Crime

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Man pulled 15-year-old schoolgirl out to deep water and raped her in the sea
Gabriel Marinoaica, 20, has been found guilty of raping a schoolgirl, 15, who could not swim in the sea off the coast of Bournemouth, Dorset, when she was with friends
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'I'm scared my Norman's body isn't in our plot and I'll be buried by a stranger'
Great-grandmother Rita Goldspink, 77, fears her husband is not buried in the double grave plot the family owns as investigations into Legacy Independent Funeral Directors go on
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UK's most daring heists include £8million raid of then largest bank burglary
With highly organised digital attackers thought to be taking over from armed robbers, the Mirror looks back at some of the largest heists, including jewel thieves dubbed the Millionaire Moles
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Mastermind behind PC Beshenivsky raid says robber offered to 'get money back'
PC Sharon Beshenivsky, 38, had only been an officer for nine months when she was shot in the chest, after she responded to a robbery at Universal Express in 2005
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Man accused of poisoning couple and changing will 'had fentanyl in his backpack'
Luke D'Wit is accused of murdering Stephen Baxter, 61, and his 64-year-old wife Carol, and rewriting their will to make him a director of their shower mat firm Cazsplash
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Police checking if 'ashes are human' after bodies taken from funeral directors
Humberside Police officers investigating Legacy Independent Funeral Directors in Hull over the remains of 35 people said the National Crime Agency is checking whether they're human
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Teen smiles in court as he's jailed for killing man with rock during mass brawl
Henry Houghton, 19, smiled and waved at his family after learning of his sentence of life, with a minimum of 20 years, for his role in the killing of Matthew Daulby
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Burglar cut hole in museum floor and 'used a litter picker' to steal artefacts
Graham Gallon has been jailed for his burglary of Royal Lancers & Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum in Newark-on-Trent but the museum curator says the sentence was "too soft"
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School bus driver died of natural causes at wheel during M53 crash
Stephen Shrimpton died when the coach he was driving crashed on the northbound M53 in Wirral, Merseyside, on September 29 last year. Jessica Baker was killed in the accident
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More than 2,000 sexual offences on trains last year as police give vital update
Some 2,336 sexual offences were committed on trains last year, according to Lib Dem research. The British Transport Police have launched a campaign to catch more sexual predators
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Cop who sped through countryside 'for no apparent reason' and hit hare is sacked
Chief Constable Kate Meynell concluded that PC Ryan Lee's conduct could undermine public confidence whilst also concluding he 'posed a serious risk to other drivers' at the time of speeding
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Bus ploughs into BMW after impatient driver pulls across its path
Three people had a very lucky escape after the bus smashed into the dark-coloured BMW, which then careered into three other cars that were queuing in busy traffic
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Carer who stole £20,000 from disabled woman she looked after jailed
Petula Hatzer opened up several credit card and catalogue accounts in Alison Hague's name - who she looked after for 17 years - before her crimes were discovered by another carer
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Brit expat strangled and kicked to death after asking to borrow sticky tape
Susan Higginbotham, 67, was found dead at her home in the tiny village Esclottes, France, as a court heard her neighbour subjected her to a brutal attack after she asked for sticky tape
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Abusive boyfriend sliced off ear and scrawled threat in blood to girlfriend
Samuel Hemingway from Halifax, West Yorkshire, sliced off part of his ear and daubed the threat on his ex-girlfriend's wall before leaving the severed body part on her dressing table
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Two schoolboys 'slammed and stamped on' more than 20 animals in abuse spree
The two boys, 11 and 12, admitted to causing criminal damage and unnecessary suffering to animals after rabbits, snakes and birds were killed at an environmental college in West London
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Girl, 8, hacked off her hair after vile racist abuse from child as she rode bike
Cleo Mukolwe, eight, has been subjected to cruel bullying about her appearance since starting school but was left 'shattered' after a child called her the N-word while she rode her bike
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UK's wackiest funeral as mourners attend Punch and Judy send-off for superfan
Carol Lee, from the West Midlands, tragically passed away from Alzheimer's earlier this year. Her daughter, Rachael, gave her an original send off with a Punch and Judy show
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Pierce Brosnan breaks silence after guilty plea to illegal hike and huge fine
Former James Bond actor Pierce Brosnan has pleaded guilty two months after he initially pleaded not guilty to trespassing in hot springs, where acid rising from the ground can reach boiling temperatures at Yellowstone National Park
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Man shot in head on NYC subway as terrified passengers drop to floor in fear
A heart-stopping video captured the dramatic moment a group of New Yorkers instinctively ducked down as a gunshot went off at the Hoyt-Schermerhorn, critically injuring a 36-year-old man
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Mum of three 'threatened with knife and hammer' in primary school parking row
A man, who has not been identified, was said to have 'threatened and verbally abused' the mum of three after a parking row escalated. It allegedly happened at around 3.20pm on Thursday
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Man may have to put beloved dog down as he 'didn't realise he was an XL Bully'
Damian Spencer from Derby bought Stoney two years ago for the bargain price of just £50, which led him to believe that he couldn't be one of the expensive, notorious breeds
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One-legged dementia patient, 93, died after being Tasered as officers charged
Donald Burgess, 93, died in hospital in the weeks after PCs Stephen Smith and Rachel Comotto were called to an East Sussex care home following reports of a knife threat
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Man who faked his death at sea so he could cash in on £3.4m insurance is jailed
Christoph H and his wife Olena, both 56, from Germany, pretended he was dead so they could access millions in insurance - but their insurers noticed something wasn't right and contacted the police
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Teen's last two words to family before being killed with friends in horror crash
Dangerous driver Joshua Chapman was jailed at Teesside Crown Court for killing pals Louis Banks, Aaron Bell, and Tommy Shevels as he sped along a road in the Yorkshire Dales