Crime

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Cowboy builder who scammed 50 homeowners in 'worst of its kind case' jailed
Lawrence Martin took advantage of vulnerable customers. One couple lost £110,000 and another man died without being able to live with his family due to work not carried out by him
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Boy left 'heartbroken' as driver appears to steal bike from front garden
Kyren had cycled to see a friend in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, on his Christmas gift bike, but after leaving it outside their home it was seemingly stolen by a delivery driver
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Banks wrongly label accounts as fraud risk to cover up debanking concerns - MPs
An MPs group said debanking is causing certain ethnic, industry or political groups to be "frozen out" of the UK's banking system
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Teenage labourer killed by falling concrete blocks at skip hire company
The 17 year old died at M60 Skip Hire in Bury town centre earlier this month when he was caught by the partial collapse of a wall. He had just started working there
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Families of teenager stabbed in Bristol release heartbreaking statements
Mason Rist, 15, and Max Dixon, 16, were killed in Knowle West, Bristol and seven people have been arrested - with five, including four teenagers and a 44-year-old man, charged with murder
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Man seriously hurt in blast while trying to open safe with angle grinder
The man, believed to be in his 80s, was rushed to hospital with 'serious leg injuries' after the blast in a quiet suburb of Wigan, Greater Manchester. Police have released a statement
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Dentist locked up after warning Labour MP could be 'stabbed, shot, beheaded'
Amit Kerai tweeted Labour's Barry Gardiner suggesting he would be 'stabbed, shot, beheaded' in 2022. The Old Bailey heard Mr Gardiner warn protection for MPs is 'lamentably poor'
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Greedy thief stole thousands from charity and spent it on motorbike and ring
Peter Robinson pinched more than £7,000 from the organisation, which supports vulnerable women, but was caught out when he tried to take another £25,000. A judge told him his "greed was his downfall"
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Kremlin defector was assassinated by Vladimir Putin, says Ukrainian intelligence
The former helicopter pilot who defected from the Russians was found riddled with bullets in a car park near the popular tourist resort of Benidorm. He was pretending to be Ukrainian while living there
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Another death row killer in nitrogen gas execution despite it being 'agonising'
Alan Eugene Miller, 59, was sentenced to death following a fatal workplace shooting that killed three people in the US - he is set to become the second prisoner to face death by nitrogen gas
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Mum reveals last moments with son before he died after being stabbed 64 times
Student Taylor Black died after being stabbed 64 times on a trip home to Stockton-on-Tees. His mother - whose brother then took his own life - has revealed her heartache
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Assassinated Putin defector was living secret double-life as Ukrainian in Spain
The suspected Russian defector was gunned down in a car park in Southern Spain near Benidorm, a popular city with British and Russian tourists alike. Hitmen sent by the Kremlin are believed to have been behind the brutal slaying
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Fears of Vladimir Putin assassins at large as Russian defector murdered in Spain
Maxim Kuzminov, 28, defected from Russia's army and fled the frontlines in a helicopter aided by Ukrainian intelligence services - before being gunned down in Spain
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Search for missing two-year-old boy who fell into raging river enters fifth day
Two-year-old Xielo Maruziva has been missing since he fell into the River Soar in Aylestone, with a police search now entering its fifth day as weather warnings were issued for the area
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Two people found dead in house after police attended welfare call
Police had forced their way into a property in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, and found two people, aged in their 70s, lying dead inside following a welfare call from a neighbour
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Dani Alves found guilty of raping woman in nightclub and jailed
Former Barcelona legend Dani Alves has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in prison by a court in Barcelona after being convicted of raping a woman inside a nightclub
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Paedo who bludgeoned boy to death wins legal battle that could see him freed
Wesley Neailey had been given 50p by his mum to go to the shops but never came home. Investigators quickly honed in on convicted abuser Dominic McKilligan, who now might see release
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'Disorder' erupts in Starbucks with chairs thrown in chaos as cops arrest two
In a branch of Starbucks in Coventry city centre chaos broke out last October in an incident involving 20 people that saw chairs thrown and customers threatened with police now appealing to the public
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Man falls to his death as police arrive at flat over 'indecent children images'
The Independent Office for Police Conduct has launched an investigation after a man set to be arrested and led away by police in Manchester fell from a ninth-floor balcony
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Missing girl, 11, found tied to rock in river 'after being killed by dad's pal'
Investigators said that Audrii Cunningham's body was tied onto a rock with rope that was consistent with rope that was seen in McDougal's vehicle on a traffic stop two days prior
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Palestinian American student paralysed as he's shot while walking with friends
Hisham Awartani, a student at Brown University, was left unable to walk after being shot while walking to a family dinner along with two friends in Burlington, Vermont
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Police update after horror graveyard attack as 'noxious' liquid thrown at man
Kent Police have arrested a 22-year-old man after an incident in Ramsgate, when a victim had an unknown corrosive liquid thrown at them, and were subsequently rushed to hospital for burn injuries
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Ways 'murdered' Audrii Cunningham was failed while living with her dad
Audrii Cunningham's grieving mother, Cassie Matthews, blamed her husband's family for 'bullying her into submission' and making her fool herself that her child was safe with him
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Murder suspect's chilling 'red flag' messages to mum of girl, 11, found in river
The body of Audrii Cunningham was pulled out of the Trinity River in Texas, US, days after she went missing with a friend of her dad's being charged with her murder
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Little girl's mum says 'she failed her' as cops find body, arrest dad's friend
Audrii Cunningham's body was found in the Trinity River in Texas on Tuesday and her devastated mother has admitted she 'failed' her as detectives file capital murder charges against Don Steven McDougal