All news on the topic: Crime

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The family of a murdered teen cadet calls for action to combat the surge of knife crime
Nathaniel Shani was stabbed in the neck by two boys since jailed for over a decade, and his family are now calling on politicians to take action on knife crime
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Police ‘not looking for anyone else’ after two found dead in Staffordshire
Bodies of Lauren Evans, 22, and Daniel Duffield, 24, were discovered at a house in Hednesford, Cannock, on Tuesday
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A man from Grimsby has been sentenced to prison for sexually assaulting deceased bodies in a mortuary
Damon Tingay punched the body of one man twice and performed sex acts on two male bodies, court heard
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An inquest has revealed that a boy took his own life after accidentally shooting his best friend
A boy found dead by a canal in Birmingham shot himself after accidentally killing his friend, an inquest has heard.
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Interpol: 1,374 victims identified in global anti-human trafficking operation
Law enforcement agencies around the world coordinated in a joint operation against human trafficking that led to hundreds of arrests and more than 1,000 victims identified, Interpol reported.
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South Africa arrests over half a million in year-long crime crackdown operation
Police in South Africa arrested two illegal miners on Thursday, adding them to the half a million people detained over the past year in an operation designed to decrease crime in one of the world’s most crime-ridden countries.
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Woman is raped by stranger after Royal Ascot – with cops launching urgent manhunt for attacker
It took place just hours after thousands attended the annual event
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Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach faces 8 additional criminal charges, including sexual assault
Peel Regional Police say Stronach arrested and charged on Wednesday
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Met Police officer charged with misconduct for allegedly stealing money from a dead man who collapsed
PC Chris Carter faces a misconduct in public office charge over the alleged incident in Haringey, north London
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Incest monster Josef Fritzl placed under legal guardianship amid worsening dementia
Sexual offender monster Josef Fritzl will be placed under legal guardianship as a result of his dementia - but his legal team are battling against the decision.
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Notorious gangster with terrifying nickname captured in a pub in Wigan
An infamous gangster known as ‘big Viking Stomper’ has been caught after escaping prison in late May.
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Drug dealer who bragged of having a ’£135,000 wrist’ posed with wads of cash on Facebook
Luke Waters, 28, was jailed for 10 years and forced to pay back almost £200,000 of the illegal cash - after gloating about his cash and luxury watches on social media
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British woman ’gang-raped after attending festival’ in Paris
A British woman has allegedly been raped while attending a festival in Paris.
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Interpol candidate accused of involvement in kidnapping Indian businessmen
Zambia’s Mubita Nawa, who is on shortlist for top job, is accused of involvement in an attempted extortion in 2022
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‘Sex for rent’ landlord jailed for offering rent discounts in exchange for sexual favors
A ‘sex for rent’ landlord who asked young female tenants to perform sex acts in exchange for reduced rent has been jailed for two and a half years.
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Pakistani journalist’s murder sparks global outcry
Unknown attackers brutally assassinated veteran Pakistani journalist Khalil Jibran, a husband and father of six, who has over the past two years covered the rise of militancy and terrorism in the country.
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Indian film star arrested in connection with fan’s murder case
Darshan Thoogudeepa, a superstar of the Kannada-language film industry in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, has been under arrest for the past 10 days in connection with a crime that resembles the plot of a movie.
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Man beaten to death in busy pub hours after England’s Euro 2024 draw
A man was beaten to death in a busy Wetherspoons pub hours after England’s 1-1 draw with Denmark in the Euro’s on Thursday.
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Serial killer convicted of murdering five people found dead in prison cell
Prison officials said convicted killer Joshua Wade was "found unresponsive in his cell at the Indiana State Prison" on Thursday
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Unidentified body found washed up on UK island with poignant ring on finger remains a mystery
The unidentified man, found on February 21, 1979, is believed to have been born between the world wars and investigators estimate he was aged between 40 and 60
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Dudley stabbing: Armed police ’everywhere’ after triple injury incident
West Midlands Ambulance Service has said two air ambulances to the horror in Dudley, where witnesses described "scary" scenes of disorder throughout the afternoon
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Mum’s powerful statement to teenager who murdered her child in cold blood
A knife-obsessed 15-year-old who stabbed another boy through the heart on the way home from school has been locked up for life.
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Gang sold £4 million of counterfeit drugs produced in garages and sheds on the dark web
Ten members of the group have been convicted over the operation, which produced counterfeit versions of medicines such as Xanax.