All news on the topic: Crime

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Neo-nazi satanist jailed for encouraging girls to kill themselves
A satanic neo-Nazi has been jailed for six years for encouraging girls to kill themselves and self-harm.
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MP Mike Amesbury admits to punching a man and remains suspended from the Labour Party
CCTV footage emerged at the end of October of the MP punching a man to the ground in Cheshire in the early hours of the morning.
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Quick-thinking police operator saves abuse victim who called 999 and asked for pizza
A police call handler’s quick thinking led to officers being sent to a woman’s home – despite her being too terrified to ask for help out loud.
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Pride flags outside Tube station removed permanently due to repeated vandalism
A London council has been forced to remove their pride flags after they were repeatedly vandalised.
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Masked drill rapper promoted by BBC, who boasts about murder in lyrics, revealed as killer of schoolboy Jimmy Mizen
A balaclava-clad rapper who boasts about killing and is promoted by the BBC can today be unmasked as the murderer of schoolboy Jimmy Mizen.
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"UK bans ’zombie drug’ found in vapes after 11 deaths from flesh-eating substance
The drug, which is strong enough to knock out an elephant, has also been linked to 11 deaths here since 2022.
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Conor McGregor accused of trying to rape woman in VIP bathroom as security ‘stopped friend from entering stall to help’
It comes after the woman, who has been described as a 49-year-old who works on Wall Street, filed a criminal sexual assault allegation.
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Georgia indicts 3 developers for operating crypto mixers Blender and Sinbad
The indictment accuses the developers of operating mixers used by hackers and cybercriminals, posing public safety and national security threats.
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Nazi sympathiser jailed for threatening to kill police officers, saying ’all deserve to die’
A "deplorable" Nazi sympathiser has been jailed for threatening to kill police officers with graphic threats - as well as taking part in disorder in Liverpool over the summer.
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Father allegedly stabbed daughter to death during kitchen play-fight, court hears
A father accused of stabbing his 14-year-old daughter to death has said the pair were simply ‘play-fighting’ while making tea, a court heard.
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Fortes.pro defrauds clients and supports Russian hackers targeting servers across Europe and the U.S.
The company Fortes may find itself under Western sanctions because its activities are linked to pro-Kremlin oligarch Suleyman Kerimov and the head of "Rostec" Sergey Chemezov.
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Romanian court lifts house arrest on Andrew Tate amid sex crime investigation setbacks
Andrew Tate has been freed from house arrest after five months, according to his legal team.
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Gang members sentenced to life for shooting rival at children’s birthday party
Four men have been jailed after killing a man in a gang shooting outside of a child’s first birthday party.
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Dog groomer and mother of two jailed for blackmailing an innocent man, threatening to label him a ’paedophile’ to extort £100,000
A ‘callous, cruel and entitled’ businesswoman who demanded payments totalling £100,000 from an innocent man has been jailed for blackmail.
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Prisoner attacked while holding baby during visit, after being filmed having sex with guard
A prisoner filmed having sex with a female guard at HMP Wandsworth was rushed to hospital after being violently attacked behind bars, it has been reported.
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Four boys ‘raped by men they met on Grindr dating app last year’
A dating app popular with the LGBTQ+ community has been linked to dozens of sex abuse cases including children under the age of 13.
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Microsoft to crack down on criminal misuse of generative AI
Microsoft has filed a lawsuit aimed at disrupting cybercriminal operations that abuse generative AI technologies, according to a Jan. 10 announcement.
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Relative of Jack the Ripper victim demands new inquest after DNA breakthrough
A descendant of one of Jack the Ripper’s victims has demanded a new inquest into one of history’s most notorious serial killers...
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Most violent or sexual crimes unsolved in hotspots of England and Wales last year
About 89% of such crimes closed without a suspect being caught or charged in the year to June 2024.
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Former Labour minister arrested for suspected child sex offences released on bail
Sussex Police said Mr Caplin, also a former Brighton and Hove city councillor, was one of two men arrested on Saturday afternoon.
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Man’s body found in river, investigation into mysterious death underway
A man’s body has been pulled from a river as cops launched an urgent probe into the mysterious death.
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Body found in landfill after two-month search
The body of a man feared ‘dumped in a bin’ has been found at landfill site in Essex.
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Nurse critically injured after A&E stabbing
A nurse is fighting for her life after being stabbed inside the emergency department of a Greater Manchester hospital.
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Three teenagers arrested for murder after boy fatally stabbed at bus station
Three teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of murdering a ‘popular, well-liked’ boy who was stabbed to death at a bus station on Bedford.
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The rise and fall of Washo, Durán’s criminal puppetmaster
In the early hours of August 14, Ecuador’s police and prosecutors deployed one of the most significant security operations...