Crime

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Drunk driver's seven terrifying words as he crashed Audi severely injuring woman
The victim pleaded with Samuel Berrisford, 22, to slow down before the car crash near Congleton in Cheshire left her in hospital for more than two weeks and needing surgery
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Boy, 17, dies after being 'hit in the head' in workplace accident as 2 arrested
Workers in Bury, Greater Manchester, said they had been informed someone "had been hit on the head" and police officers investigating the tragedy have made two arrests
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Dad 'beat daughter to death before eating meal with her body in the car'
Prosecutors in the murder trial of Adam Montgomery, who faces multiple charges including second-degree murder over the death of his five-year-old daughter Harmony Montgomery, divulged the gruesome details of the day leading up to the child's death
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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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Rapist crept into drunk woman's bedroom after she left her keys in front door
Piotr Gradecki denied the charges but a Newcastle court found he had taken advantage of a 'vulnerable' woman he'd given a lift home after a night out in the city centre
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Victim gave paedophile 24-hour warning when he threatened to abuse another child
Kyle Paul, from Croydon, was found with hundreds of indecent child photos and 'sexually explicit' conversations on his phone and has been described as a 'dangerous predator'
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New Tory Deputy Chairman slated Government's record on rape just days ago
Tory MP James Daly highlighted the Government's failings on deporting failed asylum seekers and prosecuting rapists in his time on the Home Affairs Select Committee
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Abdul Ezedi manhunt police issue major update as sighting of fugitive confirmed
An image has been released by police showing chemical attack suspect Abdul Ezedi as he crossed Chelsea Bridge on the night of January 31 with further CCTV footage trawled by police
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Cruel parents made daughter use wheelchair she didn't need to claim benefits
The girl was seven when the abuse began and lost the chance to enjoy a 'normal childhood' due to her parents' callous actions that left her 'psychologically damaged'
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8 Met officers under investigation after boy stopped and searched multiple times
The officers will be investigated over various allegations - including racial profiling, use of unreasonable force and insufficient grounds for the stop and searches
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Crooked undertaker who conned grieving families in 'callous' funeral scam jailed
Steven Drinkwater was branded 'callous' after pocketing thousands of pounds from vulnerable mourners while working at a Wolverhampton funeral home before trying to evade justice
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Smiling boozed-up dad avoids jail after man left unconscious in one-punch attack
New dad Darren Hamilton has been spared jail after he carried out a horrific one-punch attack during a brawl in Durham city centre which left another man unconscious
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Brianna Ghey's mum Esther breaks silence after Rishi Sunak's transgender jibe
The row came as Esther Ghey, who is campaigning for new rules on social media for kids following the murder of 16-year-old Brianna, went to the Commons to meet MPs on Wednesday
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'I was tricked into 6-year relationship by undercover cop sent to spy on me'
To his fellow activists, friends and partner Mark Stone was 'one of them' - a passionate environmental activist who was trying to change the world. Finding out he was in fact Mark Kennedy - an undercover cop - left their lives in tatters
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Hero girl 8, saves baby sister after thieves steal car with pair still inside
Charley and 2-year-old Autumn Jorgenson were waiting for their dad in the backseat of a car after going through a car wash when a carjacker jumped in and sped off in Wisconsin
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Homeless man who stole dummies from babies' mouths and used them himself jailed
Josh Guilder, 23, took the dummies from five youngsters around Harlow in Essex between February 10 and August 7 last year and used them 'to soothe himself' the court was told
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Armed police hunting Abdul Ezedi raid pizza restaurant 300 miles away from scene
Police raided two addresses linked to Clapham chemical attack suspect Abdul Ezedi, including his work place - with video showing officers outside Best Bite pizza shop in Newcastle
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FIFA president again demands automatic forfeits for teams over racist abuse
The FIFA president was addressing the annual UEFA congress in Paris on Thursday morning and declared that the governing bodies needed to do more to 'eradicate' racism from the sport
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Plot to kidnap child in Portugal hatched week before Madeleine McCann vanished
A British ex-pat has claimed paedophile Christian Brueckner hatched a sick plan to kidnap a child in Portugal week before Madeleine McCann went missing in Praia du Luz
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Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brückner to stay silent in German rape trial
Madeleine McCann went missing, aged just three-years-old, when she was on a family holiday at the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz, in Portugal, and despite the huge manhunt, she's never been found
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Co-op wants attacks on shop staff to be standalone offence as incidents soar
The company said there were more than 300,000 incidents of shoplifting, abuse, violence and anti-social behaviour in Co-op stores last year
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Murder probe launched as man dies after sickening 'kidnap and torture' ordeal
Alan Lawson, 36, died in hospital after being brutally assaulted while being held hostage - with the attack reportedly shared on Snapchat as Police Scotland have launched a murder probe
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New protest clampdown with £1,000 fines for wearing masks and climbing memorials
Plans unveiled by Home Secretary James Cleverly include £1,000 fines and possible jail sentences for people who wear masks, bring flares and climb on war memorials during protests
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Co-op using AI to catch shoplifters in the act after 44 per cent spike in crime
Co-op is now using AI to monitor self-checkouts at stores and installing more than 200 secure till kiosks following a massive 44 per cent hike in retail crime last year
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Drug dealer jailed after making crucial CCTV error when he killed fellow student
Melvin Lebaga-Idubor will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of Kwabena Osei-Poku, a digital marketing student at University of Northampton, whom he stabbed near the campus