Crime

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'Psychopath' escort killer's evil text messages to old friend admitting murders
A horrifying text message sent by "psychopath with a conscience" escort killer Mark Brown to a friend revealed that he was "disposing of something"
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Homeless man killed after eight teenage girls get in fight over bottle of booze
Ken Lee had been looking for accommodation in Toronto, Canada and was allegedly beaten and stabbed by the girls who are aged between 13 and 16 who attacked him as he defended a friend
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Cop accused of raping date 'not prepared to take no as an answer', court hears
A court heard PC David Longden-Thurgood 'was not prepared to take no for an answer' when they met up, although the woman repeatedly told him they were not going to have sex
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Man accused of butchering and burning wife's body to be released from custody
WARNING UPSETTING CONTENT: Raul Diaz is accused of killing Romina Celeste Nunez on New Year's Day 2019. But after four years in preventive custody without trial, he must be released by Monday
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Boy, 16 stabbed to death in row with teen was 'big character and natural leader'
Tragic Harley Barfield has been named and pictured after he died this week in what Suffolk Police called an 'altercation between two teenage boys'
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Timeline of horror as psycho builder murdered escorts and hid it for two years
Depraved builder Mark Brown was today sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 49 for the murder of Leah Ware and Alexandra Morgan. Here is a timeline of Brown's relationship and the murders of his two victims
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Playboy model jailed for murder of elderly doctor after body found in car boot
Kelsey Turner, 29, was sentenced for the 2019 murder of California psychiatrist Thomas Burchard after she reportedly directed her boyfriend Jon Kennison to "knock him out"
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British dad 'who touched hearts' shot dead during trip abroad for son's wedding
Sajid Sharif was out of the country at a family wedding for one of his four children when he was shot dead
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Hunt for wanted man who jumped in freezing river to escape police and vanished
Lancashire Police are urging anyone with information regarding wanted man Daniel Godkin to come forward, after he disappeared while jumping into the Ribble River in Preston
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Kevin Spacey denies seven sex offences as he appears in court via video link
Us actor Kevin Spacey, 63, is accused of three counts of indecent assault, three counts of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent between 2001 and 2005
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Biker trio who killed 'Hells Angels' grandad who 'wore wrong colours' jailed
Chad Brading, Benjamin Parry and Thomas Pawley have all been sentenced after being found guilty of the manslaughter of 59-year-old grandfather David Crawford on the A38 in 2021
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Girl, 4, reported missing as sister, 5, found by postman and caretaker arrested
Athena Brownfield, 4, from Oklahoma, US, was reported missing on Tuesday afternoon when a postal worker found her 5-year-old sister and quickly contacted police
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Dog walker, 28, savagely killed was repeatedly bitten before eight dogs seized
Armed police and the National Police Air Service swooped into a park in Surrey yesterday afternoon following reports of a dog attacking people - one woman who is believed to have been walking a 'number of dogs' tragically died at the scene
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Girl, 3, found dead in washing machine at her family's apartment
Authorities in Paris, France, are investigating the death of a three-year-old girl who was found in the washing machine of her family's apartment, prosecutors said
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Wetherspoons workers attacked after asking sex offender to leave
Dean Newland has been jailed for assaulting and becoming 'aggressive' with Wetherspoon staff in a bar in Liverpool city centre, and failing to comply with sex offenders register requirements
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Killer brought to justice after 50 years snared by evidence police gave him back
Dennis McGrory, 75, has been jailed at Huntingdon Crown Court for life with a minimum term of 25 years after being convicted of the rape and murder of teenager Jacqui Montgomery nearly 50 years ago
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Newlywed wife found decapitated in gruesome murder scene as husband confesses
Jared Dicus, 21, confessed to the murder of his wife, Anggy Diaz, 21, who was found decapitated in the home where they lived in, four months after their wedding
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Man City release statement as Benjamin Mendy faces retrial over two rape claims
Benjamin Mendy faces a retrial on one count of rape and another of attempted rape after the Man City defender was found not guilty of five rape charges, one count of attempted rape and an accusation of sexual assault
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Psychopath who killed two escorts and incinerated bodies jailed for 49 years
Perverted double murderer Mark Brown killed Leah Ware and Alexandra Morgan in 2021 and torched their bodies in an oil drum at a farm near Hastings, Sussex, as the family speak of their trauma
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Man to die in jail after rape of teen in England's oldest double jeopardy case
A killer and rapist has finally been given justice for the brutal murder of 15-year-old girl Jacqui Montgomery in 1975. Dennis McGrory, 75, was sentenced to 25 years to life after England and Wales' longest-running double jeopardy case
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Mendy found not guilty on seven counts but faces retrial over two rape claims
France and Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy was found not guilty of seven charges but faces a retrial later this year around two remaining counts
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Third man charged over Boxing Day murder of footballer Cody Fisher at nightclub
Reegan Anderson, 18, has become the third man to be charged with the murder of footballer Cody Fisher, who died at a Birmingham nightclub on Boxing Day and police are continuing to appeal to the public for information
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Police seize eight dogs after young woman, 28, dies in savage attack
Armed police and the National Police Air Service (NPAS) swooped into a park at Gravelly Hill, Caterham, Surrey yesterday afternoon following reports of a dog attacking people
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Putin ally claims World War 3 has already started - calls for nuclear strikes
TV propagandist Vladimir Solovyov told Russians that Moscow should target the West to disrupt NATO countries from sending supplies to Ukraine - it comes as Western countries continue to send aid
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Man threw egg at King during walkabout as 'visiting poor area was in bad taste'
The charge was handed to the 21-year-old Harry May after he threw an egg at King Charles III while his Majesty was carrying out an engagement in Luton