CRIME

Authorities fear that the serial animal abuser who mutilated and killed horses 26 years ago has returned and might soon target people.

A stray dog entered a hospital's operating theatre and mauled a newborn baby minutes after his birth.

The father and uncle of a 6-year-old girl tackled and restrained a man who kept trying to snatch the girl from her mother's arms.

A 21-year-old mother gave her 3-year-old daughter a slow death by abandoning her in a locked apartment while she went on a week-long party spree.

Two brothers and a man from Kent have been arrested for the abuse of a horse, a deer, and several dogs.

A man passed away after being in a coma for four years due to mercury poisoning.

A four-star hotel is facing criminal charges for having smoked baby chimpanzee on their à la carte menu, which the owner claims to be a printing error.

20-year-old Chloe Campbell revealed the abuse she faced and how she managed to escape her abusive partner.

A woman from Greater Manchester will be spending 30-months behind bars for sexually abusing a vulnerable 13-year-old girl.

A teen who stabbed a girl to death for delaying to tell him she was pregnant with his child, will be serving a 65-year prison sentence.

A 32-year-old teacher from Florida was arrested for having sex with her 15-year-old student on multiple occasions.

Expat from Melbourne has been charged with the murder of his wife in Singapore.

Girls aged 3, 7, 10, and 13 were abused by an occult cult leader who promised their grandmother that she would win the lottery if she gave him the girls.

A stranger broke into a home in Florida and proceeded to suck on the toes of the sleeping resident.

Police arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of trying to drown a Belgian Shepherd by tying its leash to a rock and throwing it into the River Trent.

Paedophile caught by hunter groups while trying to meet a 14-year-old for a sexual encounter.

Christine Hancock, mother of suspected murderer Rhys Hancock, called 999 when she saw her son leave home with two knives.

A group of men allegedly pulled a young great white shark onto the beach before kicking it in the face, taking pictures and leaving it to die.

A father in Virginia horrifically beat up and threatened to shoot a visiting relative he found naked from the waist down in the room of his toddlers.

The man who fatally shot newlywed Lindita Musai and her husband, before trying to kill himself, is reported to be the Lindita's father.

Thanks to her quick thinking, a woman was able to contact the authorities via her iPhone's emergency services function.

A cancer patient was set on fire by negligent surgeons in Romania.

A teenager in Brazil died trying to give birth. Her father has been arrested for raping her and being responsible for her death.

The Irish teen miraculously survived after taking rat poison-laced MDMA pills at a concert. His mother is on a mission to spread anti-drug awareness among teenagers.

A 19-year-old victim of paedophile priest choked the abuser to death with a crucifix.

Japan hanged the first foreigner in 10 years for the murder of a clothing dealer and his family during a robbery attempt.

In a bizarre crime, a man robbed a bank in Colorado Springs, threw away all the money while shouting "Merry Christmas" and waited to be arrested.

Parents of missing Madeleine McCann shared their Christmas message of not giving up their search for their lost child.

As part of a prisoner rehabilitation programme more than 1000 criminals, including murderers, rapists, and drug-dealers, are set to go home for a six-day Christmas break from prison.