Crime

Pyettro Alves da Silva, two, was savaged by his family's new pet pitbull dog when it tore its chain and attacked after he went to retrieve his ball from the garden in Brazil

The Oxford High School shooter, was told on Friday during an unofficial sentencing hearing that he could be tried as an adult for the slaughter of four students in November 2021. He likely won't be eligible for parole

Momodou Faal's family allegedly claimed he was going to a funeral when he tried to escape to Gambia, following the manslaughter of Jobari Gooden in a stabbing outside a McDonald's

A schoolgirl and coach driver have tragically died in a crash involving a bus carrying 58 people on the northbound M53 near to junction five at Hooton, Cheshire this morning

"My cousin who also lived in Croydon was stabbed two years ago, but luckily survived. He was on a date with a girl when a group of guys started running after them with knives"

Dramatic video was taken as the 19-year-old suspect desperately tried to flee justice in affluent Cofton Hackett, Worcestershire, where neighbours became suspicious of drug activity

The unnamed officer, known only as W80, shot Jermaine, 28, dead in 2015 as he prepared to try and free a prisoner from custody near Wood Green Crown Court, in north London

Kansas children’s pastor Matthew Richards allegedly tried to kill his wife and five children - as he didn’t want them to know about their financial difficulties and imminent eviction - saying 'It would be better if they all died'

Steve Bolland, who owns The Mucky Duck with his family, in the hamlet Drakeholes, Nottingham, branded the frightening incident on Wednesday night "absolutely horrible"

Brazil's National Institute of Criminalistics reportedly found large amounts of highly toxic pesticide residues in samples collected from her eyes, blood, stomach, and urine at autopsy

The Metropolitan Police were called to a scene in Croydon where a man was stabbed in the early hours of Friday and left with potentially life-changing injuries - as the perpetrator remains on the loose

Police announced a fresh DNA discovery in the unsolved murder of a taxi driver, who was brutally garrotted with cheesewire before being found dead outside his cab

Northumbria Police have confirmed a boy, 16, has been charged over the felling of beloved tree Sycamore Gap, which had stood near Hadrian's Wall for more than 300 years before this week

Northumberland National Park (NNP), in which the Sycamore Gap stood, will be "special again," the attraction stressed - despite the shocking destruction of the beloved tree

Police are investigating after 66-year-old veteran American Airlines flight attendant Diana Ramos flight was found dead in a hotel room during a layover in Philadelphia - with her death being 'sudden' and 'suspicious'

Beloved tree Sycamore Gap, felled overnight on Thursday from its spot near Hadrian's Wall where it had stood for more than 300 years, could yet be saved, according to experts

Sycamore Gap, which stood in a dramatic dip in Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland National Park, was mysteriously chopped down in a shocking act of vandalism, which has left communities outraged

Lawyers for Barry Morphew, the husband of murdered Suzanne Morphew, have pointed to other bodies found in the sinister deserted area of Saguache County, Colorado, nicknamed 'The Boneyard' so many grizzly finds have been made

John Lewis, who went by the street name ‘Stitch’, was one of four men on two stolen motorbikes who chased a Ford Fiesta, containing victim Jack Hayes in Birkenhead, Merseyside

The 17-year-old, who cannot be name for legal reasons, appeared at youth court today after 15-year-old Elianne Andam was stabbed to death on her way to school

The suspected XL Bully was placed in a wheelie bin away from prying eyes after it launched a violent attack on a man and woman in Coventry - West Midlands Police now say the hound will be destroyed

Chief constable Nick Adderley, 57, is facing investigation from the police watchdog after he was seen wearing Falklands War medals despite being only 15 when the conflict broke out

Gypsy Rose Blanchard is set to be released three years earlier than expected in December after officials granted her parole following the brutal murder of her mother

Gypsy Rose Blanchard ordered the brutal stabbing of her mother Dee Dee - who had forced her to fake cancer, use a wheelchair, take unnecessary medication that rotted her teeth and pretend to be a child

Sussex police plan to crack down on sexual assaults with the deployment of high-tech heat-censored drones in Brighton - officers said it will provide them with a larger area of visibility