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Kyle Clifford charged with murdering wife and two daughters of racing commentator John Hunt in crossbow attack
Clifford, 26, faces three counts of murder following the deaths of Carol Hunt and her daughters, Louise and Hannah, in a crossbow attack at their home in Bushey, Hertfordshire, in July.
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Dominique Pélicot makes explosive admission as he testifies in disturbing French rape trial
Dominique Pélicot, 71, is on trial alongside 50 other men, all of them accused of the ‘aggravated rape’ of his wife Gisèle Péllicot, also 71 - and today admitted drugging her and allowing multiple strangers to attack her
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Men charged with drug smuggling remanded in custody
Four men accused of trying to smuggle £200m worth of cocaine into the UK have been remanded in custody.
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Four boys ’died in house fire surrounded by rubbish and faeces after their mother left them alone to go shopping at Sainsbury’s’
The fire at the family home broke out just nine days before Christmas
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Triple murder suspect is son and brother of victims
The suspect in a triple murder investigation is both the son and brother of the victims, who were found dead in a tower block in Luton.
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The feud between the Burger Bar Boys and the StreetFighters has been highlighted as Britain’s most dangerous gangs are mapped out
From the rise of new Mafia groups to a violent feud that began over a video game, the Daily Star uncovers the complex and dangerous criminal landscape of the country’s underworld.
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Death on the Costa del Sol: The hidden double life of a German police informant ends in tragedy
Investigative files shed new light on the dangerous dealings of a German police informant whose life was cut short by a brutal murder.
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18-year-old man charged with murder after woman and children discovered dead in a flat
A teenager has been charged with the murder of three people after a woman and two teenagers were found dead in a flat in Luton on Friday.
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Stephen Lawrence murder suspect seen out for a stroll during the week the late teen would have turned 50
One of the prime suspects in the notorious murder of teenager Stephen Lawrence reportedly lives a ’lonely existence’ in the same area he grew up in, not far from the bus stop where the killing took place
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Briton and Americans among 37 given death sentence over DRC coup attempt
Son of opposition figure who led botched attempt in May is among three Americans sentenced to death
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Longtime leader of powerful Mexico cartel pleads not guilty to drug trafficking and murder charges in New York
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, a powerful leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, pleaded not guilty Friday in a U.S. drug trafficking case that accuses him of engaging in murder plots and ordering torture.
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Moment Banksy’s renowned ’Girl with Balloon’ artwork is ’stolen in art gallery heist’
This is the moment a hooded figure shattered the glass door of a London gallery and stole Banksy’s Girl with Baloon artwork.
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One in six children sexually abused in Jesus Army cult
A scheme to compensate members of a defunct religious cult known as the Jesus Army has identified 539 alleged perpetrators of abuse, and revealed about one in six children had been sexually abused.
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Finucane’s campaign for a public inquiry described as ’a long journey’
An independent public inquiry has been ordered into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane in 1989.
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Lucy Letby described as ’the elephant in the room’ at hospital with spike in baby deaths, inquiry reveals
The Thirlwall Inquiry heard that doctors did not discuss neonatal mortality or concerns raised about Letby until the new year following a pivotal board meeting in 2016
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Machete attacker and yob who left baby paralyzed are set to be released early from prison
Adam Andrews is due to be released despite leaving a baby boy with injuries so severe that he now needs round-the-clock care and suffers from about 40 seizures a day
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Tributes to ‘beautiful’ girl, 6, killed in house fire after teenager is arrested
Tributes have poured in after a six-year-old girl was killed in a catastrophic house fire.
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Brain-damaged man jailed over shopkeeper’s murder finally has conviction quashed
A man with severe learning difficulties who was jailed for the murder of a shopkeeper in east London more than 30 years ago has said his ‘fight for justice is finally over’ after his conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal
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U.S. reports white supremacist leaders planned worldwide attacks through online platforms
US prosecutors in California charged two people with running a white supremacist group on the messaging app Telegram to inspire acts of violence across the country.
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Two individuals arrested in South Africa for counterfeiting money
The suspects, Jude Oka and Evans Tiku, appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court last week on counterfeiting charges under the Currency Act and the Reserve Bank Act.
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A celebrity pastor, who claims to be the ’son of God’, has surrendered to Philippine police after a two-week manhunt
Apollo Quiboloy, who is wanted by the FBI on charges of child sexual abuse and trafficking, has surrendered following a police ultimatum, according to officials.
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A "dangerous" British prisoner has escaped from a Portuguese jail by reportedly "climbing up a ladder"
A British prisoner serving time at a Portuguese jail for kidnap and robbery has managed to escape by ‘climbing up a ladder’.
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A man has been jailed for smuggling people into the UK, who were discovered screaming for help
Anas Al Mustafa, 43, sentenced to 10 years after seven people were hidden in a concealed space in his van
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A barista stole £4,000 from the café where he worked by processing payments through his own card machine
A barista, Brandon Leung, 26, stole £4,000 from a café by using his own card machine to take customer payments. He spent months funneling the money into his bank account using a £70 SumUp chip and pin device.
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Fake Ozempic: Criminal groups are using batch numbers to distribute dangerous weight loss drugs
In December, Drew, a 36-year-old man from San Antonio, Texas, drove more than 250 miles (400 km) to Mexico to buy cheap Ozempic to help him lose weight. Going home, he checked the pens.
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