Crime

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Five people who died in police crash named after driving "wrong way" down A66
The five people who died in a collision with a police car have been named by police after driving the "wrong way" down the A66 near Middlesbrough.
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Deported rapist sneaked back into Britain and was found living in Essex years later
A rapist migrant who was deported after a sex attack on a night out has been found living in Essex after sneaking back into Britain.
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Bomb threat sparks major security alert on Scottish ferry after passenger rescued from water
A "bomb threat" has been reported on a Scottish ferry moments after a passenger was rescued from the water.
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"I’m going to slice your baby in half": Neighbour jailed over chilling threats
A neighbour from hell threatened to slice a baby in half during a row with a family.
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Joanna Williams warns of "telling silence" over surge in sexual assaults after Ceuta migrant influx
Author Joanna Williams has slammed the “telling silence” over a rise in sexual abuse cases following the migrant invasion in the Spanish city of Ceuta.
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Thieves caught tunnelling into London jewellery shop after £700,000 burglary spree
A group of thieves were caught by police as they tried to tunnel their way into a jewellery shop after an investigation linked them to a spate of burglaries worth more than £700,000.
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Murder investigation launched after human remains found in south-west London park
A murder probe has been launched after human remains were found in a south-west London park.
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Romanian convicted killer jailed for life after stabbing UK flatmate over £5
An illegal immigrant has been jailed for life for murdering his flatmate just three years after a "strikingly similar" killing in his home country.
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“Besotted” prison nurse struck off after smuggling drugs and phones for gang
Prison nurse Kiera Burton, 35, who was part of a sophisticated gang helping to smuggle drugs into HMP Preston and HMP Lancaster Farms has now been struck off by a tribunal
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Yung Filly to face retrial on three rape charges after Australian jury fails to reach verdict
British rapper and social media influencer Yung Filly will face a retrial on three charges of rape after a jury failed to reach a verdict in his initial trial in Australia.
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Woman accused of plotting ISIS-inspired attack on New York Capitol arrested after surveillance missions
A woman in New York has been arrested by the FBI for allegedly planning to bomb the New York State Capitol in a plot against US lawmakers.
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Shocking moment petrol bombs are thrown at supercars parked outside wedding as horrified guests flee
This is the shocking moment five petrol bombs are hurled at a popular wedding venue in a terrifying attack.
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Asylum seeker jailed after attempting to sexually assault two teenage girls and fleeing custody
A migrant who fled custody after committing sex attacks against two teen girls has been jailed, as one of his victims says she tried to take her own life.
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Pensioner hid dogs after landlord was found covered in more than 1,000 bite and claw marks
A pensioner hid her Bernese mountain dogs after she found her landlord naked in the garden with bite marks, a court heard.
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Fiji arrest ends $165M crypto scam: Serial fraudster Ed Zimbardi dragged to US federal court
Edward Anthony Zimbardi has been arrested in Fiji and deported to the US.
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Woman, 38, posed as 12-year-old using teddy and high child’s voice to trick couple into adopting her
A woman has been arrested for posing as a child and tricking a couple into looking after her for more than a year.
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Chemistry teacher accused of exploiting teenage pupils described as "very flirtatious" in class
A chemistry teacher accused of having sex with two schoolboys behaved like she was in ‘a Sabrina Carpenter music video’ in class, a court heard.
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Fraudster who claimed to be £400m millionaire and cancer patient jailed after conning four victims
A Tinder swindler who claimed he was a special forces soldier turned multi-millionaire cancer patient has been jailed for more than three years.
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Man charged over failure to disclose information linked to Heaton Park synagogue terror attack
A man has been charged in connection with a terrorist attack that killed two people at a synagogue in Manchester last year, Counter Terrorism Policing North West said.
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Two charged after six migrants found hidden in lorry in East Yorkshire
An Italian national and Romanian national have appeared in court this morning after six migrants were found in the back of a lorry in Goole, East Yorkshire.
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British athletics coach Leon Baptiste jailed in Morocco for sexually assaulting a child
A british athletics coach has been jailed in Morocco for sexually assaulting a child – after media reports said he had gone “missing”.
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Andy Burnham vows to block early release of killer who caused seven-year-old boy’s death
Andy Burnham has said he will "push the system as hard as I can" to help a mother bidding to keep the man responsible for her son’s death behind bars.
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Murder probe launched after woman dies in Hounslow house fire
A murder investigation is under way after a 48-year-old woman died and a further eight people were taken to hospital following a fire at a property in Hounslow early on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said.
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Two men found stabbed to death in Glasgow flat as police launch manhunt
A manhunt has been launched by Police Scotland after a two men were found stabbed to death in Glasgow.
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Epping asylum hotel protesters jailed for violent disorder after clashes with police
Two men have been jailed for violent disorder during protests outside an asylum hotel in Essex last summer, receiving longer sentences than the hotel occupant who assaulted a woman and girl in the town.