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Donna Maxwell, from Ayrshire, claimed that she was attacked outside a hospital by a stranger but a court heard that she actually stabbed herself in a compensation plan

A woman has been charged with theft by deception after she allegedly lied about her young daughter's cancer diagnosis for years, while collecting cash from kindhearted members of the public

The unnamed BA pilot was subjected to hours of torture after being kidnapped on a shopping trip during a stopover between flights in Johannesburg, South Africa

Los Choneros gang leader Adolfo Macías, alias Fito, was sprung from his cell on Sunday. Two days later, rival drug lord Fabricio Colón Pico, of the Los Lobos group, escaped from a different jail in Ecuador

Jack Frankland has been jailed after stealing Rolex Sea-Dweller Deepsea watch valued at £10,750 from an elderly victim during a meeting arranged on Facebook Marketplace

Ivan Bonaparte, 33, carried out the horrific boiling oil attack in the hope of going to prison, after he faced eviction because he spent all his rent money on drugs

Amanda Knox was imprisoned after being found guilty for the murder of of British student Meredith Kercher in 2009, with a prison sentence of 26 years before it was later overturned

Birmingham criminal Olsian Vogli and Londoner Orest Malushi have been jailed for almost eight years after stashing £100,000 drug money inside a Lidl carrier bag

Kevin Conway was shot dead in west Belfast last night, almost a year to the day since the 'execution' style killing of Shane Whitla, which the 26-year-old was accused of committing

Dean Nicholas hurled the handheld shears at Paul Benton before the pair were seen swearing outside their homes, in a no-longer-quiet cul-de-sac in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire

The Safer Pod S1s security device is in a "handful" of Morrisons stores and features the supermarket's logo on the side alongside the statement: "We're keeping an eye on things to keep your store more safe"

You could end up in prison for seven years or have to pay an unlimited fine if you 'have a little nibble' around supermarkets. Hundreds say they 'do it all the time' but others brand it 'disrespectful'

Amy Louise Harper, 31, died from a head injury following an 'unexplained' fall at home in Huddersfield, as an inquest heard her abusive partner waited 33 hours before calling an ambulance

Nottinghamshire Police had to deploy a stinger to stop the 14-year-old motorist, who is alleged to have stolen the blue Hyundai i20 and driven it under the influence of cannabis

Traumatised Janet Skinner was wrongly accused of stealing nearly £60,000 from her Post Office in Hull, Yorkshire, and was sent to prison for nine months in 2007 aged 35

Rival drug lord Fabricio Colon Pico, alias The Savage, has now escaped prison in Ecuador following Fito with President Daniel Noboa saying there is a "terrorist threat" against the country which is in chaos

Bargain Hunt star Charles Hanson has appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates' Court after being charged with assault and coercive behaviour – where he pleaded not guilty

Since Los Choneros gang leader Adolfo Macías, alias Fito, was discovered missing from his cell in a low-security prison in Ecuador more attacks have burst out across the country

Jack Winter left the elderly woman with "extensive bruising" after the attack at Brooklands Care Home in Old Swan, Liverpool, where he had only been working for two weeks

Welcome to the metaverse - a network of 3D virtual worlds where people of all ages interact as digital avatars - but what starts out as a bit of fun can quickly turn dark, with charities issuing chilling warnings

Jonathon Wood, 50, told a judge "thanks for ruining my life" after he was jailed for a vicious attack where he beat his victim using a suspected pool ball inside a sock in Chesterfield town centre

Giuffre infamously claims to have been used as a 'sex slave' and 'pimped out' to high-profile men including a 'prince' who she says Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell introduced her to in 2001 at a party

Marion Holmes says her husband Peter was “destroyed” when he had to plead guilty to false accounting in order for the police to drop the theft charge in a plea bargain

Armed gunmen stormed the set of an Ecuadorian TV station on Tuesday, holding journalists hostage as they desperately pleaded for help from terrified viewers watching it unfold on their TVs at home

As a special episode of 24 Hours in Police Custody tells the story of a baby shower row that led to a brutal double murder, we take a look at the killers behind the 'senseless' crime