Crime

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Hero teen swimmer dubbed 'Aquaman' for stepping in to stop brawl on riverfront
A heroic teenage swimmer who stepped in when his colleague was allegedly attacked in at a riverfront in Montgomery, Alabama. 'Aaren,' 16, said he did 'what I was taught to do'
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Thug said he would 'do time' before stabbing gran in sheltered housing 60 times
Stephen Ansbro has been jailed for life after killing gran-of-nine Jane Collinson. The court heard he warned he would kill her after discovering she had complained about him to their home's manager
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Met Police cop who killed mum in horror crash while speeding at 80mph is jailed
Pc Nadeem Patel, an officer for the Met Police, was driving through Brixton, South London, at speeds of more than 80mph when he struck and killed 25-year-old pedestrian Shante Daniel-Folkes
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Activists slash Land Rover showroom tyres in 'retaliation' for Wimbledon crash
Action group Tyre Extinguishers admitted to vandalising tyres at a Land Rover dealership in Exeter, Devon - organisers said the act was in retaliation to the schoolgirls who died in Wimbledon
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Three missing walkers found dead after failing to come home from weekend hike
Police Scotland received a report that three hillwalkers were missing on Saturday. Following a search operation, the emergency services recovered three bodies, the force said
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New footage shows how mass brawl erupted at dock with people thrown in water
The video shows how the viral brawl on Montgomery, Alabama, riverfront erupted when an argument broke out between riverboat cruise staff and pleasure boat owners. Multiple arrests were later made
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Man jailed for rape he didn't commit says he's now too scared to hug a woman
Andy Malkinson was wrongly convicted in 2004 spending more than 17 years in jail and, even since his release, has feared he'll be seen as a pariah to the rest of society
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Partner of mum says he is innocent as body found after she went missing on hike
Rachel Morin was last seen alive leaving her home to head to the Ma and Pa Trail in Maryland - the cause of death remain unclear and are still under investigation
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Teacher at Prince George's old school paid teen £65k to film child sex offences
WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Matthew Smith was deputy head of pastoral care at Thomas's Preparatory School in Battersea from September last year. He was found with thousands of child abuse images on his computer
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Check the crime statistics in your area with our interactive widget
Criminal offences rose to approximately 6.74 million in 2022/23 - compared to 6.34 million in the previous year - and now you can track the crime rates near your postcode with the handy In Your Area widget
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Massive brawl breaks out on dock with people dumped into water and chairs thrown
The fight erupted on Saturday at Riverfront Park in Montgomery, Alabama, and led to multiple arrests. The local mayor has vowed 'Justice will be served,' and revealed it was initially a boat worker who was attacked
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Ian Watkins' injury update as Lostprophets paedo is stabbed in jail
Convicted sex offender and former Lostprophets frontman Ian Watkins was held hostage and attacked by three of his fellow inmates at Wakefield Prison over the weekend
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Paedophile Ian Watkins was taken hostage due to 'jealousy over guitar lessons'
Jailed sex offender Ian Watkins was reportedly targeted by three fellow inmates at Wakefield Prison over the weekend due to alleged jealously over the former Lostprophets frontman teaching guitar lessons
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'I was snatched at birth by another family - and only found out after DNA test'
Miche Zephany Sheldon, 26, was snatched by Lavona Solomon who was then arrested after a DNA test in 2015 revealed she and her husband, Michael, were not Miche’s biological parents
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Doctor who shot baby and herself turned to medicine after her mum's friend died
Dr Krystal Cascetta, a well respected doctor at New York City's Mount Sinai Hospital, shot her baby girl and then herself at her $1million home in Somers, New York, she shared with her husband
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'We live in a dangerous UK seaside village – leaving the house is terrifying'
Residents of seaside village Ingoldmells, in East Lindsey, Lincolnshire, have blamed a lack of local policing on drunken yobs who spend all day downing cheap lager before heading out
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TikTok murderer's accomplice raped teen girl before trial for killing two men
Raees Jamal was sentenced for rape in August 2022 and was given 10 years behind bars - but the jury in the TikTok case was not told about it in order to ensure a fair trial
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Family of missing mum devastated with 'back to back losses' as body found
Rachel Morin vanished after leaving to go for a walk on the Ma and Pa Trail nature trail in Bel Air, Harford County, Maryland, on Saturday night
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Wife accused of trying to kill husband by poisoning his coffee with bleach
Melody Felicano Johnson's Air Force husband got suspicious and set up cameras throughout their houses after tasting something strange in his morning coffee that his wife would prepare the night before
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Three people die and one in hospital after eating poisonous mushrooms for lunch
Heather Wilkinson, her sister Gail Patterson and Gail's husband Don, who were all grandparents, died in a tragedy described as "shocking" by authorities and those that knew them
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Police called to top doctor's home twice before she shot baby and killed herself
Prior to Dr Krystal Cascetta's murder-suicide, police had visited her household at least two times throughout the summer. Neighbours in New York were left stunned by the tragic events
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Fuming drivers trapped in shopping centre car park for hours
Shoppers were left queueing for two hours at Trafford Retail Park in Greater Manchester before abandoning their vehicles to go to McDonald's, it has been claimed
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Popeyes workers beat up drive-thru customer & rip her hair out over wrong order
Denetra Dawson suffered a brutal assault with employees ripping her braids off her head as she tried to pick up food from a drive-thru Popeye's Chicken in southwest Atlanta, Georgia
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Bungling Tories accidentally let slip prison staff levels are 'dangerously low'
The staggering admission by the Ministry of Justice was included by mistake in an £8million contract that was published on a Government procurement website
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YouTuber accused of murdering boyfriend 'hid chopped up body in suitcase'
YouTube chef Daniel Sancho Bronchalo, has been detained on suspicion of the murder and subsequent crime of dismembering the body of his lover, who he is said to have dumped in the sea