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# locked-up - Thursday 19 May, 2022

Nottingham Forest fan jailed for headbutting Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp

# Assault

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# Assault

Nottingham Forest fan jailed for headbutting Sheffield United captain Billy Sharp

May 19th 2022, 3:00 PM 24,513 Views 17 Comments

30-year-old season ticket holder Robert Biggs has been handed a 24-week sentence.

# locked-up - Thursday 3 December, 2020

# Sweden

Swedish mother no longer suspected of holding son captive for decades

Updated Dec 3rd 2020, 6:51 PM 92,695 Views 42 Comments

Reports said the man could barely walk, had almost no teeth and limited speech ability.

# locked-up - Saturday 23 June, 2018

# Locked Up

French teenager spent two weeks in US detention after she crossed Canada border jogging on beach

Jun 23rd 2018, 5:01 PM 52,411 Views 117 Comments

‘We were locked up all the time and in the yard there was barbed wire and dogs.’

# locked-up - Saturday 17 February, 2018

# Locked Up

This is what a cell in Mountjoy Prison looks like

Feb 17th 2018, 6:30 PM 79,882 Views 56 Comments

Have a look inside.

# locked-up - Wednesday 8 March, 2017

Six men jailed for attacking French rugby players with machetes and knives

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Six men jailed for attacking French rugby players with machetes and knives

Mar 8th 2017, 8:12 PM 17,258 Views 12 Comments

Clermont trio Aurelien Rougerie, Benjamin Kayser and Julien Pierre suffered several injuries after the incident outside a nightclub.

# locked-up - Sunday 25 December, 2016

# Locked Up

'One of the most vulnerable groups of emigrants' - 45 Irish people jailed abroad in 2016

Dec 25th 2016, 6:00 AM 12,672 Views 16 Comments

Ten Irish people were sent to prison in the US this year, there were seven new cases in Australia and six in France.

# locked-up - Tuesday 20 December, 2016

# Locked Up

Explosives, ammo and forensic suits: Irishman jailed for 14 years after republican arsenal seized

Dec 20th 2016, 12:05 PM 15,795 Views 28 Comments

Cavan man Barry Petticrew found in possession of bomb-making equipment in 2014.

# locked-up - Monday 5 December, 2016

# Locked Up

Convicted child rapist who assaulted girl for two years until she became pregnant jailed for 11 years

Dec 5th 2016, 7:08 PM 29,025 Views 45 Comments

The man also sexually assaulted the victim’s three sisters.

# locked-up - Tuesday 12 April, 2016

# Egypt

Ibrahim Halawa transferred prisons and is not missing

Apr 12th 2016, 5:50 PM 27,814 Views 95 Comments

It was earlier reported that he had been moved and his family were unaware of his whereabouts.

# locked-up - Thursday 28 January, 2016

# Locked Up

These are the countries that imprison the most foreigners

Jan 28th 2016, 6:03 AM 26,483 Views 30 Comments

There are around 1,200 Irish nationals imprisoned abroad.

# locked-up - Friday 22 January, 2016

# Locked Up

US student arrested in North Korea over 'hostile act'

Jan 22nd 2016, 8:41 AM 16,377 Views 44 Comments

The country has not given details of exactly what 21-year-old Otto Frederick Warmbier did.

# locked-up - Sunday 6 September, 2015

# Neglect

Argentinian man accused of locking his wife and autistic son in a cage for years

Sep 6th 2015, 8:40 AM 20,658 Views 18 Comments

He allegedly fed his son dog food.

# locked-up - Tuesday 7 April, 2015

# Banged Up

Man gets five years in prison for harassing woman - while in prison

Apr 7th 2015, 9:15 PM 19,229 Views 15 Comments

Carlos Boente bragged about having the woman’s house burgled.

