All news on the topic: Crime

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Armed police hunting Abdul Ezedi raid pizza restaurant 300 miles away from scene
Police raided two addresses linked to Clapham chemical attack suspect Abdul Ezedi, including his work place - with video showing officers outside Best Bite pizza shop in Newcastle
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FIFA president again demands automatic forfeits for teams over racist abuse
The FIFA president was addressing the annual UEFA congress in Paris on Thursday morning and declared that the governing bodies needed to do more to 'eradicate' racism from the sport
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Plot to kidnap child in Portugal hatched week before Madeleine McCann vanished
A British ex-pat has claimed paedophile Christian Brueckner hatched a sick plan to kidnap a child in Portugal week before Madeleine McCann went missing in Praia du Luz
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Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brückner to stay silent in German rape trial
Madeleine McCann went missing, aged just three-years-old, when she was on a family holiday at the Ocean Club in Praia da Luz, in Portugal, and despite the huge manhunt, she's never been found
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Co-op wants attacks on shop staff to be standalone offence as incidents soar
The company said there were more than 300,000 incidents of shoplifting, abuse, violence and anti-social behaviour in Co-op stores last year
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Murder probe launched as man dies after sickening 'kidnap and torture' ordeal
Alan Lawson, 36, died in hospital after being brutally assaulted while being held hostage - with the attack reportedly shared on Snapchat as Police Scotland have launched a murder probe
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Co-op using AI to catch shoplifters in the act after 44 per cent spike in crime
Co-op is now using AI to monitor self-checkouts at stores and installing more than 200 secure till kiosks following a massive 44 per cent hike in retail crime last year
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New protest clampdown with £1,000 fines for wearing masks and climbing memorials
Plans unveiled by Home Secretary James Cleverly include £1,000 fines and possible jail sentences for people who wear masks, bring flares and climb on war memorials during protests
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Drug dealer jailed after making crucial CCTV error when he killed fellow student
Melvin Lebaga-Idubor will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of Kwabena Osei-Poku, a digital marketing student at University of Northampton, whom he stabbed near the campus
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Man dies after being 'kidnapped and tortured' as sick videos shared on Snapchat
Alan Lawson was brutally assaulted and then left for dead at his home in Saltcoats, Ayrshire, on Sunday, it is believed - and died of his injuries in hospital two days later
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Family begged much older girlfriend to leave son alone - then she killed him
Kasey Anderson was stabbed to death before his 25th birthday by his much older girlfriend Natalie Bennett, who had been subjecting him to a campaign of physical and mental abuse
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Family of victim of UK's 'first racist murder' denied access to police files
The violent murder of carpenter Kelso Cochrane, who was stabbed by a gang of white youths in London's Notting Hill in 1959, remains unsolved more than six decades later
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Chilling moment chemical attack suspect walks through crowd with horror injuries
Abdul Ezedi is alleged to have travelled from Newcastle to Clapham, south London, to douse a a mother and her two young children in an alkaline substance on Wednesday last week
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Lucy Letby bids to overturn her baby murder convictions again using 14-day rule
Convicted child murderer Lucy Letby had her initial application for permission to appeal against all of her convictions refused by a judge without a hearing last month
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'Voices' told mum to smother son, 5, so he 'wouldn’t go to hell'
Jennifer L. Bowser had been holed up for days with her son in a home attached to a assisted-living facility run by her mum. Officers eventually got to the boy but he was found unresponsive
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Suspect lured ex-girlfriend to meet before 'dousing her and kids with chemical'
Chemical attack fugitive Abdul Ezedi lured his alleged victim to a meeting after their relationship broke down, police have said, as the woman is still too badly injured to speak to officers
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Chemical attack cops give possible motive as they say injuries could be fatal
Abdul Ezedi's alleged attack on a mother in Clapham, south London, is being treated as attempted murder, Metropolitan Police said as the search for the sex fiend continues
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Ex-Mormon mum plotted with gym trainer lover ‘to kill her estranged husband'
Shanna Gardner-Fernandez is accused of plotting the murder of her ex-husband Jared after she allegedly hired a hitman with her new partner Mario to kill the father-of-four
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Cops 'in dock' year after David Carrick jailed as Met told reform not working
In the year since serial rapist Metropolitan Police constable David Carrick was jailed for 30 years, more force members have been convicted, prompting one ex-officer to speak out
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'My stepson is a convicted sex offender - I don't want him living in my house'
A mother is torn between trying to preserve the peace between her and her husband and stopping his son from living at their address when he is released from jail
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Woman live streams herself killing cat before murdering man, court hears
A court heard how the woman had a 'fixation with violence' and filmed herself slaughtering the stolen pet - before allegedly murdering a man and dumping his body in a river
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Doctor charged with attempted murder in 'suspected poisoning' of pensioner
Dr Thomas Kwan, 52, has been charged with attempted murder of a man in his 70s who was the alleged victim of a "suspected poisoning" in Newcastle last month
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Doctor shares sick way you die ‘8 out of 10 times’ during injection execution
Dr Joel Zivot from Emory University School of Medicine spoke to The Mirror and explained what actually happens to the body during a lethal injection death including "drowning in your own blood"
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Family of EuroMillions winner Jane Park's slain ex plan party to celebrate life
Marc Webley was shot and killed outside a pub in Edinburgh during Hogmanay celebrations with four people charged over his death - now family are planning a party to give him a fancy send-off
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Teacher admits having sex with pupil, 14, after her DNA is found on his bed
26-year-old Megan Jordan, who taught at Hungary Creek Middle School in Virginia, has pleaded guilty to four counts of carnal knowledge and one count of indecent liberties of a minor