All news on the topic: Crime

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Man accused of murdering a 16-year-old boy in Huddersfield
A man has been charged with the murder of a 16-year-old boy in Huddersfield.
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Mother who killed newborn ‘Baby Callum’ 27 years ago avoids imprisonment
Joanne Sharkey had previously pleaded guilty to manslaughter following an incident during which she was suffering from postnatal depression.
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Europol shuts down ’Kidflix’ child abuse site, arresting 79 suspects
One of the largest child exploitation networks in the world has been dismantled in an international operation coordinated by Europol.
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38-year-old man killed by police in Milton Keynes identified as David Joyce
A man who was shot dead by police in Milton Keynes after brandishing a knife at officers has been named for the first time.
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Human remains found at Hartlepool recycling center, murder probe launched
At a recycling center in Hartlepool, human remains have been discovered.
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Zhenhao Zou convicted of raping 10 women, faces more charges as 23 new potential victims come forward
Over 20 women have reported to the police, claiming they may have been raped by Zhenhao Zou, a Chinese PhD student in London who is thought to be one of the UK’s most prolific sex offenders.
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Mick Philpott, the evil father who killed six children in a horrific blaze, was left ’battered and bruised’ after a brutal prison beating
Killer dad Mick Philpott was left “battered and bruised” in a brutal jail beating.
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Man charged with murder of a six-week-old baby boy in Lancashire
A man has been charged with the murder of a six-week-old baby.
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Kinahan cartel ’fueling’ gangland war in Scotland’s underworld
“Having his good pal over in Dubai puts him in a position where he can use that Kinahan connection as a lever.”
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Criminology student to be sentenced for murder of fitness trainer and attempted murder on Bournemouth beach
A 21-year-old criminology student is scheduled to be sentenced today for the murder of Amie Gray and the attempted murder of Leanne Miles on a beach in Bournemouth.
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UK to ban ninja swords amid knife crime ’crisis’
Possessing a ninja sword is to be banned in the UK and carry a penalty of up to six months in jail, the British government said on Thursday, in a bid to curb what it has called a "national" knife crime "crisis."
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Crime boss Craig Anthony ordered to repay £125,000 of £3m drug profits
Craig Anthony led an organized crime gang that transported kilograms of cocaine from Liverpool
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Bloodshed in Amsterdam: Knife attack near Dam Square leaves five wounded
Five individuals have been stabbed at a well-known tourist hotspot, Dam Square, in central Amsterdam.
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Grandparents arrested for suspected murder in death of French toddler Émile Soleil
A long investigation into the mysterious death in 2023 of a French toddler took a surprise turn on Tuesday when police arrested the boy’s grandparents on suspicion of murder.
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Former Argos employee admits to breaking into warehouse and stabbing five colleagues during rampage
Babah Sesay, 31, admitted 10 charges related to the incident, including wounding with intent and actual bodily harm after the horror attack which saw five men taken to hospital
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Stabbing attack in Birmingham: four people injured, one suspect arrested
A knifeman randomly attacked at least four passersby during a terrifying early-morning rampage in Birmingham, police say.
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London installs its first permanent facial recognition cameras despite human rights activists’ protests
Police are setting up London’s first permanent facial recognition cameras, despite privacy fears.
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Manchester killer hid body parts in a bag in front of passersby
Nobody batted an eyelid as he walked down a busy street on a Tuesday afternoon. Stopping every so often or changing hands, it looked as if the man was carrying a heavy bag of shopping home after a trip to the supermarket.
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Couple from Birmingham sentenced to 25 years in prison for torturing and humiliating a woman
A woman tortured and made to drink urine by a cruel couple branded them ’monsters’ who ’destroyed my life overnight’.
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Paedophile who abused a 13-year-old schoolgirl told police ‘she desired it as much as I did’
A convicted paedophile who groomed a 13-year-old girl for sex has been jailed for eight years.
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Woman strangled her newborn and hid the crime for 25 years — police solved the mystery using DNA
A woman who suffocated her newborn baby left the body in the woods and kept the killing a secret from her husband for 25 years until the police arrived, a court has been told.
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In the UK, a man killed his neighbor with a hammer and dismembered his body, scattering the remains in the woods
A jury was informed that the pensioner’s body was dismembered into 27 pieces using a hacksaw, and the parts were disposed of in various locations.
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Man killed and another injured in shooting in Tottenham
A man in his 20s has died and another man was shot in the leg in a double attack in Tottenham last night.
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How fraudulent call centers bypass bank checks using shell companies
Leaked documents reveal how scam call centers drew on a secret industry of service providers that used shell companies, proxy account holders, and sham paperwork to receive funds from their victims through accounts at major commercial banks, or turn it into cryptocurrency.
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19-year-old who murdered family to carry out school massacre sentenced to 49 years in prison
Nicholas Prosper, 19, shot his family as part of an unsuccessful plan to kill 30 children at his former primary school.