Crime

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Woman sets fire to Pride flag at restaurant before scrawling 'Jesus is King'
Angelina Cando, 30, has been arrested after firefighters were called to Little Prince, a plush New York City restaurant, in the early hours of Monday amid reports of a fire
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Cold-blooded killer who murdered wealthy lover and buried her jailed
Lidl worker Serkan Kaygusuz admitted spending Norma Girolami's money and hiding her body in a churchyard, but he denied killing her and went on trial at the Old Bailey
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Family of gran 'stabbed to death' in park pay tribute to 'kindest lady'
Lorna England, 74, was stabbed to death during a daylight attack in Ludwell Valley Park, Exeter, on Saturday afternoon, with her family releasing a photo and tribute
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Patrol officer inches away from death after nearly being hit by runaway truck
Footage released by Wycoming Highway Patrol shows a patrol officer attending to a vehicle stuck in snowy conditions when a truck came flying past and narrowly avoided hitting the officer
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Legal challenge over Partygate police probe into Boris Johnson thrown out
Campaigners had called for a judicial review into the Met Police decision not to send the shamed former PM a questionnaire over Partygate gatherings in November and December 2020 - even though others present were fined
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Popular chip shop forced to close after cruel vandals repeatedly smash windows
Andy Shute took over chip shop Lou Lou's Plaice in Chorley, Lancashire, last May but a flurry of vandal attacks since the start of the year means he'll have to close up and lay off staff
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Boy who said 'Accrington Stanley, who are they?' in TV milk ad jailed for murder
The boy who said the famous 'Accrington Stanley, who are they?' line in a famous advert for the Milk Marketing Board in 1989 has been jailed for murder and will spend at least 18 years behind bars
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Family and friends pay tribute to 'loving and caring' bride-to-be found dead
Family and friends have paid tribute to Holly Lambert, 26. The 'loving and caring' bride-to-be was found dead in Ulverston, Cumbria, and police are appealing for information after three people were arrested
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Serial killer-obsessed woman jailed for stabbing boyfriend 17 times in murder
The court heard of how Groves had framed pictures of serial killers on her walls, collected books about gangsters, including the notorious prisoner Charles Bronson, and watched true crime documentaries
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Mum failed by Nicola Bulley cops left note saying 'I hope my life saves another'
WARNING: DISTRESSING IMAGES Kiena Dawes, 23, was reported missing just hours before she was hit by a train and pronounced dead at the scene last July in Lancashire
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Man accused of kidnapping and attacking woman had 'interest in cannibalism'
Hunter Chase Nance offered to give a woman a ride home but instead took her to his home in China Grove, North Carolina, US, locked the door and attacked her with a knife, police said
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Police solve a 52-year murder mystery after chilling find in ancestry DNA kits
Rita Curran's body was found by her roommate in their shared room in Burlington, Vermont, US. She had been strangled to death with the only clue left a cigarette butt
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Teacher stabbed to death by pupil 'possessed by the devil' in school classroom
The female teacher died after sustaining injuries in the town of Saint-Jean-de-Luz in France at around 10am this morning when the pupil, 16, burst into the classroom and stabbed them
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London's US embassy locked down as armed police shout 'stay away from windows'
The US embassy in Vauxhall, London, was locked down by armed police with sniffer dogs also seen in the area, while occupants were ordered to stay away from the windows
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Chaos as dozens kick each other in 'medieval football game' outside William Hill
Violence broke out during the annual 823rd Atherstone Ball Game on Tuesday with dozens of players fighting over an inflatable ball as punches and kicks were thrown
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Mystery knock-and-run prankster torments pensioners in 15-year nightmare
Pensioners at a sheltered housing complex say they have been losing sleep for the last 15 years thanks to a mystery knock-a-door-run prankster who strikes in the early hours of the morning
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Nicola Bulley family fundraiser reaches £10,000 target in just 24 hours
The appeal was created a day after Lancashire Police confirmed Nicola Bulley's family's worst fears that her body was found in the River Wyre more than three weeks after she was reported missing
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Screams heard after woman 'has bleach thrown all over her in vile street attack'
A woman has reportedly had bleach thrown "all over her" in a street in Salford, Greater Manchester, and was heard screaming claimed a witness with three females allegedly carrying out the attack
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Parasitic fraudster bought body disposal kit to murder OAP and bury her in grave
Serkan Kaygusuz, 42, made a series of "sinister searches" online and purchased what was essentially a "body disposal kit" before murdering 70-year-old Norma Girolami
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'Putin’s ludicrous claim Russia did not start war is sign of damaged leader'
Putin sabre-rattling once more about nuclear weapons, pulling out of a treaty with the US limiting weapons of mass destruction, smacks of desperation rather than strength
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Missing mum failed by Nicola Bulley cops before taking her own life
Kiena Dawes, 23, was reported missing hours before she was hit by a train following the release of a man arrested on suspicion of assaulting her 11 days before she died - her family claim she was 'let down' by Lancashire Police
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Human trafficking fears as girl found wandering streets could only say 'help me'
A teenage girl was found wandering around the streets of Whitecrook, Clydebank, asking strangers to 'help me' as police have now launched an investigation into the mystery
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EastEnders fans solve major wedding twist after Sharon's Christmas dress appears
BBC One viewers at home were distracted a wedding dress on Tuesday evening, which appeared to be identical to the one Sharon had been wearing during the flashforward episode
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Protected birds shot, trapped and poisoned in rising crimewave across the UK
Nada Farhoud looks at what is behind the rising crimewave of protected species of birds being shot, trapped and poisioned - as rare goshawks, golden eagles, barn owls, peregrine falcons and white-tailed eagles are among the victims
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Twisted gunman's family plea 'for action, not words' to prevent future horrors
Apprentice crane operator Jake Davison, 22, used his legally held pump action shotgun to carry out one of the worst gun massacres in Britain for more than a decade