Crime

A wealthy Nigerian senator and his wife faced a shocking trial at the Old Bailey, accused of plotting to traffic a young man to the UK to harvest his kidney for their daughter

Marius Gustavson is alleged to have been the ringleader in a wide-ranging conspiracy, involving up to 29 offences of extreme body modifications, the removal of body parts, the trade in body parts and the uploading of video

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES Martina Turner was attacked by her partner Steven Wood at her home in Gateshead, during which he promised to 'finish her off' in a brutal assault where he stabbed her 29 times

Mohammed Abbkr has been charged with attempted murder after two men were sprayed with a substance and set on fire leaving mosques in London and Birmingham

Humberside Police believe Klaudia Peschel and Diana Timofejva, aged 14 and 13, went missing from Hull, with anyone with information urged to call the force

Responding to the news charges against him were dropped, Rick and Morty co-creator Justin Roiland, 43, said he was "shaken by the horrible lies" and wants to work to restore his name

Charles Slacks Jr. let himself in the home of his ex-wife in Sumter, South Carolina and killed a man, then three children, two of which were his own, before he killed himself

A fire broke out in a home and across two flats earlier today in Winsford, Cheshire, as two people were rushed to hospital

Kyle Bevan, 31, unleashed a "frenzied and extremely violent attack" on two-year-old Lola James at her family home in July 2020, the court heard

A new investigation into the death of Buster Murdaugh's fellow student, Stephen Smith, who was found dead aged 19 near the Murdaugh mansion, has opened as his body is exhumed

Four people have been arrested after a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death - we'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story

The draft advice tells police forces that defendants “can be named”, rather than current guidelines saying they “should be named” unless in exceptional circumstances

A distressed mum shared a video on Twitter of her 15-year-old son being sat on by "civilian security staff" members in a Superdrug in Chichester, calling it a "new low" for policing

The 363-page document made for sickening reading. What took my breath away was the casual, everyday behaviour considered normal

Baroness Louise Casey's damning report found 'institutional racism, sexism and homophobia' in the Metropolitan Police - but Met Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley rejected the 'ambiguous' term

Police were called to a city pond in St. Petersburg, Florida, US, to trap the aggressive 10ft alligator after it was spotted getting close to children at a local park

The panel meeting was cancelled today but jurors were told to be 'on standby' tomorrow, Thursday, for a potential vote on whether to indict Donald Trump, triggering his arrest

A man suffered facial burns after his jacket was set alight as he walked home from a mosque in Birmingham on Monday, just weeks after an 82-year-old was set on fire after leaving a mosque in London

The FBI, the New York Police Department and New York Fire Department all responded to a man threatening to jump from the 31st floor of the luxury CitySpire building near Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan, New York

Hugo Yarset Monfort Luna, 9, and Aranza Yosemiti Monfort Luna, 16, were last spotted last Friday in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, with police concerned for their whereabouts

Khayri Mclean, 15, was stabbed as he left North Huddersfield Trust School with the knife penetrating a lung and his heart, as a jury today found a 17-year-old guilty of murder

Abigail Zwerner, 25, has spoken publicly for the first time since a six-year-old boy took out a gun from his backpack and shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School in Virginia, US on January 6

Thomas Cashman is on trial for allegedly shooting dead schoolgirl Olivia Pratt-Korbel who died after being shot in her own home in Liverpool, back in August 2022

John Garza, 37, and Arley Nemo, 43, were reported missing from their cell in Newport News jail in Virginia, US, during a routine head count on Monday evening

Liverpool head to the Etihad Stadium to face Pep Guardiola's title-chasing Manchester City on April 1 but have seen their ticket allocation slashed