Crime

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Missing mum belongs to wealthy aristocratic family with ties to Royal Family
Constance Marten - whose grandparents had close ties with the late King George - has now been missing for five days with concerns for her and her baby's welfare at a maximum
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Dad and son hired hitmen to kill family so he could start new life with mistress
Thiago Gabriel Belchior de Oliveira, 30, and his dad Marcos, 54, paid the two assassins a total of £16,000 to kill his wife, three kids, mum and his sisters, according to police in Brazil
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Wife accuses husband of beating four-year-old girl to death before burying her
Ivon Adams allegedly beat four-year-old Athena Brownfield until she "was not moving" and then buried her body near Rush Springs, Oklahoma, US, his wife said
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Blogger died from poison sent to hospital despite being banned from opening mail
Beth Matthews had been sectioned at The Priory's Cheadle Royal psychiatric hospital and was supposed to be banned from opening her own mail but somehow accessed poison she ordered from Russia
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Daughter begs father to stay alive moments after he kills terminally ill wife
British expat David Hunter, 75, claims he killed wife-of-52-years Janice at their Cyprus home at her request due to her incurable blood cancer. His murder trial is due to last until Easter
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Dad missing with girlfriend and baby is sex offender who spent 20 years in jail
Mark Gordon was jailed in America in 1990 for the rape of a woman in Florida, since being deported to the UK he struck up a relationship with Constance Marten but the two have recently vanished along with a newborn baby
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Coffee shop barista barely escapes kidnapping as man grabs her through window
A man in a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck can be seen grabbing the coffee shop barista by the arm in what appears to be an attempted kidnapping in Auburn, Washington state, US
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Woman accused of stabbing boyfriend in chest after he wet the bed while asleep
Girlfriend Briana Lacost, from Louisiana, US, told authorities she became “extremely enraged” when her boyfriend urinated on their shared bed after a night of drinking
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Husband of mum-of-three charged with murder after boss reports she's missing
Brian Walshe, 46, from Massachusetts, US, has been charged with 39-year-old Ana Walshe's murder after she was reported missing by her employer on January 4 on New Year's Day
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Dad sexually assaulted girl wearing school uniform in shop on her 16th birthday
Ahmed Khalio, 22, groped the girl wearing her school uniform when she walked alone into the shop where he worked part-time in Liverpool, leading to him being jailed for six months
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Met Police 'culture of racism and sex abuse left black workers feeing suicidal'
Serving Metropolitan Police officers have revealed harrowing details of alleged rape within the force which were dismissed as well as a culture of racism which left an officer suicidal
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George Floyd's police officer killer argues he didn't have fair trial in appeal
Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, 46, pinned George Floyd to the ground with his knee on his neck for nine and a half minutes has launched an appeal against his conviction
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Everton fans to stage second sit-in protest after Arsenal game
The NSNOW group will hold another peaceful demonstration inside Goodison Park after Premier League game on February 4 with reminder that their frustrations are not being directed at Frank Lampard and his players
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Boy murdered Asda shopper who confronted him for messing around in toilets
Software engineer Ian Kirwan was found critically injured after being knifed in front of horrified shoppers at the Asda store in Redditch, Worcestershire, in March last year
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Man crashes huge truck into wife's house as she cries he's 'trying to kill' her
Patricia Dunn has said she is filing for a restraining order after her estranged husband crashed into her Los Angeles home, in the US, twice with a car and once with a huge truck
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Suspect who escaped prison van in just his pants caught after 2 days on the run
Semi-naked prisoner Kyle Eglington escaped from the van through the side door and fled on foot having just appeared at Poole Magistrates' Court for "an offence he had not committed"
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Teenager, 18, stabbed to death in front of horrified shoppers in 'brazen attack'
The unnamed young man was seen staggering into a cards shop after being stabbed with what onlookers described as a large knife or machete, before tragically dying at the scene
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Remains of woman, 22, found more than five years after she disappeared
Police working with the FBI say they have found the body of a 22-year-old woman more than five years after she mysteriously disappeared by identifying her remains through dental records
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Priest found 'burnt alive' in home after botched burglary attempt by gunman
Rev Isaac Achi was killed in the north of Nigeria after a gunman was unable to break into the compound where he was living and instead set fire to the building with the priest dying inside
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Devastated family's tribute to 'role model' son killed by banned driver
Louis Dube was a role model who would 'show love to anybody' - he was killed when riding as a passenger in a Vauxhall Insignia that crashed with another car in Manchester
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Police probe claims cars were racing before mum and daughter, 4, killed by Audi
Justyna Hulbojj, 27, and Lena Czepczor, 4, were killed when they were hit by a white Audi TTRS ourside a Jaguar dealership as they walked to school in Leeds
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Cops searching for missing four-year-old make grim discovery of child's body
The remains of a child have been recovered by officers searching for missing girl, Athena Brownfield, in rural Grady County outside of Rush Springs, Oklahoma
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Sarah Everard probe to ask how vile Carrick was allowed to remain cop so long
Home Secretary said that Carrick's case will be included in Sarah Everard murder inquiry - warning that more shocking cases involving police offers may come to light
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Bitcoin scam gang made so much money they gave out £5k gift cards in the street
The four-person criminal gang at the centre of the £22m conspiracy worked with ringleader James Parker, operating from his Blackpool home, and even bought cars for strangers they met in the pub
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'Too angry to watch Love Island as Andrew Tate-style chauvinist cancer grows'
With misogyny and gaslighting on the last series, Polly Hudson can't bear to tune in to the ITV show, and she blames much of the chauvinist cancer growing among today’s teenage boys on Andrew Tate