All news on the topic: Crime

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Judge 'sent 500 texts during murder trial and mocked prosecutor’s genitals'
An Oklahoma judge has been told to step down after sharing hundreds of 'crass' texts with her bailiff which included personal comments about the prosecuting attorney
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Americans lost over $10 billion to scammers in 2023, groundbreaking report shows
In 2023, scammers took over $10 billion from US consumers by perpetuating various fraud schemes. A new report by the Federal Trade Commission broke the numbers down and detailed how its working to stop the scams
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Wife who 'fatally shot husband got pregnant by an inmate's semen-filled glove'
Daisy Link this week requested to be released on house arrest pending her murder trial due to her pregnancy, which she allegedly told her mother was caused by another inmate's semen-filled glove that made its way to her
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Moment OAP lured to flat before being beaten to death by woman and teenage boy
The "bizarre team" of Antoinette Sheppard, 44, and Kieron Spicer, 16, battered 'kind and gentle' Michael Brady to death before hiding his remains in a TV box in a garden shed in Coventry
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Sobbing probation officer 'didn't know' Reading terrorist had killed before
Laura Rixon, probation officer for Reading terror attacker Khairi Saadallah, has admitted she was unknowingly “managing an unconvicted murderer” before he killed three people, an inquest heard
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Police believe chemical attack suspect threw himself off bridge into Thames
The Metropolitan Police said on Friday its main working hypothesis is that the 35-year-old had "gone into the water", but no body had been found
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Murderer who killed total stranger at the age of 17 now on the run from police
Eden Lomax, 27, was just a teenager when he killed a complete stranger with one punch just moments after he told him he'd had suicidal thoughts. He is now wanted on recall to prison
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Dad fights off creep who tries to kidnap son, 4, in middle of busy pharmacy
Footage from inside a Miami Beach pharmacy on Thursday allegedly shows Nicolas Sternman, the suspected kidnapper snatching up a 4-year-old boy by the neck
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Eight bombshells from Putin's Tucker Carlson interview from WW3 to Elon Musk
Over the indulgent two hour interview the Russian despot shared his thoughts on a range of topics from the possibility of nuclear armageddon, to his opinion of tech mogul Elon Musk
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Drink driver reverses over baby leaving little girl with fractured skull
Mary Casey overtook cars at a red light before driving the wrong way down a one-way street in Cambridge and crashing into parked cars before reversing into her great-niece, a crown court heard
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'Beyond cruel' camp for troubled kids 'not cooperating with cops' as child dies
The boy died just a day after enrolling at the Trails Carolina camp, which claims to 'help struggling teens' by taking kids and teens away from their families with parental consent
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Resort denies mums' version of events after they're 'drugged and raped by staff'
Surveillance footage at Pirates Cove contradicts the claims of two American women alleging rape, according to the popular beach resort. The FBI is investigating the case of Amber Shearer and Dongayla Dobson
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Maniac who launched attack on man that killed him was on 'crack bender'
Alan Lawson, 36, was discovered with serious injuries after suffering at the hands of a torturer last weekend who stabbed him while he was chained to a radiator in Largs, Scotland
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Mum shares disturbing photo of creep to 'warn all women and girls'
A mum has shared a photo of Scott Bailey, who was caught performing a sex act outside women's windows in Sutton, South London, and given a two-year community order
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OAP called 999 and confessed he'd just killed his wife after row at holiday park
Simon Steeves admitted to killing his wife following an argument and "did not remember picking up the knife" despite police finding her dead at the caravan park in Brean, Somerset
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Two women claim they were drugged and raped by staff at Bahamas resort
Two women from Kentucky have hit out at a cruise company for failing to warn them about dangers in the Bahamas after they claim they were drugged and raped
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Dad 'beat daughter to death before eating meal with her body in the car'
Prosecutors in the murder trial of Adam Montgomery, who faces multiple charges including second-degree murder over the death of his five-year-old daughter Harmony Montgomery, divulged the gruesome details of the day leading up to the child's death
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Twist in hunt for woman kidnapped after being mistaken for Rupert Murdoch's wife
Relatives of Muriel McKay, whose body was never found, showed a senior officer footage of their meeting last month with her killer Nizamodeen Hosein and there is new "compelling evidence"
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Rapist crept into drunk woman's bedroom after she left her keys in front door
Piotr Gradecki denied the charges but a Newcastle court found he had taken advantage of a 'vulnerable' woman he'd given a lift home after a night out in the city centre
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Victim gave paedophile 24-hour warning when he threatened to abuse another child
Kyle Paul, from Croydon, was found with hundreds of indecent child photos and 'sexually explicit' conversations on his phone and has been described as a 'dangerous predator'
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New Tory Deputy Chairman slated Government's record on rape just days ago
Tory MP James Daly highlighted the Government's failings on deporting failed asylum seekers and prosecuting rapists in his time on the Home Affairs Select Committee
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Cruel parents made daughter use wheelchair she didn't need to claim benefits
The girl was seven when the abuse began and lost the chance to enjoy a 'normal childhood' due to her parents' callous actions that left her 'psychologically damaged'
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Crooked undertaker who conned grieving families in 'callous' funeral scam jailed
Steven Drinkwater was branded 'callous' after pocketing thousands of pounds from vulnerable mourners while working at a Wolverhampton funeral home before trying to evade justice
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Smiling boozed-up dad avoids jail after man left unconscious in one-punch attack
New dad Darren Hamilton has been spared jail after he carried out a horrific one-punch attack during a brawl in Durham city centre which left another man unconscious
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Hero girl 8, saves baby sister after thieves steal car with pair still inside
Charley and 2-year-old Autumn Jorgenson were waiting for their dad in the backseat of a car after going through a car wash when a carjacker jumped in and sped off in Wisconsin