All news on the topic: Crime

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Massachusetts jury weighs mother’s fate after she admitted killing her three children
The fate of US mother Lindsay Clancy is now in the hands of a Massachusetts jury, who must decide if she is guilty of first-degree murder - the intentional and premeditated killing of another person - in the deaths of her three children.
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Prison drug smuggler caught after failed attempts to hurl £12,000 package over Hull jail wall
A man who threw a package containing more than £12,000 worth of illegal drugs into HMP Hull has been jailed for three years and eight months.
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Teacher Sally-Anne Bowen found guilty of indecently assaulting teenage boys at London school
A chemistry teacher has been convicted of having sexual relationships with two pupils at an all-boys school in the late 1980s.
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"Gun factory in a van": Woman spared jail after laundering £53,000 for husband and son
A woman who laundered cash for her husband and son after they set up a gun factory in the back of a van has been spared jail - because of prison overcrowding.
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Teacher barred from profession after sending explicit images to teenager on Snapchat
An assistant headteacher who was caught sending explicit pictures of himself to a teenage boy on Snapchat told a tribunal he “craved attention” as a “sexual thrill”.
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Sudanese asylum seeker jailed for 25 years after brutal bottle attack on woman in Leeds
An illegal migrant from Sudan lay in wait for a lone woman before attacking her 30 times with a broken bottle in Leeds.
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PSNI officer dismissed after "catalogue of corruption" involving sexual relationships and falsified evidence
The investigation by the Police Ombudsman found he had also failed to disclose multiple conflicts of interest, intimidated a former partner, attempted to falsify evidence and asked a colleague to lie
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Taxi stolen in Wales driven the wrong way along A55 before police stop it
A taxi that was reported stolen was stopped by officers being driven the wrong way down a dual carriageway after a collision with a cyclist, police said.
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Three-year-old boy thrown into crocodile pit returns home after seven operations
The three-year-old boy who was "thrown into a crocodile pit" has returned home after a long recovery period in hospital.
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Former prison governor warns of "worrying trend" as white inmates convert to Islam
A former prison governor has issued a stark warning after new data revealed a "worrying trend" across the nation’s prisons.
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Fugitive wife found dead days after veteran police officer husband was murdered
The fugitive wife of a murdered police patrolman has been found dead in a wooded area near a medical facility.
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A66 crash: Police reveal links to serious organised crime among five dead joyriders
Five young men who died in the A66 crash which also killed two police officers may have had links to “serious and organised criminal activity”, police have said.
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White prisoners "forced to convert to Islam" as fears grow over Muslim gang activity in jails
White Britons have been forced to convert to Islam by organised Muslim gangs in the nation’s prisons.
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Masked youths hold chaotic vigil for A66 crash "joyrider" as cops mourn two dead PCs
Hordes of balaclava-clad youths lit flares and set off balloons in a "vigil" for the dead A66 "joyriders" - just as mourners silently prayed for the two PCs killed in the same crash.
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"Wonderful" pensioner, 75, dies after alleged burglary as man, 46, arrested for murder
A “wonderful” pensioner who was killed in an alleged burglary has been identified, as a 46-year-old man is arrested on suspicion of murder.
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"Shot twice": Man found dead in Marbella after suspected hit-and-run attack
A man has been found dead in a Brit holiday hotspot after being shot in the stomach in an alleged hit-and-run attack.
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Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott found guilty of sexually abusing two children
Former world snooker champion Graeme Dott subjected a girl and a boy to multiple incidents of abuse, the High Court in Glasgow heard
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Police storm illegal rave near quiet Norfolk village with riot shields as seven men are arrested
Seven people were arrested and equipment including speakers were seized after police shut down an illegal rave near a quiet Norfolk village.
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Greens could strip police of Tasers and pepper spray under radical new crime plan
The Green Party will consider an official policy of stripping police of Tasers and pepper spray under a new crime plan.
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Man killed in horror taxi attack in Ramsgate as 21-year-old suspect arrested
A man has been killed after being attacked inside a taxi at a harbour town.
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Thousands of sex offenders could be offered libido-suppressing drugs in UK prisons
Thousands of sex offenders may be given drugs to curb their vile urges while behind bars, it has been revealed.
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Deported rapist sneaked back into Britain and was found living in Essex years later
A rapist migrant who was deported after a sex attack on a night out has been found living in Essex after sneaking back into Britain.
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"I’m going to slice your baby in half": Neighbour jailed over chilling threats
A neighbour from hell threatened to slice a baby in half during a row with a family.
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Joanna Williams warns of "telling silence" over surge in sexual assaults after Ceuta migrant influx
Author Joanna Williams has slammed the “telling silence” over a rise in sexual abuse cases following the migrant invasion in the Spanish city of Ceuta.
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Several injured after sword-wielding attacker enters Swedish school
Several people have been injured at a secondary school in Sweden by a person armed with a sword.