Crime

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Boy, 6, was ‘trying to hug’ killer before being stabbed 26 times as mum watched
The devastated father of Wadea Al-Fayoume, who was stabbed to death in an Islamaphobic attack, says his son 'loved everyone' and was likely trying to hug his attacker in Plainfield, Illinois
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Chilling moment Sutcliffe's brother discovered he was in fact Yorkshire Ripper
Peter Sutcliffe's little brother Carl recalls growing up with the serial killer as a sibling and the very moment he found out he was related to the notorious Yorkshire Ripper
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Divers scour river in search for mum missing for 17 years after 'objects found'
Malgorzata Wnuczek went missing in Leicester in 2006 and police divers have now made a fresh search of the River Soar after several unidentified objects were found
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Fewer shoplifters could be sent to jail in Tory bid to free up prison cells
The Tory minister in charge of prisons told MPs on Monday some low-level offenders handed sentences of less than a year will be spared jail and instead ordered to scrub graffiti off walls
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Yorkshire Ripper victim's heart-wrenching sacrifice before brutal murder
Irene Richardson was just one of the women Peter Sutcliffe brutally murdered during his years-long killing spree and as her story has been told in new drama The Long Shadow, a devastating secret has come to light
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Man killed in knife attack was 'passing pensioner who'd just gone to the ATM'
Counter terrorism police have taken over a murder investigation in Hartlepool after one man was fatally wounded in a knife attack and a second wounded
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Hate crimes confirmed at Jewish schools as cops hunt red paint throwing vandal
The Metropolitan Police confirmed to the Mirror that two separate events involving Jewish schools and the spattering of red paint are now being treated as hate crimes.
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Boy, 9, 'watched his fingers fall off' after thugs threw firework at him in park
WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: Kyran Payne, from Caerphilly, Wales, has been maimed in a reckless firework attack by teenagers who threw a rocket into he and his friend's 'den' which left both boys with devastating injuries.
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Mum arrested as daughter, 3, found dead in river after choking on own vomit
Maja Wensing has been arrested alongside her husband Sascha Wensing over the death of their daughter, 3, who was found in the Rhine-Herne Kanal River, Germany, after choking to death on her own vomit
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Lucy Letby's prison privileges - 'karaoke, tanning and treated like royalty'
Serial killer nurse Lucy Letby was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill six others at the Countess of Chester Hospital
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Mum 'numb' after son killed as friend filmed himself drink driving on Snapchat
Ricky Davies, 31, filmed himself drink driving with his pal Dafydd Hughes, 18, in his car - Davies admitted that he didn't have a license at the time of the crash
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Man 'murdered ex-partner after blaming her for child being taken into care'
Claire Holland has not been seen for more than 10 years since she was spotted leaving a pub in the centre of Bristol in June 2012. Darren Osment is accused of her murder
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Met Police officers accused of racism in stop and search of Olympic sprinter
Five police officers have been accused of being racist after stopping and searching Ricardo Dos Santos and Bianca Williams in July 2020 on suspicion of having drugs and weapons
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Cop ran down and killed aspiring social worker while racing to knife attack
PC Gary Watkinson was driving at 64mph in a 30mph zone in Kensington, central London, when he collided with Jade Mutua, a social studies student, who suffered a brain injury
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Horror scenes as vehicle smashes into ground floor shops in busy city centre
Witnesses in Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, described the "properly horrendous" scenes following the bus' collision - as emergency services rushed to help those in need
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Chilling texts sent by Palestinian mum after son, 6, killed 'for being Muslim'
Hanaan Shahin recalled the horrific attack allegedly by Joseph M. Czuba in text messages she sent to Oday Al-Fayoume, father of six-year-old boy Wadea Al-Fayoume who was killed
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Killer delivery driver burnt murdered wife's body with petrol and blamed his son
Amidu Koroma, 48, brutally killed his wife Mariam Kamara and set his house on fire in Brixton, south west London. He has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 29 years
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Mums in town rocked by murder warned each other about man's 'strange behaviour'
A kitchen knife was found on the pavement outside a sandwich shop near the scene of an attack in Hartlepool, County Durham, as Cleveland Police continue to investigate
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Teenager dies after being hit by car while waiting at bus stop
A grey BMW car collided with a bus stop in Newcastle yesterday afternoon, killing a 19-year-old man and injuring two women, who were taken to the hospital, Northumbria Police said
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True crime fanatic arrested for murdering woman 'out of morbid curiosity'
Jung Yoo-jung, 23, reportedly became obsessed with true crime after reading books and watching TV shows on the subject that she wanted to experience murder for herself
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Chilling video shows knife at scene of murder after counter-terror cops deployed
Cleveland Police continue to investigate the murder and attempted murder in Hartlepool, County Durham, where a cordon remains in place along a residential street
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School where teacher fatally stabbed in terror attack evacuated over bomb threat
A teacher died after a horror stabbing at Gambetta High School in Arras, northern France, and two other were left seriously injured - and since all schools in the nation have increased security
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CEO sued by associate after branding him 'as useful as a pair of stale knickers'
Simon Lyons and Farid Alizadeh set up their West End-based property investment business, Enstar Capital Ltd, in 2004, and Andrew Rahamim joined at a later date - but they fell out
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Man has 163 brothers and sisters after being born and raised in incest cult
Val Snow, a man who used to be a member of the Davis County Cooperative Society, internally referred to as The Order, described the horrors he lived through in the Mormon cult
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Suspect mocked for looking like famous movie director - can you tell who it is?
Cheshire Police released these CCTV images of a man officers want to talk to in relation to two shoplifting offences at the same Tesco Express in the Warrington area