CRIME

A 39-year-old Pittsburgh man will spend the rest of his life in jail after he was found guilt of first-degree murder of his fiance's eight-year-old son.

Ralph Shortey has since resigned from the Oklahoma senate and pleaded guilty to child sex trafficking – he faces between ten years and life in prison for his crime.

Bank worker used her position to withdraw the money from two savings accounts belonging to a customer.

London Bridge terror attack mastermind Khuram Butt had been subject to MI5 investigation since 2015, David Anderson report reveals.

Airbnb has been criticised after unsuspecting guests found surveillance cameras hidden in their bedrooms

Two young sisters who were believed to have been held by a religious cult leader in Utah have been found hungry, cold and alone in a storage receptacle.

Stephen Reay and Thomas Robinson admit racially aggravated assault following incident in Newcastle last September.

Some 192 suspected paedophiles were arrested in just one week during a UK-wide operation by the National Crime Agency (NCA), sometimes referred to as Britain's FBI.

A police officer battled with depression and anxiety for six months after a woman he had never met accused him of rape.

Brandon Conrad, 14, Malik Page, 16, and Emmanuel Harris, 17, have been charged with beating to death homeless man Kevin Cullen in Philadelphia.

Australian police in manhunt for burglar who stole valuable doll.

Imran Mostafa, the son of Abu Hamza, has been released from a British prison after serving less than half of his 11-year sentence for armed robbery.

The 28-year-old man, who cannot be named due to legal reasons, faces some 67 charges in total.

Bernandino Gawala Bolatete, 69, came under investigation after a citizen tipped the authorities off in October.

The boy had allegedly inserted a twig inside the girl's private parts, which caused the girl to bleed.

A 14-year-old girl from Stroud sent a chilling text to her mother saying "I'm scared" shortly before being raped by a man she met on Facebook, a court heard.

Konrads Voits used classic phishing, social engineering techniques and malware to carry out the attack over several months.

The International Criminal Court is set to investigate claims that British troops were involved in abusive treatment of those in their custody.

Pardeep Lohan is alleged to have used coercion and threats to force his wife and Australian-born child to go to India.

A 75-year-old woman, described as a 'cult leader,' has been accused of murdering multiple children over several decades.

An inquiry has been launched into a potential anonymity breach of court preventing the identification of James Bulger's killer, Jon Venables.

A Louisiana man was sentenced to 30 years for sexually abusing a 4-year-old girl left in his care and for possessing and producing child pornography.

Home Office pathologist tells inquest she strongly suspected that toddler Poppi Worthington was assaulted before she died.

An inmate in North Carolina is accused of desecrating a fellow inmate's copy of the Quran with 'a sex act'.

Noel Brown and his daughter Marie were found dead in his flat in Deptford, South London, sparking a murder probe. Scotland Yard have made no arrests.

Lisa Marie Garcia faces jail after Texas police say she created fake online accounts on Facebook to make it look like her ex-boyfriend was threatening her life.

According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, when approached the man told them an "alpha dragon" had taken his family hostage.

Polish-born Britain First supporter Marek Zakrocki gave a Nazi salute and shouted "white power" before driving his van at a curry house owner, a court heard.

James Packham was on bail for the acid attack when police in Kent nabbed him selling heroin and crack cocaine.