All news on the topic: Crime

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Son, 27, ties up own mum and holds her prisoner before demanding £10,000
Drunken Michal Strehlau admitted attempted robbery and false imprisonment of his mother who was forced to flee from a window after a near four-hour ordeal in Hull, east Yorkshire, on October 2
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Two convicted murderers escape prison together, sparking nationwide manhunt
Alison McDonagh, 49, and Stephen McParland, 54, are said to be in each other's company and were last seen at Lanyon Place Train Station in Belfast on January 21 at 1.45pm
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Murdered kids' gran told daughter to leave 'psycho' before he killed them all
The gran of two murdered children has revealed she tried to get her daughter to leave partner Damien Bendall. Jailed for life last December, Bendall killed partner Terri Harris, her two children and their friend in Derbyshire in 2021
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Music teacher 'killed by lover and dumped in crocodile infested waters'
Mark Ciavarella worked in the Republic of Congo for six years but his partner feared he would return to Australia and leave him with nothing, which resulted in teacher's death
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Mum 'abused and murdered son, six, over potty training', court told
A woman has been accused of abusing and murdering her six-year-old son in Utah over his potty training, with the boy having died from a blunt trauma to the head, it is reported
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Woman raped by stranger to save life of man she was on a first date with
The couple had been walking home from their first date in Sunderland when Sean Robinson began attacking the man, before dragging the woman into a bush leaving her traumatised
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Teen boy arrested as girl, 14, seriously hurt in stabbing in school playground
Greater Manchester Police said the teenage victim was rushed to hospital after she was stabbed with a 'sharp instrument' in an attack at Parrs Wood High School in the suburb of Didsbury
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'Tory justice on the cheap sees 600 murdered in decade by crooks on probation'
That shocking toll, plus figures revealing more than 500 other serious offences a year are committed by those on probation, is evidence of a lawlessness and disorder crisis
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Man charged with slaughtering 23 in racist mass shooting to dodge death penalty
Patrick Crusius is accused of killing 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in a racist mass shooting - he allegedly stalked the aisles armed with an assault rifle
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High streets are dying because most of UK has been 'written off', says Labour
Labour's Lisa Nandy will argue the failure to make use of people's talents in every corner of the country is a 'social crime' that has made it impossible to tackle problems such as 'struggling public services and failing town centres'
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Deadly failings with one person killed every six days by criminal on probation
Every six days someone is killed by an offender on probation and criminals on licence killed a total of 599 people in the last decade- our criminal justice system is in crisis, so when will the Government address these deadly failings?
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'Innocent' man who spent 17 years in jail for rape may clear name as DNA emerges
Andrew Malkinson was jailed for a rape in Greater Manchester which he has always denied committing - he could now see his name cleared as DNA evidence leads police to another man
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Young millionaire's £100K Audi vandalised in very rude way - but he's not fussed
A businessman was initially 'gutted' when he parked his car in Leeds overnight and returned to find it covered in vile graffiti and says he wants the vandal to come forward - but it's 'not much of a loss' for the young moneybags
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Nightclub where footballer was stabbed to death on Boxing Day to close for good
Nightclub in Birmingham where footballer Cody Fisher died in a Boxing Day knife attack last year has been ordered to close for good after West Midlands Police appealed to Birmingham City Council
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Corrie fans in stitches over frantic scenes as they plead 'end this now'
Coronation Street killer Stephen Reid is again at risk of being caught out on the cobbles after he claimed another victim in Teddy Thompkins
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Passenger kicked off flight after 'touching cabin crew member inappropriately'
Video footage shows a man and a fellow passenger get into a row with a two cabin crew members onboard a SpiceJet flight in India after one was accused of inappropriately touching a female flight attendant
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Student, 19, 'raped and dumped onto street' before she's hit and killed by car
Two of the group allegedly had sex with Madison Brooks, 19, when she was unable to give consent, while the other two were present. She was later struck by a car and died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US
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Couple seen on mobility scooter before man found killed in Tesco car park
Neil Shadwick, aged in his 60s, was found unresponsive in the Tesco supermarket car park in the Gloucestershire town of Stroud shortly before 6am on Sunday, without his mobility scooter
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Zara Aleena's family accuse probation officers of having 'blood on their hands'
Zara Aleena's aunt Farah Naz called for 'action and accountability' in the wake of her niece's murder as she branded the Probation Service 'incompetent', with 'failures by people at the top'
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Husband 'shot dead his wife and son to collect $10million life insurance'
Dad-of-two Alex Murdaugh is accused of shooting dead his 52-year-old wife Maggie and their 22-year-old son Paul outside their South Carolina home in the US in 2021
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Couple 'destroyed' as neighbour jailed for harassing them re-homed in same flat
James Keenan was convicted of harassing his neighbours Martyn and Jane Slater and jailed for 12 months. However, after being released early, he was rehomed in the same flat in Derby
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Man arrested for letting undercover Mafia boss 'use his identity to buy clothes'
Matteo Messina Denaro used a false identity document with Andrea Bonafede's name to get access to health services and stay under the radar before he was arrested at a clinic in Palermo, Sicily
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Mum of girl, 12, stabbed at Christmas lights says teen killer must die in jail
Ava White was stabbed in the neck by a boy, then aged 14, who was later convicted of murder and given a life sentence with a minimum of 13 years. The victim's mum said her killer must die in prison
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'Untouchable' cocaine twins saw their drug empire brought down by a Ford Fiesta
Brothers Rohail and Sohail Khan have each been jailed for six years after admitting to a drugs empire they had believed to be "untouchable", according to police officers
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Screaming dad 'tortured to death' in his own home as ex-wife accused of murder
Thomas Campbell, 38, was tortured for several hours before he was killed in his Tameside home, a court heard, as the three defendants accused of his murder include his ex-wife