News with and about 'jail'


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Reshuffle after Tajik jail break

added on 2010-09-02 12:30:47 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)
Tajikistan's security chief is replaced following the escape of 25 prisoners, including several Islamic militants, from a Dushanbe jail. ...more.

Footballer gets affray sentence

added on 2010-09-02 15:01:03 (BBC News | UK | UK Edition)
A West Bromwich Albion footballer has been given a suspended jail sentence after admitting affray in a nightclub. ...more.

Orchestra fraudster facing jail

added on 2010-09-01 13:30:43 (BBC News - News Front Page)
A former financial director of the London Philharmonic Orchestra is likely to be sent to jail after defrauding the organisation out of £645,000. ...more.

Pakistan police held for lynching

added on 2010-09-01 18:00:49 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)
Five policemen, including a police chief, are remanded in jail on charges that they failed to stop a mob lynching of two teenage brothers last month. ...more.

Guards shoot five in US jail riot

added on 2010-08-28 09:30:44 (BBC News | World | UK Edition)
Guards shoot five inmates at Folsom prison after a riot breaks out in the California jail, authorities say. ...more.

Pupil affair teacher sent to jail

added on 2010-08-27 15:00:41 (BBC News - News Front Page)
A married teacher who had sexual relationships with three teenage girls is jailed for nearly seven years. ...more.

Gangland trial perjurer set free

added on 2010-08-27 18:00:56 (BBC News | UK | UK Edition)
A vital witness who lied at a gangland murder trial escapes jail because a senior police officer spoke up for him. ...more.

Indonesia Playboy head faces jail

added on 2010-08-26 14:30:44 (BBC News - News Front Page)
The former editor of Indonesian Playboy could face jail after prosecutors said they would enforce a 2009 court ruling convicting him of public indecency. ...more.

Abusive boyfriend's jail term cut

added on 2010-08-26 18:30:50 (BBC News | UK | UK Edition)
A man who twice attacked his pregnant girlfriend is given a reduced sentence after the judge held both responsible for the "difficult relationship". ...more.

No jail for Germany HIV popstar

added on 2010-08-26 15:00:39 (BBC News - News Front Page)
An HIV-positive German popstar accused of infecting a former partner with the virus is given a two-year suspended sentence. ...more.
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