Crime

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US to exchange Marc Fogel for Russian cybercrime kingpin Alexander Vinnik, says official
The United States is preparing to return cybercrime kingpin Alexander Vinnik to Russian custody as part of an exchange for American Marc Fogel, a U.S. official said Wednesday.
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Daytime stabbing leads to the closure of tube station
A man has been taken to hospital after a stabbing at Goldhawk Road Underground station.
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Mum who dragged rival parent to ground and repeatedly kicked her outside school, shouting threats, avoids jail
A mum who dragged a rival parent to the ground and repeatedly kicked her in the face outside a primary school has avoided jail.
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MI5 admits to deceiving courts to protect violent neo-Nazi informant
MI5 misled three courts while defending its management of a misogynistic neo-Nazi state agent who assaulted his girlfriend with a machete, the BBC can reveal.
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Woman assaulted by two men in forest
A search is ongoing after a woman was sexually assaulted by two men in a wooded area yesterday morning.
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Man apprehended after 36-hour standoff with police in Sheffield
A man has been arrested on suspicion of committing firearms offences following a standoff with armed police officers in Sheffield.
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Shopkeeper shows remarkable kindness to man attempting to rob his store for £100
A hero shopkeeper’s quick thinking managed to help stop a thief armed with a 12 inch knife from robbing his store.
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Teacher sexually assaulted boy and ordered him to bring gun to school to shoot colleague
Imagine Kay Ewer exploited the 16-year-old boy, who has special educational needs, and manipulated the youngster into thinking he was "the one," a court was told.
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Major update in Sheffield standoff as armed man engages in tense showdown
Chaos broke out in Castlegate, Sheffield, where residents were evacuated from their homes due to South Yorkshire Police’s concerns a man in a property had weapons.
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’Serial killer’ doctor accused of murdering 10 patients during home visits
A doctor in Berlin who was first arrested in August on suspicion of killing four elderly patients is now suspected of killing a total of 10 patients.
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Body of beloved 75-year-old woman found in house months after her death
Neighbours have paid tribute to a ‘wonderful’ pensioner whose body was discovered at her north London home months after she died.
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Man launches racist tirade against passengers, then ’jokes’ about hitting his partner
A woman was ‘racially abused’ on a train from London to Manchester by a ‘drunk’ man raving about how England conquered the world.
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Porch pirate moves house after being shamed for stealing 16 parcels from neighbors
A man has claimed he’s been shamed into moving out of a block of flats – after he was caught stealing more than a dozen parcels from his neighbours.
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Twin sisters missing for three weeks found dead in river
Two bodies pulled from the River Dee in Aberdeen have been confirmed as missing twin sisters Henrietta and Eliza Huszti, police have confirmed.
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Man suffers brain bleeding after being attacked for wearing rainbow Apple Watch strap
A man was left with a brain bleed after a ‘cowardly stranger’ beat him up in Wales – and all for wearing a rainbow watch strap.
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TV executive accused of sadistically beating young female presenter
The TV executive was granted anonymity by a High Court judge.
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12-year-old boy arrested for carrying long knife around school
A 12-year-old has been arrested after video appeared to show a boy carrying a large knife in a school playground.
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Rep. Nancy Mace accuses ex-fiancé, associates of assaulting her, raping others in House speech
Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina on Monday used a nearly hour-long speech on the U.S. House floor to accuse her ex-fiancé of physically abusing her, recording sex acts with her and others without their consent...
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Sister of missing man in Tenerife provides CCTV update
The family of a British man who went missing while on holiday in Tenerife have issued an update on his last known whereabouts.
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Sheffield police evacuate residents due to armed man
South Yorkshire Police said people in the apartment block in Castlegate, Sheffield, were evacuated while officers conduct an investigation about a man possessing weapons.
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Two men arrested after asking police with drug-sniffing dogs for directions
Two men had their luck turn for the worse when they stopped to ask cops for directions – unaware they had drug-sniffing dogs.
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Female teacher arrested for stabbing eight-year-old pupil to death
A female teacher has been arrested after stabbing an eight-year-old student to death at a primary school in South Korea, according to reports.
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Son-in-law of notorious cartel leader pleads guilty in the U.S. to violent price-fixing scheme at the border
The son-in-law of a Mexican drug lord pleaded guilty this week to a scheme that used violence and threats to fix prices and control the transnational used-car market at the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Female soldier, 19, took her own life after fearing her ’psychotic and possessive’ boss had hacked her phone
A teenage soldier took her own life after she feared her ’psychotic and possessive’ boss had hacked her phone, an inquest has heard.
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Paedophile ex-Radio 1 DJ who was friends with Jimmy Savile is dead after ’falling off his yacht into river’
A paedophile ex-Radio 1 DJ who was known to be friends with Jimmy Savile has died at the age of 79 after falling from a boat into a river.