Crime

According to court documents, 84-year-old homeowner Andrew Lester believed someone was attempting to break into the house and shot twice within moments of opening the door - the elderly gunman has now been charged

Nathaniel Roberts was jailed for five and a half years for getting a 15-year-old pregnant. He is now appealing his sentence, with his lawyer arguing that it is too harsh

Bosses from tech firms WhatsApp, Element and Signal have called on the government to "urgently rethink" the Online Safety Bill, warning it will open the door to "indiscriminate surveillance" of personal messages

The Orange County Sheriff's Department in California has contacted police in Wroclaw, Poland's largest city after obtaining a device which has been said to belong to 21-year-old Julia Wendell

The Information Commissioner’s Office issued the rebuke to Surrey and Sussex police forces over recordings of “highly sensitive” conversations with victims, witnesses and perpetrators of suspected crimes

A 13-year-old boy was confronted by a stranger in public toilets at Brinton Park in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, who tried to sexually abuse him before he managed to escape

Labour has criticised the Government for 'dragging their heels' after Suella Braverman launched a consultation on new laws giving police greater powers to act if they find zombie knives and machetes in private homes

Brave Niall Stranix was mopping the floor on his shift at an off-licence in Leeds when armed robber Marlon Stewart attempted his 13th crime in just 20 minutes, prompting him to jump into action and send the thug running

The home of Josef Fritzl in Amstetten, Austria, has been transformed into nine apartments rented out by young people after landlords Herbert and Ingrid Houska bought it and renovated it

Oliver Andrew's solicitor, in Morocco, said he had been charged in Marrakech with possessing and distributing counterfeit money within the country, and one count of creating an organised criminal group

Lucy Letby, who is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others between June 2015 and June 2016, wiped away tears as photographs of her bedroom appeared on screen in court

Kaylin Gillis, 20, was gunned down when she got out of a car in front of a property in the rural town of Hebron in New York State, with the people she was riding with rushing her to a nearby town before calling 911 due to limited cell service

Andrew Lester, 84, has been charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action after he allegedly shot a black teenager who mistakenly knocked on his door

Colette Fazackerley, 40, was pronounced dead on Easter Sunday (April 9) after police were called to reports of a woman near the train tracks, close to the Ashton Cricket Club

The craze first went viral in the USA in 2021 when pranksters filmed themselves kicking doors to the beat of Kesha's 2012 hit 'Die Young' with a well-timed double punt

Leonid Volkov, 37, from Medford, Massachusetts, US, was charged with murder after the bodies of Kiryl Schukin, 37, and Pavel Vekshin, 28, were found in his rubber bins

Luke Flanagan, 28, hit 55-year-old Emma van der Avoird's Peugeot 2008 as she was taking her daughter Khiana, 16, to school at about 8am on November 1 2021, before it burst into flames

Ralph Yarl, 16, went to pick up his siblings in Kansas City, US, on Thursday night and reportedly pulled into the driveway of the home, rang the doorbell, and was immediately shot in the head

Neville Lawrence, 81, told the Daily Mirror he will give victim impact statements at the parole hearings of Gary Dobson, 47, and David Norris, 46.

Katelaine Fitzpatrick felt painful feelings of shame, disgust and abandonment over her killer father, whose horrific gun rampage is the focus of ITV drama The Hunt for Raoul Moat

Lucy Letby, 33, has denied the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of 10 more. A court heard today how the initials of tots were found in the diary in her bedroom

Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch walked free from court on Monday after being found not guilty of the murder of David Byrne - and he was sporting a very different look

Despite arriving at Raoul Moat's police stand-off in his dressing gown with chicken, lager and a fishing rod, England legend Gazza isn't portrayed in the ITV series but does get a mention

Twenty-eight people were shot and some left critically after a gunman fired at the Mahogany Masterpiece Dance Studio in the city of Dadeville, US, on Saturday during a 16th birthday party

Met Police officers had attended the home in Peckham, south east London, where the man had been threatening to jump before Taser was used, causing him to fall several floors