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Manhattan mother discovered her two children dead in bathtub and nanny stabbing herself in neck

Former child carer Yoselyn Ortega is on trial for murder in Manhattan, New York.

Mar 2, 2018

By Lucia Binding

New York

'We're legal': Pastor sent teen he was sexually assaulting a card to celebrate her 18th birthday

The married man reportedly continued sexual relations with the girl even after she moved away to college.

Mar 2, 2018

By Lara Rebello

California couple charged with forcing their 3 children to live in a plywood box for 4 years

San Bernardino police discovered that the children were staying in the box on a property filled with junk and piles of human faeces.

Mar 2, 2018

By Lara Rebello

Drug dealer who blames offending on finding James Bulger's body when he was 13 is jailed again

Terence Riley, 38, from Liverpool, was a 13-year-old boy when he found murdered James Bulger's body abandoned on a railway line in Walton, Merseyside, in 1993.

Mar 2, 2018

By William Watkinson

UK crime

Retired nurse knifed to death in own home just 10 miles from similar killing 2 weeks ago

Great-grandmother Anne James, 74, was pronounced dead in her cottage in Highgate, Walsall, on Thursday (1 March) after suffering a 'shocking, violent' attack.

Mar 1, 2018

By William Watkinson

UK crime

Pensioner 'claimed benefits for dead brother whose body laid in house for two years'

Donald Pollard, 69, from Toxteth, Liverpool, appeared at Liverpool Magistrates' Court charged with preventing a lawful burial and fraud and fraudulently claiming benefits.

Mar 1, 2018

By William Watkinson

UK crime

12-year-old girl takes own life following sick Blue Whale suicide game

The 50-day Blue Whale challenge that has claimed countless lives across Europe has now taken a 12-year-old Ukrainian girl.

Mar 1, 2018

By James Hetherington

Ukraine

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen charged for 'inciting terrorism' over grisly IS tweets

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been charged by a French judge for tweeting gruesome images of purported atrocities by Islamic State (IS).

Mar 1, 2018

By Roger Baird

Islamic State

Top CDC scientist mysteriously vanishes after going home sick

Atlanta police are offering a $10,000 reward to anyone who can help locate Tim Cunningham, a high-ranking CDC scientist that has vanished.

Mar 1, 2018

By James Hetherington

Man sexually assaults woman, strangles and beats passengers and calls baby a 'slut' on horror flight

The 47-year-old unnamed man was detained by police once the plane landed.

Mar 1, 2018

By Lucia Binding

Jekyll and Hyde grandfather attacked 40 women in rape spree lasting decades

Dino Scala, aged 57, terrorised women along the Franco-Belgian border, was outwardly a pillar of his local community.

Mar 1, 2018

By James Hetherington

France

Student who plotted to poison classmate is allowed back to school, forcing target to flee

One of two students who plotted to poison a classmate has been allowed to return to school in Victoria, Australia, forcing the victim to file a restraining order and eventually move schools.

Mar 1, 2018

By James Hetherington

Science teacher Stephanie Peterson has been arrested over an alleged a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy

Science teacher allegedly sent nude pics and bought marijuana for 14-year-old pupil

A married Science teacher, Stephanie Peterson, has been arrested in Florida over an alleged a sexual relationship with a 14-year-old boy.

Mar 1, 2018

By Roger Baird

Florida

61 dogs and cats rescued from woman who kept them in 'filthy' and 'unsanitary' conditions

Police said that they had received 11 complaints about the home and the owner since 1993.

Mar 1, 2018

By Karen Noronha

Poisoned cheesecake at the centre of failed plot to murder doppelganger and steal her identity

The Russian suspect is reportedly linked to another murder case in her native country and was in the US to allegedly avoid charges.

Mar 1, 2018

By Lara Rebello

Nursery shuts down unexpectedly when it emerged manager's husband was paedophile

The Long Lane Preschool, in Heald Green, Stockport, closed after the governing committee resigned. Nursery manager Sarwat Uppal is married to paedophile Imtinan Aljoffrey-Uppal.

Feb 28, 2018

By William Watkinson

UK crime

New York pays $180,000 to three Muslim women after police removed their headscarves during arrest

New York City authorities have been forced to payout 60,000 each to three women after it was ruled their religious liberties were violated.

Feb 28, 2018

By Neil Murphy

New York

3 men arrested on suspicion of manslaughter over fatal Leicester blast that left 5 dead

Leicestershire Police said the 3 men are aged all in their 30s and have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after the blast which happened at around on Sunday (25 February)

Feb 28, 2018

By William Watkinson

UK crime

Elderly Jewish woman thrown off balcony by Muslim neighbour was an anti-Semitic murder France finally admits

Sarah Halimi's killer shouted "Allahu akbar" before during attack. There was a global outcry at France's refusal to acknowledge killing as anti-Jewish hate crime.

Feb 28, 2018

By Isabelle Gerretsen

France Paris

Catholic priest Father Luke W. Reese faces a string of charges including kidnapping, domestic battery and sexual assault against his wife

Catholic priest charged with kidnapping, domestic battery and sexual assault of wife

A Catholic priest faces a string of charges including kidnapping, domestic battery and sexual assault against his wife after finding out she was having an affair.

Feb 28, 2018

By Roger Baird

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