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‘We will track you down’

A 29-year-old Englishman from Leeds has been handed a 10-month prison sentence following his conviction for 13 counts of illegal waste dumping, commonly known as fly-tipping, across the United Kingdom. Leeds City Council shared footage and photos in a YouTube video of the immense amount of waste dumped in several places — but not a…

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Sarkozy jailing reignites debate over French political justice ahead of Le Pen appeal

By Gabriel Stargardter and Juliette Jabkhiro PARIS (Reuters) -Former President Nicolas Sarkozy’s prison sentence has deepened divisions in France over judges’ handling of political wrongdoing, months before far-right chief Marine Le Pen attempts to overturn an embezzlement conviction and run for top office. A Paris court jolted the political sphere on Thursday when it handed…

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