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Father who recruited his own child to help murder their mother now faces life sentence
A husband once cleared of murdering his wife now faces a life sentence â after their child revealed he recruited them to help plan the killing and then cover it up.
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Devil Pact’ actor jailed for 23 months over extreme right-wing cache
A self-proclaimed satanist actor who claimed he made a pact with a “red-horned devil” has been sentenced to nearly two years’ imprisonment for having extreme right-wing material.
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Ex-MEP Nathan Gill sentenced to 10,5 years for bribery linked to pro-Russian speeches
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been jailed for 10-and-a-half years after taking bribes to make pro-Russian statements while a Member of the European Parliament.
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British court sentences man behind Wagner-inspired London arson to 17 years
The ringleader of an arson attack on a Ukrainian-owned business in London last year was jailed for 17 years on Friday for what prosecutors called a “sustained campaign of terrorism and sabotage” on British soil.
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The ex-MEP was accused of supporting a pro-Russian narrative in coverage of Ukraine
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has admitted to eight bribery charges at the Old Bailey while serving as an elected member of the European Parliament.
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Old Bailey sentences Riley to minimum 34 years for east London restaurant attack
Javon Riley, 33, has been sentenced to life imprisonment at the Old Bailey, with a minimum term of 34 years, for the shooting of a nine-year-old girl and three men outside a restaurant in a prolonged gang feud.
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Gangland fixer guilty after nine-year-old girl shot in the head in Dalston attack
A man has been convicted for his involvement in a gang-related shooting that resulted in a nine-year-old girl having a bullet lodged in her brain.
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‘Could’ve finished him off’: veteran who stopped Anna’s abduction shocked by attacker’s release
A boxer whose punches thwarted Princess Anne’s kidnapper expressed that his only regret was not hitting him harder after the ’mollycoddled’ killer was released.
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Girl, 9, shot in head by motorbike hitman during failed gangland assassination
A nine-year-old girl was shot in the head when a gunman on a motorbike opened fire during a ‘planned assassination’ between warring Turkish gangs, the Old Bailey has heard.
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A man from Wales has been sentenced to life imprisonment for a terrorist attack on police officers
The court heard Dighton was "intent on serious violence" and that he targeted Talbot Green police station in an attempt to "force a confrontation" with officers.
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GCHQ intern sentenced to 7 years for stealing classified data and endangering UK national security
A GCHQ intern has been jailed for more than seven years for taking home top secret data, endangering national security and risking the exposure of colleagues.
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"Bin bag of death": London psychiatric hospital found guilty of fatal negligence
A hospital trust and a staff member have been found guilty of health and safety failings over the death of a young woman in a mental health unit.
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“Jackie Chan” from Great Yarmouth: UK convicts Bulgarian spy ring working for Russia
Six Bulgarians have been imprisoned after being found guilty of espionage for Russia, with the leader Orlin Roussev managing the operations from a dilapidated guesthouse on the east coast of England.
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Russian spies in UK Parliament: agents exposed at Brexit-related event
A BBC News investigation has discovered that three Bulgarians, who were convicted of espionage for Russia, had previously attended an event at the Palace of Westminster.
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Three men were sentenced to 99 years in prison for attempting to murder a former MMA fighter and participant in the UK’s largest robbery
Three men have been jailed at the Old Bailey for plotting to kill a former cage fighter who was convicted of Britain’s largest ever cash robbery.
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Errol Woodger found guilty of manslaughter for running over 50-year-old amputee Marc Allen with stolen car
Errol Woodger, 38, has been convicted of stealing a 50-year-old amputee, Marc Allen’s Mercedes and running him over with it outside his home in Erith, south-east London.
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Man who killed pensioner with walking stick detained indefinitely in psychiatric hospital
Sekai Miles, 23, has been sentenced to an indefinite hospital order with restrictions after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter over the killing of 87-year-old Bernard Fowler.
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Dad who fatally shook baby daughter jailed for at least 17 years
A father convicted of murdering his six-year-old daughter, who succumbed to injuries inflicted when she was a newborn, has been sentenced to at least 17 years in prison.
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Bulgarian spies found guilty of attempting to murder Bellingcat journalists on orders from Russian intelligence services
A jury at the Old Bailey, London’s Central Criminal Court, has just found six of my compatriots — citizens of Bulgaria — guilty of conspiring with the Kremlin to kidnap and possibly murder me and my colleague and friend, Roman Dobrokhotov.
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Zombie knife footage shown at mum’s murder trial
Police bodycam footage of a man waving a zombie knife moments before a woman was fatally stabbed in front of her three-year-old daughter has been shown at a trial for her murder.
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Images released of two possible witnesses who may hold ’vital’ information over Mussie Imnetu’s death near Notting Hill Carnival
Mr Imnetu, 41, died four days after he was found with a brain injury on Queensway, west London, while visiting the UK from Dubai.
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Spy ring plotted to extract data from Ukrainians’ phones at a US airbase in Germany, UK court hears
The group planned in late 2022 to gather information and relay anything that could aid Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.
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Sara Sharif’s father admits to beating her over the head with a phone months before her death but claims he did not intend to kill her
Sara Sharif’s father told jurors he "did not intend to kill" his daughter, despite admitting he repeatedly hit Sara over the head with a mobile phone in the run-up to her death.
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Covid conspiracy theorist sentenced to prison for terrorism offenses after inciting violence against Chris Whitty
A Covid conspiracy theorist has been sentenced to five years behind bars after encouraging violence against Professor Sir Chris Whitty on social media.
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A Met firearms officer has been found not guilty of murdering Chris Kaba in a police shooting
Metropolitan Police marksman Martyn Blake, 40, has been cleared at the Old Bailey of the murder of Chris Kaba.
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