Crime

A child killer who was serving a life sentence for murdering his two-year-old stepdaughter has been found dead in prison.

An inquest has determined that German backpacker Simone Strobel was killed through homicide in northern New South Wales, but it was unable to identify her killer.

A baby boy who died in a dog attack in South Wales was killed by an XL bully, police have confirmed.

Police have launched an urgent search for a second foreign prisoner mistakenly freed, two days after the UK justice secretary, David Lammy, implemented stronger checks for jails.

The brother of the Southport attacker told a friend his sibling "doesn’t really show mercy" leaving his dad trying "not to die" two years before his fatal attack, the public inquiry has heard.

Nigel Farage is facing a parliamentary investigation over his late registration of interests - namely a trip to Florida, as part of a Trump fundraising event.

An assessment of the money laundering risk facing the Isle of Man’s banking sector was a reflection of the “complex” and rapidly evolving crime landscape, the home affairs minister has said.

A man has been remanded in custody after appearing in court charged with attempted murder after a mass stabbing on a high-speed train in Cambridgeshire, in which 10 people were injured, and a separate incident on London’s public transport network that left another person hurt.

A nine-month-old baby has died after a dog attack in Wales.

Man in his 40s ‘stabbed to death’ at house as cops arrest woman, 45, amid murder investigation.

Detectives investigating a mass stabbing on a train in Cambridgeshire have confirmed that a 32-year-old man who was arrested is now being treated as the only suspect.

Two men are in custody after multiple stabbings on a high-speed train in Cambridgeshire that left two people with life-threatening injuries, police have said.

A former British Army sergeant major has been sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting a teenage soldier, who later took her own life.

A hockey coach who brutally murdered his wife and attempted to cover it up as a suicide to claim her life insurance and pursue another woman has been jailed.

A convicted murderer who fatally stabbed his pregnant girlfriend 23 times after being released on licence has been jailed for a minimum of 42 years.

A man who spiked women’s drinks in a nightclub before raping and sexually assaulting them was caught on CCTV.

Presenter Kirsty Gallacher said she was kicked like a “football” by a stranger in central London, leaving her with bruises.

Police forced entry into two properties in Digbeth following reports of illegal money-laundering operations.

A 67-year-old woman from Tenby will appear in Crown Court this November for two historic offences of benefit fraud.

Drake has been sued for making "deeply fraudulent" gambling promotions.

A North London midwife who fraudulently received £2,000 after forging GP sick notes been suspended despite her “deep regret”.

A criminal gang member who falsely claimed he was the father of eight Albanian children to get them UK citizenship has been jailed.

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.

Hundreds of women have come forward to allege sexual abuse took place during British army medical examinations over five decades.