Crime

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Zara Aleena's family demands law change after killer gets prison sentence cut
Zara Aleena, a law graduate, had been walking home after seeing some friends in Ilford when Jordan McSweeney attacked her, launching a horrific nine minute sexual assault that took her life
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'Shameful' rapist attacked woman in club toilet then took pals to scene to gloat
Onyedika Oriaku followed a woman to the toilets of a nightclub in Swansea and raped her - only to return to the toilets where he'd just carried out the sex attack with a pal - something the judge described as 'sinister'
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Neighbours' four-year feud takes surprising new turn in row over stolen bricks
Kevin Grogan and Mohammed Alam have been stuck in a bitter feud for four years as the rowing neighbours clash over a pathway that runs between their houses - with one claiming he owns part of it
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Driver fights back tears as he admits killing girl, 12, as she got off the bus
David Pursglove, 35, pleaded guilty to causing the death by careless driving of schoolgirl Lexi McDavid, 12, who was hit by a van when she crossed a road in June last year
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Crufts breeder faces jail for throwing empty gun cartridges through Palace gates
David Huber, 60, of Cumbria, threw two empty shotgun cartridges through the gates of Buckingham Palace four days before King Charles III's coronation, and have admitted having a knife and ammunition
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Wife accused of poisoning family with mushrooms 'tried to kill ex four times'
Erin Patterson was arrested at her home in Australia accused of murdering her ex-husband's parents and sister and attempting to murder her husband with a poisoned beef wellington
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'The argument for cutting Jordan McSweeney's sentence insults decent people'
The law is wrong. And if it was applied correctly by the Court of Appeal, then it must be changed. This killer inflicted 46 injuries on Zara Aleena
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Biden mourns with families of 18 slain in deadly Lewiston shooting during visit
Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden added a bouquet of white flowers Friday to a makeshift memorial outside Schemengees Bar and Grille, one of the scenes of the state’s deadliest mass shooting
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Moment British man shoots opponent 'accusing him of cheating during pool game'
Two pool players are seen having a row at Molly's Irish Bar in Miraflores in Peru before one takes out a gun and fires at his opponent several times, after apparently calling him a "phony"
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Boy killed in school run horror as car ploughs into group on way to class
A young boy has died and another child has been taken to the hospital after a crash in Stock, Essex, this morning. Police said a 23-year-old man has been arrested
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Ashley Dale murder accused takes witness stand and tells jury 'I am no angel'
Ashley Dale defendant Niall Barry, giving evidence at Liverpool Crown Court, denied being the leader of an organised crime group but told the jury he was 'no angel'
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Yorkshire Ripper's 32 'forgotten victims' including workmate and Xmas shopper
Former intelligence officer Chris Clark's new book details cases where he says evidence points to Peter Sutcliffe being responsible - and claims he committed up to 45 murders
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Two women charged under Terrorism Act over paraglider images on jackets
Heba Alhayek, 29, and Pauline Ankunda, 26, both of south London, were both charged under the Terrorism Act after being arrested relating to a Pro-Palestine protest in Whitehall last month
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Menacing 'Gloucester Gimp' spotted terrorising estate for second day running
Numerous sightings of the oddly-dressed person around Gloucester have been recorded and some have even been caught on camera as residents call the sightings spooky
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Sick dad 'beat & stabbed 2 young kids to death in astonishing act of brutality'
Prospero Serna is alleged to have attacked three of his four children in his Lancaster, California home, beating and stabbing two of them to death, if convicted he faces life in prison without parole
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Woman's body found in airport car park before murder suspect 'flees to Kenya'
Margaret Mbitu, 31, was found stabbed to death in the passenger seat of a car at Logan Airport in Boston. She had been reported missing by her concerned work colleagues just days before
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Museum heist sees ingenious thieves cut up through the floor to steal antiques
Royal Lancers & Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Museum in the Newark area of the county is working with Nottinghamshire Police to find the thieves and the "priceless" items
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Man accused of plotting to kidnap and murder Holly Willoughby pleads not guilty
Gavin Plumb, 36, of Potters Field, Harlow is charged with soliciting to commit murder and incitement to kidnap former ITV This Morning presenter Holly Willoughby
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'Drunk' Porsche driver flies off road 100mph killing passenger and flees country
Ting Ye, 26, was released from Harbourview Medical Centre after treatment for her injuries before crossing the border into Canada and fleeing to China, according to cops
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Emmerdale fans spot baffling detail on Kim Tate horse after blasting death scene
ITV Emmerdale fans spot the horse that killed rapist Craig Reed was not the same horse Kim Tate set free into the woods in a bid to secure an alibi following his brutal death
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Man paid hitmen $10K to murder teen girl who accused him of sex assault say cops
Isabella Scavelli, 17, was brutally murdered at her doorstep in February - all because she filed a complaint against a man who attacked her. Three men have been charged on murder-for-hire accusations
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'No clear cause of death' for model found beaten and gagged in refrigerator
'No clear cause of death' was found in an autopsy report on model Maleesa Mooney, who was found bound, beaten and gagged in a refrigerator in her apartment in September
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Tory MP says he's not racist after telling man to 'go back to Bahrain'
Veteran Conservative MP Bob Stewart said he was 'deeply hurt" to find himself on trial after being charged with a racially aggravated public order offence, which he denies
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'Crypto King' fraudster's ex-lover he paid millions less and blamed for trouble
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried's former girlfriend and CEO of Alameda Research, Caroline Ellison, testified against her ex-boss at a month-long trial at Manhattan federal court
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'Cryto King' went from privileged childhood to $10bn fraud & Presidential hopes
One of the biggest financial fraudsters the world has ever seen was yesterday convicted - and now faces decades in prison. But how did young maths prodigy Bankman-Fried become a $10 billion fraudster?