Crime

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'Lovely' dad murdered by raiders at home as he tried to protect wife and 3 kids
West Yorkshire Police found the 33-year-old in critical condition after attackers broke into the dad-of-three’s home in Huddersfield and threated his family on Saturday night
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Vatican to investigate unsolved mystery of teen who went missing 4 decades ago
Emanuela Orlandi, 15, was last seen going to a music lesson in central Rome before she disappeared in what has become one of Italy's most high-profile mysteries of all time
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Mum, 16, and baby boy among six people shot dead during 'horrific massacre'
Teen mum Alissa Parraz and her son, Nycholas Nolan Parraz, from California, US, were shot dead along with her uncle her dad's cousin, her grandmother and great-grandmother
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Brother of boy, 12, dissolved in acid by Mafia boss speaks out after his capture
Nicola Di Matteo's brother Giuseppe, 12, was kidnapped and killed in 1993 under the orders of Matteo Messina Denaro in an attempt to blackmail his father into not giving evidence against the mafia
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Nine men lashed up to 39 times each in public in brutal Taliban punishments
Each man was brutally lashed between 35 and 39 times in front of Taliban officials, religious clerics, elders, and local people, but the reason for their beating is still unknown
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Search for missing four-year-old girl now a 'recovery operation' as fears grow
Agents are now looking for the remains of four-year-old Athena Brownfield who went missing last week after a man was charged with murder in relation to her disappearance
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Nursery where baby died tells parents they may not get refunds despite closure
Fairytales Day Nursery in Dudley, West Midlands, was closed down after a one-year-old boy died on December 9 last year. Police are treating the death as suspicious
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'Appalled' family of Plymouth mass shooter share torment as they break silence
Jake Davison shot dead five people including his own mother in Keyham, Plymouth in August 2021, then turned the pump-action shotgun on himself before armed police reached him
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'Talented' boy, 11, shot dead as girl, 14, is accused of firing gun during fight
A local community in Dallas is devastated after D'evan McFall died when he was hit by stray bullets with a 14-year-old girl shot a gun aimed at another girl that was fighting
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Murderer who drugged and drowned two men chokes to death ahead of her execution
Miyuki Ueta is the second ever woman in Japan to face the death penalty after she was found to have drugged the men with sleeping pills to get out of debts she owed to them
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Mum and son ran brothel from home paying sex workers in 'how many condoms used'
Mum Amparo Latin Barillas, 52, and her son Glin Yan Zuniga Latin, 28, were arrested at their South Florida, US, flat after cops received a complaint 15-year-old girls were being offered for sex
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One of UK's worst rapists dismissed from police after admitting abuse campaign
Met Police officer David Carrick is awaiting sentencing at the Old Bailey after admitting 43 charges, including 20 counts of rape, making him one of Britain's worst rapists
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Drunk easyJet passenger jailed after grabbing stewardess by neck on flight
EasyJet passenger Colin Smith put his hands around a flight attendant's throat after she warned to him to be careful after he got out of his seat while the plane came into land
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Rapist Met cop bragged he was ‘untouchable’ and used gun during sex, says ex
A former partner of sadistic rapist Met Police cop David Carrick, 48, said he used his handcuffs and guns during sex and his fetish was having power over women
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Paedo mum who groomed boy, 15, into sexual relations and took photos spared jail
Nicole Lines gave a 15-year-old boy alcohol and cannabis before becoming intimate with him but has avoided a prison sentence after admitting to sexual activity with a child
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Teenage mum and her six-month-old baby among six dead in gang killing
Two gunmen fled from the scene in Goshen, California, where two victims were found dead in the street, while an elderly woman was killed as she slept in the gang-related murder
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Family heartbroken after man with 'love for machinery' dies in farm accident
Macauley Owen, 26, Carreglfen, Anglesey, died after suffering serious injuries while working on a farm and now his family have paid tribute to him with his dad describing his "love for machinery"
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Lawyer killed in Mexico on first wedding anniversary with wife, family says
Grieving friends and relatives of a lawyer who died while celebrating his first anniversary with his wife on holiday in Mexico claim he was 'killed' despite local reports that he fell from his room
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Huge search launched for missing boy, 12, as police and coastguards scour area
A massive search operation is under way to find 12-year-old Richard Phorrington, from Shoreham, who was last seen leaving his house at 7.30pm on Monday evening, said Sussex Police
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'Several shot' in mass shooting at Martin Luther King Day celebration in Florida
At least eight people have been shot with one left in a critical condition after a mass shooting at a Martin Luther King Day celebration in Fort Pierce, Florida
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'Those paid to uphold law must find foolproof system to not recruite villains'
Carrick joins Wayne Couzens, the Met officer who kidnapped, raped and then murdered Sarah Everard as she walked home in London, as one of the worst criminals in the history of the force
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Attack victim ‘agitated and struggling to control’ dogs days before she's killed
A dog walker who was mauled to death in a brutal dog attack appeared "agitated" and "distressed" when spotted by fellow dog walkers just days before she was killed
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Over 1000 Met Police staff accused of sex offences or domestic abuse in 10 years
The cases are being urgently reviewed after it emerged serial rapist David Carrick was allowed to remain in the force despite being accused of rape, assault, harassment, domestic abuse and burglary
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'Guilty Lee Ryan proves there is no defence for crossing the line with language'
The Blue singer, found guilty of racially ­aggravated assault on a flight to London, is young enough to know better, says Darren Lewis. And many more people like him need to wake up to the fact the world has changed
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Woman, 21, admits stabbing own mum more than 30 times - but denies it was murder
Hanna Bennis, 21, has admitted to stabbing her mum Aziza, 58, to death in her London home August last year, after pleading guilty to a lesser charge of manslaughter by reason of diminished responsibility