All news on the topic: Crime

A man who sparked violent protests after burning the Quran has been shot dead in Sweden, according to local media reports.

Retail crime is "out of control" and shoplifters are carrying out increasingly brazen and violent acts of theft because they do not fear any consequences, an industry body has told the BBC.

Tracy Turner, 51, an operating theatre assistant at Cardiff’s University Hospital of Wales is accused of a string of charges including a plot to kidnap, rape and murder a young child.

Retail crime is "spiralling out of control", with shoplifting at record levels and staff threatened and abused at triple the rates of a few years ago, a report has found.

A mum holding her baby slipped £2,000 worth of drugs down an inmate’s trousers while giving him a hug. Rebecca Gray was caught passing over the drugs parcel worth £2,000 at HMP Berwyn in Wrexham.

A young woman appeared in court today to plead guilty to harassment in the first case of its kind - after sending videos of herself farting.

Adam Swellings, then 19, has been released on licence after a parole board said he had made "poor decisions" when he killed dad-of-three Garry Newlove back in 2007.

Criminal group accused of laundering millions across Europe by exploiting refugee protections and shifting to cryptocurrency.

Urfan Sharif, who killed his 10-year-old daughter Sara Sharif after subjecting her to years of "horrific" abuse, has been moved to a prison dubbed ‘Monster Mansion’.

A nurse who ‘completely paralysed’ a total stranger with a deadly drug has been found guilty of attempted murder.

German and Hungarian authorities crack down on traffickers preying on women with false promises, uncovering a dark network of exploitation.

A driver has been arrested for the second time after two girls were killed after a Land Rover crashed into a school in Wimbledon.

Police said a 52-year-old man was pronounced dead at a Greater Manchester bus station and that several roads have been closed around the area while an investigation is carried out.

A drug cartel ringleader has been arrested in the UK - after his wife shared luxury holiday snaps online in plain sight of detectives.

Christopher Bell, 45, left his door open when he came out of his house to run after Ian Langley, 54, who had thrown a stone at his home.

Scammers launched more than 6,800 fraudulent tokens to scam users amid the high-profile launch.

A 2,500-year-old helmet is among a host of precious items that have been stolen from a museum in the Netherlands.

A pub in Clapham Common was the venue of choice for supporters of convicted child killer Lucy Letby to celebrate her 35th birthday.

A violent drug dealer dodged deportation as his daughter thought she might be transgender.

A son has been charged with stabbing his 75-year-old architect father to death at a £3.5 million home in south west London.

The prime suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann is considering leaving Europe and getting plastic surgery so nobody recognises him when he gets out of jail.