All news on the topic: Crime

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Killer from Costa del Sol fled across three countries in 15 hours — arrested in the UK
Eddie Lyons Jnr and Ross Monaghan were killed by a hooded gunman outside an Irish pub in Fuengirola on May 31.
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Woman stabbed to death after gas explosion in London home; man arrested on suspicion of murder
A murder investigation has been initiated after police discovered a woman stabbed to death in her home following reports of a gas explosion.
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Verdict reached in Madrid for racist attack on Vinícius: defendants avoid jail sentences
Four people have been handed suspended jail sentences by a Madrid court after being found guilty of a hate crime related to an effigy of the Real Madrid forward Vinícius Júnior.
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British soldier who killed woman with a meat grinder and dismembered her may be released after 18 years in prison
A soldier who brutally killed a young mother with a meat cleaver could soon be released from prison.
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Horrific death of infant: Blackpool teacher and his partner charged with rape and murder of adopted son
Jamie Varley and co-accused John McGowan-Fazakerley were in process of adopting 13-month-old Preston Davey
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US state representative and spouse shot and killed in ’politically motivated’ attack
A manhunt is underway after a Minnesota lawmaker was killed and another injured in "targeted shootings" in the US.
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The number of serious crimes committed by children under 10 in Britain has risen by 30% over the past five years
9,544 offences were recorded last year by children aged nine or younger, but police could not take action - crimes included rapes, arson, making death threats and drug and racially motivated offences
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A suspect in the shooting of gangsters Monaghan and Lyons on the Costa del Sol has been arrested in Liverpool
A suspect was taken into custody in Liverpool by Merseyside Police under an international arrest warrant issued by the Spanish authorities. Police have yet to make a formal statement
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Seven Asian men have been convicted of the sexual exploitation of two white teenage schoolgirls in Rochdale
The defendants preyed on the vulnerabilities of the victims to groom them as "sex slaves" from the age of 13 on various dates in the Greater Manchester town between 2001 and 2006.
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Killed at age 4: police in Berkshire investigate brutal child murder
A murder investigation has been launched after a four-year-old boy was found dead at a home last night.
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He planned a bomb but brought death with a shotgun: what is known about the attacker from the Graz school
The shooter responsible for one of Austria’s most deadly school shootings has been publicly photographed for the first time.
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Gubarev’s landing: how a Kremlin ex-hacker is capturing Cyprus with the FSB-linked IT staff
On January 16, the Russian Forbes, owned by the Kremlin oligarch Magomed Musayev, whose biography and activities are closely intertwined with the KGB and FSB (which are essentially the same thing), published an article by Ilya Zhegulev...
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Photo released of teacher fatally stabbed by student in French school
A French teaching assistant who was stabbed to death by a 14-year-old student during a routine school bag check has been pictured for the first time.
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‘Admiral 2.0’: Latvian ringleader to face trial over €297 million fake VAT fraud scheme
The suspected leader of a vast cross-border VAT fraud and money laundering ring faces trial in Latvia this month. The €297 million scheme targeted multiple EU countries and involved hundreds of companies.
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‘Oh my God’: court shows video of London attacker unpacking sword before bloody rampage
A court has been shown chilling footage of a man accused of a fatal sword attack which left a 14-year-old dead filming himself unboxing the deadly weapon used in the attack.
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School shooting in Austria: at least ten dead, including students
Ten people, including seven students, have died and up to 30 are injured following the morning shooting at a school in Dreierschützengasse, Graz, in southeastern Austria.
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Police find gold suitcase crucial to Portsmouth murder investigation
Two more arrests have been made in connection with the murder of a woman in Portsmouth.
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“Stolen — returned by themselves”: London couple tracked down their own Jaguar as police were “too busy”
A couple whose Jaguar car was stolen from outside their home had to steal back their own vehicle because the police were ’too stretched’ to investigate.
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Unnoticed evil: how a British teenage girl became a neo-Nazi under the nose of intelligence services
In the autumn of 2020, Rhianan Rudd gouged a swastika into her forehead in a declaration of her love for Adolf Hitler.
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"I saw blood gushing from his neck — he was smiling": details of machete attack in London that took the life of a 14-year-old schoolboy
An alleged sword attacker smiled after slashing a pedestrian in the neck during a "brutal string of attacks" that left a 14-year-old boy dead, the Old Bailey has heard.
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“I don’t want to die”: 14-year-old boy stabbed in Manchester — teenagers now suspects
A murder investigation has been launched after a teenage boy was stabbed to death in Manchester.
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Teen killed in broad daylight in Manchester — police arrest three
A murder investigation has been launched after a teenage boy died in Manchester.
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New scandal in Kenya: British soldier arrested on suspicion of rape
A British soldier based at the army barracks in Kenya has been arrested following accusations of rape.
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Bananas, bitcoins and the Albanian mafia: Ecuadorian court exposes global drug scheme based in Dubai
Ecuadorian court documents acquired by OCCRP detail the internal operations of a drug and money laundering scheme that authorities claim is operated by Dritan Gjika.
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Cultist parents buried son’s body in garden: three years later, truth about Abijah’s death shocks the nation
A three-year-old boy secretly buried in his family’s garden had become ‘invisible and lost’ to child services, a review has found.