All news on the topic: Crime

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Girl, 16, 'raped in nightclub toilet after man unlocked her cubicle door'
Police are searching for a man who could assist them with their enquiries after the teenage girl, 16, was allegedly raped at OMG bar in Liverpool on Monday, April 3
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Man 'murdered' after being rammed off road in car and stabbed to death
A man in his 50s was fatally attacked in Solihull, West Midlands, on Tuesday evening - with police having launched a murder investigation after multiple people fled the scene
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Brit couple thrown to crocodiles by trio who blew £37,000 on their credit cards
World-renowned botanists Rod Saunders, 74, and his wife Rachel, 63, were pounced on in 2018 while scouring a mountain region in South Africa for rare seeds for their business
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Burglary suspect pretends to be a solar panel on roof after break-in
The trickster appeared to be laying against a solar panel on the roof of a building in Wandsworth, London, but they were spotted by police circling above in a helicopter
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Dad, 60, hacked into 772 webcams across the world to watch 47 women have sex
Dad-of-three Christopher Taylor, 60, used a scam link to trick 772 people in 39 countries to give him access to their webcams so he could spy on their private lives
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Two teen girls found 'abducted' in back of car - with pair of men arrested
Two missing teenage girls have been found in the back of a car in Hull that was stopped by unmarked police vehicles with two men, aged 18 and 19, arrested on suspicion of abduction
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Russian hackers 'trying to black out Britain' by targeting power stations
Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Dowden will issue a 'call to arms' to energy providers when he addresses the annual CyberUK conference in Belfast later
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Zombie knives and machetes still killing kids after 5 Tory promises to ban them
Botched Tory legislation means that seven years after they first promised to ban zombie knives and machetes the horrific weapons are still available to criminals
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How Raoul Moat's survivors, victim's families and his own kids have coped since
The killer's family, and the families of his victims, were for ever affected. Here's what happened next to those who were tragically caught up in his rage
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Skydiver strangled girlfriend after 'attempted rape claim hurt relationship'
A skydiving instructor killed his girlfriend at home when he was accused of attempted rape of a teenage girl and their relationship subsequently became strained, a court heard
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Four found dead in home before triple shooting on major road shuts down traffic
Police have said the two incidents are connected and a section of the I-295 in Bowdoin, Maine, was closed as multiple police departments looked for the suspect
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TV survival expert Ray Mears came within 20ft of catching killer Raoul Moat
Survival expert Ray Mears recalls the moment he came within 20ft of catching killer Raoul Moat, as the new ITV drama on Britain's most famous manhunt ends tonight
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Stephen Lawrence cop probed theory of sixth attacker - but was told to retire
Former Det Chief Insp Clive Driscoll snared two of the racist murderers in 2012 and was investigating an alleged sixth member of the gang at the time, but he was told to retire by the Met in 2014
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Police appeal for man seen leaving nightclub after 'woman raped behind library'
Cleveland Police is hunting a man officers believe may be able to assist them with ongoing inquiries in relation to an alleged rape of a woman in her 30s behind a library in Hartlepool
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Sweet 16 massacre hero died in birthday girl sister's arms after saving her life
No arrest has yet been made or suspect announced after a party goer opened fire at a Sweet 16 killing four and injuring 32 more at the party in the small city of Dadeville, Alabama
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Teens admit beating high school teacher to death with bat in 'low grades row'
Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale have both pleaded guilty to first degree murder after high school Spanish teacher Nohema Graber was brutally beaten to death
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Neighbour from hell set fire to woman's flat over a bitter feud
A 'neighbour from hell' in Scotland set fire to a woman's flat because of a bitter feud, and was later convicted of two charges of wilful fire-raising in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in May and August 2021
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Famous soap star who was arrested on suspicion of rape has case dropped
Metropolitan Police have confirmed 'following extensive enquiries, no further action will be taken', after a top TV star was arrested on suspicion of rape earlier this year
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'I was UK's youngest kid with an ASBO aged 10 - my life is very different now'
Danny Oakley made headlines when he became one of the youngest ever Brits to get an ASBO at 10 years old, and admits the controversial and now-defunct punishment only boosted his ego
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Woman's best friend watched her die as 'sick man with gun' shot car driving away
Kaylin Gillis, 20, from New York, US, was travelling through the town of Herbon with her three friends on Saturday night when the group mistakenly drove onto the wrong property
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Dad and son killed ex's new lover 'like animals' after dragging him out wardrobe
Matthew Rodwell had hid in his young's son's wardrobe as his partner's ex and son arrived at the house they shared in Downham Market, Norfolk. He called 999 fearful of what was about to happen
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Home and Away child star Felix Dean sentenced over common assault of pal's dad
Former Home and Away star Felix Dean, who found fame on the Australian soap as VJ Patterson at 10-years-old, plead guilty to common assault and was sentenced in court
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Pizza delivery man who got girl, 15, pregnant says 5 years in jail is too harsh
Nathaniel Roberts was jailed for five and a half years for getting a 15-year-old pregnant. He is now appealing his sentence, with his lawyer arguing that it is too harsh
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WhatsApp issues warning over new law allowing government to read your messages
Bosses from tech firms WhatsApp, Element and Signal have called on the government to "urgently rethink" the Online Safety Bill, warning it will open the door to "indiscriminate surveillance" of personal messages
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Two UK police forces unlawfully recorded 200,000 phone conversations with Brits
The Information Commissioner’s Office issued the rebuke to Surrey and Sussex police forces over recordings of “highly sensitive” conversations with victims, witnesses and perpetrators of suspected crimes