All news on the topic: Crime

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Dad of boy murdered by 12-inch zombie knife as he broke up a fight issues plea
A-Level student Malcolm Mide-Madariola, 17, had stepped in to stop a fight in 2018 when he was stabbed in the heart with the blade, which can be bought online for around £20
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'Tough action needs to be taken on knife crime before more young people die'
Eva Simpson is shocked by the latest youth stabbing - which happened just where her young son had been minutes beforehand
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Teen arrested for death of jogger killed when stolen Audi smashed into house
Keen runner David Francis, known as the Litherland Running Man, was killed in a hit and run collision last week, and kind members of the public have so far raised £2,800 for his family
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Driver 'turned car into weapon' after he 'mounted footpath outside takeaway'
Rebecca Steer, 22, was dragged under Stephen McHugh's Volvo moments after he mounted the kerb and drove through a group of people, jurors in his murder trial have been told
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Hackers have found a shocking new way to steal your data
New AI-enhanced voice cloning technology is allowing criminals to create shockingly realistic imitations of the voices of your loved ones
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Thug buries axe in drinker's head and leaves him disabled in 'banter' row at pub
David Perry, 40, from from Wickhambrook, Suffolk, picked an argument with a group of friends having a quiet drink in the Bell Hotel in Clare last year - he has been jailed for 24 years
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Heartbroken mum comes face to face with man accused of murdering little girl
Nikki Allan was found dead in a derelict building near her home in Sunderland in October 1992 after going missing when she left her grandfather's home
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Woman spent £50k meant for dad's care and turned to scratchcards to replace cash
Alison Carson took thousands from accounts belonging to dementia stricken Hugh McMath, 88, before resorting to buying lottery scratchcards in a desperate attempt to replace the cash
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Dead man found 'covered in bruises with sleeping bag drawn tightly around him'
Guy Levy was found in the multi-storey in Castle Street, Canterbury, having suffered fatal injuries caused by blunt force trauma to his head and body on Easter Monday
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Over fifth of tradespeople have tools stolen from their vans in last 12 months
One tradesman described tool thefts as 'catastrophic' to his livelihood - as 87% agree the penalties for such crimes are not harsh enough
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Girl, 16, 'raped in nightclub toilet after man unlocked her cubicle door'
Police are searching for a man who could assist them with their enquiries after the teenage girl, 16, was allegedly raped at OMG bar in Liverpool on Monday, April 3
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Man 'murdered' after being rammed off road in car and stabbed to death
A man in his 50s was fatally attacked in Solihull, West Midlands, on Tuesday evening - with police having launched a murder investigation after multiple people fled the scene
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Brit couple thrown to crocodiles by trio who blew £37,000 on their credit cards
World-renowned botanists Rod Saunders, 74, and his wife Rachel, 63, were pounced on in 2018 while scouring a mountain region in South Africa for rare seeds for their business
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Burglary suspect pretends to be a solar panel on roof after break-in
The trickster appeared to be laying against a solar panel on the roof of a building in Wandsworth, London, but they were spotted by police circling above in a helicopter
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Dad, 60, hacked into 772 webcams across the world to watch 47 women have sex
Dad-of-three Christopher Taylor, 60, used a scam link to trick 772 people in 39 countries to give him access to their webcams so he could spy on their private lives
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Two teen girls found 'abducted' in back of car - with pair of men arrested
Two missing teenage girls have been found in the back of a car in Hull that was stopped by unmarked police vehicles with two men, aged 18 and 19, arrested on suspicion of abduction
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Russian hackers 'trying to black out Britain' by targeting power stations
Cabinet Office Minister Oliver Dowden will issue a 'call to arms' to energy providers when he addresses the annual CyberUK conference in Belfast later
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Zombie knives and machetes still killing kids after 5 Tory promises to ban them
Botched Tory legislation means that seven years after they first promised to ban zombie knives and machetes the horrific weapons are still available to criminals
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How Raoul Moat's survivors, victim's families and his own kids have coped since
The killer's family, and the families of his victims, were for ever affected. Here's what happened next to those who were tragically caught up in his rage
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Skydiver strangled girlfriend after 'attempted rape claim hurt relationship'
A skydiving instructor killed his girlfriend at home when he was accused of attempted rape of a teenage girl and their relationship subsequently became strained, a court heard
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Four found dead in home before triple shooting on major road shuts down traffic
Police have said the two incidents are connected and a section of the I-295 in Bowdoin, Maine, was closed as multiple police departments looked for the suspect
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TV survival expert Ray Mears came within 20ft of catching killer Raoul Moat
Survival expert Ray Mears recalls the moment he came within 20ft of catching killer Raoul Moat, as the new ITV drama on Britain's most famous manhunt ends tonight
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Stephen Lawrence cop probed theory of sixth attacker - but was told to retire
Former Det Chief Insp Clive Driscoll snared two of the racist murderers in 2012 and was investigating an alleged sixth member of the gang at the time, but he was told to retire by the Met in 2014
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Police appeal for man seen leaving nightclub after 'woman raped behind library'
Cleveland Police is hunting a man officers believe may be able to assist them with ongoing inquiries in relation to an alleged rape of a woman in her 30s behind a library in Hartlepool
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Sweet 16 massacre hero died in birthday girl sister's arms after saving her life
No arrest has yet been made or suspect announced after a party goer opened fire at a Sweet 16 killing four and injuring 32 more at the party in the small city of Dadeville, Alabama