Crime News
Crime at the forefront of UK newspapers tends to focus on immigration, terrorism, gun crime, anti-social behaviour (2011 London riots), drug crime, sexual crime and theft and robbery.
Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry in its 20th year, fight against racism on
The 20th anniversary of Stephen Lawrence’s death haunts the British society with unanswered questions on racism. On April 22, 1993, 18-year-old Stephen Lawrence was killed by a gang of miscreants while he was waiting for a bus in Eltham, southeast London. Police investigation into the racist murder was lackadaisical and it took 19 long years to bring justice to the teen’s family.
Read more...Rolf Harris arrested over Operation Yewtree sex abuse investigation
Rolf Harris, the 83-year-old prominent TV personality, has been identified as the person, who was grilled in November 2012 over allegations of historical sex crimes as part of Operation Yewtree. Rolf Harris was detained and bailed in March over the same sex crime allegations as a procedure of Operation Yewtree. Operation Yewtree had been constituted in 2012 subsequent to the surfacing of hundreds of sex abuse allegations against Jimmy Savile,…
Read more...Amanda Knox ‘paralysed’ with anxiety, reveals was forced for sex in Italy
Amanda Knox feels ‘paralysed’! Yes, the 25-year-old American who was initially convicted and later acquitted on charges of her British roommate Meredith Kercher’s murder in Italy in 2007, revealed in an interview with People magazine that she often feels ‘paralysed with anxiety’ following death of her roommate and friend. Amanda Knox was sentenced to jail for 26-years of which she has already served four in Capanne prison and was later…
Read more...UK Army base bomb plotters jailed for life
Four UK terror blast plotters including Zahid Iqbal, 31, Sharfaraz Ahmed, 25, Umar Arshad, 24 and Syed farhan Hussain, 22 have been sentenced to imprisonment on Thursday. Out of the four Zahid Iqbal and Mohammad Sharfaraz, who are found guilty of plotting a remote controlled bomb planted on a toy car, have been sentenced to life in prison. They had plans to detonate a Territorial Army (TA) base in Luton. The…
Read more...Polish factory worker kills girlfriend, burns body in greed for £123, 000
A factory worker named Rafal Nowak, 31, brutally killed his 23-year-old girlfriend and destroyed her body by burning it inside her car in a field. Rafal Nowak committed the crime in greed for her girlfriend Catherine Wells-Burr’s £123, 000 insurance, her home and other assets. The proceedings of the case are being heard in the Bristol Crown court.
Read more...Fred Talbot sex abuse case: Ex-pupils urged to give proof against weatherman
TV weatherman Fred Talbot, who was arrested by the Greater Manchester police over allegations of past sex abuse on Tuesday, is likely to face further investigation. The police have requested the students of the schools, at which he taught, to present any incriminating information about Fred Talbot to the police. Fred Talbot, associated with the ITV programme ‘This Morning’, was detained by police officers who were examining sex abuse claims…
Read more...EastEnders’ Gemma McCluskie murder case: Fake kidnapper jailed for 6 years
The man who had claimed to have abducted EastEnders’ actress Gemma McCluskie, who was later found murdered and chopped to pieces by her brother, has been sentenced for a six-year jail term, police said. He was sentenced at Medway Magistrates’ Court. A resident of Greenhithe, Kent, Sam Dunne, 19 accepted committing the crime. He told the court that he had made a call to Gemma McCluskie’s two brothers demanding…
Read more...Jubilee Park rape trial: Defendant Opemipo Jaji rejects allegations
The Jubilee Park rape case, involving the rape of an 11-year-old girl in Edmonton on November 23, 2012, has seen a new development, with the prosecution alleging during the Old Bailey trial that the Jubilee Park rapist raped the girl for up to three hours and threatened to video the rape and knife the 11-year-old girl in case she attempted to flee. Opemipo Jaji, the suspect in the Jubilee Park…
Read more...Derby fire deaths trial: Convicts Mick and Mairead Philpott to be sentenced
Mick and Mairead Philpott, the couple convicted on Tuesday of the Derby fire deaths, which led to the demise of their six children in a house fire in 2012, will be sentenced later on Wednesday for manslaughter at the Nottingham Crown Court. Mick and Mairead Philpott, along with their buddy Paul Mosley, were found guilty on Tuesday for the Derby fire deaths of May 2012, with the Derby fire deaths…
Read more...UK sex crimes via Facebook, Twitter increased 400% since 2009
Sex crimes, committed in the UK via Facebook and Twitter, have quadrupled in the last four years. As per a Mirror investigation, paedophiles are increasingly entering Facebook and Twitter to sexually victimise children. 1642 cases of sexual crimes since 2009 have been reported to the police, with Facebook and Twitter media having enacted a critical role in the commission and aftermath of these crimes. The Mirror investigation of Facebook and…
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