All news on the topic: Violence

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Two teenagers found guilty of killing 80-year-old Bhim Kohli in Leicester park attack
Two teenagers have been found guilty at Leicester crown court of the manslaughter of Bhim Kohli after the 80-year-old was attacked in a park near Leicester in September.
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Man in critical condition after being punched in face outside McDonald’s
A man is in critical condition in the hospital after being punched in the face outside a McDonald’s last night.
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17-year-old boy stabbed at ’house party’ and two other teenagers injured
Five teenagers have been arrested after a 17-year-old boy was stabbed at what police believe was a flat party.
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Bargain Hunt auctioneer Charles Hanson acquitted of coercive control and assault allegations concerning his wife
During the trial, Hanson claimed his wife had dominated him and stated she left him "a beaten and broken man" by making him subservient to her.
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Theatre managers are on the brink of bankruptcy as migrants have been staying in the building for three months following a free performance
Left-wing managers of a Paris theatre occupied by hundreds of homeless African migrants are set to abandon the building because of sex-related violence.
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Ban pornography depicting strangulation, review urges UK ministers
Independent review also calls for a ban on other ’legal, but harmful’ material that is degrading, violent, or misogynistic.
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Nearly 50,000 babies are referred to children’s care every year due to domestic abuse
Nearly 50,000 babies are referred to children’s care with domestic abuse as a contributing factor each year, according to alarming new research.
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15-year-old boy ‘beat an 80-year-old dog walker to death with a stick while a 13-year-old girl filmed’
A pensioner was murdered by a balaclava-clad 15-year-old who slapped him around the face with a slider while a 13-year-old girl laughed and filmed the ‘pure violence’ on her phone, a court has heard.
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Over 50 new laws to be unveiled today in the biggest crime-fighting shake-up in decades
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper states that a series of new laws will help ’take back our town centres’ as she introduces the much-anticipated Crime and Policing Bill, which includes measures on knife crime, stalking, and thefts.
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The most crime-ridden train lines and stations in London revealed
Londoners have been arguing for decades about which Tube lines to avoid, now they know the answer for certain.
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Teenager, 17, seriously injured following stabbing inside bustling Primark store
A teenage boy was stabbed in front of shoppers at a Primark store in Nottingham today.
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Thai police general says tens of thousands could be held in illegal scam compounds in Myanmar
The head of the anti-trafficking agency reports that numerous Chinese criminal gangs were operating the centers.
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Life inside the UK’s most dangerous town where wild kids on quad bikes rule the area – and it’s too terrifying for buses to stop
A boy of eight leans against a wall and takes furtive drags from a vape as he chats to an older mate.
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Violence erupts at Monster Mansion jail after CHIPS are taken off the prison menu
A jail home to murderers and sex offenders has seen a dramatic rise in violence after chips were removed from the menu.
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’Horrific’ violence erupts at a 16th birthday party with guests being shot and stabbed
Violence erupted at the party in Stockton when an armed gang shot and stabbed guests, leaving some in need of surgery, following a disagreement between two party-goers.
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MI5 admits to deceiving courts to protect violent neo-Nazi informant
MI5 misled three courts while defending its management of a misogynistic neo-Nazi state agent who assaulted his girlfriend with a machete, the BBC can reveal.
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British man confesses to killing partner in Italy by stabbing
Michael Whitbread, 75, is on trial in Lanciano for murder of fellow Briton Michele Faiers, 66, in October 2023
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Most violent or sexual crimes unsolved in hotspots of England and Wales last year
About 89% of such crimes closed without a suspect being caught or charged in the year to June 2024.
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U.S. reports white supremacist leaders planned worldwide attacks through online platforms
US prosecutors in California charged two people with running a white supremacist group on the messaging app Telegram to inspire acts of violence across the country.
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Nigeria sees a surge in violence: 7,500 abducted and 1,056 killed in a year
Over the past year, 7,568 people were abducted in Nigeria, with kidnappers demanding the equivalent of over US$6 million in ransom, according to a new report by SBM Intelligence, a Nigerian consulting firm. Experts blame unemployment and corruption for the dramatic spike in kidnapping incidents.
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Violent attacks against environmental journalists on the rise
Unesco joint research dating back 15 years found violence and intimidation against about 750 reporters and 44 murders
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A study indicates that serious violence has sharply declined in England and Wales
Serious violence fell substantially in England and Wales last year, a study has shown.
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Sadist under the cover of fashion: how Antonio Palacios-Fernandez beats female employees in the center of Moscow
In Moscow, co-owner of the atelier “Masterskaya Klassicheskogo Kostyuma,” Antonio Palasios-Fernandes, brutally beat employee Yuliya Zelenskaya.