All news on the topic: Crime

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Hundreds spared the noose as Iran Ayatollah offers thousands amnesty
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei confirmed thousands will be pardoned or have their sentences dramatically reduced after four months of protests saw 522 Iranians killed
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UK's most notorious prisoner creates new art in bid to be released
In many of Bronson's drawing, the work gives an insight into his own life while he has spent 47 years in jail. Supporters of the prisoner, now Charles Salvador, believe the work may help with his parole bid
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Gary Glitter 'treated like royalty' in bail hostel and gets 'meals delivered'
Gary Glitter left HMP The Verne - a low-security category C jail in Portland, Dorset - on Friday and was moved to a bail hostel in the south of England where he is being 'treated like royalty'
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Forensic expert rubbishes police theory Nicola Bulley fell in river
World-renowned forensics expert Peter Faulding said the fact that Nicola hasn't been found despite an extensive search of the River Wyre in Lancashire suggests she isn't there
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The full story of horrific serial killer Dennis Nilsen - 40 years on
Four decades ago drains blocked by rotting corpses exposed one of Britain’s most notorious mass murderers – Dennis Nilsen
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Vigilantes try to scale Gary Glitter's gates after he gets fish & chips delivery
Police were called to paedophile Gary Glitter's new property on Sunday after the gang, reportedly alerted to the location from a post on social media, turned up to hurl abuse
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Police helicopter spotted in manhunt for fugitive with half an ear
Dale Poppleton has only half a right ear and was spotted in Bradford earlier today, triggering a manhunt that saw police comb through Home Bargains and Leeds railway station
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'Serial rapist cop David Carrick must pay for the pain his victims suffered'
Darciane Nunes Da Silva was subjected to months of abuse by Met Police rapist David Carrick. She believes Carrick had more victims who have not yet come forward
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Rapist cop David Carrick's victim says he set snakes on her in sick punishment
Darciane Nunes Da Silva, who was in a relationship with Met Police rapist David Carrick and was abused by him, is waiving her legal anonymity as she wants to encourage other women to speak out
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Mum of teen who lied about being raped by Asian gang has not repaid £22k donated
More than 1,000 people donated to Allison Johnston after her daughter Eleanor Williams claimed she'd been trafficked, beaten and drugged by a group of men and needed money to 'fight for justice'
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Lags' wives discover legal loophole to send sexy pics to prison using £10 stamp
Strict rules on jail mail prevent inmates from receiving sexually explicit material like nude pics - but partners are marking envelopes as legal correspondence and putting saucy snaps in their letters
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Serial killer branded Devil's Disciple to be grilled about 8 murders
Patrick Mackay, 70, has served 47 years for three killings but originally owned up to eight more – before retracting his admission
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Vile scammers cash in dog owners by threatening to 'kill and rape' missing pets
Mum-of-two Holly Thackeray, 31, said she was scammed after posting some appeals on social media when her beloved American Bulldog, named Chapo, escaped from her garden in West Yorkshire
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Roads evacuated as explosives team set up 100-metre cordon with man arrested
Several houses were evacuated in Derbyshire after a man was arrested on suspicion of explosive offences leading to a massive cordon being set up as officers investigate
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Blow to Cheltenham Festival 2023 race as famous trophy is stolen
The Grand Annual Steeple Chase cup was being worked on ahead of the 2023 Cheltenham Festival. The theft comes just days after the dress code was ditched at The Jockey Club's tracks
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Cop killer Dale Cregan's sisters face legal action for 'posting pics from court'
Pictures appeared on social media pages of Kelly and Stacey after Dale Cregan’s nephew Oscar was jailed for drug dealing. The images show barristers sitting in a courtroom
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Sick thief captured on CCTV stealing flowers from child's grave at cemetery
Leanne Slater made off with the floral tributes she stole from the boy's grave at a cemetery in Stockton-on-Tees, Teesside, so police issued a warrant for her arrest
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Former victim who escaped jungle paedo cult shares details of monstrous abuse
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Yisrael Amir, now 22, was just 12 years old when his father ripped him away from his home in Israel with the promises of a heavenly life in Guatemala, but he instead arrived at a cult compound where leaders have been accused of raping children
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Beware scammers trying to rip you off with toxic mould scares
Large amounts of cash of up thousands of pounds have been charged for poor trade skills and work, found to affect the ability of the property to secure a mortgage, say Trading Standards bosses
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Unsolved mystery of murdered postman as police issue fresh plea after 20 years
Paul Savage, a postman, 'wonderful' dad and husband was found beaten to death in Flintshire, Wales, in a pool of blood on February 4, 2003. Police have now issued a fresh plea and a £20k reward for information 20 years after his brutal murder
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Murder probe launched as man found dying in Iceland car park after assault
Essex Police suspect the victim, a man in his 40s, had been assaulted close to a nearby pub after being called to a car park in Canvey Island in the early hours of this morning
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Gangsters arrested in 'cartel' murder which saw teen mum and baby shot in head
Suspected gang members Noah David Beard, 25, and Angel "Nanu" Uriarte, 35, were dragged into custody after six people were murdered in a brutal massacre in January, including a teen mother and her six-month-old baby boy
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Man who shared naked pics with girl, 13, paid hitman $20k in BitCoin to kill her
John Michael Musbach, 31, from New Jersey, pleaded guilty to a murder-for-hire plot where he paid $20,000 in Bitcoin to have a 13-year-old girl killed after having exchanged naked images with her
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Mum kept quiet while being raped by home intruder so 'she wouldn't wake kids up'
Petrus-Ionut Apostoae, 25, was jailed for more than 14 years after entering a stranger's home and raping her in a sickening attack while her children slept in the next room
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Gary Glitter victim says paedo's release is 'not the justice she was promised'
Paedophile Gary Glitter, who had a string of chart hits in the 1970s, was jailed in 2015 for sexually abusing three schoolgirls and was today freed after serving half his sentence