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Former Met Police officer convicted of sexually abusing 12-year-old girl
The former police officer David Carrick, who exhibited predatory behavior, has been found guilty of molesting a 12-year-old girl and raping a former partner.
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Met Police manager sentenced for harassment after sending fake Ronan Keating messages
A Met Police call centre boss who sent a colleague unwanted gifts and messages purporting to be from Ronan Keating has been spared jail.
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Driver arrested after ‘tasering man trying to stop him leaving hit-and-run scene’
A driver was arrested after allegedly using a taser on a man who was attempting to prevent him from fleeing a hit-and-run scene.
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£10 million seized as UK police clean up high streets
More than 2,700 vape shops, barbers, mini markets, and car washes have been raided in a month, as part of efforts to clean up Britain’s high streets.
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Chinese fraudster behind £5.5bn Bitcoin scam lived in luxury across Europe
A Chinese fraudster involved in a Bitcoin scam exceeding £5.5 billion managed to evade British authorities for years while staying in luxury hotels and sightseeing across Europe, a court has been told.
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Court hears case of police officer who hit pensioner while escorting Duchess of Edinburgh
A police motorcyclist hit and killed a pensioner while driving over the speed limit and through a red light as he escorted the Duchess of Edinburgh through London, a court heard.
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Police arrest Irish driver after Lewisham hit-and-run critically injures pedestrian
A man has been arrested in Northern Ireland in connection with an alleged hit-and-run in London that has left a 65-year-old pedestrian critically injured.
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Commissioner seeks ’exit route’ for senior staff ’not up for the challenge’ in met overhaul
The Metropolitan Police Federation (MPF) has accused Commissioner Sir Mark Rowley of making a “thinly veiled threat” over jobs after he reportedly launched a voluntary exit pay-off for senior ranks.
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Nearly 100 violent and sex offenders among 262 inmates released in error this year
LBC understands that four more prisoners are still at large after being mistakenly released from jail.
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Met police officer accused of using sex workers while on duty
A former Metropolitan police officer allegedly used sex workers while on duty in the midst of a major investigation into behavioural standards, the Guardian can reveal.
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Manhunt for two prisoners wrongly released from Wandsworth jail, including migrant sex offender
A manhunt continues for two prisoners released by mistake, including a migrant sex offender, as the Justice Secretary faces pressure over the error.
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Second mistaken prisoner release sparks outrage as UK justice system faces scrutiny
Police have launched an urgent search for a second foreign prisoner mistakenly freed, two days after the UK justice secretary, David Lammy, implemented stronger checks for jails.
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Reality star and royal insider Ben Duncan plunges 100ft to death from £1,000-a-night hotel
Big Brother star and reported friend of Prince William, Ben Duncan, has died aged 45.
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US lawmakers push Andrew Mountbatten Windsor to testify over Epstein ties
Pressure is building on Andrew Mountbatten Windsor to give evidence before a powerful U.S. Congressional committee about his links to paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
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Giuffre family calls it ’justice for Virginia’ after the King stripped Prince Andrew of his royal titles
The family of Virginia Giuffre said she had “brought down a prince” after Andrew Mountbatten Windsor’s public life as a royal was effectively ended by the King.
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Presenter Kirsty Gallacher attacked in central London
Presenter Kirsty Gallacher said she was kicked like a “football” by a stranger in central London, leaving her with bruises.
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Hazardous materials incident in Barking Road flat leaves one child dead
One child has died after ‘a hazardous materials incident’ broke out in a flat in east London.
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One man killed and two injured, including a 14-year-old boy, in Uxbridge attack
An Afghan national has been arrested after a man was stabbed to death and two other people, including a 14 year-old boy, were injured in west London.
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Convicted sex offender and asylum seeker mistakenly released from prison arrested in London
An asylum seeker and convicted sex offender whose crimes sparked protests outside migrant hotels across the country has been arrested after being mistakenly released from prison.
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Murder inquiry initiated after teenager is stabbed in southwest London
A murder investigation has been launched after a 19-year-old was stabbed in southwest London earlier this week.
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Rapper Ghetts charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving in London crash
The rapper Ghetts has been charged with causing serious injury by dangerous driving after a fatal crash in London.
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Giuffre’s family claims UK and US governments gaslit her, demands Epstein files be revealed
Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s brother and sister-in-law, Sky and Amanda Roberts, have demanded US President Donald Trump release the unredacted version of the Epstein Files and claimed Giuffre was ’continuously gaslit’ by the UK police and government.
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Nearly 6,500 Met Police staff to strike on Bonfire Night over pay dispute
Almost 6,500 Met Police staff, including 999 call handlers, counter-terror, and forensics teams, are set to strike on Bonfire Night due to a pay dispute.
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Metropolitan Police to stop investigating non-crime hate incidents after Graham Linehan case
Metropolitan Police is to stop investigating "non-crime hate incidents" to "reduce ambiguity" after prosecutors dropped a case against Graham Linehan.
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Prince Andrew scandal reignites debate over royal accountability and parliamentary limits
Parliament is under mounting pressure to examine what the royal family knew about Prince Andrew’s links to Jeffrey Epstein and introduce a mechanism to strip him of his titles.
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