Crime

Four Palestine Action activists have been sentenced to a combined total of more than 25 years in prison, after a judge ruled that they could be treated as terrorists.

Haji Najibullah appeared unbothered as he walked into Manhattan federal court earlier this week to learn whether he would face life behind bars for his role in brutal violence during his time as a Taliban commander – including the 2008 kidnapping of US journalist David Rohde.

With a baby in her arms and four men standing silently behind her, a young woman tapped her nose, breathed in sharply and asked: “Cocaine?”

A British couple arrested yesterday for abandoning their children at their Costa del Sol hotel ‘to go out partying’ have been sentenced.

The tragic final few days of a family at the center of a suspected murder-suicide pact have finally been revealed, as friends say they “seemed normal”.

Police have arrested three teenagers, including a 14-year-old boy, on suspicion of murdering a 21-year-old man in a park in Chelmsford.

CCTV footage shows the man, dressed in dark clothes, approaching the house on Eastgrove Avenue, Bolton, on Wednesday evening, before pouring liquid on a cloth and setting it alight.

At least one person is dead and nine were in the hospital following a shooting in Texas, officials said on Friday.

A United States District Judge in Manhattan sent a Russian woman behind bars for 14 months after she pleaded guilty to lying to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) about her ties to Russia’s premier intelligence agency, the FSB, and to naturalization fraud linked to the interstate transport of women for prostitution.

A notorious Syrian-Lebanese trafficker widely known as the “Captagon King,” has been released from a Lebanese prison after completing a seven-year sentence for drug manufacturing and trafficking. Judicial sources confirmed the release of Hassan Daqqou to Daraj, OCCRP’s Lebanese partner.

A dangerous e-bike rider who knocked out a dad in a horrific crash is facing jail.

A jury at Birmingham crown court is deliberating whether four pro-Palestine activists committed criminal damage at an arms factory in Wolverhampton.

On behalf of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Rome (Italy), the Carabinieri Command for Forestry (Carabinieri Forestali) of Frosinone and the Carabinieri Ecological Operational Units (N.O.E.) of Rome and Latina conducted searches and seizures in Cassino as part of an investigation into EU subsidy fraud involving a municipal park.

Vile Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner has said he “f***ing hates” the toddler for wrecking his life.

Seven people were convicted this week over a €1.13 million fraud involving the French energy-renovation scheme MaPrimeRénov’, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Paris.

A doctor whose job was to try and save the life of infamous mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro tells The Sun: “You cannot take away the right to medical care from anyone, not even from such monsters.”

A sick asylum seeker who raped an 18-year-old girl in a park then asked “did you enjoy that?” has been jailed.

A Bulgarian man has been found guilty of assaulting a 12-year-old girl during an incident in Dundee last year.

Protests spread around Belfast and in other Northern Ireland cities on Tuesday after a Sudanese man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a knife attack on Monday night.

A 62-year-old man has been arrested and charged after a gun, bullets, and £90,000 worth of heroin were recovered by police at a home in Glasgow.

Cambodian authorities have deported 156 Chinese nationals for their alleged involvement in cyber scams. According to a Thursday statement by the General Department of Immigration (GDI), the group was also accused of being involved in illegal employment activities.

A rookie cop who landed her dream role just last year was killed after stopping at a suspicious road crash.

A man and a teenager have been charged after a 12-year-old boy was hit by a vehicle and died.

Two firefighters putting out fires started during the Belfast riots were caught fighting one another yesterday.