Crime

WARNING: UPSETTING CONTENT. A woman from Ohio was charged with a felony for 'abuse of a corpse' after she flushed her miscarried foetus down the toilet after fighting to get an abortion following a life-threatening diagnosis

The Home Office announced pub and club staff will be trained to spot signs of spiking as they weigh up ways to strengthen the law, with nearly 5,000 cases a year in England and Wales

Steven Yinger has been convicted of murdering his roommate Jorge Diaz-Johnston after strangling him and then stuffing his body into a rubbish bin in Florida

Two train passengers who were on a train from Kent to London were assaulted on September 9. The British Transport Police now shared images of two women they want to speak to

Sam Wilson, 26, tragically died during a night out with his teammates in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, when a van driver crashed into some of the group, also injuring two other players

Armed police raced to Cheadle town centre, North Staffordshire, this afternoon, as witnesses claimed a man with a handgun was seen 'knocking on windows and doors'

Brian Page, the heartbroken husband of Alina, who jumped from a 36th floor window of their luxury New York City apartment, has spoken out after his wife's tragic death

A couple fought off a trio of home invaders after the armed robbers pushed their way into the property and demanded to know the whereabouts of a safe, with two of the three attackers now jailed

Holly Willoughby has told pals that she wants to present Dancing on Ice, but ITV bosses fear she may have gone cold on the idea following an alleged plot to kidnap and murder her

Lloyd Neels, 36, punched Sean Sadler in the head before he kicked the baby killer at least twice inside HMP Birmingham before he was dragged away by prison officers

Kieron Jordan was removed from a late flight bound for Turkey after storming down the plane demanding a refund over its delay - he has now been jailed for 27 months

Darren Osment has been found guilty of murder after he confessed in a 999 call to killing mum of four Claire Holland and disposing of her body in the Severn Estuary in 2012

Brian Scott has been left 'haunted' by the treatment his mother Aileen received from two 'pure evil' nurses when she was admitted to a stroke unit in Blackpool Victoria Hospital

Rachel Gee was on her way to the post office and was walking through an alleyway in Offerton, Manchester when she was violently attacked by two hooded teenagers on bikes

David Batty, the grandfather of missing British teenager Alex Batty, is said to be alive and well in France, his neighbours have claimed - it comes after authorities said he was dead

Cyber intelligence agency GCHQ have warned that scammers are using new artificial intelligence (AI) programs to make their scams harder to spot than ever

Merseyside Police launched a massive crackdown this weekend on dangerous criminals, seizing drugs, guns, huge quantities of cash as they made 33 arrests and over 150 stops

A banking group has warned that up to a hundred million pounds could be lost to fraudsters this Christmas as shoppers fall for deals that really are too good to be true

Prosecutors played a recording of Floridan Derek Rosa, 13, confessing to the murder of his mother Irina Garcia, 39, saying he grabbed a knife and killed her

Police are still yet to recover the so-called 'Skorpion' machine-pistol used to murder three people last year as nine other gun crimes have been linked to the same type of weapon

One Brit was trying to take a 'quiet Saturday morning walk' along the beach, not far from his Edinburgh house, when he came across officers detonating a historical explosive

Arthur Collins is in HMP The Mount in Hertfordshire – which prepares inmates for release by teaching them how to be baristas. A source said he was moved there as a reward for good behaviour

The ex-detective who helped bring to justice the men responsible for Stephen Lawrence's murder is now helping vulnerable kids stay away from knife crime with football kickabouts

Sophia Smith was a deputy manager at Lifeways as she cruelly took advantage of the 70-year-old woman, who had learning difficulties and was disabled

Police arrived at the Chicago home for a welfare check only to find the grim note left for Jason Karels estranged wife and the three children dead from drowning