All news on the topic: Crime

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Laws forcing killers to attend court 'on their way' as Lucy Letby set to refuse
Shadow Justice Secretary Steve Reed said it is 'grossly offensive to victims that this brutal murderer can refuse to face the consequences of their crimes in court'
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Paedo teacher Kandice Barber 'shacks up with scammer in prison' according to lag
Barber, from Buckinghamshire, is now apparently in a relationship with Jay Delaney who was given five years in April for a £388,000 fraud
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Mum 'shattered' after daughter, 10, fatally shot by neighbour who killed grandma
A 10-year-old girl and her grandmother were shot and killed after a gunman forced his way into their apartment in Springfield, Massachusetts, opening fire on the family and their dog before killing himself
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Car thieves left suspicious mark before stealing family's Audi, BMW and Mercedes
A family in Sandwell, whose three cars were stolen by a gang of thieves, believe they had been marked out as victims after finding suspicious marks left on a tree
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Dad of killer nurse Beverley Allitt victim wants red flag hospital alert system
David Crampton - whose son Paul was five months old when killer nurse Beverley Allitt attacked him - is urging there to be a “pattern spotting” warning system introduced in hospitals
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Lucy Letby feared to have killed babies at another hospital after mystery deaths
Baby murderer Lucy Letby may have struck at Liverpool Women's Hospital first as police probe her entire career with the possibility that the evil former nurse could be charged with further crimes
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Hospital boss who 'shut down Lucy Letby concerns' left NHS with £1.5m pension
Tony Chambers was CEO at the Countess of Chester Hospital and greeted Queen Camilla – then the Duchess of Cornwall – during a royal visit to the NHS facility in 2014
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Lucy Letby's bedroom had teddy bears, Rihanna lyrics and novel with eerie plot
Pictures shown to jurors during the long trial showed Lucy Letby's bedroom, containing books about adultery, a pink dressing gown and cheesy framed messages on her walls
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Pilot 'destroyed airport parking barrier with axe after reaching breaking point'
A United Airlines pilot told authorities that he destroyed a parking barrier at the Denver International Airport because he reached his 'he just hit his breaking point.' He has since been placed on leave and has been charged with criminal mischief
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Sex-crazed woman throttled her lover during sex then hacked his head off
Taylor Schabusiness killed her lover, Shad Thyrion, in February 2022 by choking him to death while they were having sex, then carried on while dismembering him
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Chilling final words of serial killer before she is executed by lethal injection
After spending more than a decade on death row, US serial killer Aileen Wuornos vowed to return seconds before she was given a lethal injection in 2002
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Mum's 'instinct' led her to find Lucy Letby standing over daughter's cot at 3am
Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering seven premature babies and attempting to kill six more at The Countess of Chester Hospital - making her Britain's most prolific child killer
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Lucy Letby likely to be on 24-hour suicide watch as she faces life in prison
A prison official says baby killer Lucy Letby, 33, faces 24-hour surveillance in prison to prevent her taking her own life and it would be "very embarrassing" if she dies before "justice gets done"
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Lucy Letby sent colleagues chilling texts to gain sympathy as she killed babies
After Letby killed babies she would send texts to her colleagues claiming to be heartbroken and looking for sympathy, even asking to work more shifts on the intensive neonatal unit
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Lucy Letby's post-it note provides only explanation for murders, says expert
Lucy Letby is the worst serial child killer the UK has ever seen after her conviction yesterday. But questions are rippling through the UK - what could bring someone to commit such atrocities?
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When Lucy Letby will be sentenced as killer nurse faces whole life in prison
Killer nurse Lucy Letby has indicated through her lawyers that she does not intend to take any part in the sentencing hearing, after the court heard she no longer wanted to be brought to the courtroom in Manchester
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Killer nurse Lucy Letby kept sick treasure trove of victim souvenirs
At the time of her arrest in July 2018, the UK's worst child serial killer, Lucy Letby, had gathered a stash of souvenirs from her victims. These included resuscitation notes, thankyou cards, and even a blood test result
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Serial child killer Lucy Letby enjoyed hen party hours before first known murder
Evil nurse Lucy Letby was yesterday found guilty on seven counts of murder. But it has now been revealed that she was out partying in York on a hen-do just hours before.
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Daycare worker caught on camera abusing girl, 7
Niya Jones was terrified when she noticed bruises on her daughter's arms after picking her up from Morning Starr Childcare Center at District Heights in Maryland
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Lucy Letby's parents watched trial of UK's worst baby killer every day in court
Evil nurse Lucy Letby was yesterday sentenced to multiple murders in one of the most harrowing cases the UK has ever seen. Her parents sat through every day of her nine-month trial - but who are they?
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Lucy Letby's pal says only one thing will make her believe baby killer is guilty
Lucy Letby, 33, was found guilty of seven counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder during her time on the neonatal unit of the Countess of Chester Hospital
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'Everything must be done to ensure that a Lucy Letby never happens again'
It is horrific to now know parents were placing their children in the arms of a serial killer, and we may never know what drove her to commit some of worst crimes known
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Terrifying 'Angels of Death' nurses who stalked hospital wards to kill patients
Nurse Beverley Allitt was jailed for life for murdering four children, the attempted murders of three others, and causing GBH to six more - 30 years before Lucy Letby case
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Forensic psychologist gives terrifying verdict on Lucy Letby's sickening crimes
Professor Mike Berry, of Liverpool’s John Moores University says there are many similarities between killed nurses Lucy Letby and Beverley Allitt, who was jailed for life in 1991
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'Lucy Letby's crimes are unforgivable – she was always going to be hard to stop'
David Wilson is an emeritus professor of criminology at Birmingham City University who has researched nurses who kill. Here, he tells the Mirror what he thinks of Lucy Letby's case