Crime

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Brit tourist arrested after 'spraying fire extinguisher' in naked hotel rampage
Police officers bashed open the door to find the 26-year-old naked in his ransacked hotel room in Pattaya, Thailand with cash, broken glass, plates and cups scattered across the floor
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Woman 'shoots Uber driver dead' because she thought he was taking her to Mexico
Phoebe D Copas, 48, allegedly fired the fatal gunshots at her Uber driver Piedra Garcia after she started to believe that he was kidnapping her and taking her to Mexico
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Three police officers charged with murder after fatally shooting woman
A woman having a 'mental health crisis' was allegedly shot dead by police in San Antonio, Texas. Three officers have been charged with murder after Melissa Perez, 46, died
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New Stephen Lawrence suspect named as Met Police makes rare decision
Police have confirmed the name of a sixth alleged attacker in the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence after the Metropolitan Police said 'many mistakes' were made in the 1990s investigation
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Gunman mugs woman before asking her for a date saying she's 'too pretty to rob'
Amber Beraun alleges that after taking $100 from her, Damien Boyce soon offered to pay the money back and even invited her to 'come chill' with him
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Beloved grandparents murdered weeks after discovering their life savings stolen
Grandparents Charlie and Gayle Anderson, 71 and 74, were found brutally murdered in their home in Jamaica a year after moving back to the island from the UK in 2018
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Family's tribute to 'much loved woman' killed at home as man charged with murder
After Leicestershire Police found Natasha Morias dead at a house in the Whetstone area of the county, the force charged a young man with her murder and he'll now appear in court
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Devastating aftermath of hot air balloon crash as man killed in 'fireball'
The balloon burst into flames at around 6:20am on Sunday morning in Worcestershire, resulting in “screaming” coming from a “fireball” as the balloon came crashing down
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Brother of cop shot dead in custody suite accuses Met Police force of a cover-up
De Zoysa was still handcuffed when he shot Sgt Ratana at the Croydon custody block in South London, after being stopped and searched in nearby Norbury and found with seven rounds of ammunition
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Desperate search for woman missing for five days as man arrested in murder probe
A man has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of a woman from her home address in Derbyshire. A murder investigation has been launched, and police are appealing for any information on Sarah Henshaw's whereabouts.
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Man killed postwoman, 64, in despicable rage after package wasn't delivered
Trevor Raekwon Seward, 25, has been convicted of killing a mail carrier who instead of delivering a large package of marijuana to his home left a note in the mailbox asking him to pick it up
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Boy, 15, 'utterly heartbroken' after girlfriend dies in sea tragedy
The teenage girl died after being pulled from the sea at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire yesterday, a tragedy which struck amid a UK heatwave during which temperatures have hit 30C
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Boy, 5, dies after plunging from harbour wall in horror fall
We'll be bringing you all the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story
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Girl, 15, dies after being pulled from sea at beach
Humberside Police have said two teenagers were airlifted to hospital shortly after 7:30PM on Saturday
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Dad's 'lame' coverup blasted after killing wife in house fire that kids escaped
A Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to over 20 years in prison for murdering his wife and setting their home on fire with their children inside - however, his fabricated story unraveled during a lengthy nine-year investigation
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'Major blow' to Maddie McCann probe for cops investigating Algarve dam site
German prosecutors have spent the past two weeks carefully going over items found during their search of the Barragem do Arade reservoir in Portugal
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Prigozhin's Wagner HQ raided by Russia security service as '£38m cash seized'
Wagner's HQ in St Petersburg has been raided by Vladimir Putin's Federal Security Service troops and it has been claimed £38million in cash was found stashed inside a van and two buses
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Nationwide 999 'system failure' sees Brits told to call 101 or 111
Several police forces and other emergency services have since confirmed they are able to receive 999 calls again, while some said they were experiencing the "residual impact" of the national fault
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Woman, 42, dies in horror house fire as residents evacuated from homes overnight
A woman aged 42 was killed in a house fire in Oldham, Greater Manchester, as a number of nearby residents were evacuated from the area as officers began investigations
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Partygate Tory Shaun Bailey admits he was in building during bash
The failed Tory London Mayor candidate admitted, through his lawyers, that his claim to have left to go on BBC Newsnight was "unintentionally inaccurate"
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Traumatised cop who trawled footage of morgue monster suffered hallucinations
Former DS David Shipley came out of retirement to help with the case and is now calling for the law to treat sexual crimes against the dead and the living in the same way.
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Toddler dies after mum allegedly 'left her at home to go on holiday for 10 days'
Kristel Candelario, from Ohio, is facing murder charges after leaving her 16-month-old daughter home alone while she went on holiday for 10 days with the tot later dying
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Brooke Kinsella says 'nothing has changed' since her brother was stabbed
The former Eastenders star says progress has been slow since the death of her brother, Ben, in June 2008. However, Brooke has vowed that she will never stop in her fight against knife crime.
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School dropout who quit before GCSEs fighting US extradition over '£400m hack'
Diogo Santos Coelho, 23, faces up to 52 years in jail if found guilty amid claims he set up one of the world’s largest hacker forums after quitting school in London at 15
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Moment Wagner coup forces smash through pro-Putin barricade in fight for Moscow
Mercenary Yevgeny Prigozhin's mercenaries the Wagner Group has smashed its way through barricades erected by civilians attempting to keep them way from Moscow