All news on the topic: Crime

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Should there be tougher fines for littering - vote in our poll
With more than 165,000 litter fines being issued in England in one year, we want to know if you think Brits should be faced with tougher fines for illegally discarding their rubbish
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Violent reality of fox hunting as saboteurs risk their lives to stop the sport
A Mirror Exclusive reveals the horror attacks faced by hunt saboteurs as they attempt to put an end to illegal fox hunting - as violent altercations between hunters and saboteurs appear to be on the rise
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Preacher on trial for stealing parishioner's retirement funds in fraud scheme
Lamor Miller-Whitehead, 47, faces the start of jury selection two years after a grand jury lodged charges against him including wire fraud, attempted wire fraud and attempted extortion
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iPhone users discover genius hack to stop spam messages once and for all
Spam messages are a huge bugbear for many, as they overwhelm your inbox, alarm you as you're left thinking if that's an important message from a relative, but are also incessant.
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Epstein's ‘house of Sin’ where paedo raped girls sells for £8m after price cut
Billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein's 'House of Sin' apartment in Paris where he entertained Prince Andrew and Jean-Luc Brunel has been sold for £2million under the asking price
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Inside outrageous defence of socialite who killed two kids in boozy hit and run
Socialite Rebecca Grossman has been found guilty of killing 11-year-old Mark Iskander and his eight-year-old brother Jacob in Westlake Village, California, in September 2020 in a hit and run
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Driver 'smart keys' warning as devices spark fresh wave of car thefts
Experts have reportedly alerted the motor trade to security risks of 'smart key' systems which have now fuelled highest level of car thefts for a decade according to new statistics
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Netflix fans 'absolutely terrified' by new crime documentary on cyberstalking
Can I Tell You a Secret? follows the story of one of the UK's most prolific cyberstalkers who relentlessly harassed women and got away with it for over a decade. The Netflix show has sparked outrage as viewers were left 'traumatised'
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Career criminal accused of mum's grisly hotel murder arrested mid-crime spree
Video posted by the Arizona Police Department shows suspect Raad Almansoori in handcuffs after he was accused of killing a 38-year-old escort worker Denisse Oleas-Arancibia inside the Soho 54 Hotel
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Judge removed after reversing man's rape conviction for brutal assault of girl
The judge was removed over misconduct having overturned the conviction of a man who was accused of raping a 16-year-old at a graduation party
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Homeless man builds cabin with washing machine and treadmill in public park
An illegal cabin being built buy a homeless man in Seattle has been described as a "ticking timebomb" as trees are torn down and the local environment destroyed
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Pregnant lawyer pushed off cliff by husband helped jail killer beyond the grave
Pregnant lawyer Fawziyah Javed has helped posthumously jail her killer husband after she was pushed to her death from Arthur's Seat in Edinburgh - by telling a passer by vital information
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'Playboy' murderer who killed schoolgirl, 18, is having sex with 3 women in jail
A man who brutally murdered an 18 year old school girl and his ex-girlfriend continues to have sex with multiple women despite his 28 year sentence.
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Claudia Lawrence's mum has heartbreaking plans to mark her daughter's 50th
Claudia, a chef at York University, was last seen on March 18, 2009 but her mum won't give up hope that she'll be found and is pleading for anyone with information to come forward
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Google's new Gemini AI bot sparks row after refusing to condemn paedophilia
Google's Gemini AI appeared to refuse to condemn paedophilia after a user urged for the chatbot to condemn the crimes, though the artificial intelligence gave a 'lesson on hate' instead
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Man dies after 'serious assault' at home as suspect held on suspicion of murder
A man in his 50s has died following a "serious assault" at a home in Rodbourne, Swindon, in the early hours of this morning with a man arrested on suspicion of murder
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Woman's 'prince charming fiancé was actually violent abuser who 'beat' her
Laura Williams has recalled the horror abuse she received at the hands of her 'prince charming' boyfriend, Jamie Thomas, who has been sentenced to three years and three months in prison
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Gangs 'embarrassing' prison chiefs by using loopholes to smuggle drugs into jail
Legal loopholes are being used by criminal gangs to smuggle WiFi devices and drugs into prisons, experts have warned, allowing criminals to potentially direct hits in the outside world
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Inside the grim house where funeral home owner stashed remains of 30 people
Ashes were swapped and families may have been given other people's loved ones' remains, police fear, after their harrowing raid of Miles Harford's property in Denver
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Teacher and 6 members of religious congregation kidnapped from outside school
The six worshippers and teacher, members of the Congregation of Brothers of Sacred Heart, were kidnapped from outside a school in the Haitian capital of Port Au Prince
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Cops puzzled after lone amputated finger found in Walmart parking lot
Police officers responded to a bizarre report of an amputated finger found near the grocery just outside of a Walmart store in Sidney, Ohio on Sunday, February 18
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Convicted paedophile 'exploited loophole' to work with children after vile abuse
Marc Sherland, president of the World Burns Federation, was forced to resign after being unmasked as convicted paedophile Douglas Stuart Hammond who had sexually assaulted two boys
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Vile stepmum sentenced after children locked in dog cages and starved for days
Sex worker Amanda Stamper was sentenced to up to 18 years in jail after she and her failed rapper husband Travis Doss locked their children in dog cages at their apartment in Las Vegas, Nevada, in what a nurse described "worst case of abuse" she had ever seen
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'Stoned' teen who started fire that killed 4 kids has open prison bid blocked
Dyson Allen, now 30, was sentenced to life in jail for deliberately starting a fire which almost wiped out a whole family at their home in Freckleton, Lancashire, on January 7, 2012
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'Defenceless' nan shot dead at home 'would give you the last coin in her purse'
Jaqueline Rutter, 53, was killed in her Merseyside home in October 2022 in what police described as a 'targeted attack'. Her family said she was 'a defenceless grandmother'