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  "id": 19410441,
  "title": "Thomas Markle ordered back to jail after cutting off his ankle bracelet",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/thomas-markle-ordered-back-to-jail-after-cutting-off-his-ankle",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-10T23:03:34.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2026/11/1575083/thomas-markle-ordered-back-jail-after-cutting-his-ankle-bracelet"
  },
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  "account": "Thomas Markle, the estranged father of Britain's Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, has been ordered back to jail after removing his electronic monitoring device while under home confinement, according to federal prosecutors. The 82-year-old, who faces a federal charge of possessing child sexual abuse material, was ordered to return to federal detention without bond at a hearing in Tampa, Florida.\n\nMarkle was arrested and charged on Friday for possessing explicit photographs of himself with a naked underage girl and other images of children in various stages of undress. The FBI seized the materials from storage units rented by Markle in Los Angeles since 2008. FBI Director Kash Patel described Markle as targeting innocent children and seeking to steal their innocence through his criminal actions.\n\nAt Markle's initial court hearing last Friday, no plea was entered, and the judge allowed his release on the condition of home detention and wearing an ankle bracelet. However, federal prosecutors requested on Monday that the judge revoke Markle's home-release and keep him in custody pending trial after he cut off the ankle bracelet overnight. The judge granted the request. Griffin also ordered Markle to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine if he was mentally competent to face prosecution, citing her reasonable belief that he was suffering from some mental deficiency due to his age and lack of recall during his court appearance.",
  "summary": "LOS ANGELES: Thomas Markle, an accused child sexual predator and the estranged father of Britain’s Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle, was ordered back to jail on Tuesday after cutting of an electronic monitoring device he was supposed to wear as a condition of home confinement, federal prosecutors said.",
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        "outlet": "CityNews",
        "title": "Judge jails Thomas Markle, father of Meghan, after he cut off his ankle monitor",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/judge-jails-thomas-markle-father-of-meghan-after-he-cut-off-his-ankle",
        "published": "2026-11-10T19:36:46.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Thomas Markle ordered back to jail after cutting off his ankle bracelet",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/thomas-markle-ordered-back-to-jail-after-cutting-off-his-ankle-19410484",
        "published": "2026-11-10T22:52:57.000Z"
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        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Judge jails Thomas Markle, father of Meghan, after he cut off his ankle monitor",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/judge-jails-thomas-markle-father-of-meghan-after-he-cut-off-his-ankle-19409897",
        "published": "2026-11-10T23:02:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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