All news on the topic: Crime

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Police didn't turn up to 45,000 burglaries last year as Tories fail victims
Stark figures obtained by the Liberal Democrats show that there were 45,233 burglaries in 2022 where a police officer didn't visit the scene of the crime
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Families of horror mass shooting at church killing 26 awarded $144million payout
Devin Kelley opened fire during a Sunday service at First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in Texas, US, in 2017 killing 26 victims. It remains the deadliest mass shooting in Texas history
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Hero fights off a thug with a traffic cone after policeman stabbed in the neck
Zakir Malik received an award for ‘saving’ the life of a policeman who was brutally attacked with broken glass and stabbed in the head and neck
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Guilty - the scamming green energy firm that demanded an apology from the Mirror
ESE Energy bleated about Mirror exposé, now it's been convicted of a string of deception offences
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Boy, 4, found dead in alligator's mouth 'was alive when dad threw him in lake'
A father in St Petersburg, Florida is accused of stabbing his partner over 100 times and throwing his son into a lake with alligators. Thomas Mosley, 21, has been charged with two counts of first degree murder
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Lidl shopper, 80, injured after being 'pushed' by man in supermarket queue
An 80-year-old man was shopping with his wife in Stockton Lidlon Sunday, March 19, when the incident took place
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Mum 'stabs fiancé to death' while 'blacked out' then tries to stitch him back up
Liliana Cervantes is accused of stabbing her fiancé Nathan Freeman at their home in the Clear Lake area of Houston, Texas, on Monday, March 20. Officers said she then tried to 'stitch him up' and called 911
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Tech mogul killed in 'senseless' mugging after 'staying an extra day' on trip
Bob Lee had recently moved out of the city and moved to Miami but had returned for a business trip. This was extended by one day when he was stabbed to death, friends say
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Over 4,000 child sex offenders not in jail and 'free to roam streets' since 2010
Thousands of adults convicted of of sexual assault or sexual activity on children under 16 are being let off with community sentences or suspended sentences, Labour analysis shows
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Dog walker fights off 6ft man who 'pulled her to the ground' on country lane
A distressed woman was pulled to the ground by an unknown man while she walked her dog in Staithes, North Yorkshire, on Friday morning before she fought him off and left the area
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Blackmailer posted intimate Facebook photos of girlfriend - days later she died
Martin McMenamin began to threaten the woman after she went out with friends rather than spending time with him, before posting an intimate photo of her online calling her a "prostitute"
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'Nightmare neighbour' TV star who blocked path with razor wire arrested in raid
Frances Payne, 57, became notorious after she used razor wire and chains to stop ramblers using a footpath leading past her home - she's since been arrested in a police crackdown
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Trump's three hush money cases explained - doorman, Playboy model and porn star
A look at the three extramarital cases that came back to haunt Donald Trump, as they were cited on Tuesday by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg
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'Cult' mum 'glares' in court as jurors grilled ahead of double child murder case
Lori Vallow Daybell is set to go on trial accused of murdering her two 'zombie' children Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow along with 'doomsday cult leader' husband Chad Daybell
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Stormy Daniels is ordered to pay £98k for failed Donald Trump defamation case
The former porn star sued the ex-US president after he dismissed her claims of being threatened to keep quiet about their alleged tryst as a “total con job”
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I could have been dead gangster if it wasn’t for fitness, says Tyrone Brennand
Celebrity trainer Tyrone grew up surrounded by gangs and violence. Here he explains how he turned his life around and why he’s on a mission to inspire others to do the same
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Murdered teacher Sabina Nessa's sister demands killers forced to attend court
Labour former home secretary David Blunkett is among those urging change after Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s murderer Thomas Cashman refused to leave his cell to face the the nine-year-old’s family
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Mum whipped fellow parent's face with dog lead in unprovoked school gate attack
Jordan Lawless appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on Tuesday after pleading guilty to one count of wounding during the incident which left the victim with a 3cm cut to her head
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Controlling thug tormented woman with 'extreme sexual demands and fantasies'
Bully Liam Allott from Sheffield controlled almost every aspect of his victim's life for years, from her finances to imposing 'extreme sexual demands and fantasies' on her
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Schoolboy, 13, sexually assaulted 7 women and tried to rape two while in uniform
A 13-year-old schoolboy sexually assaulted and tried to rape a number of women in Telford, Shropshire, after school in a horrific spate of attacks that took place between December and January
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Man goes missing after bragging about stealing $50,000 from fearsome drug cartel
Erik Tadeo Ramirez, from Texas, US, bragged about stealing $50,000 from the Cartel del Noreste - less than two hours later he was kidnapped by a group of armed men from his home
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Teen, 13, shoots mate dead with laser-sighted gun after joking about his mum
Court documents related to the death of Kain Heiland that occurred on Saturday, April 1, at Red Lion, a town in York County, Pennsylvania shed light on the case
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UK’s top burglary capital is Manchester – check where your town is on the list
The area where Brits' homes are most likely to be burgled has been revealed - and we've pulled together an interactive widget so you can check your area
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21 evil faces behind 'biggest-ever' child sex abuse ring jailed for 145 years
West Midlands Police's largest ever child sex abuse case led to 21 sick criminals being prosecuted after they abused children aged 12 and younger for over a decade
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Killer Cashman will be 'eaten alive' in prison after murdering Olivia, 9
Thomas Cashman shot and killed nine-year-old schoolgirl Olivia Pratt-Korbel in August last year at her home in Liverpool during a botched assassination attempt on a convicted burglar