Crime

Paul Smith, from Waterloo, Merseyside, was jailed last month for sending a series of offensive, obscene and indecent messages to four women including images of young girls

The suspect in the killing of American teenager Natalee Holloway has admitted to bludgeoning her to death and discarding her remains in Alabama

Armed units from the Metropolitan Police rushed to reports of a gun in Hackney, east London and knocked the suspect off his bike before realising it was just a 13-year-old having a water fight

Twelve top firms were approached for a police pilot scheme and asked to provide images of their worst offenders - and within 60 seconds, it generates a match report for an officer

WARNING DISTURBING: Richard Wynne, 48, used his neighbour's WiFi to carry out 'depraved' sex crimes online with police finding vile sex abuse of girls as young as six on his devices

The Prime Minister is embarking on a two-day diplomatic tour of the Middle East and is expected to meet other leaders as well as Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu

A teenager has been convicted of murdering Ben Moncrieff in Bath city centre in May after unleashing a knife and killing him with a single stab in an attack caught on CCTV

Ramandeep Kaur Mann, from Derby, laced her husband’s favourite dish with sleeping pills then slit his throat as he slept after plotting with her lover to escape her marriage

A Florida man who was wanted by the Polk City Police Department thought he'd avoid arrest by putting a sign on the door of his hideout specifying: "Johnny Yates does not live here" - which cops say didn't fool them, as they eventually raided the home

Newlyweds David and Celia Barlow were celebrating their recent marriage on a honeymoon to Uganda when they were shot dead, with local police blaming a terror group who then set fire to their jeep

WARNING DISTURBING: Footage shows Eustacio Batista Dias, 27, a bodybuilding champion from Brazil, being shot dead by two gunmen while he trained in a gym after sharing his location on Instagram

According to the New Orleans Police Department, three children died in a house fire overnight, with a local child services department leading the investigation into the incident where the mother alleges that the father intentionally set the home ablaze

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Video has emerged that appears to show a Palestinian man being shot by a gunman – understood to be an Israeli settler – who is then manhandled away by alleged Israeli Defence Force soldiers

The ex-Education Secretary, who gave evidence in court today, said he was 'fearful' after being pursued by a 'very aggressive man' that he could be the victim of a knife attack

MPs were warned of the practical difficulties of neutering tens of thousands of the big, powerful animals after the Prime Minister vowed to ban the breed linked to a string of lethal attacks

Hells Angels member Merl Hefferman faces sentencing after prosecutors revealed he orchestrated the illegal cremation of four bodies, including that of fellow gang member Joel Silva, at a Fresno funeral home, known as the 'pizza oven'

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly told the Commons British experts were analysing information and would come to their own conclusion, which would then be made public

Police raced to the scene this morning, where activists were seen setting off flares, smashing glass and waving banners reading 'Shut Elbit Down' while stood atop a white van

Tracy Schandler Walder, from Texas, previously worked for the CIA and FBI and has now shared seven things she would never let her eight-year-old daughter do due to her past experiences

Hewa Rahimpur has been convicted and fined at a court in Bruges, Belgium of one of the biggest people-smuggling trials in Europe where 20 out of 21 defendants were found guilty.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg, whose address was given as Dorset, has been charged with obstructing the highway following a protest outside an energy conference in central London

Doctors discovered the needle because the 80-year-old woman needed aCAT scan of her brain for a reason. They chose not to remove it as it was not causing any problems and surgery could make it worse

Ashley Dale, 28, died after being shot in the abdomen and collapsing in the back yard of her home in the Old Swan area of Liverpool. Five men are currently on trial for her murder

A fight on a Manhattan subway car that escalated into a full-fledged brawl has been compared to a video of Jordan Neely, a homeless man, who was put in a fatal chokehold by Daniel Penny on the F train

Three German shepherd dogs tore into a five-year-old boy on a street in Doncaster as the owner watched before fleeing the scene, South Yorkshire Police say