Crime

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Fellow Met Police officer friend called rapist David Carrick a 'panty sniffer'
David Carrick was referred to as a 'sex offender' and 'pervert' in disturbing comments from his Facebook friends and was called a 'pantry sniffer' by a fellow Met Police officer
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Mum of Met Police serial rapist reported him as a teen after serious allegation
David Carrick's mother has told a newspaper how she raised a concern about a 'serious allegation' against him when he was a teenager - the officer has now pleaded guilty to 49 offences
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Moment armed police surround suspected gunman after drive-by shooting at funeral
Armed officers stormed a residential street and arrested a 22-year-old man after a drive-by shooting at a funeral in Euston saw four women and two children injured
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Wanted man 'found in wheelie bin after jumping in freezing river to avoid cops'
Suspected child sex offender Daniel Godkin, 32, was pictured leaving court handcuffed to guards after eventually being detained following an alleged search of the River Ribble last week
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James Bulger's mum 'was suffocated by hatred but now can think of him as person'
Despite not returning to The Strand mall in Bootle for almost 30 years, Denise believes she can now remember him again without his memory being suffocated by her hatred for his twisted killers
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Urgent police appeal in hunt for man after teen girl sexually assaulted in BMW
Wolverhampton police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man they are searching for after a teenage girl was sexually assaulted in a BMW car
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MP names teacher accused of abusing boys in 70s amid Nicky Campbell fight
Broadcaster Nicky Campbell has previously opened up about the predatory former teacher, known as 'Edgar' in the UK for legal reasons, who has previously admitted to abusing boys at schools in Edinburgh during the 1960s and 70s
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Dad arrested after tddler waves loaded gun around in terrifying footage
Police were called to a home in Beech Grove, Indiana, US, after concerned neighbours spotted a toddler in a nappy running around the home with a loaded gun
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Man accused of stabbing four students to death in their beds had ‘incel complex’
Pete Yachmetz, an ex-FBI investigator, believes University of Idaho suspect Bryan Kohberger allegedly stabbed to death four students due to his "incel complex"
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Dad finally freed 25 years after being wrongfully jailed for his wife's murder
Thomas Rhodes, 63, from Minnesota, US, was convicted in 1998 of first- and second-degree murder of his wife Jane Rhodes after she fell overboard and drowned on Green Lake in Spice in 1996
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Teen's new £200k McLaren supercar seized after speeding two days after purchase
An 18-year-old motorist had his luxury £200,000 McLaren seized by Warwickshire Police, as people have slammed the teen for driving such a "powerful car" saying it "could've ended in a fatality"
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Man charged with murdering Elle Edwards in pub shooting set to face trial
Connor William Chapman is facing nine charges relating to the incident on Christmas Eve at the Lighthouse Inn pub in Wallasey, Merseyside
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Mum and child killed after Audi smashes into Jaguar dealership as they walked by
The mother and child were tragically pronounced dead shortly after an Audi crashed into a Jaguar dealership with the driver taken to hospital under arrest
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Football club staff 'shaken' after finding dead man's body in stadium mystery
Stunned cleaners and coaches at The Venue, club stadium for the New Saints, called police and paramedics after the grim discovery but the man was pronounced dead at the scene
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Murder-accused refugee sobs as he recalls parents being murdered by the Taliban
Lawangeen Abdulrahimzai, charged with the murder of Thomas Roberts, told a court in Salisbury today that his mother and father were killed after the Taliban planted bombs at his family home
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Man hacked at with machete by gang left with 'worst injuries doctors have seen'
Medics were yesterday battling to save one of the 28-year-old’s terribly wounded hands after police say he was “targeted” by thugs
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Woman sent threatening messages by boyfriend's best friend in twisted campaign
Robert Leary, 27, downloaded private images of the woman in a state of undress and used the dark web to repeatedly access her private account even after she changed her password
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Friends of missing mum-of-3 says there's 'one in a million chance' she's alive
Husband Brian Walshe, 46, has been charged with allegedly misleading police after Ana Walshe, from Massachusetts, US, was reported missing by her boss on January 4
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Rishi Sunak told it would be an 'outrage' to block Scotland's gender reforms
The Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said that if the UK Government uses Section 35 of the Scotland Act to block the landmark reforms it would be showing 'complete contempt' for Holyrood
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Cop guilty of 24 counts of rape called victim 'disgusting' after hotel attack
WARNING: DISTURBING DETAILS David Carrick had been reported to police on nine separate occasions over 21 years but was cleared each time to continue working as a gun carrying officer
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Horror footage of funeral drive-by shooting shows scenes of panic amid gunfire
GRAPHIC FOOTAGE WARNING CCTV from a nearby alleyway shows a car driving past as a loud gunshot rings out, followed by panicked screams as more than a dozen people flee in the opposite direction in Euston, central London
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Man fights for life after being hit by two different cars that both fled scene
Police are investigating after a man was hit by two separate cars that fled the scene. The man, in his late 20s, was left fighting for his life after the incident on a busy London road
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Parking wars as neighbours accuse visitors of leaving them nowhere to park
Greater Manchester Police are monitoring a nightmare parking situation on a street in Leigh with "inconsiderate" drivers slammed for blocking driveways near the town's sports village
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Wanted Mafia boss accused of dozens of murders arrested after 30 years on run
The Sicilian Cosa Nostra Mafia's don Matteo Messina Denaro was arrested today in Palermo, Sicily, while being prepared to "undergo treatment", according to the Ros Carabinieri
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Girl, 7, shot at funeral of woman married to Colombian cartel money launderer
Carlos Arturo Sanchez-Coronado, who passed away last year, was once jailed in the UK for his role in helping to launder money for a London drugs gang linked to the Colombian Cali cartel