Crime

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'I shot man and threw acid in his face after girlfriend told me he'd raped her'
Michael Hillier and his girlfriend Rachel Fulstow both deny murder. Electrician Liam Smith was shot and had acid thrown over him as he lay dying in November last year
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Decapitated corpse found in Grand Union canal identified as alleged killer's mum
Karima Nour's severed head was found in the Grand Union Canal in London last week - today is the first time we can report that Arizo Nour is related to the 57-year-old victim after reporting restrictions were lifted
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Murdered mum 'devoted' to her five kids as mystery grows around her death
Rachel Morin, 37, from Maryland, was described as "very warm" by her bosses after she was found murdered on August 6 on the Ma and Pa hiking trail in Bel Air
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Dad who saw girl, 5, mauled by dog outside corner shop says 'her face was gone'
Alex Nichol, 30, stamped on a Pocket Bully after it bit a chunk out of five-year-old daughter Farrah-Leigh's face as they went to a Nisa shop near their home in Stockton-on-Tees
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Urgent search for woman 'seen being pulled into car at night' in kidnap fears
A woman was seen being pulled into a car by a man in the front passenger seat on a street in Oldham on Sunday night before it sped off, Greater Manchester Police said
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Police hunt homophobic knifeman as two men attacked outside night club
The Met Police are urgently appealing for eyewitnesses after two men were attacked by a knifeman in Clapham, south London on the weekend - detectives are treating the attack as homophobic
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One killed as Land Rover in police chase collides with car on A143
Norfolk Police said a Land Rover Defender was being pursued by officers investigating the suspected theft of a vehicle in Suffolk when it collided with a Nissan Juke, of which the occupant died
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Woman stabbed 16 times by man in her basement for 26 hours says ghost saved her
Eilish Poe, 25, was stabbed 16 times in the neck, torso and arms by her ex-boyfriend who had refused to accept the relationship was over and then took his own life following the horrific attack in Colorado
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Armed police lockdown street following gunshots with man rushed to hospital
Officers scrambled to a Day-Today shop in Glasgow last night following reports of a man who was injured - they found a 35-year-old man and he was rushed to Queen Elizabeth University Hospital
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Urgent hunt for girl, 15, who vanished five days ago as police release new pics
Joddielea was last seen on Thursday last week at a supermarket in Sheffield and is thought to have taken a taxi to a nearby pub before she disappeared, South Yorkshire Police say
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Mum admits lying to cops after in-laws died in suspected mushroom poisoning
Erin Patterson, 48, says she wants to 'clear up the record' after three people dropped dead following a meal she served at her home - she says she hasn't been completely honest
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Inside 'ticking timebomb' estate where people fear being killed in 'crossfire'
People living on an estate in north Manchester are "fearful and scared to go out" due to drug gangs and violence with a local councillor saying it is a matter of time before someone is killed
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Bricks from demolished Crooked House pub sold on Facebook for £50 by 'vultures'
The beloved 18-century pub was set on fire more than a week ago and an ongoing arson investigation was set up - yet some people are trying to make a profit from the blaze
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Defrocked priest who 'groomed teen and fled to Italy' had been exorcised himself
A priest from Alabama who allegedly groomed and flew to Italy with a young teenager has previously said he had an exorcism performed on him. Police are looking for Father Alex Crow
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Tiger waits 12 hours outside man's hut - ripping him apart leaving him headless
A vengeful Siberian tiger went on a killing spree in a remote area of Russia, targeting humans who had provoked it by stealing its kill, Canadian author John Vaillant has recounted in his book
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Security guard threatened during Tesco robbery as police make urgent appeal
Essex police officers are asking for witnesses and investigating after a robbery at a Tesco store in Chelmsford, Essex, in which a security guard was threatened by a man
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Chilling footage shows Black boy, 12, arrested at gunpoint while taking out bins
Chilling footage shows the moment Tashawn Bernard, 12, was mistakenly arrested is what police are calling a "wrong place, wrong time" incident despite him being outside his own home in Michigan
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Stewardess shot dead after saving passengers from hijackers by hiding passports
Pan-Am air stewardess Neerja Bhanot is remembered for her courageous actions during the hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in 1986, where she saved lives by hiding American passports, shielding children, and sacrificing her life
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Chelsea fans continue to sing vile Hillsborough chants despite crackdown
The chants could be heard in the first half of Sunday's clash with Premier League rivals Liverpool, after the Blues apologised for their supporters aiming similar chants at Reds fans last season
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'I was 11 when I was taken from my family and sent to Russia before Ukraine war'
It is estimated that almost 20,000 Ukrainian children have been systermatically abducted and deported from their home towns and sent to Russia since the start of the invasion in February last year
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Pregnant woman injured and one dead as shooter on loose in Houston
A deadly shooting outside an ice house in Houston resulted in one person dead, a pregnant woman and another man injured - the second case of a pregnant woman being shot in the city recently
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English Channel smugglers refused to give life jackets to 6 migrants who drowned
Rather than providing them life-saving jackets, the people-smuggling gang loaded six Afghan into several inflatable dinghies and sent them across the Channel from northern France in the early hours of Saturday morning
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Hundreds of vehicles on fire at scrapyard as firefighters rush to tackle blaze
Fire crews rushed to a scrapyard in Rochford, Essex, after a fire broke out on Friday night. Nearby residents were asked to close their windows as firefighters dealt with the incident
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Haunting last text of alleged Ted Bundy copycat's victim amid new probe
Bryant "Eduardo" Rivera, likened to Ted Bundy, faces investigation into a fourth woman's death with chilling similarities to his three prior alleged murders
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Suspected thief hides in drain for 90 minutes before cops rumble him
A suspected porch pirate in Fayette County, Georgia, attempted to escape from the police by hiding in a storm drain for over 90 minutes after allegedly stealing packages