All news on the topic: Crime

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Doomsday cult 'murdered 191 kids' by ordering them to starve to meet Jesus
Mackenzie and the other suspects did not enter pleas in the coastal town of Malindi because High Court Judge Mugure Thande granted a request from prosecutors that they undergo mental health assessments and return to court on February 6
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Public warned 'do not approach' violent criminal who fled prison five days ago
Officers are ugently appealing for members of the public to help to track the prisoner down as the search for him nears a week - but have asked people not to approach him
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Prison officer took £500 bribe to lie during murder case after man shot dead
Wiktoria Bujko, 30, reported a "false confession" for one of the three men awaiting trial for the murder of Iron Miah, who was shot dead on his doorstep in east London, and died two days later
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Revenge porn reports 'have doubled' since Stephen Bear was jailed
Victims calling the Revenge Porn Helpline have soared by an estimated 100% since Stephen Bear was jailed at Chelmsford for selling CCTV of him having sex with Georgia Harrison
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Netflix docuseries dubbed 'real life Gone Girl' leaves fans feeling 'disturbed'
The streaming platform added three-part series American Nightmare on Wednesday and the show is based on a case dubbed 'the real life Gone Girl'
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Paedophile Kandice Barber's speaks out after she is banned from classroom
Kandice Barber, now 38, was jailed for six years and two months in 2021 after grooming a 15-year-old and having sex with him in a field and has been banned from the profession for life
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Socialite stares at pics of blood-stained home after 'helping lover murder ex'
Michelle Troconis, a former EPSN host in South America, is on trial in Stamford, Connecticut, for her alleged involvement in the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos more than four years ago
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Moment Eleanor Williams is arrested for rape lies which tore town apart
Eleanor Williams was jailed for eight and a half years last year after making up several lies about rapes which did not happen and caused scandal in Barrow-in-Furness
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Disgraced YouTube mum's husband demands compensation over child abuse
Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt are set to be sentenced for their heinous child abuse on February 20. Franke’s husband, Kevin, now wants Hildebrandt to help pay the medical bills to heal his children
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Massive online pregnancy scam tricks scores of men out of thousands
"Mangesh Kumar" has been swindled out of 16,000 rupees (£151), which is a month's wage, after becoming involved with a company that offered him a big payout to impregnate a childless woman in India
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Aldi worker shot dead in front of shoppers by ex while stacking shelves
Aysel L had reportedly warned people before that she was frightened for her safety due to the behaviour of her ex Plamen P, before she was shot dead at an Aldi near Frankfurt, Germany
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Undercover cops ambush Rolex thieves who wait in high-end areas for victims
The Metropolitan Police used undercover 'victim' officers during two operations in central London to catch out luxury watch thieves, leading to more than 20 convictions so far
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Fresh hunt launched for Navy sailor feared to be Frankenstein Killer victim
Royal Navy Seaman Simon Parkes, from Bristol, disappeared in December 1986 after going ashore from HMS Illustrious, as police begin a fresh search for him on the territory
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Robert Thompson's mother from 'obsession with James Bulger's mum' to jail visits
Child killer Robert Thompson's mother, Ann, allegedly developed an obsession with his victim's mum, Denise Fergus, after he was locked up for James Bulger's murder
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Ex footballer jailed after 80 wraps of cocaine and heroin fell out of underwear
Ex-footballer Max Norman, 25, was jailed for securing the illegal stash in his underwear and was also found to have kept £50,000 of drugs down the side of a sofa
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'My hot mugshot went viral when I was arrested, now I'm sharing my glam secrets'
Veronica Koval, from Virginia, was busted for driving almost twice the legal speed limit. But it was her mugshot that went viral after being shared to a popular Instagram page
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Man on stag do 'downed six drinks before punching horse rider and killing him'
Ryan Patient, 25, is accused of manslaughter for fatally punching 23-year-old stranger Jake Rainton on a stag do in the middle of the street after having 'six or seven' drinks
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Horrible POV vid going viral shows man shoot partner's son for mouthing off
Jeffrey Scott West, 68, is seen shooting Kyle W Spitze, 24, at close range in horrifying point-of-view footage that has gone viral online - and the tragic end of the horror event has now been revealed
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Socialite 'kills brothers while racing with sports star lover after boozy lunch'
One of the boys killed was thrown 254 feet after being hit by an SUV with one expert saying it was the furthest he has known a human to be tossed in a crash - Rebecca Grossman, who was allegedly 'racing' with ex-Dodgers star Scott Erickson, is charged with murder
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BBC forced to give Chris Packham a bodyguard after chilling threats
Climate change campaigner Chris Packham has told how they aren’t taking any chances after 'specific threats' against him and have given him a bodyguard
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Ex-hospital worker 'strangled partner to death before going to buy cat treats'
Mathew Pickering, 49, from Neath, south Wales, is accused of strangling his girlfriend Georgina Dowey and then going out to buy bleach and cat treats to cover his tracks, a court heard
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Jon Venables will serve two more years in jail after missing parole deadline
Despite vowing to prison staff that he would fight the parole rejection, Venables 41, who killed toddler James Bulger in 1993, missed this week’s appeal deadline
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UK's 'most wanted' Phantom of the Forest killer murdered two cops in cold blood
Phantom of the Forest killer Barry Prudom was the most wanted man in Britain for 18 days after he shot and killed two police officers during his two-week murder spree in the summer of 1982
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Drug dealing granny was 'barely able to form sentence' as police raided her home
Grandmother Joanne McKie, 44, was "barely able to form a sentence" and was "heavily intoxicated" when police raided her home in a drug bust and found class A drugs
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Austrian incest monster Josef Fritzel 'thinks he's a pop star' as release looms
Incest monster Josef Fritzel, now 88 and suffering from dementia could soon be moved to a care home amid reports he talks to the television and believes he is a pop star