All news by author Sophia Martinez
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Spy cops scandal: ‘creepy’ officer formed sexual relationship with teen in 1990s
Activist tells public inquiry Andy Coles lied about his age and manipulated her into relationship when she was 19
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British teen jailed over holiday romance could face sentence increased to 20 years
Marcus Fakana, 18, fears his one year prison sentence in Dubai could be increased to two decades behind bars - but the lawyer representing him is hoping for the teen to be pardoned
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Smethwick crash: Boy, 2, killed in stolen Porsche hit-and-run; police launch manhunt
West Midlands Police are hunting a hit-and-run driver after a two-year-old boy was killed in a horror car crash involving a stolen Porsche in Dartmouth Road, Smethwick
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Billionaire founder of Mango fashion chain dies in a freak holiday accident
Isak Andic, founder of high street chain Mango, has died in a freak hiking accident near Barcelona, the brand says.
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’Chinese spy’ was ’invited’ to Buckingham Palace by Prince Andrew, sparking calls for their identity to be revealed
The businessman accused of being a Chinese spy was invited to Buckingham Palace by the Duke of York, it has been reported.
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UK fighter unlawfully killed in Ukraine - coroner
A former British soldier who went out to Ukraine to help in the war effort against Russia was unlawfully killed by a "comrade", a coroner has found.
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Wayne Rooney’s ex-Premier League teammate sentenced to 20 years for bribery
Former Everton player and China manager Li Tie will spend the next 20 years behind bars after landing a hefty sentence for giving and receiving bribes throughout his career
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Russian ’cryptocurrency king’ in custody: Polish court to decide whether to extradite him to the US
The court has arrested Dmitry V., who was detained in Warsaw and prosecuted by the US for fraud while running one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, for 60 days.
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Prince Andrew’s ’close confidant’ denied entry to the UK over national security concerns and ties to China
Known as H6, the man was invited to the royal’s birthday party in 2020, but the Home Office said he was considered to have engaged in "covert and deceptive activity". A judge has ruled the Chinese businessman had an "unusual" degree of trust from the royal.
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Sean ’Diddy’ Combs faces lawsuits from three accusers in New York over rape allegations
Sean ’Diddy’ Combs is facing new allegations from three accusers in the State of New York who claim the star drugged and then raped them. The star is currently in jail awaiting trial for other charges.
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All is fair in steel and war: Italian equipment used for military armor production continues to be supplied to Russia
Russian metallurgists, who supply their materials to manufacturers of weapons and armored vehicles, are critically dependent on foreign equipment.
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Rioter at asylum hotel sentenced to nine years in prison
A man who tried to set fire to a hotel housing asylum seekers has been jailed for nine years, the joint-longest prison sentence in connection with the UK’s summer of riots.
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How mafias make billions by targeting hotels, restaurants in Italy: "Tasty prey for criminal associations"
Italy’s mafias make more than three billion euros a year from the tourism sector and are primed to pocket even more from large-scale upcoming events, a research institute warned on Tuesday.
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Father and stepmother of 10-year-old Sara Sharif found guilty of her murder at their Surrey home
Urfan Sharif, 42, and Beinash Batool, 30, flew to Pakistan after killing Sara.
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Michael Schumacher’s manager received a £12 million blackmail threat over leaked photos, trial reveals
Michael Schumacher’s manager took a call from an unknown number demanding £12million or photos of him would be leaked, a court has heard.
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Floyd Mayweather ’attacked by mob’ in central London over ’support for Israel’ while shopping on jewelry street
Floyd Mayweather has been attacked in the street while he was shopping in central London.
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Ex-lawyer spared jail over false Iraq War claims
A former human rights lawyer has been spared jail over false claims of abuse made against British troops fighting in Iraq.
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Israel plans to establish a ’sterile defensive zone’ in Syria while dismissing claims of IDF tanks nearing Damascus as ’fake news’
Israel will set up a “sterile defensive zone” in Southern Syria, the country’s Defence Minister reportedly said on Tuesday.
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Teenager ‘hacked school IT system out of boredom’
A pupil was suspended for hacking his school’s network while in a computer science class because he was ‘bored’.
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Who is Luigi Mangione? The smiling suspect in the murder of the UnitedHealthcare CEO
Luigi Mangione was last night arrested and charged with the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson – but who is he and what do we know about him?
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British woman killed in Italy crash as police find overturned car in canal
A British woman, aged 44, has sadly died after crashing her car in Italy - police spotted her car in a canal but by the time they retrieved her body it was too late
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UK train fares are the highest in Europe, study reveals
Train operators in the UK are the most expensive in Europe, according to new analysis.
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Inside the search for hidden cells in Sednaya prison, Syria’s ’human slaughterhouse’
The Guardian gains access to Sednaya jail, where prisoners are rumoured to be trapped underground – as desperate relatives wait for news
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Schoolgirl, 13, ’falls from pod’ on 60ft Ferris wheel in shocking video footage
Terrified onlookers whipped out their phones and captured the moment a 13-year-old girl was forced out of a Ferris wheel pod and left dangling out the side for a gruelling few minutes
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Criminology student ‘murdered woman at random to know what it feels like’
A criminology student spent a month planning a random murder so he could ‘know what it would be like to take life’, a court has heard.
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