Crime

David Harold Grisham decided he fancied heading to a primary school dressed as the Grinch, with a sign saying “Santa is Fake”. He claimed the police showed up “in force” - but he wasn’t arrested

Yury Gavrilov, 33, committed the heinous crime after Vladimir Putin freed him from prison where he was believed to be serving a sentence for robbery

Ben Moncrieff was 18 when he was killed by a teenage boy who stabbed him once to the chest in Bath city centre on May 6, 2023

Steven Evans, from Openshaw, Manchester, was branded a "dangerous individual" by police following his sentencing for a catalogue of offences, including rape and sexual assault

Filippo Turetta is being held in prison in Verona, northern Italy, after being arrested in Germany and extradited to his country. He admitted to killing 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin

Former Man City and Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton's cousin and brother were convicted of murder in 2005 after an unprovoked attack on three black teenagers

Police are on the scene at Capitol Hill in Washington DC after a car crashed head-first into a barrier outside the Rayburn House Office Building near the Capitol South Subway Station

Goey Charles, 33, from Long Island, has been sentenced to 25 years in jail after he was convicted of second-degree murder following the October 2020 death of his then-29-year-old partner Vanessa Pierre

Randall Bird, a security guard at an Arizona hospital, has been accused of having sex with the corpse of an elderly woman. After an investigation found his DNA on the woman’s body, was arrested Tuesday

Nikhil Gupta was charged yesterday with murder-for-hire charges after he was directed by an Indian government employee to carry out the killing

Ashley Day hired out a flat in Digbeth for a gathering to celebrate finishing college. The 20 year old was due to start a physiotherapy course at Brunel University in London

The man reportedly refused treatment at a hospital after he received a stab wound in Birmingham. He was later found collapsed on a quiet cul-de-sac and rushed to hospital

Former NHS neonatal nurse Lucy Letby is now serving a life sentence behind bars, where reports claim she is 'happy as Larry' thanks to an apparent change in her circumstances

PC Jonathan Broadhead had been investigated after an incident in January 2021 in which he fired his Taser at a girl, ten, who was brandishing garden shears but has now been cleared

Soma Sirwan was reported missing on Monday and, as she hasn't been seen since then, while officers with Northumbria Police are growing increasingly concerned for her welfare

Monique Olivier was married to the 'Ogre of the Ardennes' Michel Fourniret, who was convicted of eight counts of murder but died before he could face further charges

Phillip Hancock is set to be executed this morning after spending decades protesting his innocence after a 2001 double murder. Hancock claims he was set on by two attackers when the killings took place

Terence Gillard died having suffered a brain haemorrhage, a fractured shoulder, a burst lung and other horrific injuries when he was hit by a car in Osterley, west London

Hailey Stephens, 17, was shot after getting caught in the line of fire at a party in Casa Grade, Arizona, with her parents now facing the agony of planning her funeral while still receiving her college scholarships letters

Approximately 70 turkeys have been stolen from a farm in Dorset in the middle of the night, putting your Christmas dinner at risk as police want anyone with information to come forward

Lucy Leahy, 23, died in a three-vehicle collision on the A509 between Bozeat and Wollaston, Northants. on November 24 and now her family have learned bittersweet news

Lucy Letby, 33, served as a neonatal nurse at the Countess of Chester hospital and between 2015 and 2016 went on a horrific murder spree, killing seven babies and trying to kill six others

Sandra Jimenez, 44, and her boyfriend had been in an “ongoing argument” about him “looking at other women” when the incident turned violent in Miami Florida as she stabbed his through the eyelid

Brianna Ghey, a 16-year-old schoolgirl, left her home on February 11 for the final time before she was stabbed 28 times in Culcheth Linear Park in Warrington, Cheshire, in broad daylight

The search for Danielle Friedland, who disappeared from a Houston airport the day before Thanksgiving, has ended after a week as the family said she's safe, omitting details of how she was found