Crime

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US airman sentenced to over 6 years in jail for raping 12-year-old autistic girl
A US airman Dennis Rocha was sentenced to six years and eight months in a UK prison for raping a 12-year-old girl with autism while he was stationed in the country in April
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Pensioner hauled before court after cops accidentally sent him secret documents
Jack Beecham was charged with breaching data protection laws - even though Merseyside Police officers sent him private papers about a criminal investigation in error
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Dog so fat he couldn't even walk loses over a stone after being rescued by cops
Officers at Nottinghamshire Police took in Staffy Ziggy in August last year after being kept in his owner's cupboard where he weighed 7st and his claws were growing into his paw pads
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Police drive car into woman waving gun and holding it to head in middle of road
The woman was captured on video waving the gun around in the air, pointing it at oncoming cars, before holding it to her head moments before a police car knocks her to the ground in Long Island, New York
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Dead woman found wrapped in plastic in son’s room by horrified mum identified
Hannah Rachel Collins, 30, has been named by Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office as the victim who was discovered wrapped in plastic in the room of a mum's 26-year-old son
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Woman 'broke down' after first victim of Hawaii fires identified as her grandad
Keshia Alaka'i was tragically told by local police on Saturday that the remains of her grandfather Buddy L Jantoc had been identified following wildfires which swept through Hawaii
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Brit seaside town 'overrun with feral knife-toting rooftop yobs as young as 9'
Thugs as young as nine are said to be terrorising residents of Paignton, in Devon by running amok, throwing stones and dropping objects such as trollies from great heights
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Mum of girl, 10, found dead says 'behaviour changed when she moved in with dad'
10-year-old Sara Sharif's body was found at her home in Horsell, near Woking, Surrey, on Thursday before police launched a murder investigation, revealing three people of interest may have left the UK
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Police seize key evidence after missing crypto king found chopped up in sewer
Cops believe a crucial piece of evidence could shine a light on Christian Peev's death after the suspect, Vesco Valchinov, was accused of chopping up his body and flushing some parts down the toilet in Sofia, Bulgaria
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British teenager 'raped in Magaluf hotel room by six tourists'
A team of Civil Guard specialists are leading the ongoing probe into the alleged sex attack and have arrested five French nationals and a Swiss national, all of whom have been remanded into custody
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Man kills grandmother and shoots her grandkids after opening fire on neighbours
Massachusetts authorities say a man stormed into his neighbors home and opened fire on a grandmother and her dog, killing both. The man is reported to have also injured two of the woman's three grandkids before killing himself
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Sheriff names jail Trump and allies will be booked at for election interference
The nearly 100-page indictment details dozens of acts by the group to undo Trump’s defeat to Joe Biden. The tycoon, who is running for re-election to the White House next year, is charged with racketeering that carries up to 20 years in prison.
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Father arrested for shooting dead driver who fatally struck his son on road
The 17-year-old had been walking down with his dad when a car plowed into them killing the teen. The distraught dad started repeating 'He just he killed my son,' before pulling out a gun and killing the driver who had stopped
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Cops find 34 butchered bodies cut up and stuffed in freezers in cartel raids
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT - Cops raiding alleged drug cartel hideouts in Mexico were shocked to discover the butchered bodies of at least 34 people in ice chests and freezers
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Police chief who raided local newspaper was being probed over sex claims
Amid accusations of sexual misconduct against a police chief, a local newspaper's office was raided by the police over allegedly obtaining information illegally, prompting press freedom concerns
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Woman’s body found in duffel bag near music festival in San Francisco
The body of an 'aspirational' 37-year-old woman was tragically found in a duffel bag near San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, close to a music festival
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Boy, 17, stabbed in heart with 8-inch knife for 'breaking mirror at house party'
Seb Mitchell and a group of other teenagers had drunk vodka at a house party before heading to a 16-year-old's home in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, but an altercation there led to him being stabbed
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'Magic' dog survives being blasted in head with shotgun and finds forever home
Magic, a 10-month-old German Shepherd dog, was most likely looking up to his shooter when they shot him in the head. Miraculously, the puppy survived and has now found a family
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Screams of 'rot in hell' at man who shot girlfriend's Tinder date over 'rape'
A judge was forced to clear the public gallery during the ongoing murder trial after loud outbursts were heard telling Michael Hillier and Rachel Fulstow to 'rot in hell'
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Lesbian couple 'harassed' for kissing at theatre and 'told to move to the back'
Tori Alexander took her girlfriend Tia Willey to see a show at the Playhouse in Weston-super-Mare, and had hoped to enjoy their time - but ended up being berated and harassed by strangers for kissing
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Police release image in 'vital' appeal after 2 men stabbed in homophobic attack
The shocking incident took place outside the Two Brewers bar in Clapham, south London on the evening of Sunday 13 August, when a masked attacker approached two men and stabbed them before fleeing
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Mum finds woman's dead body wrapped in plastic in son's room after 'gas' smell
Police are investigating a homicide after a mother discovered the body of a young woman wrapped in plastic in her son's bedroom following a gas smell in South Los Angeles
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Woman who helped hide soldier's body after brutal murder is jailed for 30 years
Cecily Aguilar was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison on Monday after she was found guilty of horrifically dismembering US Army soldier Vanessa Guillén with her boyfriend in 2020
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Mum guilty after son, 6, shoots teacher in class then utters 12 chilling words
Deja Taylor pleaded guilty to a charge of felony child neglect after her son, six, shot his teacher Abby Zwerner at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia
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Woman 'doused herself in Mountain Dew to erase DNA of murdered roommate, 79'
Nichole Maks, 35, was arrested for allegedly killing her 79-year-old roommate, Michael Cerasoli at the home they shared in Daytona Beach, Florida, and then trying to tamper with evidence