All news by author: Tom Pettifor

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UK's most daring heists include £8million raid of then largest bank burglary
With highly organised digital attackers thought to be taking over from armed robbers, the Mirror looks back at some of the largest heists, including jewel thieves dubbed the Millionaire Moles
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Partner of cop shot in cell sues police saying he could 'be alive now'
Su Bushby is now suing Scotland Yard after a coroner outlined in an inquest the failures that let Louis de Zoysa smuggle a revolver into a custody suite and shoot her partner Matt Ratana
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Cybercrime overtakes traditional bank robberies as heists 'dying out'
Traditional bank robbery is now 'dying out' as professional cyber criminals carry out increasingly organised and lucrative raids, according to the head of Interpol
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Killer refuses to tell police where he buried victim's body 55 years ago
Brothers Nizamodeen and Arthur Hosein were jailed for the murder of Muriel McKay in 1969. They both denied killing the victim and didn't say where she was buried
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Footprints of 'Essex Boys gunman' identified and killers could still be at large
Jack Whomes and Michael Steele were jailed for life for blasting three drug dealers with a shotgun in their Range Rover 29 years ago - now an ex-cop found a footprint in the snow that was previously missed
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Paedo Gary Glitter loses bid to prevent victim taking slice of his £6m fortune
The woman, one of several who were sexually abused in their youth by disgraced 1970s pop icon Paul Gadd, will hear how much of the paedophile's £6m fortune she is entitled to
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Detective who arrested sick killer cop Wayne Couzens shares his experience
Detective Nick Harvey has described the moment he came face to face with ex-police officer and murderer Wayne Couzens in a new documentary, and how he urged the murderer to come clean
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No burglaries solved in 50% of all communities despite 'cops at every scene' vow
Since 2021 just 3.9 percent of all burglaries investigated by the police have resulted in a charge - despite chiefs promising officers would be present after all domestic break-ins in 2022
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Infamous paedophile child killer is brutally stabbed in jail attack
Paedophile killer Roy Whiting has been set upon and stabbed in prison. The monster is serving 40 years for murdering little Sarah whose body was found two weeks after she disappeared
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Twist in hunt for woman kidnapped after being mistaken for Rupert Murdoch's wife
Relatives of Muriel McKay, whose body was never found, showed a senior officer footage of their meeting last month with her killer Nizamodeen Hosein and there is new "compelling evidence"
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Suspect lured ex-girlfriend to meet before 'dousing her and kids with chemical'
Chemical attack fugitive Abdul Ezedi lured his alleged victim to a meeting after their relationship broke down, police have said, as the woman is still too badly injured to speak to officers
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Cop accused of 13 rapes 'tied up crying woman and said no one would believe her'
Former Metropolitan Police officer Cliff Mitchell, 24, is said to have threatened the woman with a knife, before tying her up with cable ties and putting tape over her mouth
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Police hunting Clapham attack suspect make arrest as cops issue major update
Metropolitan Police officers have been searching for chemical attack suspect Abdul Ezedi since Wednesday after a 31-year-old woman and her daughters, aged eight and three, were injured in Clapham
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Clapham attack suspect's brother urges him to turn himself in as hunt continues
A manhunt for Abdul Shokoor Ezedi has entered its third day - he's wanted over an attack in Clapham, south London on Wednesday evening that saw a woman and two children doused in a corrosive substance
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Police give major victim update on Clapham attack as substance used identified
Police have issued an update on the Clapham acid attack amid a major manhunt after eight people including five police officers were hospitalised by a 'corrosive substance'
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XL Bully owners warned they face prison from today as dangerous dog ban kicks in
Assistant Chief Constable Mark Hobrough has warned owners of XL Bullys which aren't registered face being fined or imprisoned as the dangerous dog ban comes into today
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'Dark horse' shot dead by police with crossbows and sword in Southwark pictured
The man who was shot dead by Metropolitan Police outside a home in Southwark in the early hours of Tuesday has been named, after he forced his way inside while carrying a crossbow
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Gary Glitter victim snubbed by Parole Board as paedophile makes bid for freedom
Paedophile Gary Glitter went before a Parole Board panel on Wednesday, it is understood, to make a plea for his freedom having been returned to prison in February
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'Horrified' daughter of murdered MP suing police for failing to stop terrorist
Ali Harbi Ali had been referred to the Home Office’s deradicalisation scheme Prevent seven years earlier but fooled officials into believing he was not a danger
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Off-duty cop who had sex with drunk woman in patrol car is spared jail
PC Matthew Longmate, 47, was convicted of 'truly horrendous' misconduct over an incident in 2015 where he had a threesome alongside a drunk woman and predatory colleague PC Daniel Nash
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Farmer snubs £40,000 from family desperate to find body of murdered mum
Farm owner Ian De Burgh Marsh has not accepted the offer of £40,000 for permission to dig up the plot to try and find the body of Muriel McKay
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Family bid to end 55 year agony by offering farm £40k to dig for grandma's body
The family have written to the owner of farm offering £40k for permission for a fresh dig after prisoner offered to return to show ­Muriel’s daughter Dianne the burial site
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Tory peer Zac Goldsmith gets driving ban after being caught speeding 4 times
The Tory peer Zac Goldsmith, who quit Rishi Sunak's cabinet in June last year after being named and shamed for attempting to undermine a Partygate probe, appeared at Westminster Magistrates Court
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Hunt for mystery Night Watcher who terrorised wealthy homeowners over £10m haul
The shotgun-wielding robber, who has terrorised wealthy householders, continues to evade police despite being the target of a manhunt for six years
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Gary Glitter victim 'angry' paedo's parole hearing will be 'shrouded in mystery'
Paedophile and former popstar Gary Glitter breached his bail conditions barely a month after being released from jail, and his latest parole hearing is set to be held away from the public