Crime

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Family of Black man 'smothered to death' by police agree to $8.5m settlement
Irvo Otieno, 28, died in March after being pressed to the floor of Central State Hospital in Virginia for about 11 minutes by sheriff's deputies and hospital employees
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Canadian family charged with pretending to be native Inuits for financial gain
Twin sisters Amira and Nadya Gill, both 25, and their mother Karima Manji, 59, are said to have received scholarships and grants after claiming to be members of Canada's indigenous Inuit people
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Five police injured after major fight breaks out on housing estate
Two officers were knocked to the ground by the mob as they tried to grapple with a young man, with onlookers piling into the fray
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Police reveal new move over woman whose vehicle smashed into school killing two
A Land Rover driven by a 46-year old reportedly collided with a school building in Wimbledon in July, where youngsters were enjoying an end-of-term tea party outside
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Mum who fed two daughters sleeping gummies and then killed them jailed
Veronica Youngblood has been sentenced to 78 years in prison for shooting her daughters Sharon Castro, 15, and Brooklynn Youngblood, five, in their apartment in McLean, Virginia
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Letby's note to mum conceals 'demons which lay beneath girl-next-door persona'
A mum whose baby was under Lucy Letby's care in 2014 has unearthed a picture taken by the killer nurse of her daughter with a feeding tube detached from her nose, alongside the chilling words: "Caught in the act!"
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Netflix star wrongly jailed for murder left with 'mental and physical scars'
Presenter Raphael Rowe has opened up about his 12-year prison sentence after he was wrongly convicted of a murder he didn't commit – but his sentence turned his life around
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Man, 54, 'bludgeoned girlfriend to death in alcohol-and-drug fuelled killing'
Matthew Lucas allegedly killed Heidi Chace with a hammer in the early hours of Wednesday. His daughter said: 'I knew my dad had issues, but I didn't think he would kill somebody.'
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Chilling last words of killer before he is given lethal injection in execution
Jeffrey David Matthews, indicted in 1994 for the murder of his 77-year-old great uncle Otis Earl Short, delivered his final sentence before receiving a lethal injection at Oklahoma State penitentiary
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Owner of pack of dogs that mauled girl, 6, while her mum screamed jailed
Bernard Valentine faces more than four years behind bars after the youngster was savagely attacked in Greater Manchester in March as she walked to her friend's house
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Man disappears the same day a jury found him guilty of murdering his wife
Gregory Allen Showalter has switched off his cellphone and had cut off his GPS ankle monitor. The Department of Public Safety warned the 63-year-old from Iowa is 'armed and dangerous'
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Letby's life in prison - 'funeral punishment, sex favours, violence everywhere'
As more horrified families speak out about Lucy Letby's disturbing treatment, the Mirror takes a look at everything the evil NHS neonatal nurse will face behind bars
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Three 'noxious substance' deaths in same area linked as police arrest suspect
Police have made arrests after Kevin Conway, 41, Stephanie Alderson, 35, and Kathleen Broomfield, 43 all died in the same area between July and September of this year
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Woman shoots five people outside of a bar because she was denied entry
A woman who was reportedly angry that she was denied entry to a bar decided to take out her gun and shoot at the bouncer - but she missed, hitting five bystanders instead, before fleeing the scene
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Mum strangled to death after speaking out against violence faced by Black women
A 30-year-old mother and aspiring nurse was strangled to death a mere month after speaking out against the violence faced by Black women in America. Her boyfriend was charged with the killing
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Motel owner who helped homeless forced to give up home or face jail
A man says that he was selling pain pills to help his tenants - he owns an old motel that serves as a home to the homeless, but now the whole building is scheduled to be demolished
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Mailman accused of stealing $1.7M caught trying to flee to African country
A US mail carrier allegedly misappropriated 98 checks over the course of a year and a half, making off with nearly $1.7 million from the US Treasury and residents on his mail route
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Two men arrested over horror shooting of 11-year-old boy
Froylan Villegas was fatally wounded outside an Albuquerque baseball stadium by alleged gang members after a game in what was described by police as a case of mistaken identity
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Woman arrested for attacking couple doing 'inappropriate stretches' by pool
Amanda Ferragamo is alleged to have attacked the couple in Florida and left a visible mark on the female victim's face in what has been described by police as a 'domestic incident'
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Italy's 'last Godfather' who spent 30 years on the run left in irreversible coma
Mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, who has been convicted for his involvement in dozens of murders, is in an irreversible coma and doctors will tonight suspend his nutrition
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Hero cop hit and killed by car after saving two stabbing victims outside club
Sergeant Paul Frear, 45, died after being hit by a car in Birmingham as he walked to work on Thursday. The father-of-two had served with West Midlands Police for 21 years
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Mum who gave daughter abortion pills and burnt and buried foetus told sentence
Jessica Burgess from Nebraska has been sentenced to two years in prison for helping her then-17-year-old daughter have an abortion and then concealing the foetus
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Hapless woman gets stuck inside toilet bowl while trying to retrieve Apple watch
A woman had to be rescued from an outhouse toilet after she ventured into the bowl in hope of retrieving her Apple watch. Authorities used her situation to warn others
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Teens in court over deliberately killing retired man in sick filmed hit-and-run
Jesus Ayala, 18, and Jzamir Keys, 16, are suspected of intentionally driving into Andreas Probst, 64, while he was riding his bicycle in the northwest of Las Vegas at around 6am on August 14 and videoing the attack
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Young woman, 21, went silent after police made suspicious discovery in her car
Antonia Bettride, 23, drove three hours to a service station roughly 170 miles from her home in St Helens, Merseyside, just days before Christmas before being pulled over by police