All news on the topic: Crime

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British husband arrested after wife, 36, plunges from 6th-floor balcony of hotel
A 36-year-old woman is fighting for her life with multiple injuries after falling from the sixth-floor balcony of the four-star Rio Park, part of the Medplaya hotel chain, in Benidorm, Spain
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Human remains found in woodland as police launch probe into gruesome discovery
While inquiries are ongoing, South Wales Police has stressed there’s no need for public concern at this stage
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Mystery 'hatred-filled' gruesome murder of ex-Playboy model as killer still free
Eva Kay Wenal, a former Playboy Bunny and model, was brutally murdered on May 1, 2008, and the mystery surrounding her gruesome killing remains unsolved to this day
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Outrage as violent gang member who robbed women at knifepoint avoids deportation
Home Secretary Suella Braverman has lost a fight to deport Erlandos Vyte, 27, who was jailed for 12-and-a-half years in 2020 but could be freed in less than three years
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'Killers like Thomas Cashman should not be allowed to snub their sentencing'
Rachael Bletchly says refusal to attend sentencing should become a contempt of court offence and the government should set a hefty maximum sentence to be served on top of the one criminals are given
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FBI launch desperate search with $10,000 reward for US man kidnapped in Mexico
US citizen Edgar Perez Chairez, 35, who is also known as 'Polvos', was abducted near the corner of Avenida Tabasco and Calle Chilpancingo in Mexicali, Mexico
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Funeral for pro-Putin blogger killed by bomb - with sledgehammer next to coffin
A service with sledgehammers left by the coffin of Vladlen Tatarsky who was killed in a café bomb blast in St Petersburg, has been held
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Dad murdered his kids and wife before leaving ranting note and killing himself
Michael Haight, his wife, their five kids and his mother-in-law were all found dead at their home in Enoch, south of Salt Lake City, Utah, US, on January 4
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Mum of woman stabbed to death in bed comes face-to-face with daughter’s killer
Celeste Manno’s mother Aggie Di Mauro stared down her daughter’s killer Luay Sako for the first time as he pleaded guilty to her murder in Australia
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Mum added on Facebook by stranger - five months later her little girl was dead
Kyle Bevan and Sinead James were found guilty after Lola James subjected her to a barrage of violence which left his with more than 100 injuries
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Boy, 12, smiles in court accused of murder as woman, 60, killed by her own car
A boy, 12, has appeared before a youth court charged with murdering Marcia Grant, 60, who was hit by her own car in Sheffield earlier this week
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Olivia killer Thomas Cashman had assassination attempt foiled by Screwfix trip
Thomas Cashman had plotted to shoot his intended target Joseph Nee only hours before he killed Olivia Pratt-Korbel in Dovecot, Liverpool
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Girl, 6, 'strangled to death by brother of pal' she went to visit to play with
It is alleged the teenage boy used belt to strangle Alice Oliveira de Moura - his sister's friend - before he buried her in the garden in Araci, Brazil
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Police storm theatre as 'disgusting' audience 'tried to sing over the cast'
Theatre-goers at the Palace Theatre in Manchester were asked not to sing during the performance of The Bodyguard after rowdy behaviour during earlier shows, but police had to be called in to evict those disrespecting the rules
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Cash App founder Bob Lee seen staggering in final moments after being stabbed
CCTV footage shows Bob Lee desperately trying to flag cars down as he stumbles mortally wounded through the streets of San Francisco. At one point he collapses before picking himself up and moving on
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'Health Secretary is putting lives at risk by refusing to hold urgent talks'
Steve Barclay should be doing everything he can to avoid this calamity but so far he has refused to resume negotiations with the British Medical Association
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Truth behind 'lawless' city tech star feared 'deteriorating' before his murder
Following the tragic stabbing of Bob Lee, tech figures such as Twitter boss Elon Musk were quick to slam the city of San Francisco and its authorities, but what do the statistics say about wider crime trends?
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Family of 'cult mum' relieved as court allows gran to represent murdered lad
Kay Woodcock, the paternal grandmother of Lori Vallow Daybell's 7-year-old son Joshua 'JJ' Vallow, will represent him in court, a judge has decided, as the trial unfolds
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Missing boy whose mum claimed she 'sold' him is now presumed dead say cops
Noel Rodriguez-Alvarez, 6, has been missing for months and his mother, Cindy Rodriguez-Singh claimed that she had sold him at a grocery store parking lot, but police believe he is dead
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Naked man steals school bus to carry dead deer before taking cops on huge chase
Tony Saunders, 25, has been charged with fleeing an officer, receiving stolen property, reckless driving and resisting arrested after allegedly stealing a school bus in Pennsylvania, US
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Boy, 11, 'violently kills' 10-year-old girl at children's home
A 10-year-old girl was found dead at a children's home in Bavaria, Germany, and a boy aged 11 is suspected of being involved in the child's death, local police and prosecutors said
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Getaway van set on fire by thief who ambushed Tesco cash delivery
Following an audacious daylight robbery of a cash box outside a Tesco store in Dovecot, Liverpool, the thief fled the scene before torching their van and escaping with the money
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Trump forced to admit he's one inch shorter than he claims in court paperwork
During his arraignment at a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday, over his alleged 34 alleged counts of falsifying business records, Donald Trump stated that he is 6 feet and 2 inches tall
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Fury in India after eight-year-old girl is raped and killed before she is cut up
Kamlesh Rajput, 21, confessed to sexually assaulting the young girl before hacking her body to bits in a bid to get rid of her remains in Lopda village, close to Udaipur city, India
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Child's eerie warning not to 'be a bully' before she took her own life
Sixth-grade student Felicia LoAlbo-Melendez, from New Jersey, was a sixth-grade student was found dead inside a bathroom at her school - she had previously warned her future self not to 'be a bully'