All news on the topic: Crime

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Tory DPM Oliver Dowden insists he did not cover up rape claim against MP
Former party chairman Sir Jake Berry reportedly wrote to officers with concerns soon after leaving his role at Conservative Campaign Headquarters after Liz Truss quit
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Couple drown in flooded underground lift as residents hear them trying to escape
Dean Shoshani and Stav Harari suffered an unimaginable death after they drowned in a lift in their apartment after rainfall unexpectedly dropped around 100 millimeters per hour
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'World's most brutal prison' is home to cannibals and 'only way out is death'
The Black Dolphin is one of the world's most notorious prisons and is home to 700 rapists, murderers and cannibals serving life without parole and they're not even allowed out of their cells
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Student dies after being snatched from work and buried alive by ex-boyfriend
Snatched from her workplace by her former boyfriend, 21-year-old nursing student Jasmeen Kaur suffered an horrific fate after being bound, blindfolded and dumped in a shallow grave
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Murderer mum exchanging romantic messages with at least six men in prison
Susan Smith, a mum serving life in prison for the deaths of her two children, is speaking to at least six men from behind bars, some of whom even offer her to stay with them after parole
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What next for Sam Bankman-Fried as long prison sentence looms for fraudster
Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has been convicted on fraud and money laundering charges, potentially facing a 110-year prison sentence, while his co-founders are likely to receive prison terms too
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Jewish woman stabbed at home as cops find Swastika plastered to door
A Jewish woman believed to be in her 30s heard the doorbell ring at her home in Lyon on Saturday afternoon before police said she was knifed twice in the stomach on answering the door
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Cruel nitrogen gas execution to go ahead with fears of botched 'agonising death'
Alabama Supreme Court has greenlighted Kenneth Smith's execution with 'nitrogen hypoxia', a cruel, previously untried method that could see him suffocating on his own vomit, suffering a 'drawn out and agonising death'
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'Beautiful' UK village plagued by crime and vandals where yobs roam streets
Residents of Thurnscoe in Yorkshire often experience blazes as cars and businesses are set alight by thugs - but during the day, the village is completely different
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Teacher banned after using secret camera for upskirting images of pupils
Jeffrey Wilson has been banned from teaching for life after using a camera pen to take upskirting pictures of pupils and staff, committing his perverted crimes at two separate schools
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Nurse faked pregnancy during lockdown and sent ex hoax photos of baby bump
Alexandra Gregory sent her former partner 'scan' pictures, along with mocked-up baby bump photos before claiming to have given birth to a premature baby girl called Aria
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Nurse accused of killing patients with lethal insulin doses in care homes
Prosecutors said that Heather Pressdee, a nurse, admitted to 'harming, with the intent to kill' 17 patients at different Pennsylvania nursing homes
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Drunk driver's five cowardly words after crashing car and leaving friend to die
Van driver Ashley Dean, 40, downed six pints and sniffed a line of cocaine to 'sober up' before smashing his car on March 23 last year. His friend Lisa Birtwistle died that night
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Harrowing moment 'biryani killer' confesses how he slit throat of love rival
Gurpreet Singh, 32, started an affair with Ramandeep Kaur Mann, 38, from Derby, who told him she wanted to kill her husband because of his alleged drug taking and abusive behaviour
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Police worker told villains that 'WhatsApp for criminals' was hacked by cops
A corrupt police analyst has been jailed after she was caught revealing to the underworld that the secret EncroChat communications platform had been hacked by police - even going as far as giving the crooks tips how to avoid being caught
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Woman who slashed her friend's throat with glass in Magaluf avoids jail
Sydney Cole was arrested when her friend Sarah Garrity was left in intensive care after losing four pints of blood. She has avoided prison and has been ordered to pay a £780 fine
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Iran orders woman's execution for adultery after husband catches her on CCTV
Iran is being put under international pressure for its extensive use of the death penalty for crimes including adultery, sodomy, murder, rape, armed robbery, kidnapping and drug traffickin
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Zara Aleena's family demands law change after killer gets prison sentence cut
Zara Aleena, a law graduate, had been walking home after seeing some friends in Ilford when Jordan McSweeney attacked her, launching a horrific nine minute sexual assault that took her life
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'Shameful' rapist attacked woman in club toilet then took pals to scene to gloat
Onyedika Oriaku followed a woman to the toilets of a nightclub in Swansea and raped her - only to return to the toilets where he'd just carried out the sex attack with a pal - something the judge described as 'sinister'
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Neighbours' four-year feud takes surprising new turn in row over stolen bricks
Kevin Grogan and Mohammed Alam have been stuck in a bitter feud for four years as the rowing neighbours clash over a pathway that runs between their houses - with one claiming he owns part of it
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Driver fights back tears as he admits killing girl, 12, as she got off the bus
David Pursglove, 35, pleaded guilty to causing the death by careless driving of schoolgirl Lexi McDavid, 12, who was hit by a van when she crossed a road in June last year
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Wife accused of poisoning family with mushrooms 'tried to kill ex four times'
Erin Patterson was arrested at her home in Australia accused of murdering her ex-husband's parents and sister and attempting to murder her husband with a poisoned beef wellington
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'The argument for cutting Jordan McSweeney's sentence insults decent people'
The law is wrong. And if it was applied correctly by the Court of Appeal, then it must be changed. This killer inflicted 46 injuries on Zara Aleena
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Moment British man shoots opponent 'accusing him of cheating during pool game'
Two pool players are seen having a row at Molly's Irish Bar in Miraflores in Peru before one takes out a gun and fires at his opponent several times, after apparently calling him a "phony"
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Ashley Dale murder accused takes witness stand and tells jury 'I am no angel'
Ashley Dale defendant Niall Barry, giving evidence at Liverpool Crown Court, denied being the leader of an organised crime group but told the jury he was 'no angel'