Crime

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Teacher sexually assaulted boy and ordered him to bring gun to school to shoot colleague
Imagine Kay Ewer exploited the 16-year-old boy, who has special educational needs, and manipulated the youngster into thinking he was "the one," a court was told.
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Major update in Sheffield standoff as armed man engages in tense showdown
Chaos broke out in Castlegate, Sheffield, where residents were evacuated from their homes due to South Yorkshire Police’s concerns a man in a property had weapons.
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’Serial killer’ doctor accused of murdering 10 patients during home visits
A doctor in Berlin who was first arrested in August on suspicion of killing four elderly patients is now suspected of killing a total of 10 patients.
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Body of beloved 75-year-old woman found in house months after her death
Neighbours have paid tribute to a ‘wonderful’ pensioner whose body was discovered at her north London home months after she died.
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Man launches racist tirade against passengers, then ’jokes’ about hitting his partner
A woman was ‘racially abused’ on a train from London to Manchester by a ‘drunk’ man raving about how England conquered the world.
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Porch pirate moves house after being shamed for stealing 16 parcels from neighbors
A man has claimed he’s been shamed into moving out of a block of flats – after he was caught stealing more than a dozen parcels from his neighbours.
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Twin sisters missing for three weeks found dead in river
Two bodies pulled from the River Dee in Aberdeen have been confirmed as missing twin sisters Henrietta and Eliza Huszti, police have confirmed.
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Man suffers brain bleeding after being attacked for wearing rainbow Apple Watch strap
A man was left with a brain bleed after a ‘cowardly stranger’ beat him up in Wales – and all for wearing a rainbow watch strap.
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TV executive accused of sadistically beating young female presenter
The TV executive was granted anonymity by a High Court judge.
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12-year-old boy arrested for carrying long knife around school
A 12-year-old has been arrested after video appeared to show a boy carrying a large knife in a school playground.
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Rep. Nancy Mace accuses ex-fiancé, associates of assaulting her, raping others in House speech
Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina on Monday used a nearly hour-long speech on the U.S. House floor to accuse her ex-fiancé of physically abusing her, recording sex acts with her and others without their consent...
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Sister of missing man in Tenerife provides CCTV update
The family of a British man who went missing while on holiday in Tenerife have issued an update on his last known whereabouts.
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Sheffield police evacuate residents due to armed man
South Yorkshire Police said people in the apartment block in Castlegate, Sheffield, were evacuated while officers conduct an investigation about a man possessing weapons.
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Two men arrested after asking police with drug-sniffing dogs for directions
Two men had their luck turn for the worse when they stopped to ask cops for directions – unaware they had drug-sniffing dogs.
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Female teacher arrested for stabbing eight-year-old pupil to death
A female teacher has been arrested after stabbing an eight-year-old student to death at a primary school in South Korea, according to reports.
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Son-in-law of notorious cartel leader pleads guilty in the U.S. to violent price-fixing scheme at the border
The son-in-law of a Mexican drug lord pleaded guilty this week to a scheme that used violence and threats to fix prices and control the transnational used-car market at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Female soldier, 19, took her own life after fearing her ’psychotic and possessive’ boss had hacked her phone
A teenage soldier took her own life after she feared her ’psychotic and possessive’ boss had hacked her phone, an inquest has heard.
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Paedophile ex-Radio 1 DJ who was friends with Jimmy Savile is dead after ’falling off his yacht into river’
A paedophile ex-Radio 1 DJ who was known to be friends with Jimmy Savile has died at the age of 79 after falling from a boat into a river.
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Map shows locations in the UK where people are most likely to be killed by friends or ex-partners
Home Office figures have revealed how many people were killed and who by across the country - you can use our interactive map to see how your area compares in detail.
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Armed police in standoff with knife-wielding man above a shop in southeast London
Armed police have locked down Lewisham High Street and surrounded a nearby HSBC after an ’emergency incident’.
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Met Police officer accused of farting in female colleague’s face
A Met Police officer is facing a misconduct hearing after allegedly farting in a female officer’s face.
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Woman, 36, found dead with head injuries after man attempted to force entry into her flat
A 38-year-old man has been arrested after a woman was found dead in a flat in south London.
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Dad jailed for 15 years for killing daughter, 14, with stab wound to the heart
A father has been sentenced to life in prison after murdering his 14-year-old daughter.
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Five men arrested after woman in her 20s raped overnight
Five men, aged between 38 and 26, have been arrested after a woman was raped.
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UK’s most prolific rapist, who drugged and assaulted 48 men, to be deported to Indonesian prison
Britain’s most prolific rapist could serve the rest of his 40-year sentence in Indonesia after officials began talks on sending him home.