Crime

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Grim mystery of disembodied leg found on subway and it's not crime-related
A man's left leg was discovered on the New York City subway, between the 167th Street subway stop and 170th Street subway stop, and police now believe they know why
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Family who 'lived in fear' for three years lose everything in 'arson attack'
Inas Himedan, 33, from Huddersfield, along with her husband Yousef Khaled and their two young children, have been left with "nothing but their pyjamas", following the blaze that saw them jump from their second floor flat
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Dan Wootton breaks silence as he's cleared by Met after criminal investigation
Dan Wootton has revealed the Metropolitan and Scottish Police will be taking no further action following investigations into alleged criminal behaviour he denied
991
Boy who fell in water named as Xielo Maruziva - search enters fourth day
A search has been ongoing in the area since Sunday afternoon after Xielo, 2, was reported to have fallen into the water at the Aylestone Meadows area, near to Marsden Lane.
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Muslim family have pig's head thrown through window as cops probe 'hate crime'
WARNING, DISTRESSING IMAGE: A Muslim family in Shear Brow, Blackburn, saw a rock thrown through their window, followed by a pig's head on Sunday 18 February, leaving police probing a hate crime after two men were seen fleeing from the scene
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Child rapist Police officer guilty of string of 'truly sickening' sex offences
Former Metropolitan Police officer Cliff Mitchell, 24, threatened one of his victims with a knife, before tying her up with cable ties and putting tape over her mouth
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Super Bowl parade shooting suspect says he was 'just being stupid' in deadly row
Court papers show what Lyndell Mays, one of the alleged shooters who opened fire at the Kansas City Chiefs victory parade earlier this month, said to police following his arrest
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Unanswered questions as girl vanishes from bus stop before body found in river
Divers have recovered the body of 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham from a Texas river days after the girl went missing, and authorities are preparing to file a murder charge against a friend of her father
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Royal Navy killer who murdered two young men has parole hearing delayed
A parole board hearing for serial killer Allan Grimsom, who wanted to be released from prison on licence, has been adjourned at the last minute - with no reason made public
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Suicide pact murderer wiped out partner and three children in house fire
Daniel Sebastian Allen admitted murdering a teenage girl, her baby daughter and brother and killing their mum, found handcuffed to a bed after a house fire in Derrylin, Co Fermanagh
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Footage from inside court shows YouTube mum Ruby Franke in tears at sentencing
Ruby Franke went from being a popular YouTuber to becoming one of the most reviled mum's in the US after the extent of her abuse came to light from cruel punishments for her children to forced labour
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Mum shares 'overwhelming guilt' as 11-year-old daughter's body found in river
Cassie Matthews, the broken mother of Audrii Cunningham, says a piece of her soul has been ripped away forever following the discovery of her daughter's body in the Trinity River in Texas
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Mum throws kid from top floor in fatal fire as she yells 'we're going to die'
Inas Himedan, a 33-year-old from Huddersfield, has described the moment she threw her child from a top floor window after waking up to find their home engulfed by flames
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Cop killer's ex says he boasted about stand-off with police before mass shooting
Shannon Gooden opened fire from his Burnsville, Minnesota, home with seven children inside. He killed two police officers and a firefighter before taking his own life
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Suspect took part in search for missing girl, 11, while saying 'I'm not guilty'
Suspect Don Steven McDougal, 42, had joined in the search efforts for missing 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham and had been knocking on doors to try and find her, authorities have claimed
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Man dies after 'falling from height' as police execute warrant at building
Police officers were executing a warrant at an apartment block in Collyhurst, Manchester, in connection with a criminal investigation when the man, who was inside the apartment, fell from the window
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Alexei Navalny 'killed by single punch to heart used as signature move by KGB'
Alexei Navalny's cause of death has not yet been released, but sources have said he may have died of a signature technique used by the KGB - a single punch to the heart
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Six passengers tackle man trying to open plane door in midair, duct tape him
Horrifying footage shows the moment six passengers on an American Airlines flight tackled a man who was allegedly trying to open the door of the plane - in midair
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Timeline of schoolgirl who vanished from bus stop with mystery man as body found
The man allegedly responsible for the disapperance of Audrii Cunningham is set to be charged with her murder, having already been held for an unrelated felony
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Dad accused of killing daughter, 5, hated child 'right to his core', friend says
Adam Montgomery, 34, is accused of dumping his partially-blind daughter, Harmony's, body "like it was trash" after brutally beating her to death, a US court has heard
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Teachers to be banned if they don't report child sex abuse under new law
Teachers and health workers could be banned from working with kids if they don't report child sex abuse cases, the Government said - a move David Cameron promised back in 2015
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DPD driver 'murdered by armed gang while delivering parcels'
DPD driver Aurman Singh, 23, died after being "chopped in the head" with an axe, battered with a golf club, and stabbed in the back with a knife on August 21 last year
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Dad-of-two, 26, dies from seizure in garden after being handcuffed by police
Liam Brackley, from St Helens in Merseyside, was just 26 years old when he died from a seizure and cardiac arrest, and leaves behind his six-year-old twin daughters
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Police searching for boy, 2, who fell into river issue urgent plea
Leicestershire Police have released an urgent plea as search teams continue a rescue operation after a two-year-old boy fell into the River Soar in Aylestone Meadows
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British tourist 'dragged into Ayia Napa hotel room and gang-raped' by five men
The British tourist, who was 20 when she was attacked, walked into Famagusta criminal court with "her head held high" as she testified in court about being gang-raped by five Israelis while on holiday in Ayia Napa