‘paul whelan is my brother, russia is torturing him in prison’

Alsu Kurmasheva was jailed in a Russian prison on false charges. Separated from her family and with no end in sight, she turned to the one thing that kept her hope alive

They were printed in tiny letters, 339 in all, each representing a child abducted from the war zone in Ukraine and, according to authorities in Kyiv, forcibly taken to Russia. Putin had never been con

Lynn Berry, 49, was desperate to keep her promise to mum, Glennis

THE CRIMINOLOGY STUDENT ACCEPTED A CONTROVERSIAL PLEA DEAL TO AVOID THE DEATH PENALTY

WINDINGS NO STRAIGHT ROAD TAKES YOU THERE ...

Eight years on, Chloe Ayling revisits her time in captivity and tries to come to terms with the public reaction to her ordeal