All news on the topic: Crime

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Man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of Rianne Coulson more than a month ago, suspected of abduction and murder
A 53-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the kidnap and murder of a 34-year-old woman who has been missing for over a month.
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Four masked men opened fire on a wedding car in France — the bride and another person were killed
Two people including the bride were shot dead at a wedding reception in France last night.
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Stabbing at Imperial Wharf station: 20-year-old man hospitalized with serious injuries
He was taken to hospital with injuries described as potentially life-changing and currently remains there
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NFL fan shot dead by police in the US after ramming patrol cars in California
Police in California shot and killed a football fan who attempted to ram their vehicles — an unusual and tragic incident.
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UK may ban ’online brothels’: parliament to consider penalties for profiting from prostitution
Amendment to crime and policing bill would make it criminal offence to profit from selling sex online
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FBI confused twin brothers in bribery case and attempt to create a "new Dubai" in the Pacific Ocean
The confusion in the federal case against Cary Yan is the most recent development in a strange global scheming saga first revealed in a 2023 OCCRP investigation.
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Horror in East Kilbride: postman killed his girlfriend, dismembered her body, and pretended to be her
A man has confessed to murdering and decapitating his girlfriend before texting her mother while pretending to be her.
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Killer from Costa del Sol fled across three countries in 15 hours — arrested in the UK
Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan were killed by a hooded gunman outside an Irish pub in Fuengirola on May 31.
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Woman stabbed to death after gas explosion in London home; man arrested on suspicion of murder
A murder investigation has been initiated after police discovered a woman stabbed to death in her home following reports of a gas explosion.
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Verdict reached in Madrid for racist attack on Vinícius: defendants avoid jail sentences
Four people have been handed suspended jail sentences by a Madrid court after being found guilty of a hate crime related to an effigy of the Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior.
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British soldier who killed woman with a meat grinder and dismembered her may be released after 18 years in prison
A soldier who brutally killed a young mother with a meat cleaver could soon be released from prison.
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Horrific death of infant: Blackpool teacher and his partner charged with rape and murder of adopted son
Jamie Varley and co-accused John McGowan-Fazakerley were in process of adopting 13-month-old Preston Davey
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US state representative and spouse shot and killed in ’politically motivated’ attack
A manhunt is underway after a Minnesota lawmaker was killed and another injured in "targeted shootings" in the US.
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The number of serious crimes committed by children under 10 in Britain has risen by 30% over the past five years
9,544 offences were recorded last year by children aged nine or younger, but police could not take action - crimes included rapes, arson, making death threats and drug and racially motivated offences
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A suspect in the shooting of gangsters Monaghan and Lyons on the Costa del Sol has been arrested in Liverpool
A suspect was taken into custody in Liverpool by Merseyside Police under an international arrest warrant issued by the Spanish authorities. Police have yet to make a formal statement
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Seven Asian men have been convicted of the sexual exploitation of two white teenage schoolgirls in Rochdale
The defendants preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them as "sex slaves" from the age of 13 on various dates in the Greater Manchester town between 2001 and 2006.
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Killed at age 4: police in Berkshire investigate brutal child murder
A murder investigation has been launched after a four-year-old boy was found dead at a home last night.
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He planned a bomb but brought death with a shotgun: what is known about the attacker from the Graz school
The shooter responsible for one of Austria’s most deadly school shootings has been publicly photographed for the first time.
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Gubarev’s landing: how a Kremlin ex-hacker is capturing Cyprus with the FSB-linked IT staff
On January 16, the Russian Forbes, owned by the Kremlin oligarch Magomed Musayev, whose biography and activities are closely intertwined with the KGB and FSB (which are essentially the same thing), published an article by Ilya Zhegulev...
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Photo released of teacher fatally stabbed by student in French school
A French teaching assistant who was stabbed to death by a 14-year-old student during a routine school bag check has been pictured for the first time.
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‘Admiral 2.0’: Latvian ringleader to face trial over €297 million fake VAT fraud scheme
The suspected leader of a vast cross-border VAT fraud and money laundering ring faces trial in Latvia this month. The €297 million scheme targeted multiple EU countries and involved hundreds of companies.
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‘Oh my God’: court shows video of London attacker unpacking sword before bloody rampage
A court has been shown chilling footage of a man accused of a fatal sword attack which left a 14-year-old dead filming himself unboxing the deadly weapon used in the attack.
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School shooting in Austria: at least ten dead, including students
Ten people, including seven students, have died and up to 30 are injured following the morning shooting at a school in Dreierschützengasse, Graz, in southeastern Austria.
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Police find gold suitcase crucial to Portsmouth murder investigation
Two more arrests have been made in connection with the murder of a woman in Portsmouth.
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“Stolen — returned by themselves”: London couple tracked down their own Jaguar as police were “too busy”
A couple whose Jaguar car was stolen from outside their home had to steal back their own vehicle because the police were ’too stretched’ to investigate.