Spy torture claims

LONDON. The head of Britain's domestic spy service has defended his agency's work amid claims it tried to cover up its involvement in torture.

Inmate On Drug Run Count

A SECOND NSW prison inmate has been charged over an alleged drug-trafficking syndicate which notorious prisoner Bassam Hamzy is accused of co-ordinating.

Property Developer Allegedly Wanted Hitman To Kill Trial Witnesses

FORMER property developer Steve Spaliviero allegedly pulled a fellow prison inmate aside in April and asked whether he could contact a hitman to kill two witnesses in his pending trial.

Wrongly Detained For Two Years, Then Cut Adrift

Connie Levett meets a former Villawood inmate facing on uncertain future.

Back To Jail With A Hitch For Ex-inmate

HAVING spent two years behind bars at Maitland Gaol, one would think former inmate Dave McGarry could not get far enough away from the place.

Jail Visitors Scrutinised

A WOMAN was allegedly found with seven syringes, almost two grams of cannabis, drug powder and a can of whisky and cola as she attempted to visit a Cessnock jail inmate.

Jury Convicts Attacker, Again

AFTER more than eight years and three bitterly contested trials, a Victorian jury yesterday took just 47 minutes to convict a man - for the third time - of a brutal assault on a defenceless inmate in a Melbourne prison cell.

Amnesty Wants Orange Protest For Hicks

ILLAWARRA residents have been asked to wear orange on Fridays in support of Australian Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks.

Former Inmate Delivers Potent Message At Rally

ONE of these men says he is the victim of an elaborate political conspiracy. The other is former Guantanamo Bay inmate-turned-politician Mamdouh Habib. Mr Habib and Bryce Gaudry met on Saturday during a rally in Beaumont Street, Hamilton, against Australia's participation in the war in Iraq.

Remove Threat To Major Mori

IT IS hard to understand the belated threat to discipline Major Michael Mori, the military lawyer defending the Australian Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks. It is a spanner in the works just when the Hicks saga looked near resolution.

Guilty Plea In Moran Slaying

A PIECE in the puzzle of Melbourne's gangland has been put into place with a guilty plea to murder yesterday. Beamed from Barwon Prison yesterday into Melbourne Magistrates Court via video link, the heavy-set shape of Noel William Faure sat motionless in inmate's green. Only the occasional blink - and an acknowledgement that he could hear the proceedings - betrayed the live feed.

Freedom Extra Sweet For Man Wrongly Jailed For Four Months

AS THE prison bush gang dug post holes, strung wire and hammered nails under the blazing sun in a northern Victorian paddock, inmate Colin Conor sweated on something more than just hard labour.

Fatso Makes Bail After Run Arrested

AN unusual inmate, found loitering in the city, was released from Maitland police station yesterday after spending a night in the lock-up.

I'm Not Ok, Says Letter, But Downer Knows Better

THE Australian Government has insisted David Hicks was in "good" mental shape, even though the US has rejected its bid for an independent assessment of the long-term Guantanamo Bay inmate.

Chance Hicks May Be Home In Time For Christmas

DAVID HICKS could be back in Australia by the end of the year. Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said he would seek the Guantanamo Bay inmate's return if the US did not proceed quickly to lay substantive new charges.

Hicks May Be Home By Christmas

DAVID HICKS could be back in Australia by the end of the year after the Attorney-General, Philip Ruddock, said he would seek the Guantanamo Bay inmate's return if the US did not proceed quickly to lay substantive new charges.

Hicks Could Spend Seven Years In Guantanamo, Says Mori

THE Australian inmate of Guantanamo Bay, David Hicks, could spend up to seven years in the notorious United States military prison before he goes to trial, his lawyer, Major Michael Mori, said last night.

Inmate Tells Of Jail Confession To House Fire Murder

A WOMAN accused of murdering her lover allegedly told a fellow inmate she had planned the house fire that killed him and organised her daughter to be an alibi, a court has heard.

Court Told Smuggler Had A Bad Memory

A WOMAN who had two mobile phones and a cigarette lighter in her possession when visiting a Cessnock jail maximum security inmate has been given a three-month suspended jail sentence.

Terry Hicks Asks Pm For Help

THE Prime Minister should press the US next week to allow British officials to travel to Guantanamo Bay and grant David Hicks British citizenship, the inmate's father said yesterday.