Crime

Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten walked out of a California prison on Tuesday after serving 53 years of a life sentence for her participation in two infamous murders of of Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary

Dramatic scenes at Tewkesbury Academy in Gloucestershire yesterday saw the school locked down and a teacher rushed to hospital following the shock knife attack

Nine-month-old Harlow Darby Freeman was reported missing after the car she was sat in the back of in Parrish, Alabama, went missing as her dad briefly left her to go into a friend's house

Daniel Kellan Mayfield faces 60 charges after local authorities in South Carolina released additional warrants for the youth pastor. He is said to have repeatedly set up cameras in dressing rooms to capture video of brides

Las Vegas police said they were called to a domestic violence disturbance at Caesars Palace - but when they tried to make contact with the occupants, a man allegedly refused to open the door and told cops he was armed

Lancashire Police caught a gang of drug dealers after an investigation into the use of the encrypted EncroChat network - two people were jailed and officers are still looking for two more

The youngster's body, believed to be between two and three, was found on the sand early this morning in Costa Dorada resort of Roda de Bera, Spain, by a council cleaner

Ponte Verde High School student Madison Schemitz paid tribute to the medics and staff who helped her after she was allegedly stabbed by her ex-boyfriend Spencer Pearson on June 3

Thomas Cashman lodged an appeal against his minimum 42-year jail term, after he was found guilty of killing nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel - but his application was refused

Harlow Darby Freeman was in the back of her dad's parked Lexus when both she and the car vanished, leading many to think she had been kidnapped by a car thief - thankfully within 12-14 hours she was found safe

Marius Mihai Draghici fled the UK, was eventually detained by police in Romania last August and today was sentenced for the manslaughters of the Vietnamese nationals found dead in Essex

Footage obtained by local outlets shows the moment immediately after family learned that local authorities had found Harlow on Tuesday after she had been gone missing on Monday night

Thasawar Iqbal, who pretended to be a taxi driver, was caught by the police after his victim asked for his number and passed it on to officers. The rapist has been jailed for 17 years

A police force has confirmed they were contacted three months ago about allegations a BBC star paid a teenager for sexually explicit photos

The bodies of Ethan John and his sister Elizabeth John were found at their home near Penkhull, Stoke-on-Trent, and later identified by their own mother, a coroner said

A teenage boy was arrested after Jamie Samson was stabbed at Tewkesbury Academy in the Gloucestershire town on Monday morning as the school was thrust into lockdown

The three-year-old and his mother were crossing the road outside a school in Thornaby, Teesside when a black-clad teenager ploughed into him leaving him with nasty injuries

'Betrayal: The Perfect Husband' follows the story of Jenifer Faison who uncovers that her husband is leaving a second life. She unravels his long history of sexual assault and manipulation.

The dismembered corpse of German real estate tycoon Hans Peter Mack, 62, was discovered stuffed in black bin liners at around 11pm on Monday in Pattaya, Thailand

Harlow Darby has been found alive by Alabama police after the baby girl was kidnapped by a car thief who stole the car she was in 14 hours sparking an amber alert due to the 'extreme danger' she was believed to be in

Gabriela Marchiano, 23, died after she was hit by a glass bottle outside Allianz Parque stadium in Brazil. She was planning to support her home team, Palmeiras, before the freak accident

Over 150 law enforcement officials have been brought in to hunt for the missing arson suspect Michael Burham after he busted Warren County Jail in Pennsylvania by using bed sheets as rope

A 'kindhearted, loving' 9-year-old boy was fatally shot at his grandmother’s birthday celebration when someone inside a moving vehicle fired four to six shots at the group

CCTV showed a man stabbing Lilia Valutyte before running away. The nine-year-old girl was left dying in the street in Boston, Lincolnshire, after the blade pierced her heart

57-year-old retired Memphis homicide detective Mark LeSure was found dead outside of his home. He had been outspoken against Memphis police following the death of Tyre Nichols