Crime

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Inmate from HMP Wandsworth exposes chaos and corruption in British prison following sex scandal involving guard Linda De Sousa Abreu
Linton Weirich, who was at HMP Wandsworth, spoke out to expose corruption, saying: “Officers don’t run jails any more — prisoners do.”
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Leading neurosurgeon suspended after sexual relationship with patient and prescription of addictive drugs
A leading surgeon has been suspended for having sex with a patient and prescribing her addictive painkillers.
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Nicola Sturgeon’s ex-husband Peter Murrell arrested after admitting £400,000 SNP fraud
Former SNP chief executive Peter Murrell has admitted embezzling more than £400,000 from the party.
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Child among three injured after horror crash at Cardiff motorway services
An eight-year-old is among three people in hospital after a car was seen hitting pedestrians and crashing into a motorway service station.
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Gun terror on Sheffield nightlife strip leaves 30-year-old woman dead and three in custody
A 30-year-old woman has died following a shooting outside a bar in Sheffield city centre.
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Man arrested after woman allegedly punched and raped in Somerset attack
A man has been arrested after a woman was allegedly punched and raped in a horrific early morning attack.
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Missing Lincolnshire teen Declan Sawyer found dead following lake search operation
The body of a teenage boy has been found after he went missing in a lake in Lincolnshire.
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Pro-Israel lawyers face complaint over legal intimidation of Palestine activists
Three senior barristers – including two members of the House of Lords – have been reported to their professional regulator for allowing their names and titles to be used as part of an alleged “pattern of legal intimidation” against opponents of Israel’s genocide.
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Man arrested on drug supply suspicion after police shooting in Whitefield traffic stop incident
Armed police shot a motorist who ‘drove directly at them’ while trying to ‘get away’ from a traffic stop.
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Bloodshed outside London shop leaves five stabbed and one suspect under arrest
Five people have been stabbed outside a shop in west London.
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Five men stabbed in broad daylight Acton street altercation as police launch urgent investigation
Emergency services were called to Horn Lane in Acton this afternoon to reports five men were assaulted and stabbed in an altercation.
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“Officer Z” escapes public naming after sexual misconduct ruling sparks transparency backlash in South Wales Police
South Wales Police is preventing us from naming yet another disgraced former officer.
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Builder who ran £80,000 scam used “staggering excuses” and threatened customers
A rogue builder who took more than £80,000 in deposits without completing any work gave customers "staggering" excuses including claiming his van had exploded, a court has heard.
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Three men imprisoned after smuggling £25m of counterfeit cigarettes into Scotland
The illicit trade costs the Treasury an estimated £2.2 billion annually in lost tax revenue The black market fags are sold at what are called "pocket money" prices, typically £5 to £7 for a pack of 20, compared to the average legal price of around £16.45. Unregulated products often contain much higher levels of toxins like tar and nicotine than permitted by UK standards.
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EPPO case in Czechia ends with conviction over €200,000 EU childcare subsidy fraud
An individual and an association were convicted today by the Regional Court in Ostrava (Czechia), branch office of Olomouc, for fraudulently obtaining €200,000 (CZK 5 million) in EU funds for the provision of childcare services, following an investigation by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Zlín (Czechia).
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Seven Afghan migrants charged with rape and child sex abuse in Norwich grooming gang case
Seven Afghan men who were part of an alleged grooming gang have been charged with 40 sexual offences including rape and child sex abuse.
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Missing 14-year-old Tyler Townsend found dead in woodland near cemetery after week-long search
A missing schoolboy who disappeared a week ago has been found dead in a woodland near a cemetery.
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Suspect in mafia-style murder hit with €860,000 tax bill as Irish authorities fear he may flee the country
Jonathan Gill, who is wanted in Northern Ireland to face a charge of murdering gangland figure Robbie Lawlor, has been hit with a liability of more than €860,000 by the Criminal Assets Bureau for unpaid taxes, a court heard on Thursday.
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor investigation widens as detectives assess sexual allegations linked to Epstein
Detectives investigating Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor for potential misconduct in public office are assessing claims of sexual offenses.
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Syrian authorities seize 25 million Captagon pills in major drug bust
Syrian authorities have thwarted a massive drug smuggling operation, intercepting a shipment of nearly 25 million Captagon pills.
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Student on murder trial says racist abuse and threats sparked fatal stabbing
Vickrum Digwa, 23, is on trial at Southampton Crown Court for the death of the 18-year-old who was walking back from celebrating a football team night out at university in December.
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Dublin man dies after security guards pinned him to the ground outside luxury store
A man died after being restrained by security guards outside a Dublin shopping centre in a case with echoes of the killing of George Floyd.
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Man charged after fatal attack on 64-year-old bus driver on busy Battersea Bridge
A murder investigation has been launched after a London bus driver died following an assault on Battersea Bridge.
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Ethan Lacey, fighting for life in Bangkok ICU after horrific traffic incident in Pattaya
A British tourist who was run over by a truck has a "30 per cent chance of survival" if kept on life support, doctors have told his family.
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Bodies pulled from Brighton sea belonged to three sisters from west London
The three women whose bodies were pulled from the sea off Brighton beach have been named a week after they were found.