All news on the topic: Crime

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Man, 20, stabbed to death inside shop with attacker still on the loose
A 20-year-old man has been stabbed to death inside a shop in Lambeth, London, with paramedics treating him at the scene unable to save him, while his attacker is on the loose
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Residents living next to UK's 'paedo Alcatraz' fuming at plans to expand jail
HMP The Verne in Portland, Dorset, is set for a major expansion but local residents say they weren't consulted about the plans and want the facility shutting down for good
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Serial perverts 'back on streets with slap on wrist' as justice system 'broken'
The murder of Sarah Everard, 33, in 2021, by Met Police officer Wayne Couzens led to renewed calls to tackle supposedly lower-level sex offences. Couzens had previously indecently exposed himself
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Suspect in 27 migrant deaths not at court hearing as prison officials 'forgot'
Harem Ahmed Abwbaker, 33, is wanted in France in connection with the deaths of 27 migrants in 2021. It will cost the taxpayer approximately £17,000 to keep him in custody until the new hearing
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Angela Rayner defends Labour's 'hard-hitting' ads - and will 'keep attacking PM'
“It's no-nonsense, and that's what people want to see. They don't want flannel and fluff," the deputy Labour leader said. “It's hard-hitting and it's no nonsense, and it's factual. It's the statistics that are shocking”
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Tax cheat convicted for £97million fraud bought historic house worth £4million
Prosecutors want to confiscate the property in Hampstead, London, after Arif Patel's conviction on Tuesday for a £97million fraud. The 55-year-old and his gang imported and sold knock-off designer gear
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Thug floored neighbour in one-punch attack after dog killed pet rabbit
Scott Pollin, 25, flew into a rage after a neighbour's dog came into his garden and killed his pet rabbit leading him to floor the man with one punch, a court heard
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Man 'eaten alive' by bed bugs in filthy jail cell while staff did nothing
WARNING: contains images which some readers may find distressing. 35-year-old LaShawn Thompson was placed into a psychiatric wing after being arrested on a misdemeanour charge and died three months later
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Cruel conmen leave widower, 93, in tears after swindling him out of life savings
An elderly man was robbed of his life savings by two conmen posing as roofers, who followed him in his bedroom, cornered him and escaped with a box full of cash
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Nightclub pair kidnapped women and one went for McDonald's after raping victim
When Badr Alhadidi and Dhari Alshammari were confronted with CCTV of the women being dragged on the pavement and forced into a property - they laughed and claimed the women were sober and consenting
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'I reported my paedophile husband after finding his child sex abuse images'
A woman discovered her husband Terence 'Terry' Donovan when she found child sex abuse images on a disc in the caravan where he lived - he pleaded guilty and was jailed
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Pensioner pervert sex pest 'Dirty Dave' walks free after assaults on woman
71-year-old David Hannah asked police “are you supposed to ask permission these days” after he was arrested for trying to put his privates into a woman's hand in her kitchen
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'My brother sexually abused me when we were kids - it nearly broke me'
Liz Roberts, a former police constable, spent her life struggling with the horrific fallout from the horrific sexual abuse she suffered at the hands of her older brother when she was just eight years old
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Kidnapped 'tummy tuck 4' say cartel tried to make them have sex with each other
Survivor Latavia “Tay” McGee described the ways their captors toyed with them as they were moved from safehouse to safehouse before it was realised they weren't Haitian drug dealers
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Brutal jail where Brit gran awaits firing squad after chilling final wish
Grandmother Lindsay Sandiford has been locked up in Kerobokan Prison in Bali since 2013, when she was found with £1.6million of cocaine in her suitcase when she entered Indonesia
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Much-loved BBC drama ends ahead of third release season - leaving fans shaken
Fans of BBC show Guilt - starring Line of Duty's Mark Bonnar and Game of Thrones actor Jamie Sives - will be coming to an end in the next few weeks despite being a hit for the network
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Javelin coach 'sexually abused student', 17, after inviting him to home at 2am
The coach Hannah Marth allegedly met the victim while coaching track and field at Northampton Area High School in Pennsylvania. The suspect was also a teacher at a local school
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Pregnant woman shot 8 times by store worker she maced in face in shoplifting row
Her baby was delivered by emergency C-Section after Travonsha Ferguson, 34, was shot eight times by the Walgreens team leader she had maced in the face outside the store in Nashville, Tennessee
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Nightmare neighbour pulled up couple's flowers, broke in and bit man five times
The Rochdale couple had an ongoing dispute with Hussain Tanweer, 56, which saw a number of police call outs and resulted in Tanweer being convicted of assaulting the man in April last year
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Inside blood-soaked house of horrors with 'drugs bath' where parents killed baby
The house where Stephen Boden and Shannon Marsden killed their 10-month-old son Finley on Christmas Day in 2020 was 'extremely dirty, smelly and very cluttered' and 'smelt of cannabis'
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Coma mum hit by car after pushing pram out of way 'counting down to Disneyland'
Becky Sharp was walking with her 10-month-old daughter when she was struck by a car in Bournemouth - she's currently in an induced coma
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Lotto rapist who scooped £7.2m has spent winnings on lavish home and Picasso
Iorworth Hoare won a £7.2m jackpot and has invested his money in property, office space and antiques - but spent almost £1m trying to avoid paying a victim compensation
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Two Met Police officers sacked over Harvey Price WhatsApp messages
Two Metropolitan Police officers have been dismissed over discriminatory messages they sent about Katie Price’s son Harvey
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Sinister family tree of 'most inbred family' as 8 arrested after horror findings
The Colt family were found living in shocking conditions in isolation four hours outside of Sydney, Australia, with brothers and sisters parenting children together
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Crack addict banned from every Boots after telling worker 'I don't give a f***'
Emma Berry, 36, repeatedly targeted a branch of the health and beauty retailer in Tameside, pilfering cosmetics from the store on eight separate occasions