month stretch for falsely imprisoning a male escort at his London flat, Boy George (or George Alan O’Dowd to his parole officer) was released from jail yesterday, his sentence shorn after “good behaviour”. The singer will wear an electronic tag …

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Credit Card Cop Cry For Help?

Following the furore over widespread lackadaisical record-keeping for on duty expenses within the Met police force, a detective has been jailed for 10 months for impressively audacious abuses of the company credit card. Detective Sergeant Richard de Cadenet’s level of spending suggests he wasn’t entirely …