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Woman who faked cancer to scam £45,000 in online 'fundraiser' is jailed Daily Record 11/02/2021 Michael Drummond & Kirsty Feerick A woman who faked having cancer and raked in more than £45,000 in donations from well-wishers has been jailed. Nicole Elkabbas conned kind-hearted members of the public out of thousands using a convincing GoFundMe page and even a picture of her lying in a hospital bed. She splurged the money on trips to Barcelona and Rome, gambling, and a box at Tottenham Hotspur football club. © PA Nicole Elkabbas pretended to be ill for cash During her sche...
“Chronically bored” prisoners who have missed out on rehabilitation work behind bars because of coronavirus restrictions could go on to commit more crimes once released, a report suggests. Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor warned that the effect of the “prolonged” measures to contain the pandemic and the “lack of support to reduce reoffending” could have long-term consequences and put the public at risk of “serious harm”. The report came as a court was told “conditions in prison are the worst that they have been in modern times”. The inspector’s findings, based o...
“Chronically bored” prisoners who have missed out on rehabilitation work behind bars because of coronavirus restrictions could go on to commit more crimes once released, a report suggests. Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor warned that the effect of the “prolonged” measures to contain the pandemic and the “lack of support to reduce reoffending” could have long-term consequences and put the public at risk of “serious harm”. The report came as a court was told “conditions in prison are the worst that they have been in modern times”. The inspector’s findings, based o...
‘Like Groundhog Day’ – Prisoners describe sentences during the pandemic Updated: 11/02/2021, 7:17 am Some prisoners said they were ‘sleeping’ away their sentences (Paul Faith/PA) “Chronically bored” prisoners who have missed out on rehabilitation work behind bars because of coronavirus restrictions could go on to commit more crimes once released, a report suggests. Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor warned that the effect of the “prolonged” measures to contain the pandemic and the “lack of support to reduce reoffending” could have long-term consequences and put th...