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Fake cig tsar caught with 2m counterfeits told cops they were for 'personal use'
Norman Kay, who held onto two million cigarettes for an organised crime group, has been jailed after attempting to tell police that they were for 'personal use'
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Man, 23, 'shot dead in a field' as police make arrest on suspicion of murder
Derbyshire Police have arrested a man on suspicion of murder over the fatal shooting of a 23-year-old man who was shot dead in a field in Bretby last month
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Moment police find Constance Marten's dead baby in Lidl bag captured on bodycam
Constance Marten and partner Mark Gordon spent eight weeks on the run after giving birth to little baby Victoria, but once they were caught they both repeatedly refused to answer any questions on their daughter's whereabouts
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Boys, 12 to 14, accused of rape and sex assault of girls in Morrisons car park
Four young boys aged 12 to 14 were arrested over the weekend on suspicion of rape in Rochdale, greater Manchester and now face fresh allegations of sexual assault against a second girl
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Depraved Brit mechanic led double life running paedophile forum on the dark web
WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS Nathan Bake, a mechanic from Runcorn, Cheshire, was secretly running two dark web sites for paedophiles which featured the sexual abuse of babies and toddlers
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UK coastguards under investigation after migrants die in English Channel
The boat's teen pilot is on trial over the December 2022 incident but a refugee charity has filed for complaints, including ‘involuntary manslaughter’, against British authorities
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Over 150 police officers and staff convicted last year – see where on map
Home Office figures reveal that officers and staff members working for the police were convicted of a number of crimes - including sexual offences, violence and theft
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Terrorist who plotted Bluewater attack to stay in prison after failed parole bid
Salahuddin Amin was a part of a terror cell that plotted a wave of attacks across the UK, including on the Bluewater shopping centre - but had his Parole bid rejected, leaving him behind bars
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Netflix viewers blast 'creepy' true crime documentary as 'crazy and wild'
WARNING: SPOILERS The latest Netflix true crime documentary that has sent fans wild centers around murder, stalking, and features lots of twists and turns throughout
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Trans girl stabbed 14 times at party as teen charged with attempted murder
Summer Betts-Ramsey, 19, appeared at Willesden Magistrates Court on Tuesday charged with attempted murder and possession of an offensive weapon in public after a transgender girl was stabbed
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Sarah Payne's killer could be in line for compensation after he was stabbed
Roy Whiting - currently in jail for the abduction and murder or eight-year-old Sarah - is said to be seeking compensation for thousands of pounds after being attacked at HMP Wakefield
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HMRC issues new warning about fraudsters offering bogus tax rebate offers
People who completed their tax return for the 2022-23 tax year by the January 31 deadline may be taken in by an email, phone call or text message offering a bogus tax rebate
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Man 'poisoned married couple with fentanyl and rewrote their will', court hears
Stephen and Carol Baxter, 61 and 64, of Mersea Island, Essex, ran a company called Cazsplash and were both found dead in their conservatory by their daughter last year
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Murder PC's killers 'watched TV news in panic' after botched robbery, jury told
A gang who shot dead rookie officer PC Sharon Beshenivsky during a botched raid in Bradford in 2005 watched the news on TV 'in panic' from a safe house in Leeds, a court heard
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Company boss fired gun next to terrified employee's head in row over bike
Jamie Oakes, 37, has been jailed for more than three years after a "violent and frightening" incident in which an employee was accused of theft and threatened by his boss
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Rookie cop's killers went on vodka-fuelled brothel trip before murder, jury told
The gang behind a robbery at Universal Express Travel in Bradford in 2005 which left rookie police officer PC Sharon Beshenivsky dead allegedly went on a champagne and vodka fuelled night out at a brothel hours before
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Home Office to pay rapper and TV stars for TikTok posts about small boats
Home Office officials have reportedly drawn up a shortlist of celebrities in Albania who they want to post TikTok videos discouraging people from travelling to the UK by small boat
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Victims being asked to buy gold in new impersonation scam twist, HSBC says
Criminals may also pose as police officers, claiming a fraud has taken place on someone's account
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Man who 'confessed to torture and murder' seen roaming streets by scared locals
Alan Lawson, 36, was found with serious injuries at his home in Saltcoats, Ayshire, before he died in hospital - with a man allegedly confessing to his torture on Snapchat
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Grandma left money for parents in cooler ‘where dad put five-year-old’s remains’
The girl's terrified stepmother has claimed in court she saw the alleged killer Adam Montgomery take his daughter, Harmony's lifeless body, "fold her in half, and squished" her inside a duffel bag after he killed her
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Shoplifting cost at record high as abuse against staff soars, BRC survey shows
The British Retail Consortium's annual survey found that violence and abuse against shop workers spiked last year with about 1,300 incidents a day
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Mum in dock accused of murdering her son, 6, after his body was found in car
Mum Ruth Purcell Healy, 37, appeared at Waterford District Court last night charged with the murder of her six-year-old son Matthew Purcell-Healy, whose body was found in a car
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'Criminals given a free pass' as shop thefts rocket to 16million cases a year
New figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) found a 50% increase in assaults and abuse of shop workers as it slammed the Government's "woefully inadequate" action
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Mum says she ‘dropped the ball’ as starved son, 14, dies weighing just two stone
A Florida woman, Talia Nelson, faces severe charges after her 14-year-old son Zayke Smith-Nelson died weighing only 2 stone 3 (33 pounds), revealing a disturbing case of alleged neglect and starvation
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Update in beef wellington case that killed 3 after eating death cap mushrooms
Erin Patterson remains in prison in Victoria, Australia, accused of murder over a deadly mushroom lunch which killed three in her ex-husband's family and left another man in intensive care
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