Crime

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Police board Ryanair flight and arrest passenger over his 'disgusting' behaviour
Benjamin Gallon, 37, was told he could only board the Manchester-bound Ryanair flight if he had not drunk any alcohol, but proceeded to swig vodka from a plastic bottle until he became aggressive and abusive
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Dad 'heartbroken' after late son's mementos stolen from airport car park
Mark Holden, 50, has how he has been left "heartbroken" after cushions made from his late son Jacob's t-shirts were stolen from his car which was left at Manchester Airport
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Death row's Kenneth Smith 'held breath' before 'writhing for two minutes'
Kenneth Smith, 58, became the first-ever inmate in the USA to be put to death by toxic gas following an execution at Alabama's Holman Correctional Facility
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Death row killer executed with toxic gas after surviving lethal injection
Kenneth Smith has become the first-ever inmate to be killed by nitrogen gas after Alabama state officials used a gas mask to replace breathable air with nitrogen, depriving him of oxygen
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Nottingham attack victims were failed by the system meant to protect us all
Valdo Calocane – sentenced on Thursday to an indefinite hospital order – killed Grace O’Malley-Kumar, Barnaby Webber and Ian Coates - Barnaby's mum issued stark words to police on Thursday
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Grieving families of Nottingham attacker’s victims deserve answers
The police must explain why they failed to detain Calocane after an arrest warrant was issued in September 2022 and the Government needs to answer questions over the funding of mental health services
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Madeleine McCann suspect faces new charges while awaiting trial
Convicted German sex offender and prime Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner is being accused of insulting public officials as he awaits trial for five sex crimes
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Reverend fears he'll die as he sits by death row killer for first gas execution
Kenneth Eugene Smith will become the first-ever American to be executed by toxic nitrogen gas in Alabama - but Rev Dr Jeff Hood fears he will die too as he sits by his side as his spiritual advisor
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Mass brawl breaks out with 'multiple people stabbed' on busy street
Arrests have been made after a mass brawl and stabbing in Bournemouth - we'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story.
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Chilling moment killer wipes blood from knife in street after stabbing mum
William Finlay, 68, is seen wiping his murder weapon in the street just seconds after killing retired nurse Alyson Nelson at her home in Whitehead, Northern Ireland
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Police target Black kids as they ramp up use of stop and search on children
Home Office data shows Black children made up 20% of those stopped - even though they make up just 6% of the population. The tactic is being used increasingly by officers
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Adam Johnson's death to be reviewed by coroner after fatal skate-blade injury
A senior coroner is set to review all the evidence in the inquest into the death of Nottingham Panthers player Adam Johnson, who died in an ice hockey match last year
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Police numbers 'slashed into oblivion' as Brits feel unsafe - search your area
More than 600 police community support officers have been taken off the streets in just one year - as the Tories are accused of having 'decimated frontline policing'
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Shoplifting epidemic sees record number of thefts as ministers 'sit on hands'
Figures show there were more than 400,000 shoplifting cases in England and Wales last year, with retail chiefs demanding tougher action to tackle worrying crimewave
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NHS nurse jailed for appalling sexually attack on woman, 85, in her own home
Steven Hicks showed up unannounced at the woman's Berkshire home after it transpired he'd been checking her medical files before assaulting her in his surgical mask and apron
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Rapists and burglars are let off hook as suspects prosecuted in 6% of crimes
Home Office figures reveal that just 5.9% of crimes in England and Wales resulted in a suspect being charged or summoned - including just 2.4% of rape allegations
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Woman cleared of spiking colleagues' coffee with Viagra despite hidden CCTV
Karen Beale sobbed as she was cleared of trying to poison her colleagues at fire protection product manufacturer Envirograf by spiking the communal office coffee with Viagra
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Anaesthetist 'strangled girlfriend with dressing gown and put bag over her head'
Ex-anaesthetist Mathew Pickering, 49, is accused of strangling his girlfriend Georgina Dowey before covering her head with a black bin liner and trying to dispose of her body in Neath in May last year
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Foreign Office issues travel warning to man running entire length of Africa
Russell Cook fears he won't be able to complete the challenge without permission to enter Algeria after running 12,000km in 278 days, as MP's urged the African nation to let him in
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XL Bully 'happily wagged its tail' before attacking owner and being shot dead
The XL Bully, called Zeus, turned on its owner and another man before police shot the dog, first with a Taser and then with a gun, killing it
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Triple killer sentenced as family say police have 'blood on hands' - updates
Valdo Calocane, 32, was sentenced this morning at Nottingham Crown Court after admitting the manslaughter of students Barnaby Webber and Grace O'Malley-Kumar, both 19, and caretaker Ian Coates, 65
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Simon Cowell ups his security as he leaves BGT auditions after police scare
Simon Cowell has seemingly upped his security as he attends Britain's Got Talent auditions following police and an ambulance being called to deal with an incident outside The London Palladium on Wednesday
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'Volatile' Nottingham killer terrified housemates locked themselves away from
Nottingham killer Valdo Calocane frightened his former housemates so much that one even felt the need to fit a lock on the inside of their bedroom door, who was today sentenced to be detained at a high security hospital indefinitely
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Death Row killer to be executed 'like animal with method rejected by vets'
Alabama plans to put death row prisoner Kenneth Smith to death today using an untested and very controversial execution method that has erupted a wave of harrowing warnings from experts and human rights advocates
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Family who lost both parents within a year 'in shock' at verdict of dad's killer
Ella, 21, who lost both her parents, said she and her family were left 'in shock' listening to the verdict of her dad's killer - as his sentence was "reduced and reduced again".