13 prisoners escape from Iraqi jailSeptember 24th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Iraqi security sources said Thursday that 13 prisoners, convicted of terrorist offences, had escaped from a jail in the northern city of Tikrit. The prisoners escaped through a small window in the prison's bathroom Wednesday night, the source said, adding that four of the prisoners were linked to Al Qaeda and faced a death sentence.
Fazlullah hurt, may surrender soonSeptember 13th, 2009 LAHORE - The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Swat chapter chief Mullah Fazlullah has reportedly been seriously wounded and may surrender soon, a private television channel said. Sources said security forces have received information that Fazlullah is hiding in a cave somewhere in the Swat and Malakand Division and is hurt.
British man sentenced to jail on terrorism charges for plan to launch racist attacksSeptember 8th, 2009 UK man sent to jail for planning racist attacksLONDON — A judge has sentenced a racist who planned to attack people he considered "non-British" to at least six years in jail for terrorist offenses. Neil Lewington was convicted in July of possessing explosives and preparing for acts of terrorism.
Pak Federal Shariat Court directs authorities to provide conjugal facilities to prisonersAugust 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Prisoners in Pakistan would now be able to meet and mate with their spouses, as the Federal Shariat Court (FSC) has directed authorities to provide conjugal facilities to inmates. The FSC in its 'historic verdict' said the relaxation given under Section 382 (B) of the CrPC would be applicable to all the convicts alike while the sentence would include the period of the trial.
Obese US man hides gun in-between rolls of fat!August 10th, 2009 LONDON - An American man has been charged with illegal possession of a firearm, after he was discovered to be hiding a 9mm pistol in-between his rolls of fat. George Vera, an obese prisoner in Texas, weighs around 35 stones and 10 lbs, and he was held in a prison in Harris County in the southern state, reports the Telegraph.
Belgian prisoner who escaped in helicopter capturedAugust 4th, 2009 BRUSSELS - One of the three men who escaped from a Belgian prison in a helicopter July 23 was arrested by the police here. Abdelhaq Melloul-Khayari was detained by police in the Brussels municipality of Sint-Jans Molenbeek Monday.
Fazlullah hiding in Peochar, would be arrested soon: MalikJuly 28th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Swat Taliban chief Mullah Fazlullah aka Radio Mullah is injured and is hiding in the terrains of Peochar along with his close aides, Interior Advisor Rehman Malik has said. Malik claimed the security forces have surrounded Fazlullah and his accomplices, and that they would be arrested soon.
Prisoner allowed to have sex with girlfriend in exchange for confessionJuly 25th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Police officers in Australia have now taken to solving crime by offering their prisoners favours like sex with their girlfriends in exchange for confessions. According to evidence given by a prisoner to the Crime and Misconduct Commission, the police picked him up from jail and took him for a drive through the suburbs on Brisbane's southside, reports the Courier Mail.
Malay man nabbed for hiding 150g heroin in kid's bookJuly 23rd, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian man was taken into custody for trying to smuggle heroin into Australia by hiding it in a kid's story book. The 56-year-old man had carved a little compartment inside the book and filled it with the drug.
Pak jail officials sew inmate's lips over failure to pay bribeJune 4th, 2009 LAHORE - A robbery case accused languishing in a Pakistan jail has alleged that the District Jail officials allegedly sewed his lips after torturing him. During a hearing of his robbery case on Wednesday, Muhammad Asif told the Judicial Magistrate that the jail officials tortured him for not bribing them, the Daily Times reports.
Gulshan Kumar's killer to be tried in BangladeshMay 30th, 2009 DHAKA - Bollywood music baron Gulshan Kumar's killer Adul Rauf Daud Merchant, who was nabbed Thursday from Brahmanbaria in the east of the country, will be tried for "posing a threat to Bangladesh's security" and possessing a fake passport. Police say they want to probe if Merchant was merely hiding from Mumbai Police or was here on a "mission".
UK ratifies prisoner transfer deal with Libya, could have implications for Lockerbie caseApril 29th, 2009 UK, Libya ratify prisoner transfer dealLONDON — Britain and Libya have ratified a prisoner transfer deal that could potentially allow the man convicted of the Lockerbie bombings to serve out the remainder of his sentence in the North African country. Britain's Foreign Office says the deal was signed in November and ratified Wednesday.
Jack Tweed 'headed for same jail as Boy George'April 25th, 2009 LONDON - Jack Tweed is reportedly headed to the same jail that holds Boy George prisoner. Jade Goody's widower is allegedly being shifted to Edmunds Hill, Suffolk from Chelmsford jail, Essex after receiving threats.
Jack Tweed kept in 'safe suicide wing' to avoid trouble with bulliesApril 16th, 2009 LONDON - Jailed Jack Tweed has been put in a single cell along with inmates on suicide watch to shield him from other prisoners looking to bully him, according to sources. Jade Goody's grieving widower had been found guilty of attacking a taxi driver after losing his drunken temper over the fare and had been subsequently sentenced to 12 weeks in jail.
Man livid over knife-using woman tattooist escaping jail sentenceMarch 22nd, 2009 LONDON - A Brit man, who was left scarred after a woman "tattooed" him with a craft knife, is furious that she has not been sentenced to jail. Wayne Robinson, 24, revealed that after he woke up from a boozy slumber, he discovered that Dominique Fisher had etched her name on his shoulder and carved tribal markings on his back and arms.
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