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Kevin Spacey denies seven sex offences as he appears in court via video link
Us actor Kevin Spacey, 63, is accused of three counts of indecent assault, three counts of sexual assault and one count of causing a person to engage in sexual activity without consent between 2001 and 2005
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Biker trio who killed 'Hells Angels' grandad who 'wore wrong colours' jailed
Chad Brading, Benjamin Parry and Thomas Pawley have all been sentenced after being found guilty of the manslaughter of 59-year-old grandfather David Crawford on the A38 in 2021
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Wetherspoons workers attacked after asking sex offender to leave
Dean Newland has been jailed for assaulting and becoming 'aggressive' with Wetherspoon staff in a bar in Liverpool city centre, and failing to comply with sex offenders register requirements
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Killer brought to justice after 50 years snared by evidence police gave him back
Dennis McGrory, 75, has been jailed at Huntingdon Crown Court for life with a minimum term of 25 years after being convicted of the rape and murder of teenager Jacqui Montgomery nearly 50 years ago
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Newlywed wife found decapitated in gruesome murder scene as husband confesses
Jared Dicus, 21, confessed to the murder of his wife, Anggy Diaz, 21, who was found decapitated in the home where they lived in, four months after their wedding
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Man City release statement as Benjamin Mendy faces retrial over two rape claims
Benjamin Mendy faces a retrial on one count of rape and another of attempted rape after the Man City defender was found not guilty of five rape charges, one count of attempted rape and an accusation of sexual assault
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Man to die in jail after rape of teen in England's oldest double jeopardy case
A killer and rapist has finally been given justice for the brutal murder of 15-year-old girl Jacqui Montgomery in 1975. Dennis McGrory, 75, was sentenced to 25 years to life after England and Wales' longest-running double jeopardy case
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Mendy found not guilty on seven counts but faces retrial over two rape claims
France and Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy was found not guilty of seven charges but faces a retrial later this year around two remaining counts
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Police seize eight dogs after young woman, 28, dies in savage attack
Armed police and the National Police Air Service (NPAS) swooped into a park at Gravelly Hill, Caterham, Surrey yesterday afternoon following reports of a dog attacking people
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Putin ally claims World War 3 has already started - calls for nuclear strikes
TV propagandist Vladimir Solovyov told Russians that Moscow should target the West to disrupt NATO countries from sending supplies to Ukraine - it comes as Western countries continue to send aid
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Man threw egg at King during walkabout as 'visiting poor area was in bad taste'
The charge was handed to the 21-year-old Harry May after he threw an egg at King Charles III while his Majesty was carrying out an engagement in Luton
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Murderer Scott Eizember says he's at 'peace' in last words before execution
A death row killer who took the lives of an elderly couple while trying to stalk his girlfriend across the road said he was 'at peace' before he was given a lethal injection yesterday
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Man charged with murder of Elle Edwards in Wallasey on Christmas Eve
A 22-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Elle Edwards in Wallasey on Christmas Eve, Merseyside Police have said, alongside a number of other charges
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Woman's body found buried under apartment block had been there for seven years
Police in Queensland, Australia, are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found partially buried in an apartment block in the Brisbane suburb of Alderley last month
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Madeleine McCann's parents admit defeat in 13-year libel battle with ex-cop
Kate and Gerry McCann have admitted defeat after spending 13 years fighting Goncalo Amaral over his book that falsely claimed they were the 'main culprits' in their daughter's disappearance
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Woman, 28, killed in horror dog attack with armed police seize 8 dogs
Armed police seized eight dogs in Caterham, Surrey after a 28-year-old woman died from horrific wounds and another was hospitalised for dog bites - she has since been discharged
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Woman leaves boy, 12, 'permanently scarred' after hitting him with paddle in row
Fay Johnson hit Antwon Forrest, 12, with her paddle in St Annes Park, causing a head wound, Bristol Crown Court heard. She was handed her a four-month jail term, suspended for six months
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Missing Levi Davis may have been kidnapped by gangsters in Spain, family fears
Levi Davis went missing after arriving in Barcelona on October 29, with a private detective working for the X Factor star's family claiming tipsters say he may have been snatched by gangsters
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Woman sent ex-boyfriend 1,000 pleading texts after relationship ended
Michelle Felton, 28, was so infatuated with Ryan Harley that she rang or messaged him up to 150 times each day after he ended their relationship. She has been issued with a restraining order
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PCSO numbers halve under Tories as people less likely to see officers on beat
A decade of vicious Conservative austerity has halved PCSO levels, with increasing numbers of the public saying they never see officers on patrol.
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Road rage thug walks free as judge warns 'prisons are full'
Fabian Greco avoided going to jail despite punching and kicking a fellow trucker. Labour said dangerous criminals are being left to 'roam our streets' as 10,000 prison cells have been lost since 2010
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Missing mum scrawled ominous message on champagne bottle box on New Year's Eve
Before her disappearance, Ana Walshe, from Massachusetts, US, wrote a message on the champagne bottle box that said: "Let's make 2023 the best one yet"
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Met Police chief says it’s 'crazy' he can’t sack 'toxic' cops who break the law
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley has said that there are some "very worrying cases" of officers who've broken the law and yet he is not allowed to fire them
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Lee Ryan found guilty of racially abusing flight attendant in drunken tirade
Blue singer Lee Ryan was found guilty after arriving at Ealing Magistrates' Court in London, charged with abusing and assaulting a member of the crew onboard a British Airways flight and assaulting a police officer at London City airport in July
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3 people arrested after man stabbed in 'target' horror stabbing at Aldi car park
A woman, 42, and two men aged 20 and 17 respectively have now been held suspicion of conspiracy to commit murder and the attempted murder of the victim in Greater Manchester
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