All news on the topic: Crime

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Inside transformed town desperate to rid old reputation of drink, drugs and yobs
The town of Neath, in southwestern Wales, has been revamped in recent years and now has a new leisure centre, library, cafes and bars - but some locals think more needs to be done
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Attacked prison guards receive £12m in compensation after 239 claims
The Prison Officers Association union said the job was one of the most 'dangerous workplaces in Western Europe' with 1,000 officers hospitalised in 2021 alone
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Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner answer your questions
Hundreds of Mirror readers wrote in with questions for Labour's leader and deputy leader - on diverse topics including Brexit, foodbanks, House of Lords reform, the cost of a weekly shop, Mr Starmer's "infamous" quiff, and trans rights. Here's how they answered your burning questions
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Evil dad who murdered wife and four kids aged from one to 10 sentenced to death
Michael Wayne Jones Jr. admitted to killing his wife with a metal baseball bat before stangling his step sons and drowning his two biological daughters in Marion County, Florida
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Jim Carrey 'lookalike' burglary suspect taunts cops on Facebook while on the run
Devon Bentley is wanted by police in connection with suspected burglary offences - and he mocked the force online asking them for a reward if he handed himself in
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Evil mum who drowned twins will walk free on fifth anniversary of their deaths
Samantha Ford was sentenced to two concurrent 10-year prison terms for killing her IVF twins - but is set to walk free from hospital five years later having never served a single day inside
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'Bible John' serial killer responsible for another victim, it's been claimed
The notorious serial killed - dubbed 'Bible John' - was held responsible for the deaths of three women in Glasgow in the late 1960s - but now its believed there is a fourth victim
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Five 'executed' in shooting including boy, 8, after family's row with neighbour
The public were asked to avoid the Trails end area of San Jacinto County, Texas, following the shooting with the gunman still at large. Two female victims were discovered in the bedroom lying on top of two surviving children, authorities have said.
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Man wanted over partner's death had twisted Lord of the Rings fantasy
David Yates, 36, had nicknamed his partner Marelle Sturrock, 35, his 'Luthien' - a Lord of the Rings character who, chillingly, was involved in a doomed double death
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Armed gang storm emerald mine and take 50 workers hostage
The Esmereldas Santa Rosa mining company, which operates a mine in Boyaca, Colombia, has asked the loved ones of the workers trapped to remain calm while police manage the ongoing situation
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Woman raped while unconscious is contacted by predator on Facebook years later
Nathan Thorburn raped the victim in Cardiff in 2019 and three years later, after serving a jail sentence for a different crime, he contacted her on Facebook asking her to talk about what had happened
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Parents' tragic collection of bloodstained belongings after son killed by bully
Jake Fahri will soon face the Parole Board and learn whether he is to be released. He killed the 16-year-old at a cafe in 2008 in a crime that shocked the country
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Warning at new text scam used by fraudsters to steal your money and data
Fraudsters have found a way of 'spoofing' numbers allowing them to infiltrate text messages from legitimate senders, making it look as if a bank or another organisation is actually getting in touch
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'Suspicious' couple in BMW pulled over by cops and end up in jail over find
When police pulled over the BMW in Barrow, Cumbria, cops discovered 79 wraps of heroin and one of crack cocaine hidden in bags in the footwell, along with cannabis, a knife and £1,500 cash stashed away in the driver's door pocket
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Dangerous neighbourhoods across UK mapped - all the areas with the highest crime
Of the top 10 most dangerous neighbourhoods in the country, six of them are in London, while at the other end of the spectrum, All the top 10 safest areas in the country are in Cheshire
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Beauty Queen targeted by murderer and 'Facebook rapist' with fake Netflix deal
Jolly Mutesi, Miss Rwanda 2015, told of the time she was invited to host a fake reality show with Kylie Jenner and Drake by convicted murderer Thabo Bester
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Brazen fly-tipper dumps 12 huge bags of onions on street but is caught on camera
A Mercedes van driver has been pictured by Birmingham City Council CCTV brazenly dumping 12 large bags of onions on a quiet road, with the vehicle later seized
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Jury in Lori Vallow's murder trial shown pictures of victim covered in blood
Lori Vallow and husband Chad Daybell have been accused of three murders including Daybell's wife and Vallow's two children. Prosecutors have said the mum began to believe their children were Satanic 'zombies'
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Two women in Halloween clown masks break into mum's home and douse her in bleach
Kathryn Llewellyn, 43, and friend Teresa Morgan-Peters, 45, broke into a woman's home near Swansea wearing Halloween clown masks and doused her in bleach in a terrifying attack
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Bodycam footage shows moment cops fatally shoot man for trying to stab dog
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. Suspect Matvey Klimenko can be seen briefly struggling with the police dog outside a home in Jacksonville, Florida, before an officer starts shouting for his colleagues to 'stop him'
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Teen threatens to 'terrorise people' before killing pensioner, 88, with firework
Kai Cooper, 19, and another teen who can't be named for legal reason, posted a firework through the letterbox of 88-year-old Josephine Smith's house in Romford, leading to her death in a house fire
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Train stations to play classical music to scare yobs away after successful trial
Northern Rail says it has been playing composers such as Bach and Beethoven in railway stations and has already seen a dramatic fall in anti-social behaviour
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Body of man murdered in the 1960s found buried in garden by builders at £1m home
The man's body was discovered in a South London property in Wimbledon as workmen built an extension to a family home, with Scotland Yard now releasing a digitalised 3D image
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Family of dog walker 'attacked and killed by 3 teens' speak of their devastation
Dogwalker John Hackett died following an incident in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, on Wednesday with three teenagers arrested in connection with his death
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Drunk woman killed man on date by hitting him with Porsche at 100mph, say cops
The Porsche mounted the sidewalk and hit the victim at 100mph, according to police. Kristina Chambers, who was reportedly behind the wheel, lives in a $1.5million home with her husband and is being held on a $50,000 bond.