Crime

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Man tracked mugger down on Facebook when he left giveaway clue behind at robbery
After he was attacked and robbed of £80, the victim returned to the scene of the crime in Grimsby, where he found a bank card belonging to Ashley Bracey, 36, which enabled him to stalk him on Facebook and hand his details over to the police
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Heir to £230m pie fortune accused of stabbing flatmate to death on Christmas Eve
Dylan Thomas, the grandson of Sir Gilbert Stanley Thomas, allegedly stabbed William Bush, who was discovered at a property in Llandaff, Cardiff on Christmas Eve
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Man dies in front of horrified Asda shoppers as emergency services rush to scene
South Yorkshire Police attended the Asda in Handsworth, Sheffield and today confirmed it was a "sudden death" and there are "not thought to be any suspicious circumstances"
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Nurse named as first victim of horror hot air balloon crash that killed four
Katie Bartrom, 28, died on Sunday after the hot air balloon plummeted into the Arizona desert around five miles north of the city of Eloy at 7.50am following an "unspecified problem"
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Inside 'drug capital of the south' where kids avoid sitting on dealers' benches
Boscombe is an area of Bournemouth, Dorset, popular with tourists for its beaches and characterful charm but some locals argue the neighbourhoods has long had a drug problem
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Escaped prisoner finally found in pub with just £6 and a toothbrush to his name
Paul Gallagher had less than a year left to serve behind bars when he escaped from HMP Kirkham in Lancashire - and was finally found in a pub with just a toothbrush and £6 on him
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Mum beaten and left for dead by ex campaigns for law change to save other lives
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Zoe Dronfield, now 47, almost died during a horrific eight-hour attack by her ex, Jason Smith - after he was jailed for 10 years she found out he had assaulted 13 other women
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Man beaten in 'racial attack' after thugs heard him speaking Polish to his dog
Robert Krawczyk sustained severe injuries after the attack in an Edinburgh park and now feels scared to leave the house - he believes the assault was racially motivated
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Cops shoot dog dead as panic breaks out on street after it 'killed another pet'
Metropolitan Police officers were called to the street in Greenford, West London on Sunday morning where they shot dead a dog following claims it had killed another dog
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Brave final act of 'compassionate' doctor killed in horror home invasion
Skin specialist Ash Gordon, 33, died after chasing some robbers who had broken into his home, stealing shoes and laptops. Police are now carrying out inquiries
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Teen stabbed off-duty officer in McDonald's after being asked innocent question
Harvey Smalling threatened to “knife” his victim in a branch of the fast food chain in Strood, Kent, following a minor altercation over his food order before following him outside
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Boy, 13, arrested after school forced into lockdown and teen raced to hospital
Lourdes Secondary School in Cardonald was locked down by police shortly before 2pm on Friday. Police Scotland confirmed a teenager was charged and is due in court later this month
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Boy who was family's 'rock and anchor' is 'forever 18' after fatal car crash
Jansen Jones died after a crash near Mountain Ash in Wales on the morning of December 18, with his mother saying that he was "the apple of her eyes" and her "rock and anchor"
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Woman who was raped 40 years ago stages reconstruction in bid to catch attacker
Liz, a then 20-year-old law student at a top university, was attacked and held at knifepoint by a sick predator who marched her into the dark and raped her - but she's never given up her pursuit of justice
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Teen's eyes rolled to back of head and he stopped breathing after being 'spiked'
Teenager Yiannis Revenikiotis was admitted to hospital with terrifying symptoms after leaving a drink unattended at the Tropicana bar in Sheffield - he thinks it may have been spiked
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Dad of boy, 14, who died in motorway crash meets his son's killer behind bars
Teenager Joe Cairns died alongside a staff member in the horror crash with a lorry, whose driver James Majury was using his phone throughout his journey
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Young couple rent first home together to discover pensioner, 99, living inside
A couple was bamboozled after trying to find a property on GumTree they could move into together, after finding a dream place they were shocked on the morning of the first viewing
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Boy found gasping for air after overdosing on fentanyl on fourth birthday
A young boy was found gasping for air during a nap at his dad's home in Golf Manor, Ohio, having gained access to, and overdosing on, the highly dangerous drug fentanyl
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Cops scour beauty spot for missing woman last seen getting off train 10 days ago
Missing Annie Dryden, 20, was last seen on January 4, boarding a train in Middlesbrough before getting off at the small rural hamlet of Battersby in north Yorkshire
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Heiress to pay estranged daughters $10M in dad's wrongful death lawsuit
Tiffany Li, 38, was acquitted of murdering her ex-boyfriend Keith Green, 27, in 2019. The 'Hillsborough heiress' will now give her two daughters $10 million after a wrongful death lawsuit was settled
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Newcastle star Joelinton's home burgled as player watches team play Man City
Joelinton had to call police to his mansion after he was alerted to thieves invading his property while he watched Newcastle's loss against Manchester City on Saturday night
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Security experts reveal the day of the week you're most likely to be burgled
Leading security experts reveal the day of the week your home is most likely to be burgled, based on findings from thieves' surprising 'four-day work week'
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Postmaster jailed for wife’s murder 'using Horizon evidence to prove innocence'
Supporters of Robin Garbutt - currently serving a life sentence for the murder of his wife Diana - claim the Post Office Horizon revelations mean his conviction is 'fundamentally unsafe'
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Body found in search for missing woman, 65, as family informed
Kim Wilde, 65, went missing from her home in Kimms Belt, Thetford, Norfolk, at 4.20pm on Friday, January 5. Today, Norfolk Police said they found a body in the Little Ouse River
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Woman arrested and charged after car collided with protestors at Palestine demo
Police Scotland said a woman was arrested and charged in connection with a driving offence following a road crash during a pro-Palestine protest in Edinburgh