# locked-up - Thursday 19 February, 2015

# Police

Woman arrested in Sweden after daughters 'locked up for a decade'

Feb 19th 2015, 7:53 PM 28,178 Views 14 Comments

“The blinds were always pulled down there and we haven’t heard any noise from the apartment.”

# locked-up - Thursday 22 January, 2015

# Banged Up

How many people are in prison in Ireland right now?

Jan 22nd 2015, 6:30 AM 13,666 Views 44 Comments

And how are they being trained for life outside?

# locked-up - Sunday 17 August, 2014

# Egypt

Ibrahim Halawa on hunger strike in Egyptian prison

Aug 17th 2014, 7:59 PM 16,264 Views 255 Comments

The teenager has been in an Egyptian prison for a year.

# locked-up - Wednesday 30 April, 2014

# Locked Up

Gardaí to debate law on holding drunk prisoners until they sober up

Apr 30th 2014, 6:20 AM 7,401 Views 19 Comments

Delegates at the GRA conference will debate the legal implications of doing this, with one who is in favour of the motion saying it would help keep intoxicated prisoners safe.

# locked-up - Wednesday 30 January, 2013

# Caged

US couple arrested for locking daughter, 8, in a cage

Jan 30th 2013, 10:36 AM 9,737 Views 20 Comments

The couple have been charged with child negligence after the girl, who has a developmental condition, was found in a home-made wooden cage in New Mexico.

# locked-up - Tuesday 16 October, 2012

# Locked Up

Damning report into St Patrick's finds forced stripping, excessive force and intimidation

Oct 16th 2012, 9:59 PM 16,819 Views 131 Comments

The latest report by the Inspector of Prisons has found systematic violation of the human rights of the offenders held in St Patrick’s Institution.

# locked-up - Sunday 10 June, 2012

# Prison

101 prisoners claimed social welfare despite being behind bars this year

Jun 10th 2012, 9:30 AM 6,911 Views 38 Comments

The Department of Social Protection has been cracking down on the number of prisoners who claim social welfare benefits while in jail.

# locked-up - Friday 1 June, 2012

Behind bars: Mayweather turns himself in for 90-day jail term

# Cornered

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# Cornered

Behind bars: Mayweather turns himself in for 90-day jail term

Jun 1st 2012, 8:25 PM 518 Views 0 Comments

50 Cent was on hand to give his friend some morale support. ‘He’ll be alright’, said the rapper.

# locked-up - Thursday 24 May, 2012

# Locked Up

John Lonergan: prison is not the way to deal with social welfare fraud

May 24th 2012, 9:48 AM 4,090 Views 60 Comments

The former governor of Mountjoy said that prison should only be used as a last resort when somebody is a risk to society.

# locked-up - Saturday 28 April, 2012

# Young Offenders

40 per cent of prisoners in St Patrick's are on protection

Apr 28th 2012, 8:45 AM 3,160 Views 10 Comments

Prisoners at the institution, which houses offenders aged 16 to 21, are placed on protection when they are under threat from other inmates or pose a risk to the prison population.

# locked-up - Tuesday 13 March, 2012

# Locked Up

Guatemalan gets 6,060 year sentence over massacre

Mar 13th 2012, 1:15 PM 2,160 Views 2 Comments

The 54-year-old was a former member of an elite military force involved in the killing of 201 people in a 1982 massacre during Guatemala’s civil war.

# locked-up - Tuesday 24 January, 2012

# Captive

Woman locked in bathroom for 10 years is freed

Jan 24th 2012, 10:38 AM 6,583 Views 16 Comments

The Palestinian woman (20), said she was locked up by her father from the age of 10. She said she survived by dreaming of seeing sunshine again.

# locked-up - Thursday 3 November, 2011

Pakistani trio jailed for cricket fixing scam

# Spot Fixing

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# Spot Fixing

Pakistani trio jailed for cricket fixing scam

Nov 3rd 2011, 11:04 AM 333 Views 2 Comments

Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have been handed custodial sentences after they were found guilty of spot fixing.

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