Crime

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'I let 96 grieving strangers choose my tats - including names of murder victims'
Mum-of-two Chelsea Rohrbough, 31, has covered herself in nearly 100 self-drawn tattoos requested by complete strangers - and has no plans to stop until her body is completely covered
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Police detain man at airport after DJ girlfriend's body found dumped in suitcase
Valentina Trespalacios' body was found by a homeless person as her boyfriend was arrested at an airport in a neighbouring country. She had been strangled to death and her body dismembered
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Son, 27, ties up own mum and holds her prisoner before demanding £10,000
Drunken Michal Strehlau admitted attempted robbery and false imprisonment of his mother who was forced to flee from a window after a near four-hour ordeal in Hull, east Yorkshire, on October 2
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Dad dies after being beaten like 'human pinata' by police officers
A father who died after he was pulled over during a traffic stop was treated like a "pinata" by police officers who beat him to death, according to his family's attorneys
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Missing X Factor star was fleeing criminals and may have drowned - investigator
Private investigators searching from missing Rugby star Levi Davis say he was fleeing criminals and may have tragically drowned at a Barcelona port as his mother Julie breaks down on Good Morning Britain
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Two convicted murderers escape prison together, sparking nationwide manhunt
Alison McDonagh, 49, and Stephen McParland, 54, are said to be in each other's company and were last seen at Lanyon Place Train Station in Belfast on January 21 at 1.45pm
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Murdered kids' gran told daughter to leave 'psycho' before he killed them all
The gran of two murdered children has revealed she tried to get her daughter to leave partner Damien Bendall. Jailed for life last December, Bendall killed partner Terri Harris, her two children and their friend in Derbyshire in 2021
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Music teacher 'killed by lover and dumped in crocodile infested waters'
Mark Ciavarella worked in the Republic of Congo for six years but his partner feared he would return to Australia and leave him with nothing, which resulted in teacher's death
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Mum 'abused and murdered son, six, over potty training', court told
A woman has been accused of abusing and murdering her six-year-old son in Utah over his potty training, with the boy having died from a blunt trauma to the head, it is reported
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Woman raped by stranger to save life of man she was on a first date with
The couple had been walking home from their first date in Sunderland when Sean Robinson began attacking the man, before dragging the woman into a bush leaving her traumatised
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Teen boy arrested as girl, 14, seriously hurt in stabbing in school playground
Greater Manchester Police said the teenage victim was rushed to hospital after she was stabbed with a 'sharp instrument' in an attack at Parrs Wood High School in the suburb of Didsbury
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'Tory justice on the cheap sees 600 murdered in decade by crooks on probation'
That shocking toll, plus figures revealing more than 500 other serious offences a year are committed by those on probation, is evidence of a lawlessness and disorder crisis
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Man charged with slaughtering 23 in racist mass shooting to dodge death penalty
Patrick Crusius is accused of killing 23 people at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, in a racist mass shooting - he allegedly stalked the aisles armed with an assault rifle
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High streets are dying because most of UK has been 'written off', says Labour
Labour's Lisa Nandy will argue the failure to make use of people's talents in every corner of the country is a 'social crime' that has made it impossible to tackle problems such as 'struggling public services and failing town centres'
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Deadly failings with one person killed every six days by criminal on probation
Every six days someone is killed by an offender on probation and criminals on licence killed a total of 599 people in the last decade- our criminal justice system is in crisis, so when will the Government address these deadly failings?
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'Innocent' man who spent 17 years in jail for rape may clear name as DNA emerges
Andrew Malkinson was jailed for a rape in Greater Manchester which he has always denied committing - he could now see his name cleared as DNA evidence leads police to another man
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Young millionaire's £100K Audi vandalised in very rude way - but he's not fussed
A businessman was initially 'gutted' when he parked his car in Leeds overnight and returned to find it covered in vile graffiti and says he wants the vandal to come forward - but it's 'not much of a loss' for the young moneybags
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Two cyclists killed in hit-and-run were dad and 16-year-old son as tributes paid
Detectives are hunting the driver of a red Golf after it's believed they struck the dad and son on a road in South Yorkshire before abandoning it in a nearby village
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Happy Valley star lifts lid on how show has kept series ending secret from cast
BBC viewers were overjoyed to see Happy Valley – which stars Sarah Lancashire as the police community officer for the West Yorkshire Police Department – make its return after years off air
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Nightclub where footballer was stabbed to death on Boxing Day to close for good
Nightclub in Birmingham where footballer Cody Fisher died in a Boxing Day knife attack last year has been ordered to close for good after West Midlands Police appealed to Birmingham City Council
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Corrie fans in stitches over frantic scenes as they plead 'end this now'
Coronation Street killer Stephen Reid is again at risk of being caught out on the cobbles after he claimed another victim in Teddy Thompkins
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Passenger kicked off flight after 'touching cabin crew member inappropriately'
Video footage shows a man and a fellow passenger get into a row with a two cabin crew members onboard a SpiceJet flight in India after one was accused of inappropriately touching a female flight attendant
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Popular DJ found strangled to death in suitcase dumped in as boyfriend hunted
Valentina Trespalacios, 23, was found dead in, Bogota, Colombia, on January 22 with police now looking to locate her boyfriend, John Poulos
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Man died in head-on crash with ‘murdered girlfriend’ in back of van
A Brit who died in a head-on crash after allegedly murdering his girlfriend and keeping her body in the back of his vehicle had been working as a travelling musician, an inquest has heard
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Student, 19, 'raped and dumped onto street' before she's hit and killed by car
Two of the group allegedly had sex with Madison Brooks, 19, when she was unable to give consent, while the other two were present. She was later struck by a car and died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, US