Crime

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'XL Bully' attack leaves man in hospital with 'serious injuries' as two arrested
A man was taken to the hospital after suffering 'serious arm injuries' in a dog attack in Stoke-on-Trent last night. A man and a woman have bene arrested, Staffordshire Police said
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Death row inmate will be killed with 'untested' nitrogen gas, court rules
Alabama Supreme Court said death row inmate Kenneth Eugene Smith can be executed with nitrogen gas - a method which involves the inhalation of pure nitrogen to starve the body of oxygen
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Mum and dad gather to watch daughter's killer describe 'chilling' murder
Natalee Holloway's parents gathered in a room at an Alabama jail to watch Joran van der Sloot admit to killing their daughter who disappeared in 2005 while on holiday in Arbua
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Woman charged with murder after three people die from mushroom poisoning
Erin Patterson, 48, has been charged with murdering her ex-husband's parents Don and Gail Patterson and his aunt Heather Wilkinson during a lunch at her home in July
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Boyfriend charged in strangling death of mum on train in 2016
Angelo Mantych, 41, was arrested on Monday and charged with first degree murder in connection with the death of Marina Placensia, 28, who died onboard a train from Milwaukee to Denver
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Couple who stole identities of dead babies and suspected of KGB ties convicted
A jury convicted a couple that was arrested in Hawaii last year and charged with identity theft after an agency discovered they'd been going by the names of two babies who died decades ago - and were accused of having ties to the KGB during the trial
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Women failed as quarter convicted of exposure go on to commit further crimes
Since 2018 there have been 219 cases where a person convicted of exposure have gone on to commit violent sex crimes such as rape, including killer cop Wayne Couzens, with the Lib Dems warning the justice system is failing women and girls
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British woman, 66, stabbed to death at house in Italy as cops look for husband
The unnamed 66-year-old British woman was found by a friend in a pool of blood at her home in the Verratti district in Casoli, Italy, on Wednesday having been stabbed
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'Killing must halt and help be allowed in to two million Palestinians trapped'
What Hamas did on October 7, butchering 1,400 Israelis and seizing more than 200 hostages, was a war crime. So too is taking the lives of many more Palestinians
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Wife of man shot dead with stepson over noise complaint fears for family's lives
Bladimy Mathurin, 47, and Chin Wai Mode, 27, were fatally shot outside the family's apartment on Sunday night in Brooklyn, New York, during an argument about noise between the two apartments
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Man arrested over McDonald's mice stunts - with appeal over another
A 32-year-old man was arrested on Wednesday over the releasing of rodents in McDonald's restaurants in Birmingham earlier in the week in what appeared to be a protest over the conflict in Gaza
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Mum ordered to pay £500 after boyfriend's XL Bully called Rambo bit girl, 7
Holly Dodd was unable to control her partner's XL Bully Rambo as it ran outside and attacked a seven-year-old girl on a street in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, last month
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Thieves use new method to steal cars without needing the keys, experts warn
Car drivers should urgently protect their vehicles amid a wave of thefts and an advanced new method that criminals are using to drive off 'in seconds', experts have warned
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McDonald's hits back as mice thrown into third branch by 'Palestine activists'
Footage circulated on social media shows half a dozen masked men going into the fast food restaurant in Birmingham on Tuesday night and dumping the rodents while chanting "free Palestine"
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Family of 'dearly loved' mum found dead after walking home from pub pay tribute
Caroline Gore, 44, has been described as a ‘dearly loved mum, daughter and sister’ after she was found dead in Douglas House, Wigan with police making an arrest on suspicion of murder
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Man fighting for life after being found with stab wounds as cops launch probe
A man was rushed to hospital with stab injuries after being found in Grimsby this afternoon, with police now investigating multiple lines of enquiry as they call for witnesses to come forward
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Woman from infamous murder case set to become public speaker on mental health
Gypsy Rose Blanchard, who infamously was behind the murder of her abusive mother, is set to be freed this December. What she plans to do next may surprise you…
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Mum's 20 year nightmare after her 14-year-old daughter vanished
Detectives fear Charlene, 14, was murdered but her body has never been found - and despite several arrests and two trials, no-one has been convicted of her killing
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Policeman shot in station 'would have lived' if 'rookie searched man properly'
Sergeant Matt Ratana was allegedly shot dead by Louis De Zoysa, a double-jointed man with a ten-inch antique revolver, after he smuggled it into a custody centre in Croydon, South London
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Manhunt for dating app sex offender, 70, as Brits should check gardens and sheds
Police across the country are searching for "prolific dating app user" Richard Scatchard, 70, after the body of Kelly Faiers was discovered at his Somerset home
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Drug dealer 'threatened Ashley Dale's boyfriend in month before her gun murder'
Niall Barry, giving evidence at Liverpool Crown Court today, said he had been friends with Ashley Dale's boyfriend Lee Harrison but stopped speaking to him
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Woman plots revenge on neighbour who keeps calling police about her parked car
A woman was left seething with her neighbour when he would take pictures of cars parked over the pavement on her road and then 'run away' after he's got his ammunition
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Walsall bones mystery as remains that may or may not be human found inside house
Bones have been discovered at a property in the Black Country prompting a police investigation. Forensic work is now under way to determine whether or not the bones are human
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Killer who bludgeoned student sent abroad to serve sentence in another murder
Joran van der Sloot, a Dutchman, confessed to the murder of Natalee Holloway, an American high school student in Aruba in 2005, and has been sent to Peru to serve the remainder of his murder sentence in the country
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Shooting suspect wanted for execution of dad and stepson fatally shot dead
Irate neighbour Jason Pass was wanted for the alleged murder of Bladimy Mathurin, and Chin Wai Mode. He was shot by police during a traffic stop and has died from his injuries