All news on the topic: Crime

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English Channel smugglers refused to give life jackets to 6 migrants who drowned
Rather than providing them life-saving jackets, the people-smuggling gang loaded six Afghan into several inflatable dinghies and sent them across the Channel from northern France in the early hours of Saturday morning
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Haunting last text of alleged Ted Bundy copycat's victim amid new probe
Bryant "Eduardo" Rivera, likened to Ted Bundy, faces investigation into a fourth woman's death with chilling similarities to his three prior alleged murders
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Doctor charged with masturbating in front of teen on a flight while others slept
Authorities arrested a man they say allegedly 'exposed himself' and 'masturbated' in front of a 14-year-old child on a flight
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Defrocked priest 'flees to Italy with 18-year-old teen he's accused of grooming'
An Alabama priest is being hunted by police after he fled the country with an 18-year-old woman who was once his student - after investigations turned up shocking letters between the two
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Star Hobson's family 'will welcome mum who let tot die at the hands of partner'
Toddler Star Hobson was murdered by Savannah Brockhill in 2020 at her home in Keighley, West Yorkshire, now a relative of the youngster's mother jailed for allowing her death says he looks forward to seeing her home
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Police arrest Black boy, 12, at gunpoint as he puts out bins - then apologise
Police in Lansing, Michigan, said they arrested a 12-year-old boy in a "wrong place, wrong time" incident that sparked outrage when footage of the incident circulated on TikTok
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'Free Reggie' starts trending calling for chair-wielding brawl man to be freed
People on social media have demanded Reggie Ray, who was seen wielding a chair and using it as a weapon, in a mass brawl in Montgomery, Alabama, be freed
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Woman has criminal record 24 years after being raped and forced into crime at 14
Sammy Woodhouse believes she is still being punished for what her abuser did to her as a conviction from a brawl she had aged 15 is still on her record
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Boat co-captain 'just doing his job' after being ganged up on in mass brawl
Damieon Pickett, the co-captain of a riverboat in Montgomery, Alabama, has said in a written police statement that he was hanging on 'for dear life' when he was attacked during a brawl
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Family's emotional update as son with half a skull spurs on after street attack
The family of Jamie Kelly, 41, have launched a campaign against violence after their son was left with 'half his head missing' when he was attacked by Daniel George Johnson on the street
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Soldier charged over 'slashing pal's throat' in Magaluf during night out
Lance Corporal Sarah Garrity was left in intensive care at a Magaluf hospital after Sydney Cole allegedly slashed her with a broken glass, causing her to lose pints of blood and leaving her with a gaping wound which required 14 stitches
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Woman rings 999 while being raped and attacker is arrested within minutes
Fernando Camutari, 41, has been jailed after his quick-thinking victim managed to call the emergency services whilst she was being sexually assaulted inside his home in Sheffield
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Woman 'who lured Brit to his death' was dragged into life of crime aged 17
Murat Arpapay, 57, had recently moved to the Turkish capital, Istanbul, after meeting locals online and deciding to start a new life there - but within months he was strapped to a chair and injected with a concoction of lethal drugs that killed him
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Woman's severed head and body found in suitcase as suspect charged with murder
Arizo Nour has been charged with murder after the remains of a 57-year-old woman were discovered in a canal in west London. She appeared at the Old Bailey via prison video link
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'Folding chair man' charged over Alabama riverfront brawl
A 42-year-old man has become the fifth person to be charged in connection to the brawl on a Montgomery riverfront - he was seen wielding a white chair during the viral altercation
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Moment cabin crew sex ring is busted after 'bedding clients for £2,000-a-night'
Vietnam authorities raided a room at a luxury hotel in Ho Chi Minh City arresting several people on suspicion of prostitution offences over an alleged ring of airline staff
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World's most powerful cartel - boiling bodies, fentanyl and child soldiers
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Much of Mexico's people, territory and economy is run by the Sinaloa Cartel, a huge criminal organisation that's infiltrated into businesses, fisheries and even schools
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Beauty queen in ankle tag as she's freed after 'hiring hitman to kill husband'
Georgia beauty queen Lindsay Shiver looks forlorn in her new ankle monitor after being been released on a $100,000 bail in the Bahamas after she was accused of plotting to kill her estranged husband
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Woman found dead inside barrel in river was 'witness' in rape kidnapping
Officials are searching for another barrel in the Missouri River that could be linked to the case of a white man accused of kidnapping, raping, and holding a Black woman captive
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Inside Costa Del Sol gang warfare after Uzi submachine gun attack in restaurant
The millionaires’ playground of Puerto Banus near Marbella on Spain’s Costa del Sol pulls in 120,000 British tourists each summer, but in recent years ruthless gangs have moved in
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Police officer jailed for child sex crimes after bus driver saw him kissing teen
Former West Midlands Police officer Haider Siddique was reported to the force after a bus driver saw him kissing and hugging the 13-year-old on a bus in Birmingham
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Police find 47 weapons, 26,000 rounds of ammo in home of judge who 'killed wife'
Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson, 72, shot his wife dead at their home in the upscale neighbourhood of Anaheim Hills, California, police allege
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Mum says autistic girl who 'told cop she looks like lesbian' is not homophobic
The 16-year-old autistic girl was taken back to her home in Leeds by West Yorkshire Police officers on Monday when she is alleged to have made homophobic remarks
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Alarming footage shows 'sadistic' nan trying to kill trapped kitten with brick
Pamela Mattinson, of Bolton, Greater Manchester, admitted that she had been drinking vodka prior to the incident but, despite the "despicable crime", was spared jail
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International manhunt sparked as 3 fled hours before girl found dead in Woking
Surrey Police have identified three people they wish to speak to in relation to the death of a 10-year-old girl in Woking, Surrey, on Thursday morning - though fear they have left the UK