All news on the topic: Crime

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Three men injured in stabbing during altercation near shopping center in East London
Three men have been stabbed in a mass brawl in east London.
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Urgent search for missing girl, 13, last seen in her school uniform
An urgent search has been launched to try and find a schoolgirl who has been missing since yesterday morning.
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Mom-of-four shoots three of her daughters and leaves one fighting for her life
A mother-of-four shot all her daughters, leaving three of them dead and one fighting for her life, and then turned the gun on herself.
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87-year-old great-grandmother dies following a senseless act of violence
The family of an 87-year-old woman who died after falling victim to an ‘act of senseless violence’ at a train station have paid tribute, saying she was a ‘source of endless joy’.
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British woman, 23, fatally shot while on vacation at her father’s home in the US
Tributes have been paid to a 23-year-old woman from Warrington who was shot dead while visiting her father’s home in America.
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Career criminal involved in £54 million Securitas heist shot at home in suspected murder plot
A criminal mastermind behind Britain’s biggest armed robbery was shot in the kitchen of his luxury home after getting out of prison, the Old Bailey has heard.
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Daytime stabbing leads to the closure of tube station
A man has been taken to hospital after a stabbing at Goldhawk Road Underground station.
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Mum who dragged rival parent to ground and repeatedly kicked her outside school, shouting threats, avoids jail
A mum who dragged a rival parent to the ground and repeatedly kicked her in the face outside a primary school has avoided jail.
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Woman assaulted by two men in forest
A search is ongoing after a woman was sexually assaulted by two men in a wooded area yesterday morning.
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Man apprehended after 36-hour standoff with police in Sheffield
A man has been arrested on suspicion of committing firearms offences following a standoff with armed police officers in Sheffield.
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Shopkeeper shows remarkable kindness to man attempting to rob his store for £100
A hero shopkeeper’s quick thinking managed to help stop a thief armed with a 12 inch knife from robbing his store.
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Teacher sexually assaulted boy and ordered him to bring gun to school to shoot colleague
Imagine Kay Ewer exploited the 16-year-old boy, who has special educational needs, and manipulated the youngster into thinking he was "the one," a court was told.
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Major update in Sheffield standoff as armed man engages in tense showdown
Chaos broke out in Castlegate, Sheffield, where residents were evacuated from their homes due to South Yorkshire Police’s concerns a man in a property had weapons.
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’Serial killer’ doctor accused of murdering 10 patients during home visits
A doctor in Berlin who was first arrested in August on suspicion of killing four elderly patients is now suspected of killing a total of 10 patients.
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Man launches racist tirade against passengers, then ’jokes’ about hitting his partner
A woman was ‘racially abused’ on a train from London to Manchester by a ‘drunk’ man raving about how England conquered the world.
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Global search for ’shaman’ accused of stealing £8.3 million in cash and jewels using ’powers’
A woman claiming to be a ‘shaman’ is accused of swindling millions of pounds from her victims using her ‘fortune-telling powers’.
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Porch pirate moves house after being shamed for stealing 16 parcels from neighbors
A man has claimed he’s been shamed into moving out of a block of flats – after he was caught stealing more than a dozen parcels from his neighbours.
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Man suffers brain bleeding after being attacked for wearing rainbow Apple Watch strap
A man was left with a brain bleed after a ‘cowardly stranger’ beat him up in Wales – and all for wearing a rainbow watch strap.
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12-year-old boy arrested for carrying long knife around school
A 12-year-old has been arrested after video appeared to show a boy carrying a large knife in a school playground.
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Two men arrested after asking police with drug-sniffing dogs for directions
Two men had their luck turn for the worse when they stopped to ask cops for directions – unaware they had drug-sniffing dogs.
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Female teacher arrested for stabbing eight-year-old pupil to death
A female teacher has been arrested after stabbing an eight-year-old student to death at a primary school in South Korea, according to reports.
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Romania uncovers €100M EU funding fraud ring
An investigation reveals how suspected mafia-linked companies used fake documents to win 100 million euros in EU-funded contracts in Romania.
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Armed police in standoff with knife-wielding man above a shop in southeast London
Armed police have locked down Lewisham High Street and surrounded a nearby HSBC after an ’emergency incident’.
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Woman, 36, found dead with head injuries after man attempted to force entry into her flat
A 38-year-old man has been arrested after a woman was found dead in a flat in south London.
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Dad jailed for 15 years for killing daughter, 14, with stab wound to the heart
A father has been sentenced to life in prison after murdering his 14-year-old daughter.