All news on the topic: Prison sentence

Peter Owen has been jailed for setting fire to his sofa, with the judge ruling he was putting the lives of other residents who lived around him at risk. He will spend three years behind bars

Lloyd Bradford was high on monkey dust when he tried to murder his friend, who he knew through Stoke-on-Trent's drug-using community, in a shocking knife attack

Dylan Makepeace attacked three women over a half hour period in Bethnal Green, London on November 27 last year, before a group of boys on bicycles helped detain the sick criminal

Eleven people have been jailed for their role in a people-smuggling operation that killed 39 migrants who suffocated inside an airtight lorry trailer in Essex in October 2019

James Witham was imprisoned for life with a minimum term of 43 years, and driver Joseph Peers was told he must serve at least 41 years following the murder of Ashley Dale

A chaotic scene after the boat collision saw two men thrown into the water, mobile phones lost overboard, no radio to call for help, no flares found and the boat's key snapping in the ignition in Poole Harbour

Louis Roser hit dangerous speeds of 100mph on the wrong side of the road as he frantically tried to escape police in Cornwall, forcing other drivers to swerve out of his way

Matthew Zakrzewski was sentenced to over 700 years in prison on Friday for the sexual assault of 16 young boys. The evil molester uttered truly chilling final words before his sentencing

Christine Keeler's family say she was prosecuted to discredit her over the John Profumo scandal and have launched a campaign to clear her name. The model was jailed for nine months in 1963

An investigation claims that midwife Karen Carr was linked to the deaths of a number of babies in her care in an expose of the lack of regulations and licensing around midwives in the US

Anton Hull had consumed a number of alcoholic drinks, including rum and lager at a pub in South Cadbury and had even been refused service at about 10.30pm due to how drunk he was. He then tried to drive home

Jeremy Goodale lamented his decision of murdering his Spanish teacher to an Iowa court Wednesday before being given a life sentence with parole in 25 years

A former couple have been jailed after a Bradford toddler had to undergo emergency life-saving brain surgery following a dog attack in the city five years ago

Stuart McGregor launched a horrific attack on a woman after she asked him to move his van, which was blocking her mum's drive on July 28 in Seghill, Northumberland - he pleaded guilty to the assault

Chang Teng Wang, 58, of Finglas, Dublin, admitted to police that he had vigorously shaken the baby in an attempt to calm him and pleaded guilty to the unlawful killing of Seán Wang on August 15, 2019

Following his release from prison, David Tatum will have to register with the Sex Offender Registry Board in any state or jurisdiction where he lives or works

Dominic Fouracre, 35, and Rachel Lewis, 44, from Wales, kept 12 bulldogs in horrifying conditions at a property in Barry - four dogs had to be put down as a result

Joe Metcalfe, 17, idolised some of the vilest extreme right-wing terrorists and wanted to recreate previous mass shootings and planned to imitate an armed officer and kill Muslims at a mosque

Andrew Merritt, who has 118 previous convictions, asked the 88-year-old if he could spare a couple of pounds, before stealing his wallet and walking away smiling to himself

WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE: Dillan Billany, 27, subjected his girlfriend Jessica Smith, 31, to frightening attacks and blamed them on her - he manipulated her after secretly filming them having sex

Council employees at a recycling centre in Cardiff took cash bribes from a waste firm boss to let him dump his rubbish there on the cheap in a coordinated conspiracy

James White, 46, from North Lanarkshire, Scotland, led a 'sophisticated' drugs and guns gang that saw him rake in an estimated £126million before becoming one of the UK's most wanted men

Martin Richards, 50, was sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court to more than two decades in jail for the rape of a young girl who had her childhood 'stolen' by his 'calculating and manipulative' crimes

Matthew Rycroft, 37, was jailed for manslaughter over the death of his son Callum Rycroft, 12, after he drunkenly crashed a car on the motorway before his son was struck by an oncoming vehicle

Benjamin Eitan Ackerman, who posed as a realtor to gain access to some of Hollywood's most expensive, high-end homes, was sentenced to 31 years in prison on Wednesday four years after his arrest