All news on the topic: Crime

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Parents confront naked man they claim was 'holding a child' in department store
Parents attacked the man at a JCPenney store after the alleged assault. An anonymous person recording a video clip explains the incident happened on the first floor of kids' department
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Man 'murdered university lecturer wife because he feared she was cheating',
Ertan Ersoy, 51, is accused of killing university lecturer Dr Antonella Castelvedere, who was found stabbed to death on the kitchen floor at their home in Colchester, Essex
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Police hunt after two teenagers injured in suspected stabbing near college
Hertfordshire Police said the two teenagers, aged 16 and 17, suffered "serious suspected stab wounds" following the incident near Oaklands College in St Albans
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Psychological reason self-checkouts at major stores are fitted with mirrors
The mirrors aren't just there to fix yourself up, but were actually have been introduced on self-checkout machines as an added measure to deter would-be shoplifters as thefts soar across the country
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Two British tourists arrested in Mallorca 'for raping man in hotel room'
Two British tourists were arrested in Mallorca on suspicion of rape and have since appeared in court - their alleged victim was also said to have been a Brit and they met through a dating app
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Gobsmacked dad returns home to find front lawn missing in spate of local thefts
Danny Baks, from Darwen, Lancashire, said that he felt something was wrong when he returned home and it was his daughter who pointed to the lawn having disappeared
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Thief steals couple's £2k camera - then writes them a letter calling it 'karma'
Greg Crawford was visiting the Outer Hebrides with his wife Julie when they left their camera unattended on a bench - and weeks the person who got it sent a letter
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Clever trick used at self-checkouts to make shoplifters feel guilty
Retailers are trying everything at self-service check-outs to deter potential shoplifters. Using simple psychological concepts they can make any would-be wrong'uns feel guilty
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BBC viewers saying the same thing as Steve Coogan channels Jimmy Savile
Paedophile Jimmy Savile's hideous crimes are being documented in a new BBC series, The Reckoning, which sees comedian Steve Coogan take on the role of the disgraced personality
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Man faces 75 years for sexually abusing and strangling eight-year-old girl
Connor Charles Allen has also been accused of a serious assault against a two-month-old baby which doctors say suffered multiple brain bleeds and trauma to veins in the brain, indicating a severe assault
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Brit prisoner's daring escape from Ibiza jail during trip to dentist
A hunt is underway for two masked men who attacked police as they tried to help a British prisoner escape in Ibiza while on a visit to a dentist and later torched their car
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Man shot dead by police after crashing car into lobby of Chinese Consulate
Chaos erupted at the consulate after the blue Honda sedan smashed through the front of the embassy in what the Consulate described as a "violent attack" as they called on the incident to be dealt with "seriously in accordance with the law"
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Murderer John Cannan should never be released, says detective who quizzed him
Former Scotland Yard sleuth Jim Dickie spoke after the parole board revealed the serial rapist was too dangerous to free
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London kosher restaurant has glass shattered while Met Police boosts patrol
The last few days have been marked by growing violence amid the long running conflict between Israel and Palestine and the Met Police have since increased patrols in the capital
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Keir Starmer vows to take on shoplifting menace to make our streets safe
The Labour leader will end the scandal that has seen criminals escape punishment if stolen goods are worth below £200 and increase punishments for those who assault shopworkers
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Jimmy Savile's abandoned Highland lair - left to rot after his sick crimes
Jimmy Savile's chilling crimes are examined in BBC One drama, The Reckoning, starring Steve Coogan - but the disgraced presenter's Highland home still lies empty
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Peter Sutcliffe's motive to kill sex workers shut down by undercover cop on case
Former undercover police sergeant Meg Winterburn shuts down the Yorkshire Ripper's claim he murdered prostitutes 'because little voices in his head were telling him to'
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'I was abused by Jimmy Savile - there was a second man in room'
The Reckoning starts tonight on BBC One and is a drama detailing the terrifying and twisted crimes of Jimmy Savile, with Steve Coogan taking on the lead role
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Jimmy Saville link to Yorkshire Ripper as police took cast of teeth over murders
Jimmy Savile turned out to be one of the most prolific sex offenders in UK history but escaped justice as his crimes were not properly uncovered until after his death
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'Keir Starmer needs to give us hope there will be real change on knife crime'
Darren Lewis knows only too well the heartbreak that comes with our knife epidemic, and he says we urgently need a better way forward and a national strategy so families don't live in fear
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Fed-up McDonald's worker 'fatally shoots woman in the chest' over argument
A homicide investigation is underway in North Carolina after a fed-up fast food employee pulled out a gun and fatally shot a customer in the chest for causing a disturbance
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Man who exposed Jimmy Savile working to bring down 'untouchable' sex offender
Disgraced entertainer Jimmy Savile's crimes went unknown until his death - but the man who exposed him, ex-police officer Mark Williams-Thomas, says there is another high profile sex offender
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'Hallucinating' killer hacked sister-in-law to death after trying to deport him
Svetlana Mihalachi, 53, told police officers she was 'scared' Virtosu would kill her and an Old Baily judge conceded that the victim was 'poorly served' by UK authorities
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90 year old grandad reported to police after clearing land behind his home
University professor Keith Ramsell paid contractors £1,300 to chop down the "wall of vegetation" in Bushey, Herts., after falling and injuring his arm
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Knifeman broke into house and threatened 5 kids before stealing XL Bully puppy
Anthony Brown, 24, threatened to stab everyone after breaking into a Derbyshire home and then stole the family's XL Bully puppy - he has been jailed for four years