All news on the topic: Crime

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Woman in her 70s found dead in house as cops launch murder probe
London Ambulance Service paramedics found her deceased at an address in Croydon, South London on Wednesday morning. Her family have since been informed
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DNA from cheek swab 'directly links man to quadruple murder of uni students'
Initial attempts to match the DNA using genetic ancestry data helped point law enforcement to Bryan Kohberger with a cheek swab giving a more definitive match to Kohberger
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Harrowing audio of daughter’s panic after her dad 'executed her three brothers'
The audio of a 911 call reveals the panicked reaction of an Ohio man's stepdaughter after he allgedly shot and killed her three young brothers in broad daylight
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Woman found stuffed in bin bag under tree covered in branches was 'strangled'
Anastasia Rubinska went missing on the Greek island of Kos on June 12 and her body was found on Sunday. A man suspected of her murder has today appeared in court
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Woman ‘scanned three TVs for the price of a can of Pepsi at self-checkout’
A woman made off with three TVs and only paid the price of a single can of Pepsi at a Tennessee Walmart in early June. Scams like the one she pulled are on the rise
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Life on UK's 'unlucky street' plagued by poverty, drugs and parking fines
Visitors and residents in West Bromwich's high street face a hotbed of crime including robberies and antisocial behaviour, as well as parking wardens
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Hospital patients 'locked in room' by armed police after two stabbed
Amie Ferris-Rotman was ordered to hide in the dialysis unit by armed police for around 45 minutes, while her father was getting treated - and described seeing 'lots of armed police'
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Man jailed for 'bizarre' sex attack on seagull and banned from keeping pets
David Lee's sex act caused unnecessary suffering to the bird and Lee, of Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, was arrested for an offence which comes under the Animal Welfare Act 2006
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Little girl, 5, ‘beaten to death by dad for wetting herself’
An affidavit states Adam Montgomery beat Harmony Montgomery, five, to death after she wet herself in the car they were living in at the time of her disappearance
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Spider-Man prankster punched Asda worker unconscious for social media stunt
In a sick stunt that escalated into a brawl, Josh McDonald, George O'Boyle and others stormed an Asda store in south-west London, before they attacked and violently beat staff
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Last images of woman 'forced to text partner saying she's fine' before murder
Anastasia-Patricia Rubinska’s naked body was found on the Greek island of Kos after allegedly being handcuffed, raped and murdered with images showing her leaving cafe with suspect
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Man 'lost it' and killed 4 neighbours after one flashed his wife and daughter
Majorjon Kaylor 'lost it' after a neighbour allegedly exposed themselves to his wife and daughter in Kellogg, Idaho, an affidavit says - he was arrested on four counts of murder
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'My son's killer should be locked up forever - he's played system to be freed'
Joshua Declan Thomas, then aged 15, was among the youths who viciously punched, kicked, and stamped on Ben Bellamy after luring him to the beach on Swansea seafront in 2005.
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Girl, 2, killed in horror lorry crash with dad as murder probe launched
Ashley Henry and toddler Oria Henry were travelling in a Blue Nissan Qashqai, which collided with a lorry along a rural road in Anwick, Lincolnshire, on Sunday afternoon
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Ex-deputy head at Prince George's old school admits paying teens to abuse kids
Matthew Smith, ex-deputy head at Thomas’s prep school, has admitted paying tens of thousands of pounds over the dark web to teenagers in India for sexual images of a young child
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First picture of sub-machine gun 'used to murder' beautician in busy pub
Elle Edwards, 26, died when a gunman fired 12 shots from a Skorpion machine pistol outside the Lighthouse pub in Wallasey Village, Wirral, Merseyside, just before midnight on December 24 last year
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Gran admits killing grandson, 5, by stabbing him 29 times at family home
Elena Anghel killed David-Mario Lazar, known to his family as Mario, at their house in the Earlsdon area of Coventry in January last year and was sentenced in court today
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'Devil baby' model who stalked Chelsea stars and slept with Mount walks free
Orla Melissa Sloan, 22, admitted stalking the England international and his former Chelsea teammate Billy Gilmour, while also harassing Ben Chilwell
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Joe Biden's son Hunter charged with gun felony 'as a drug user' and tax offences
Hunter Biden has reached an agreement with the Justice Department which will see him plead guilty to misdemeanour tax offences as well as reaching an agreement on the felony charge of 'illegally possessing a firearm as a drug user'
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Met Police officer who raped girl, 16, convicted of 6 more attacks on colleague
Former Metropolitan Police officer Adam Provan, 44, of Newmarket, was found guilty of raping a 16-year-old girl in a second trial and six more sex attacks on a colleague
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Popular UK seaside town named worst in country for anti-social behaviour
Clacton-on-Sea in Essex has four times the national average when it comes to anti-social behaviour. It is the worst hotspot in the country with a whopping 68 incidents for every 1,000 residents
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'Boy sexually assaulted' while swimming at beach as cops hunt 'group of men'
Dorset Police say one of the group of men touched the boy inappropriately in the water at the seaside in Bournemouth and the force now wants witnesses to come forward
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Stop and search plans blasted as Suella Braverman defends use on young Black men
The Home Secretary defended the disproportionate use of stop and search on young Black men by saying they are more likely to be victims of knife crime
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Trampoline park boss spared jail over cover-up after four kids broke their legs
Two three year olds - a boy and a girl - along with two other girls aged nine and 11 were hurt at Philip Booth's American-themed Supajump trampoline park in Cardiff Bay, Wales
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Mum 'stabbed multiple times and was murdered' after dad and kids found dead
Monika Wlodarczyk was found dead in a flat in Bedfont, West London alongside her husband Micha and children Maja, 11, and Dawid, 3, after Maja did not attend school