Crime

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Stephen Bear's fake life – shop assistant job, pretend wealth and rented cars
Stephen Bear happily boasted on social media about having millions in the bank but in reality, he lived a fake life and set up his business from his parent's home
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Teen girl has arm torn off by shark day after boy loses leg at same beach resort
WARNING, GRAPHIC DETAILS: A 14-year-old boy was attacked by a shark and lost his leg in the water at Piedade Beach in Pernambuco State, Brazil - now a second teen has been hit
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Olivia murder suspect told police 'youse are stitching me up' after arrest
Thomas Cashman is currently standing trial charged with murdering the nine-year-old after she was shot dead inside her own home on Kingsheath Avenue in Dovecot
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Teen girl booted unconscious outside school as 'woman cheers on attacker'
The incident, which took place near Kirkcaldy High School in Fife, Scotland, on Friday March 3, is the latest in a sickening series of violent incidents involving kids in Scotland
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£20K reward offered in hunt after OAP sexually assaulted & murdered in hospital
Crimestoppers has announced it is offering a reward of up to £20,000 for information leading to the conviction of the killer of Valerie Kneale, 75, who died at Blackpool Victoria Hospital of a haemorrhage after being sexually assaulted
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Death Row knifeman to be executed for killing wife and drowning her daughter, 6
Gary Green, 51, faces capital punishment after killing his wife, Lovetta Armstead, 32, and her daughter, Jazzmen Montgomery, in Dallas, Texas, back in 2009
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Cops release timeline and new details of triple-fatal smash after 2-day search
Friends Sophie Russon, 20, Eve Smith, 21, and Darcy Ross, 21, all from Newport, had been on a night out at the Muffler bar and club in Maesglas, Newport, on Friday evening before they are thought to have headed to Trecco Bay in Porthcawl
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Suella Braverman's Illegal Migration Bill at-a-glance as UN voices alarm
The Home Secretary has unveiled controversial legislation aimed at tackling the number of people who arrive in the UK by small boat - but she conceded that there may be some legal wrangling to come
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10 key questions over Cardiff crash mystery as tragedy probe continues
South Wales Police and neighbouring force Gwent Police have referred themselves to the Independent Office of Police Conduct, after it took officers 46 hours to find the wreckage of a fatal car crash
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Man who found Cardiff crash car wreck slams police search for 'best friend'
A father whose son is friends with Cardiff crash victim Rafel Jeanne has criticised Gwent Police for not searching for the five friends sooner after they disappeared overnight on Friday
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Heartbreaking' report says missing black kids less likely to be found by police
Damning research conducted by the charity - Missing People suggests that cases involving Black children who have disappeared are less likely to be solved by police
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Police raid shop famous for selling £100 cans of Logan Paul and KSI Prime drinks
Wakey Wines, in Yorkshire, went viral online for flogging the sort after energy drink Prime for astronomical prices before it was raided by police and trading standards
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Pupils sent home after threatening call made to school as police search building
Pupils have been sent home from Orchard Mead Academy after a threatening phone call was made this morning as police carried out a search after what is now understood to have been a hoax
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Olivia, 9, screamed 'mum, I'm scared' before being fatally shot - trial updates
Thomas Cashman, 34, is charged with murdering nine-year-old Olivia Pratt-Korbel, who was shot in her home in Dovecot, Liverpool, on the night of August 22 last year
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Naked woman shot in leg after she broke into home and hit man with frying pan
A homeowner in Virgina, US, shot Paula Michelle Locklear in the lower leg after she allegedly tried to break into his house and began hitting him with a cast-iron frying pan
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Two Americans kidnapped in Mexico found dead and two others discovered alive
Américo Villarreal, the governor of Tamaulipas state, confirmed that two of the US citizens, who were reportedly in the country for medical treatment, were killed, with another wounded and a fourth found alive
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Unarmed Ukrainian war prisoner smoking cigarette shot dead by Russian soldiers
Tymofii Shadura is seen smoking a cigarette in a clearing in a forest and says "slava Ukraini" before he is hit with a barrage of gunfire as the assailants are heard shouting abuse at him
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TikTok Orthodox rabbi who adopted nine sons is charged with child sex abuse
Orthodox rabbi Rabbi Hayim Nissim Cohen, 38, from Texas, US, was arrested in February after his son phoned into a podcast to reveal a number of his brothers had been allegedly abused
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Cardiff crash victims drove 85 miles before tragedy on night out
Two of the crash victims had shared a Snapchat post of themselves together just hours before the deadly crash, and CCTV footage showed the group inside the car at around 2am
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Woman held after model killed and dismembered with her head found in soup pot
Abby Choi, 28, disappeared in February and her dismembered legs were found three days later in a fridge in a makeshift butcher's workshop in Hong Kong
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Teen filmed herself pouring boiling water over pal for sleeping with boyfriend
Princess Owusu-Ansah, 18, poured boiling water over a pal and filmed herself on Snapchat carrying out the attack in retaliation for sleeping with her boyfriend and left the victim in "fear for her life" a court heard
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Eurovision fans assured Liverpool trains won't be hit by engineering works
Eurovision weekend travel will not be affected by Avanti West Coast engineering works despite original concerns that the works would take place over key show dates
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Charles Bronson's pal shares what he should expect after public parole hearing
Stephen Gillen is a reformed gangster and once befriended Charles Bronson as they did time together, and now he's spoken out as the infamous prisoner is going through a public parole hearing
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Americans kidnapped at gunpoint during Mexico trip were there for tummy tuck
Latavia 'Tay' McGee had crossed into Mexico on Friday in a white minivan when she and her friends came under fire. A gang of suspected cartel gunmen then dragged them into a pick up in Matamoros
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Watchdog 'urgently' assessing how police handled search for three dead pals
Both South Wales Police and neighbouring force Gwent Police said they have referred themselves to the IOPC after it took officers 46 hours to find the wreckage in Cardiff - and inspectors are tackling the case as a matter of urgency