Crime

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Drake sued for promoting illegal gambling through Stake casino
Drake has been sued for making "deeply fraudulent" gambling promotions.
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North London midwife suspended for forging sick notes to claim £2,000
A North London midwife who fraudulently received £2,000 after forging GP sick notes been suspended despite her “deep regret”.
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Albanian man posed as father of eight babies in UK passport fraud
A criminal gang member who falsely claimed he was the father of eight Albanian children to get them UK citizenship has been jailed.
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Care home staff forged will to steal 85-year-old resident’s £175,000 estate
This is the inside story of an extraordinary and chaotic trial that will further fuel alarm about the potential scale of financial abuse against the elderly across the UK.
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Operation Pianora investigates sexual misconduct at British army locations
Hundreds of women have come forward to allege sexual abuse took place during British army medical examinations over five decades.
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One man killed and two injured, including a 14-year-old boy, in Uxbridge attack
An Afghan national has been arrested after a man was stabbed to death and two other people, including a 14 year-old boy, were injured in west London.
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Suspect accused of rape, assault and robbery appears in Birmingham court
A man has been charged with rape after an alleged attack that police have said they are treating as racially aggravated.
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Convenience stores linked to gangs face zero-star food hygiene ratings
Two ‘Bob Shops’ were ordered to take urgent action on more than 80 issues after inspectors found a series of food hygiene breaches.
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Pregnant British teen Bella Culley to give birth in Georgian prison after family fails to pay full fine
Pregnant British drug mule Bella Culley will be forced to give birth inside a Georgian jail after her family failed to pay a massive fine in exchange for her freedom.
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Wetherspoons pub in Basildon damaged just 24 hours after reopening
A Wetherspoons pub, which underwent £2,750,000 worth of renovations, had thousands of pounds of damage inflicted on its windows just 24 hours after reopening.
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Romanian gang jailed for raping and exploiting vulnerable women in Scotland
Five members of a Romanian grooming gang have been jailed for raping and sexually exploiting vulnerable women in Scotland.
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Police recapture Hadush Kebatu after “unbelievably irresponsible” release
Convicted sex offender Hadush Kebatu will be deported from the United Kingdom after police finally caught him sitting on a bench in a north London park.
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Convicted sex offender and asylum seeker mistakenly released from prison arrested in London
An asylum seeker and convicted sex offender whose crimes sparked protests outside migrant hotels across the country has been arrested after being mistakenly released from prison.
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UK homebuyers risk losing £78,000 in rising conveyancing fraud
UK households with £78,000 bank balances risk them being reduced to £0.
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87-year-old dementia patient convicted over £43 car tax under fast-track court
An 87-year-old pensioner with dementia and living in a care home has been handed a criminal conviction over £43 of unpaid car tax, in the latest shocking case to emerge from the controversial Single Justice Procedure.
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Westminster officers raid offices over snail farm tax avoidance
A London council has discovered offices filled with boxes of snails as it vows to crack down on a "bizarre" attempt to avoid business rates.
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Mother and baby targeted in shocking Belfast city hijacking
A baby was threatened with broken glass during a vehicle hijacking in Belfast city centre.
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Murder inquiry initiated after teenager is stabbed in southwest London
A murder investigation has been launched after a 19-year-old was stabbed in southwest London earlier this week.
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UK authorities raid factory producing counterfeit weight loss injections
A factory producing counterfeit weight loss injections has been raided and dismantled, in what officials have called the largest single seizure ever recorded.
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British pilot faces up to 20 years in jail for drug-fueled murder in Spain
A British man is facing up to 20 years in jail after he was found guilty of the drug-fueled murder of a man he met for a weekend of passion.
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Woman found dead a year after her death – only conversations on phone were with ChatGPT
The remains of a young woman were discovered in her flat, a year after she died.
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Police probe ‘unimaginable tragedy’ after girl, 9, found dead in Islip home
Police are urgently investigating the tragic death of a nine-year-old girl after they were called to reports that three children had been assaulted.
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British court sentences man behind Wagner-inspired London arson to 17 years
The ringleader of an arson attack on a Ukrainian-owned business in London last year was jailed for 17 years on Friday for what prosecutors called a “sustained campaign of terrorism and sabotage” on British soil.
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Police launch manhunt after migrant sex offender is mistakenly released from UK jail
A Police manhunt is underway to find the Epping hotel migrant sex attacker after he was accidentally released from jail.
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Fraudsters use deepfakes and AI-powered scams to steal over £629mn from UK victims
Criminals are using artificial intelligence to increase their “attack rate” on UK victims, with investment fraud and romance scams hitting record levels in the first half of the year.