Crime

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Man charged after being tasered by cops who shot his two dogs dead
WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: The Met Police defended its officers after a suspect was tasered and two dogs were shot in Tower Hamlets saying it is "never an easy decision to take"
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Mum killed stepson and stuffed body in suitcase moments before texting daughter
The court heard that Letecia Stauch, 39, had stabbed her 11-year-old stepson, Gannon Stauch, 18 times before beating him and shooting him in the jaw, "obliterating' the young boy's skull."
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Husband accused of murdering wife and dumping her in a river in suitcase
Aminan Rahman, 45, is accused of murdering 24-year-old Suma Begum in their home in Docklands, east London, on 30 April
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'Somerset Gimp' arrested after plaguing terrified residents in rubber suit
The creepy gimp’s reign of terror may have finally come to an end after a latex-clad man in his 30s was arrested again this morning on suspicion of causing a public nuisance
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Moment teen killer stabs defenceless boy, 14, to death with massive sword
Marques Walker was jailed for life with a minimum of 19 years years after he stabbed 14-year-old Jermaine Cools to death with a sword near West Croydon railway station before fleeing
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Teenager jailed for stabbing 'happy, smiling' boy, 14, to death in the street
The 14-year-old victim Jermaine Cools was stabbed to death near a train station in south London in 2021 with police later arresting Marques Walker who admitted to murder
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Boy, 8, dies after 'stepdad made him sit on stove' in horror abuse case
Kamilek, eight, who has not been fully named due to Polish privacy laws, suffered such serious burns after his cruel stepfather made him sit on a hot stove that he had to be hospitalised and put in a coma
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Pilot who tried to pin murder of wife on burglars 'never meant to hurt her'
Caroline Crouch, 20, was murdered by her Greek husband Babis Anagnostopoulos who staged a robbery in which he hanged their pet dog to hide the crime, as he fights a life sentence
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Levi Bellfield quizzed in jail over 'murder' of student whose body wasn't found
Monster Levi Bellfield, 54, has been quizzed in prison over the alleged murder of student whose body was never found following claims he admitted killing Elizabeth Chau, 19, in April 1999
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Family gasps as dad found not guilty of shaking 2-week-old daughter to death
Darin Harvey, 26, denied murdering his two-week-old baby daughter Felicity-May Harvey, who died three days after being found "blue" at home in Greater Manchester
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Women knocked unconscious in homophobic and racial attack as cops issue appeal
Avon and Somerset Police have released CCTV of three men they would like to speak to in connection to a hate investigation in Bristol last October at about 3am
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Girl, 14, shot in the head while playing hide and seek
The homeowner of the property where the kids of playing claims he saw shadows outside his house so went to get his gun. When he went back outside he saw people running away and opened fire, police say.
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Massive illegal 'Coronation rave' in quiet village 'sounded like Leeds festival'
Villagers between York and Selby in Yorkshire were up in arms at the loud music which drew crowds from London, Bakewell, Brighton, Leeds and Wakefield for the Coronation rave
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Woman dies after being held hostage and shot in police stand-off with gunman
A 36-year-old woman was found with firearm injuries at a property in Dartford, Kent on Saturday - she had since died from her injuries while a 29-year-old man who was found at the same address remains in critical condition
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Rishi Sunak stands by law used in Coronation arrests - despite Met 'regret'
The Metropolitan Police force has expressed 'regret' and apologised after it could not prove protestors it arrested on Saturday intended to disrupt King Charles III's Coronation
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Man murdered 'music loving' woman whose body lay undiscovered in flat for weeks
Joe Rankin, 33, from Gloucestershire, is facing life in prison after admitting the murder of Emma Potter, 40, whose body was found in her flat several weeks later
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Met Police chief defends 'unfortunate' arrest of anti-monarchists at Coronation
Sir Mark Rowley has defended the policing of the King's coronation on Saturday in the capital. He described the arrest of six anti-monarchy campaigners as "unfortunate"
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Huge cannabis farm found hidden in derelict pub 2 years after another shut down
Heat lamps, pots and plastic sheets are shown in the photos, as well as "growing equipment", which had previously been found to be a "cannabis factory" in May 2021 and ended at the time
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TikTok star racially abused cop in Asda car park and told him to 'learn English'
TikTok influencer Priya Sahi was broadcasting to her 100,000 followers while sitting drunk in her car in an Asda car park when police arrested her, before she racially abused one officer
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Mum who wrote book on grief after husband's death charged with his murder
A Utah woman who wrote a children's book on dealing with grief after the death of her husband has now been charged with his murder
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Haunting CCTV of Brit teen before brutal murder as cops hunt missing girlfriend
Dual national Woramet Ben Taota borrowed his mother's blue scooter on Saturday afternoon, before he was found dead on Sunday morning. He is believed to have been murdered
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Shoplifter banned from town centre mocked for looking 'very guilty' in mugshot
Daniel Scoffield has been banned from stores in his hometown for three years after he was issued with a Criminal Behaviour Order for a string of shoplifting offences
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Ex-world champion boxer who fought David Haye spotted at Vladimir Putin speech
Nikolai Valuev, who was the biggest and heaviest fighter in boxing history, became a politician for the Untied Russia party after 16 years in the ring - in which he faced off against Britain's David Haye
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'Absolutely mortal' man armed with axe at station told officers 'I'm psycho'
Jamie Graham was threatened by a police officer with a taser before he threw the axe onto the tracks and got down on his knees - and told officers 'I'm a bit psycho' during his arrest
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