All news on the topic: Crime

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Man charged with murder of a six-week-old baby boy in Lancashire
A man has been charged with the murder of a six-week-old baby.
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Kinahan cartel ’fueling’ gangland war in Scotland’s underworld
“Having his good pal over in Dubai puts him in a position where he can use that Kinahan connection as a lever.”
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Criminology student to be sentenced for murder of fitness trainer and attempted murder on Bournemouth beach
A 21-year-old criminology student is scheduled to be sentenced today for the murder of Amie Gray and the attempted murder of Leanne Miles on a beach in Bournemouth.
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UK to ban ninja swords amid knife crime ’crisis’
Possessing a ninja sword is to be banned in the UK and carry a penalty of up to six months in jail, the British government said on Thursday, in a bid to curb what it has called a "national" knife crime "crisis."
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Crime boss Craig Anthony ordered to repay £125,000 of £3m drug profits
Craig Anthony led an organized crime gang that transported kilograms of cocaine from Liverpool
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Bloodshed in Amsterdam: Knife attack near Dam Square leaves five wounded
Five individuals have been stabbed at a well-known tourist hotspot, Dam Square, in central Amsterdam.
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Grandparents arrested for suspected murder in death of French toddler Émile Soleil
A long investigation into the mysterious death in 2023 of a French toddler took a surprise turn on Tuesday when police arrested the boy’s grandparents on suspicion of murder.
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Former Argos employee admits to breaking into warehouse and stabbing five colleagues during rampage
Babah Sesay, 31, admitted 10 charges related to the incident, including wounding with intent and actual bodily harm after the horror attack which saw five men taken to hospital
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Stabbing attack in Birmingham: four people injured, one suspect arrested
A knifeman randomly attacked at least four passersby during a terrifying early-morning rampage in Birmingham, police say.
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London installs its first permanent facial recognition cameras despite human rights activists’ protests
Police are setting up London’s first permanent facial recognition cameras, despite privacy fears.
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Manchester killer hid body parts in a bag in front of passersby
Nobody batted an eyelid as he walked down a busy street on a Tuesday afternoon. Stopping every so often or changing hands, it looked as if the man was carrying a heavy bag of shopping home after a trip to the supermarket.
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Couple from Birmingham sentenced to 25 years in prison for torturing and humiliating a woman
A woman tortured and made to drink urine by a cruel couple branded them ’monsters’ who ’destroyed my life overnight’.
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Paedophile who abused a 13-year-old schoolgirl told police ‘she desired it as much as I did’
A convicted paedophile who groomed a 13-year-old girl for sex has been jailed for eight years.
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Woman strangled her newborn and hid the crime for 25 years — police solved the mystery using DNA
A woman who suffocated her newborn baby left the body in the woods and kept the killing a secret from her husband for 25 years until the police arrived, a court has been told.
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In the UK, a man killed his neighbor with a hammer and dismembered his body, scattering the remains in the woods
A jury was informed that the pensioner’s body was dismembered into 27 pieces using a hacksaw, and the parts were disposed of in various locations.
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Man killed and another injured in shooting in Tottenham
A man in his 20s has died and another man was shot in the leg in a double attack in Tottenham last night.
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How fraudulent call centers bypass bank checks using shell companies
Leaked documents reveal how scam call centers drew on a secret industry of service providers that used shell companies, proxy account holders, and sham paperwork to receive funds from their victims through accounts at major commercial banks, or turn it into cryptocurrency.
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19-year-old who murdered family to carry out school massacre sentenced to 49 years in prison
Nicholas Prosper, 19, shot his family as part of an unsuccessful plan to kill 30 children at his former primary school.
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70-year-old woman arrested on suspicion of murder after elderly man found dead in Prestwich
A woman, aged 70, has been arrested on suspicion of murder after an elderly man was discovered dead in his home.
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Cigarette smuggling into the UK: £100 million in economic losses and the role of Mr. Ara Davoyan
Law enforcement agencies continue an intensified investigation into one of the largest criminal networks engaged in the illegal production and supply of cigarettes to the United Kingdom and European Union countries.
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£4.8m gold toilet theft: Two men found guilty in Blenheim Palace heist
Michael Jones found guilty of planning Blenheim Palace burglary and Frederick Doe of conspiracy to transfer criminal property
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Brutal murder in Plymouth: Man pleads guilty to killing lecturer
A man has admitted murdering a university lecturer who was found seriously injured on the street.
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Nine jailed after £225,000 drug raid and machete attack in Birmingham
Nine men were later jailed after police found heroin and crack cocaine worth more than £225,000
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In Mexico, a cartel tortured and burned victims on a ranch
The local police had already raided this ranch in September last year, but at that time, they either failed to find or did not report any evidence of mass violence.
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Man critically injured in London stabbing, four arrested in connection with attempted murder
A Saturday night descended into chaos on a London party street when a man was critically injured in a stabbing.