All news on the topic: Crime

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'Terrified' judge breaks silence after vicious courtroom attack which went viral
Judge Mary Kay Holthus was about to deliver Deobra Redden a sentence in an attempted battery case on January 3 when he leaped over a judicial bench and attacked her
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Homeowners shock as cops discover 'secret brothel' on quiet suburban street
Residents living on a tranquil road in Oxford say they were 'shocked' to discover that a man and a woman had been arrested after a brothel was operated from a house on their street
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Killer BA pilot who battered wife to death 'could kill again if released'
Robert Brown killed wife Joanna Simpson in October 2010 and was jailed for 26 years - but has now served 13 years, as her mother says she fears for her family should he get out
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Chemical attack suspect Abdul Ezedi may never be found due to 'unique challenge'
Marine experts familiar with the River Thames have shared the 'crucial' factors which could influence finding the body of Clapham alkaline attack suspect Abdul Ezedi
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Judge makes major decision in trial involving Madeleine McCann suspect
Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner faces charges for crimes against women and children in Portugal, but his court case in Braunschweig, Germany was today adjourned
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Madeleine McCann suspect's lawyer says there's one thing he won't do in court
German national Brueckner, 45, is set to go on trial today accused of a number of sexual assaults in Portugal between 2000 and 2017 – he denies all charges against him and any involvement in Madeleine's disappearance
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Nightmare mum stabs houseguest after comment about 'untidiness'
A woman was stabbed in the face while visiting a mother's home - for commenting on the cleanliness of the house, which contained dog faeces and dead mice
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Putin's endorsement of Joe Biden 'carefully calculated to influence US politics'
Russian President Vladimir Putin's comments that Russia would prefer to see Joe Biden win a second term over Donald Trump should be treated with skepticism, an expert has warned.
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'Mastermind' of gang who robbed travel agent was 'friend' of the business
A takeaway boss accused of being the mastermind of a gang who tried to rob a travel agent, and ended up gunning down rookie police officer Sharon Beshenivsky was described as a 'friend' of the business he robbed
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Heroic boy, 10, saves toddler brother from mum trying to throw him in hot oven
A 36-year-old Texas mother has been accused of torturing her children and abusing her husband and has been arrested this week
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Victim in Chiefs parade shooting 'would jump in front of a bullet for anybody'
Prominent DJ Lisa Lopez-Galvan with radio station, KKFI-FM,who was much loved in the city was killed in a mass shooting after the Kansas City Chief's Super Bowl victory parade on
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Madeleine McCann suspect could walk out of jail as early as next year if cleared
Christian Brueckner, a convicted paedophile, is standing trial in a German court on Friday accused of vile crimes against women and children in Portugal
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KC Chiefs rally gunman 'fired shots while spinning in a circle' says witness
Jacob Gooch Sr. said he witnessed one shooter at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade aimlessly fire rounds into the crowds while spinning in a circle
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Couple bought designer clothes and kitchen after raking in £100k on Encrochat
Alan Roberts, 39, played a leading role in supplying cocaine and cannabis to the North West area between February 2019 and June 2021 after using the encrypted communication network Encrochat
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Tycoon son's legal fight over claims family firm used 'armed thugs' in roof row
The son of Nicholas van Hoogstraten is stuck in a vicious court fight over the roof extension of a luxury flat amid allegations his family's business used 'armed thugs'
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Hubby defends 'speeding' socialite who 'killed 2 boys after boozy lunch with ex'
The husband of Los Angeles socialite Rebecca Grossman, who is accused of murdering two children after speeding through an intersection, came to her defence in court on Tuesday
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Man who 'beheaded his dad and showed head on YouTube' now charged with terrorism
On January 30, Justin Mohn shot his father dead and posted a video of him showing his severed head, prosecutors allege. All while ranting against the state and government
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Major police update as suspected masked killers on the loose after boy, 16, dies
Earlier this week, on Valentine's Day, a 16-year-old boy was attacked in a park in Bristol by two masked assailants who stabbed him to death before fleeing on bikes - police have said today that they remain at large
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Cops haven't yet charged suspects in Chiefs parade shooting but have 24 hours
The Kansas City Police Department has not yet charged the three suspects it announced have been detained in connection to Wednesday's parade shooting, noting that the department has 24 hours to hold them
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Widower says surprising three-word sentence to nan who killed wife in car crash
Julie Parkin, 58, apologised to the family of 75-year-old pedestrian Patricia Dermody, who she hit in a fatal car accident after becoming 'distracted' by one of her grandchildren singing in her car
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Mums 'raped' at Bahamas beach bar had torn bathing suits, nurse who helped says
WARNING — GRAPHIC DETAILS: The nurse who treated the two Kentucky mothers who were allegedly drugged and raped as they stoped in the Bahamas while on a Carnival Cruise said their bathing suits were ripped and that they had bruises everywhere
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Inside megajail where inmates forced to eat with hands
The Centre for the Confinement of Terrorism (Cecot) is a maximum security jail constructed to house 40,000 convicts in a remote part of El Salvador - where violent gangs rule the streets
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Teens who filmed dying boy after machete attack locked up for more than 72 years
Joseph Riches bled to death after being ambushed by four boys who attacked him with a 2ft long blade after he came at them with a screwdriver in Stourbridge town centre
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Family of suspected victim of 'Frankenstein' killer handed fresh hope
The family of Simon Parkes, who was 18 when he vanished without trace from HMS Illustrious in 1986 in Gibraltar, have spent four decades looking for closure - and are a step closer
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Woman loses £20k to romance scammer she met playing online Scrabble
A woman, aged 83, from Oldham, fell for a fraudster posing as a 60-year-old American millionaire widower who conned her out of £20,000 in a romance scam, police said