Crime

EastEnders fans are counting down the days until the identity of the male murder victim on the floor of the Vic is revealed, but a text for Linda Carter may have solved the mystery

David Kozak began his massacre by setting up on the balcony of Charles University in Prague, where he picked off students and staff with a sniper rifle, before police arrived and surrounded him

Ashley Dale was murdered by James Witham, who shot her dead with a Skorpion submachine gun in her own home in the Old Swan area of Liverpool in August last year

Charmaine McAllister is now back behind bars following her latest fraud in Cheshire, which saw her masquerade as a police officer, bank worker, soldier and advertising executive

Kobi Dooley-Macharia, who was just four years old, was taken to hospital with knife injuries but could not be saved

Michael Johnson, from Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, stole £32,368.70 in Personal Independence Payments - but was filmed carrying a case of beer in Aldi and walking away unaided

Schoolgirl Brianna Ghey, 16, from Greater Manchester, was led to Culcheth Linear Park in Warrington by Girl X and Boy Y before they stabbed her 28 times and fled

Despite pleading guilty to the grim charges against her, Ruby Franke claims she was influenced by relationship counsellor Jodi Hildebrandt, who led her to “a distorted sense of morality”

Greater Manchester Police are appealing for witness following the collision on the M62 westbound near junction 21 for Rochdale, Greater Manchester, which happened last night

Lawyers argued Manuel Ellis, 33, died from a lethal amount of methamphetamine that was in his system as well as a preexisting heart condition, not from the officers’ actions

David Kozak, who killed 14 people and injured 25 during a rampage in which he targeted students at Charles University in downtown Prague, had also murdered his father

A family in Wisconsin has suffered the ultimate loss after an alleged drunk driver slammed into an SUV containing four siblings during their time Christmas shopping, leaving Daniel Gonzalez, 26, Fabian Gonzalez, 23 Lilian Gonzalez, 14, and Daniela Gonzalez, 9, dead

On Thursday, Paul Ferguson pleaded guilty to first-degree child abuse in connection with the harrowing death of his younger brother, who died of starvation

The King County Sheriff's office this week disclosed the identity of one of the Green River Killer's victims almost four decades after her body was discovered in the woods

Convicted rapist and murderer John Cannan claims that, on the day Suzy disappeared, he was treating his mother to lunch and has accused the police of prejudice against him

Urban explorer Wendall visited the town of Paignton in Tor Bay, Devon, after seeing it described as having "nothing to for children to do"

A sheep shearer from New Zealand stabbed her fiancé to death and was convicted of voluntary manslaughter for an incident that occurred on a ranch in Wyoming amid her claims of domestic abuse

Joanna Parrish was raped and strangled by Michel Fourniret whose ex-wife has now been convicted of being complicit in the horrifying crime

Glynn Simmons says his release is a 'lesson in resilience and tenacity'

Elle Edwards, a 26-year-old beautician, had been celebrating Christmas Eve with pals at the Lighthouse Inn, in Wallasey, Merseyside, when Connor Chapman opened fire, aiming for rival gang members but killing Elle instead

Charles Hanson, star of BBC shows Flog It! and Bargain Hunt, has been charged with seven alleged offences and is due to appear in court next month

David Levi, 47, led a gang of fraudsters who pocketed at least £500,000 from supermarket collections that they set up for charities including Children in Need and even had a Pudsey Bear costume

The Liberal Democrats blamed years of Tory cuts leaving local police forces 'overstretched and unable to focus on frontline crime like burglaries'

Jade O'Brien was jailed for four months, banned from owning dogs for five years and XL Bully dog Narla will be destroyed after the two attacks in the Stockport area

Former Assistant Chief Constable James Hobson led the hunt for Sutcliffe and never lost interest in the killer, he would read any new books or articles even in later years