All news on the topic: Crime

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Teens admit beating high school teacher to death with bat in 'low grades row'
Willard Miller and Jeremy Goodale have both pleaded guilty to first degree murder after high school Spanish teacher Nohema Graber was brutally beaten to death
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Neighbour from hell set fire to woman's flat over a bitter feud
A 'neighbour from hell' in Scotland set fire to a woman's flat because of a bitter feud, and was later convicted of two charges of wilful fire-raising in Hamilton, Lanarkshire in May and August 2021
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Famous soap star who was arrested on suspicion of rape has case dropped
Metropolitan Police have confirmed 'following extensive enquiries, no further action will be taken', after a top TV star was arrested on suspicion of rape earlier this year
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'I was UK's youngest kid with an ASBO aged 10 - my life is very different now'
Danny Oakley made headlines when he became one of the youngest ever Brits to get an ASBO at 10 years old, and admits the controversial and now-defunct punishment only boosted his ego
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Woman's best friend watched her die as 'sick man with gun' shot car driving away
Kaylin Gillis, 20, from New York, US, was travelling through the town of Herbon with her three friends on Saturday night when the group mistakenly drove onto the wrong property
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Dad and son killed ex's new lover 'like animals' after dragging him out wardrobe
Matthew Rodwell had hid in his young's son's wardrobe as his partner's ex and son arrived at the house they shared in Downham Market, Norfolk. He called 999 fearful of what was about to happen
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Home and Away child star Felix Dean sentenced over common assault of pal's dad
Former Home and Away star Felix Dean, who found fame on the Australian soap as VJ Patterson at 10-years-old, plead guilty to common assault and was sentenced in court
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Pizza delivery man who got girl, 15, pregnant says 5 years in jail is too harsh
Nathaniel Roberts was jailed for five and a half years for getting a 15-year-old pregnant. He is now appealing his sentence, with his lawyer arguing that it is too harsh
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WhatsApp issues warning over new law allowing government to read your messages
Bosses from tech firms WhatsApp, Element and Signal have called on the government to "urgently rethink" the Online Safety Bill, warning it will open the door to "indiscriminate surveillance" of personal messages
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Two UK police forces unlawfully recorded 200,000 phone conversations with Brits
The Information Commissioner’s Office issued the rebuke to Surrey and Sussex police forces over recordings of “highly sensitive” conversations with victims, witnesses and perpetrators of suspected crimes
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Mum says son, 13, traumatised after attempted sexual assault in park toilets
A 13-year-old boy was confronted by a stranger in public toilets at Brinton Park in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, who tried to sexually abuse him before he managed to escape
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Suella Braverman becomes fifth Home Secretary to try to outlaw zombie knives
Labour has criticised the Government for 'dragging their heels' after Suella Braverman launched a consultation on new laws giving police greater powers to act if they find zombie knives and machetes in private homes
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Hero shopkeeper tackles armed robber with headlock during foil off-licence raid
Brave Niall Stranix was mopping the floor on his shift at an off-licence in Leeds when armed robber Marlon Stewart attempted his 13th crime in just 20 minutes, prompting him to jump into action and send the thug running
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Josef Fritzl's house of horrors where he imprisoned daughter divided into flats
The home of Josef Fritzl in Amstetten, Austria, has been transformed into nine apartments rented out by young people after landlords Herbert and Ingrid Houska bought it and renovated it
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British man buys a drink in Moroccan bar - now he's been jailed for 10 years
Oliver Andrew's solicitor, in Morocco, said he had been charged in Marrakech with possessing and distributing counterfeit money within the country, and one count of creating an organised criminal group
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Nurse Lucy Letby weeps in dock as photos of her bedroom shown in court
Lucy Letby, who is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder 10 others between June 2015 and June 2016, wiped away tears as photographs of her bedroom appeared on screen in court
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Woman, 20, shot dead after pulling into wrong driveway looking for pal's house
Kaylin Gillis, 20, was gunned down when she got out of a car in front of a property in the rural town of Hebron in New York State, with the people she was riding with rushing her to a nearby town before calling 911 due to limited cell service
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Three women found with throats slit on beach trip 'weren't linked to cartel'
Model Nayeli Tapia, 22, singer Yuliana Macias, 21, and student Denisse Reyna, 19, were found in the bottom of a shallow burial pit on the banks of a river near Quininde, Ecuador, by local fishermen in early April
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Homeowner, 84, charged after boy, 16, shot in head while ringing wrong doorbell
Andrew Lester, 84, has been charged with first-degree assault and armed criminal action after he allegedly shot a black teenager who mistakenly knocked on his door
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Mum terrorised by teens 'kicking down door in middle of night for TikTok trend'
The craze first went viral in the USA in 2021 when pranksters filmed themselves kicking doors to the beat of Kesha's 2012 hit 'Die Young' with a well-timed double punt
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Cops find dismembered bodies of two missing people in bins after 'row over rent'
Leonid Volkov, 37, from Medford, Massachusetts, US, was charged with murder after the bodies of Kiryl Schukin, 37, and Pavel Vekshin, 28, were found in his rubber bins
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Mum and daughter burned to death when van driver on TikTok crashed into car
Luke Flanagan, 28, hit 55-year-old Emma van der Avoird's Peugeot 2008 as she was taking her daughter Khiana, 16, to school at about 8am on November 1 2021, before it burst into flames
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Stephen Lawrence's dad vows to face son's killers and tells them to confess
Neville Lawrence, 81, told the Daily Mirror he will give victim impact statements at the parole hearings of Gary Dobson, 47, and David Norris, 46.
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Raoul Moat's ex-girlfriend's horror ordeal, life after being shot and ITV fears
Samantha Stobbart, who is portrayed by Sally Messham in ITV's three-part series The Hunt for Raoul Moat, was shot by her evil ex-boyfriend nearly 13 years ago
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Lucy Letby sobs as 'babies' initials found in diary on alleged murders dates'
Lucy Letby, 33, has denied the murder of seven babies and the attempted murder of 10 more. A court heard today how the initials of tots were found in the diary in her bedroom