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Although he will not serve time in prison, Judge Alistair McCreath said Rock's punishment was "the loss of your reputation and your very public humiliation". (BBC News)

Speaking after the ruling, lawyer Simon White said his client was disappointed that he still had to serve time in prison. (BBC News)

At the end of a 12-day trial, jurors took less than two hours to decide Ramos should serve time in prison rather than in a mental health facility. (BBC News)

The footballer was never expected to serve time in jail as under the Spanish system, prison terms of under two years can be served under probation. (BBC News)

A disgraced former oncologist who indecently assaulted the daughter of an elderly prostate cancer patient will not serve time in jail, and has instead been ordered to carry out community service. (ABC)

If an offender is given a life sentence, it does last for the rest of their life. They will serve a term in prison – for example the minimum term for a murder with a knife is 25 years – then they will be released on licence, which means they are subject to certain conditions for the rest of their life. (the Sentencing Council for England and Wales)

"Recently, it was extremely rare for a person to serve a prison term for adultery," Lim Ji-bong, a law professor at Sogang University in Seoul, told the Associated Press. (BBC News)

In 2010, football supporter Garry Mann, also from Kent, was extradited to Portugal to serve a prison term for his role in a riot during Euro 2004. (BBC News)