Ian Smith, who was suffering from blood cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), died in hospital while ...

After a man remanded in HMP Durham took his own life the day he arrived, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has criticised failures by officers to identify the risk. Ahmed Alshbli arrived at HMP ...

A pensioner "ruined" two children's lives when he groped them as they played outside, a court has heard. Michael Moran, 74, ...

Ann-Marie Pyle battered 77-year-old William Pyle with a poker and repeatedly stabbed him, 'in revenge' for her mother’s death ...

A convicted paedophile locked up for over 20 years for raping a young boy has died behind bars after contracting covid.

A major drug dealer who was caught importing MDMA into the UK and was later part of a gang smuggling illicit goods into prison has been jailed for almost 11 years. Shaun Mason, 34, was serving a 16 ...

A Bishop Auckland woman who stabbed her own dad to death with knives, a poker and a walking stick died from heart disease in ...

A "dangerous" and violent rapist who attacked a teenage girl has been jailed for 14 years. Robert Green, 30, had denied ...

HMP Durham has once again been criticised over its use of restraints on ill prisoners after a double amputee with "severely limited mobility" was taken to hospital restrained. A Prisons and Probation ...

Rebecca Holloway, 31, was found dead at HM Prison Low Newton in Durham, England, the Prison Service confirmed to local outlet Grimsby Live. Her death date was listed as Feb. 13 on the Prisons and ...

Daniel Khalife was met with cheers and back-slapping from fellow inmates who congratulated him on his dramatic escape after ...