Crime

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Levi Bellfield quizzed in jail over 'murder' of student whose body wasn't found
Monster Levi Bellfield, 54, has been quizzed in prison over the alleged murder of student whose body was never found following claims he admitted killing Elizabeth Chau, 19, in April 1999
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Family gasps as dad found not guilty of shaking 2-week-old daughter to death
Darin Harvey, 26, denied murdering his two-week-old baby daughter Felicity-May Harvey, who died three days after being found "blue" at home in Greater Manchester
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Women knocked unconscious in homophobic and racial attack as cops issue appeal
Avon and Somerset Police have released CCTV of three men they would like to speak to in connection to a hate investigation in Bristol last October at about 3am
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Girl, 14, shot in the head while playing hide and seek
The homeowner of the property where the kids of playing claims he saw shadows outside his house so went to get his gun. When he went back outside he saw people running away and opened fire, police say.
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Massive illegal 'Coronation rave' in quiet village 'sounded like Leeds festival'
Villagers between York and Selby in Yorkshire were up in arms at the loud music which drew crowds from London, Bakewell, Brighton, Leeds and Wakefield for the Coronation rave
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Woman dies after being held hostage and shot in police stand-off with gunman
A 36-year-old woman was found with firearm injuries at a property in Dartford, Kent on Saturday - she had since died from her injuries while a 29-year-old man who was found at the same address remains in critical condition
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Rishi Sunak stands by law used in Coronation arrests - despite Met 'regret'
The Metropolitan Police force has expressed 'regret' and apologised after it could not prove protestors it arrested on Saturday intended to disrupt King Charles III's Coronation
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Man murdered 'music loving' woman whose body lay undiscovered in flat for weeks
Joe Rankin, 33, from Gloucestershire, is facing life in prison after admitting the murder of Emma Potter, 40, whose body was found in her flat several weeks later
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Met Police chief defends 'unfortunate' arrest of anti-monarchists at Coronation
Sir Mark Rowley has defended the policing of the King's coronation on Saturday in the capital. He described the arrest of six anti-monarchy campaigners as "unfortunate"
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Huge cannabis farm found hidden in derelict pub 2 years after another shut down
Heat lamps, pots and plastic sheets are shown in the photos, as well as "growing equipment", which had previously been found to be a "cannabis factory" in May 2021 and ended at the time
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TikTok star racially abused cop in Asda car park and told him to 'learn English'
TikTok influencer Priya Sahi was broadcasting to her 100,000 followers while sitting drunk in her car in an Asda car park when police arrested her, before she racially abused one officer
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Mum who wrote book on grief after husband's death charged with his murder
A Utah woman who wrote a children's book on dealing with grief after the death of her husband has now been charged with his murder
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Haunting CCTV of Brit teen before brutal murder as cops hunt missing girlfriend
Dual national Woramet Ben Taota borrowed his mother's blue scooter on Saturday afternoon, before he was found dead on Sunday morning. He is believed to have been murdered
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Shoplifter banned from town centre mocked for looking 'very guilty' in mugshot
Daniel Scoffield has been banned from stores in his hometown for three years after he was issued with a Criminal Behaviour Order for a string of shoplifting offences
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Ex-world champion boxer who fought David Haye spotted at Vladimir Putin speech
Nikolai Valuev, who was the biggest and heaviest fighter in boxing history, became a politician for the Untied Russia party after 16 years in the ring - in which he faced off against Britain's David Haye
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'Absolutely mortal' man armed with axe at station told officers 'I'm psycho'
Jamie Graham was threatened by a police officer with a taser before he threw the axe onto the tracks and got down on his knees - and told officers 'I'm a bit psycho' during his arrest
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TV Licence holders issued with new email alert and may pay a penalty if ignored
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Influencer shot dead as killers open fire in front of horrified co-star
Kevin Kaletry was a popular TikTok star in Mexico, but as he was doing a press conference for his new show, a pillion passenger on a motorbike murdered him in a hail of bullets
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Horror as man shot dead outside KFC as he's blasted by shotgun
An unnamed victim was murdered as he was about to enter fast-food restaurant in a city in south-west Colombia, with gunman allegedly using a weapon stolen from the National Police
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'Cost of living is a reason Rishi Sunak suffered drubbing in local elections'
'Cost of living is one reason why Rishi Sunak suffered a drubbing in the local elections'
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Tributes to 18-year-old stabbed to death near Tube station over Bank Holiday
An 18-year-old man called Wazabakana Elenda Jordan Kukabu, from Romford, died following a single stab wound to the chest after being attacked before midnight on May 5
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Met Police 'regrets’ arrests of six protesters ahead of King’s Coronation
Scotland Yard issued a lengthy defence today after Graham Smith, Republic chief executive, demanded a "full inquiry" into who authorised the arrests in London over the weekend
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Man dances outside court after he avoids jail for shaving girlfriend's hair
Owen James Tysoe, a former warehouse boss, also vandalised the woman's car and home but, after a judge heard the behaviour was "very out-of-character", he was spared prison
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Pregnant mum, husband and two kids killed in crash with car driving wrong way
The horrific crash in the early hours of Sunday morning in Lubbock, Texas, left five dead including a heavily pregnant mum and three members of her family - the driver of the SUV driving the wrong way also died
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Woman found dead on hiking trail was 'stabbed 15 times' in brutal attack
Lauren Heike, 29, had just moved to Phoenix, Arizona, when she was brutally stabbed to death on a local hiking trail. Prosecutors have said she was chased over a barbed wire fence, shredding her clothes