Crime

03 Sep 2025 745

Bella Culley’s tearful mother visits prison as family races to gather £100,000 fine

Pregnant drugs mule suspect Bella Culley’s distraught mother was seen visiting her daughter in Georgian prison today as lawyers say she may have to find £100,000 to free her.

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03 Sep 2025 1031

Epstein’s Palm Beach lair filled with nudes and photos of famous figures

The late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s Palm Beach lair was decorated with an extensive collection of framed photographs showcasing naked women and the man’s meetings with high-profile figures, according to resurfaced police footage.

Crime

02 Sep 2025 777

Southampton murder: teen arrested after 25-year-old Tia Langdon found dead

The 25-year-old was found on Thursday, August 28, with significant injuries.

Crime

02 Sep 2025 861

Career criminal jailed for 45 years over revenge killing of ex-prison officer

A career criminal was labeled a "violent, inhumane coward" as he was sentenced to a minimum of 45 years in prison for the murder of a former prison officer.

Crime

02 Sep 2025 885

Sainsbury’s tests facial recognition to address record levels of shoplifting

Sainsbury’s will introduce facial recognition cameras to identify repeat shoplifters and potentially ban them from stores.

Crime

02 Sep 2025 950

44-year-old charged with sexual assault of child at Loch Ness Bay Campsite

A man has appeared in court in connection with an alleged sexual assault of an eight-year-old boy in his tent at Loch Ness Bay Campsite.

Crime

02 Sep 2025 651

“Psychopath” murder conviction under threat: CCRC cites “exceptional circumstances” in Ben Field case

The Criminal Case Review Commission said "exceptional circumstances" could lead to the conviction of Ben Field, 34, being ruled unsafe - six years after he was jailed for killing Peter Farquhar, 69.

Crime

02 Sep 2025 720

Met Police arrest father Ted writer for ‘inciting violence’ on X

Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has described being arrested after landing at Heathrow Airport due to a series of Twitter posts.

Crime

02 Sep 2025 507

Colin Smyth hosted girl guides at Holyrood days after being charged with possessing indecent images of children

An MSP met a girl guides group at Holyrood days after he was charged with possessing indecent images of children.

Crime

02 Sep 2025 709

Teenagers arrested after young man fatally injured in Luton altercation

After 6pm on Sunday, police were called to reports of an altercation involving two men and a woman on Humberstone Road.

Crime

02 Sep 2025 859

Police arrest teenager after 12-year-old dies in playground incident

A teenage boy has been arrested after another boy was killed when he was thrown from a roundabout at a park in Cheshire.

Crime

01 Sep 2025 745

Police foil attack after video threats to ‘stab and slice’ pupils at Merthyr College

A masked man made horrific threats on YouTube to ’stab, cut and slice’ every student at a college in a quiet Welsh town.

Crime

01 Sep 2025 501

Serial fraudster jailed for £8.5m property scam spanning 75 homes

A serial fraudster who carried out one of Britain’s biggest ever property swindles and spent the proceeds on a house and a raft of sports cars has been jailed for 10 years.

Crime

01 Sep 2025 719

Boyfriend who drove around with partner’s body sentenced to hospital order under Mental Health Act

A man who killed his partner in a car and drove her body around before confessing to his brother hours later has been sentenced to a hospital order under which he can be detained indefinitely.

Crime

01 Sep 2025 1532

British woman Jessica Hopkins found stabbed to death in Phnom Penh

Chuon Narin, deputy commissioner general and commissioner of Phnom Penh Police, reportedly told local media the victim was identified as 34-year-old Jessica Cariad Hopkins.

Crime

31 Aug 2025 722

12-year-old dies in park fall — police appeal for witnesses in Cheshire

A 12-year-old boy has died after falling from a park apparatus in Cheshire.

Crime

31 Aug 2025 709

Woman dies in Southampton flat fall: police launch murder investigation

A murder investigation has been initiated after a woman died from a fall from a block of flats.

Crime

31 Aug 2025 708

Scotland’s top union official Derek Thomson suspended over sexual misconduct allegations

The head of the UK’s largest trade union in Scotland has been suspended over allegations of sexual misconduct, it has been reported.

Crime

31 Aug 2025 596

Police hunt suspect after two stabbings at Oxford Circus tube

Police have released a CCTV image of a man they wish to question after two people were stabbed at the Oxford Circus Tube station within 24 hours.

Crime

31 Aug 2025 785

Violence breaks out at Canary Wharf migrant hotel protest: officer attacked

A police officer was "punched in the face" by masked anti-asylum protesters at a march in Canary Wharf today.

Crime

31 Aug 2025 685

Police seize £522,000 worth of cannabis in Motherwell: two men arrested

Two men have been charged after a cannabis farm worth around £522,000 was seized by police in Motherwell.

Crime

31 Aug 2025 804

Former ‘I’m a celebrity’ contestant Lord Brocket accused of multiple sexual offences

Lord Brocket appeared in court yesterday after being charged with two counts of rape.

Crime

30 Aug 2025 759

Five arrested as protests target London hotels housing asylum seekers

Five people were arrested at a protest in London, where a group of masked men attempted to enter a hotel housing asylum seekers on Saturday.

Crime

30 Aug 2025 649

Woman stabbed to death in Greenwich flat: man arrested

A woman has been stabbed to death at her home in southeast London.

Crime

30 Aug 2025 801

Teen arrested outside Stamford Bridge after police mistake imitation gun for firearm

A teenager was tackled and arrested outside a major Premier League stadium in London when police feared he might have been carrying a gun after a football match this afternoon.