Crime

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Woman who lied about being raped won't have jail sentence increased
The Attorney General has confirmed Eleanor Williams, who falsely claimed she was raped and sex trafficked, will not have her sentence extended. Williams, 22, was jailed for eight-and-a-half years in March this year
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Mum who went viral searching for Chanel the parrot charged over cannabis haul
Sandra Hannah, 43, became a social media hit in 2020 after she recorded herself crying and repeatedly calling for her African Grey parrot Chanel
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Moment banker fatally attacked outside swanky Ivy as family slam sentence
Family of Paul Mason, who was attacked after being wrongly accused of stealing a phone by Steven Allan, says the three-year and nine-month sentence is "insulting to us, to Paul’s memory, and society"
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Man admits killing mum and her two children, 1 and 3, in flat fire
Fatoumatta Hydara, 28, Naeemah, one, and Fatimah Drammeh, three, died in the blaze at the first-floor flat in Nottingham last year as Jamie Barrow pleaded guilty to manslaughter
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Prison riot as cons throw things and block windows before unloading extinguisher
Prisoners are rioting at the Bristol County House of Corrections in Dartmouth, Massachusetts - inmates have been seen throwing things and unloading a fire extinguisher from the windows
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Mum and daughter, 9, hacked to death with axe as bodies stuffed under girl's bed
Distraught dad Gary Morrison called 911 after finding bloody sheets in his bedroom and a bloody axe stuffed between two mattresses in their home in New Jersey, US
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27-stone dad let baby daughter starve to death while he gorged on fast food
Christian Miguel Bishop-Torrence from Wichita Falls, Texas, was charged with murder after his one-year-old baby starved to death, weighing less than she did when she was first born
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Dad tells of moment rampaging bull charged 'just missing' him and children
Andy Lumb, from Crewe, has told how 60 seconds later it could have been a very different story after he had just managed to put his children into his house before a bull charged at him
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Girl, 12, shot in head and killed in drive-by crossfire as boy fights for life
A girl aged just 12 has been caught in the crossfire of a drive-by shooting in Hartford, Connecticut - three others were shot including an 18-year-old man and police fear the young girl was a bystander to the horror
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Michael Owen opens up on tragic death of staff member at his racing stables
The ex-Liverpool and England star Michael Owen opened up on the day 25-year-old Jessica Whalley collapsed and died after riding work at his Cheshire stables
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Kevin Spacey appears in court via video link for twelve sexual offence charges
Oscar winning actor Kevin Spacey, who has been accused of twelve sexual offences, appeared in court on Friday
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Police hunt for serial tomato thrower after seven hit in drive-by fruit attacks
The bizarre attacks have left residents across Eastbourne and Hastings terrified that they may be struck at any moment, with cops believing that the chuckings are all related
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Man who raped and killed teen 30 years ago jailed after dad hunts him down
Dad Martin Mestre tracked down Jaime Saade, the man who brutally raped and murdered his 18-year-old daughter, in Brazil, and has ensured that he will be jailed in Colombia
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Dragons' Den star refuses to tear down 'anti-vax sanctuary' on 'vagina of land'
Rachel Elnaugh, who was one of the five investors in the first two seasons of the hit BBC show, intends to turn the land into an eco-farm and retreat for followers of her group who believe in a 'food apocalypse' and the 'great reset'
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Chilling text messages before Brit couple murdered and thrown to crocodiles
The doctor with 40 years of experience said that Rachel Saunder's body was “one of the most extreme cases” for which he had ever performed an autopsy in his whole career
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Tired Alec Baldwin holds wife in her emotional tribute after charges dropped
Hilaria Baldwin has paid tribute to her husband Alec Baldwin after it was announced criminal charged have been dropped against him after a fatal shooting on the set of Rust
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Farmer jailed and told to pay £1.2million after builders rip up trees by river
John Price, 68, claimed he bulldozed the trees along the River Lugg near Leominster, Herefordshire, to protect homes from flooding - while National England said it led to a 'devastating' effect on local wildlife
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OAP killed childhood pal in rage over 'harmless banter' after bowling club trip
On the afternoon of the killing last July 9, they had their regular Saturday meet-up at Lanark Bowling Club in the town's Waterloo Road
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School kids forced to hide under tables as masked intruders storm classrooms
Youngsters at Kineton High School, near Warwick, were placed in an emergency lockdown and hid under their desks when three intruders wearing balaclavas stormed the site
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Sex worker 'hired by dad on night of murder' held as body found in carpet roll
Nathan Miller, a dad of five from Georgia, was last seen leaving an Irish pub in Baton Rouge before his body was discovered over a week later rolled up in a carpet outside a garage
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Evil Thomas Cashman appeals to have 42-year jail term for murdering Olivia cut
Thomas Cashman refused to go into the dock to hear his sentence for shooting nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel as he chased a drug dealer into her home in Liverpool last August
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Fears 'roofie' serial killer is on the loose as bodies pile up in city
After four men in their 30s were pulled from the water at Lady Bird Lake in a short space of time, many are speculating there may be a serial killer on the loose in Austin targeting young men on nights out at bars on nearby Rainey Street
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Nurse accused of killing seven babies says spike in deaths was just 'bad luck'
Jurors at Manchester Crown Court today heard nurse Lucy Letby, accused of the murders of seven babies and attempted murders of 10 more, was down to "bad luck"
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Teen Mom's Ryan Edwards jailed for one year after DUI & drug arrest
Teen Mom star Ryan Edwards has been jailed for over 11 months after appearing in court on Thursday
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Evil dad murdered baby daughter by repeatedly throwing her against a wall
Steven Michael Strahm, from Florida, pretended he had accidentally dropped his baby daughter Scarlet while investigators determined he'd repeatedly thrown her into a wall