Crime

An 87-year-old pensioner with dementia and living in a care home has been handed a criminal conviction over £43 of unpaid car tax, in the latest shocking case to emerge from the controversial Single Justice Procedure.

A London council has discovered offices filled with boxes of snails as it vows to crack down on a "bizarre" attempt to avoid business rates.

A baby was threatened with broken glass during a vehicle hijacking in Belfast city centre.

A murder investigation has been launched after a 19-year-old was stabbed in southwest London earlier this week.

A factory producing counterfeit weight loss injections has been raided and dismantled, in what officials have called the largest single seizure ever recorded.

A British man is facing up to 20 years in jail after he was found guilty of the drug-fueled murder of a man he met for a weekend of passion.

The remains of a young woman were discovered in her flat, a year after she died.

Police are urgently investigating the tragic death of a nine-year-old girl after they were called to reports that three children had been assaulted.

The ringleader of an arson attack on a Ukrainian-owned business in London last year was jailed for 17 years on Friday for what prosecutors called a “sustained campaign of terrorism and sabotage” on British soil.

Criminals are using artificial intelligence to increase their “attack rate” on UK victims, with investment fraud and romance scams hitting record levels in the first half of the year.

Fraudsters stole more than £629 million from UK consumers in the first six months of 2025, a 3% increase on last year, according to new figures from UK Finance.

A cowboy builder who defrauded dozens of customers out of more than £1.25 million is facing jail.

The rapper Ghetts has been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a fatal crash in London.

A Belfast court on Thursday found a British soldier not guilty of murder in the only trial of a member of the British Armed Forces over the 1972 “Bloody Sunday” killings of 13 unarmed Catholic civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland.

James Wellesley stood before a judge in Brooklyn on Oct. 7 and pleaded guilty to wire fraud conspiracy.

An influencer has gone on the run after being accused of running a drug trafficking ring.

A cocaine dealer has been jailed after he was caught by a plain clothes officer. Police swooped on Adi Skura, 22, on Cannon Street on September 18, after he was seen handing someone a suspicious package on Garlick Hill.

Cops have launched an urgent murder probe after a man in his 20s died following a horrific attack.

A wicked soldier orchestrated a vile sextortion scheme, coercing young children into performing sexual acts for him.

Two Chinese students living in Leeds have been imprisoned after exploiting a major loophole in Britain’s rail compensation system. Li Liu, 26, and Wanqing Yu, 25, amassed a staggering £156,743 by scamming the Delay Repay scheme over three years.

A prolific rogue trader who lured customers in with his "charm and charisma" has been found guilty of a £1.25m fraud.

A woman was set to appear in court to face fraud charges related to being a driving instructor.