Posts Tagged ‘man-jailed’

VIDEO: Tweeter ‘sorry’ for Muamba slur

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2012

A man jailed for making racist comments on twitter after the footballer Fabrice Muamba’s collapse says he is sorry for his actions. Liam Stacey, from Pontypridd, served half his 56-day prison term.

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UK terror convict ‘met Bin Laden’

Friday, April 20th, 2012

A British man jailed for plotting to blow up a plane says he met Osama Bin Laden, in a landmark testimony at a New York terror trial.

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UK terror convict ‘met Bin Laden’

New Year arsonist dies in prison

Sunday, August 28th, 2011

A Blackburn man jailed for a New Year’s Day arson attack on his ex-girlfriend’s flat is found dead a day into his sentence.

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New Year arsonist dies in prison

Fraser wins Arlene murder appeal

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

A man jailed for life for murdering his wife in Elgin in 1998 has won his appeal to have his conviction quashed.

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Fraser wins Arlene murder appeal

Ex-IRA man refused communion bid

Friday, May 6th, 2011

A former IRA man jailed for the attempted murder of an off-duty UDR soldier is refused temporary release for his son’s first holy communion.

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Hammer murder conviction quashed

Friday, April 15th, 2011

A man jailed for murdering a mentally ill man in a hammer attack in Glasgow has his conviction quashed.

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Hammer murder conviction quashed

Baby death conviction overturned

Wednesday, February 16th, 2011

A man jailed for life for murdering his baby daughter in Glasgow is freed by appeal judges.

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Air India bomber opens appeal bid

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

A man jailed in Canada over the 1985 bombing of an Air India jet appeals against his conviction for perjury in the trial of two alleged accomplices.

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Air India bomber opens appeal bid

Murder conviction appeal rejected

Friday, January 14th, 2011

An appeal against the conviction of a man jailed for the murder of an elderly woman in Ipswich is rejected by High Court judges.

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Murder conviction appeal rejected

Murderer in unfair dismissal bid

Wednesday, December 15th, 2010

A man jailed for killing his married lover is to take his former employers to tribunal after he was sacked following his conviction.

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Murder conviction appeal hearing

Tuesday, December 7th, 2010

A Court of Appeal hearing into the case of a man jailed for life for murdering a 79-year-old woman in Suffolk is due to start.

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Murder conviction appeal hearing

Josef Fritzl ‘dreams of freedom’

Monday, November 1st, 2010

The man jailed for holding his daughter captive for 24 years and fathering seven children by her says he hopes to be freed to care for his wife.

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Josef Fritzl ‘dreams of freedom’

Carter in North Korea release bid

Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

Former US President Jimmy Carter is visiting North Korea in an effort to negotiate the release of a US man jailed there, Aijalon Mahli Gomes.

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Carter ‘set for North Korea trip’

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Former US President Jimmy Carter may be heading to North Korea to negotiate the release of a US man jailed there, according to US media reports.

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