Crime

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Famous soap star who was arrested on suspicion of rape has case dropped
Metropolitan Police have confirmed 'following extensive enquiries, no further action will be taken', after a top TV star was arrested on suspicion of rape earlier this year
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'I was UK's youngest kid with an ASBO aged 10 - my life is very different now'
Danny Oakley made headlines when he became one of the youngest ever Brits to get an ASBO at 10 years old, and admits the controversial and now-defunct punishment only boosted his ego
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Furious drivers resort to stealing traffic cameras ahead of £12.50 daily charge
Sadiq Khan's Ultra Low Emission Zone scheme is already estimated to have made almost £250 million since it was first implemented in 2019 and more protests have been staged over its expansion
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Boy, 2, dies suddenly after falling ill in bath sparking emergency hospital dash
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Woman's best friend watched her die as 'sick man with gun' shot car driving away
Kaylin Gillis, 20, from New York, US, was travelling through the town of Herbon with her three friends on Saturday night when the group mistakenly drove onto the wrong property
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Dad and son killed ex's new lover 'like animals' after dragging him out wardrobe
Matthew Rodwell had hid in his young's son's wardrobe as his partner's ex and son arrived at the house they shared in Downham Market, Norfolk. He called 999 fearful of what was about to happen
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Home and Away child star Felix Dean sentenced over common assault of pal's dad
Former Home and Away star Felix Dean, who found fame on the Australian soap as VJ Patterson at 10-years-old, plead guilty to common assault and was sentenced in court
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Hero found boy bloody & motionless after man, 84, shot him for ringing doorbell
According to court documents, 84-year-old homeowner Andrew Lester believed someone was attempting to break into the house and shot twice within moments of opening the door - the elderly gunman has now been charged
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Pizza delivery man who got girl, 15, pregnant says 5 years in jail is too harsh
Nathaniel Roberts was jailed for five and a half years for getting a 15-year-old pregnant. He is now appealing his sentence, with his lawyer arguing that it is too harsh
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WhatsApp issues warning over new law allowing government to read your messages
Bosses from tech firms WhatsApp, Element and Signal have called on the government to "urgently rethink" the Online Safety Bill, warning it will open the door to "indiscriminate surveillance" of personal messages
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Woman who believes she's Madeleine McCann breaks silence as 'police seize phone'
The Orange County Sheriff's Department in California has contacted police in Wroclaw, Poland's largest city after obtaining a device which has been said to belong to 21-year-old Julia Wendell
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Two UK police forces unlawfully recorded 200,000 phone conversations with Brits
The Information Commissioner’s Office issued the rebuke to Surrey and Sussex police forces over recordings of “highly sensitive” conversations with victims, witnesses and perpetrators of suspected crimes
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Mum says son, 13, traumatised after attempted sexual assault in park toilets
A 13-year-old boy was confronted by a stranger in public toilets at Brinton Park in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, who tried to sexually abuse him before he managed to escape
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Suella Braverman becomes fifth Home Secretary to try to outlaw zombie knives
Labour has criticised the Government for 'dragging their heels' after Suella Braverman launched a consultation on new laws giving police greater powers to act if they find zombie knives and machetes in private homes
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Hero shopkeeper tackles armed robber with headlock during foil off-licence raid
Brave Niall Stranix was mopping the floor on his shift at an off-licence in Leeds when armed robber Marlon Stewart attempted his 13th crime in just 20 minutes, prompting him to jump into action and send the thug running
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Josef Fritzl's house of horrors where he imprisoned daughter divided into flats
The home of Josef Fritzl in Amstetten, Austria, has been transformed into nine apartments rented out by young people after landlords Herbert and Ingrid Houska bought it and renovated it
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British man buys a drink in Moroccan bar - now he's been jailed for 10 years
Oliver Andrew's solicitor, in Morocco, said he had been charged in Marrakech with possessing and distributing counterfeit money within the country, and one count of creating an organised criminal group
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Nurse Lucy Letby weeps in dock as photos of her bedroom shown in court
Lucy Letby, who is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others between June 2015 and June 2016, wiped away tears as photographs of her bedroom appeared on screen in court
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Woman, 20, shot dead after pulling into wrong driveway looking for pal's house
Kaylin Gillis, 20, was gunned down when she got out of a car in front of a property in the rural town of Hebron in New York State, with the people she was riding with rushing her to a nearby town before calling 911 due to limited cell service
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Homeowner, 84, charged after boy, 16, shot in head while ringing wrong doorbell
Andrew Lester, 84, has been charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action after he allegedly shot a black teenager who mistakenly knocked on his door
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Heartbreaking tribute to 'always smiling' mum found dead on railway line
Colette Fazackerley, 40, was pronounced dead on Easter Sunday (April 9) after police were called to reports of a woman near the train tracks, close to the Ashton Cricket Club
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Mum terrorised by teens 'kicking down door in middle of night for TikTok trend'
The craze first went viral in the USA in 2021 when pranksters filmed themselves kicking doors to the beat of Kesha's 2012 hit 'Die Young' with a well-timed double punt
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Cops find dismembered bodies of two missing people in bins after 'row over rent'
Leonid Volkov, 37, from Medford, Massachusetts, US, was charged with murder after the bodies of Kiryl Schukin, 37, and Pavel Vekshin, 28, were found in his rubber bins
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Mum and daughter burned to death when van driver on TikTok crashed into car
Luke Flanagan, 28, hit 55-year-old Emma van der Avoird's Peugeot 2008 as she was taking her daughter Khiana, 16, to school at about 8am on November 1 2021, before it burst into flames
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Boy leaves hospital 4 days after elderly man shot him in head for ringing door
Ralph Yarl, 16, went to pick up his siblings in Kansas City, US, on Thursday night and reportedly pulled into the driveway of the home, rang the doorbell, and was immediately shot in the head