CRIME

Tony Deval Ledbetter pleaded guilty to three counts of aggravated assault for choking and strangling his ex-girlfriend and using scissors to cut her nipples.

Ex-culture minister Femi Fani-Kayode lamented the plight of Africans who arrive on the Mediterranean coast dreaming of a new life in Europe only to be forced into slavery.

Video emerges on Chinese social media of three drug dealers being sentenced to death by open court as 1,000 people watch.

Lawyers for the man jailed for the 1996 Russell murders claim serial killer Levi Bellfield has confessed to the crimes for which their client was "wrongly" convicted.

Police dog sniffs out classroom stash of cocaine, wraps and straws after students complain to Chicago school principal.

Howell Emanuel Donaldson III was arrested after asking a co-worker at McDonald's to hold his gun for him.

Bobby Wayne Stone was sentenced to death for murder and first degree burglary in South Carolina. But the state does not have the required drugs to carry out a lethal injection.

Undefeated Khabib Nurmagomedov claimed police had tortured his friend Akim Kuliev, who was accused of setting fire to a government building in Dagestan, Russia, earlier this year.

Cem Kucukbalaban was jailed for 21 months after he "carried out a sustained and spiteful campaign of abuse".

An inquest was held to discover how a patient was found in a toilet three days after left his ward to go for a cigarette break.

Croatian war criminal dies after dramatic protest at International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Pedro Heriberto Galeano has been charged with attempted femicide, deprivation of liberty and coersion – crimes that carry a maximum penalty of 30 years in prison.

The horrifying incident in the western Indian state of Maharashtra had sparked widespread outrage and protests.

According to police, Kenneth Crowell and Barry "Bear" Schiff lured women with false promises of easy money and then used drugs and violence to control them.

Newly freed prisoners are turning back to a life of crime to repay drug debts built up in prison – with some having consumed £800 a day of substances like "zombie drug" spice.

The victim had reportedly eloped with a 32-year-old man — a father of three who lived in the same village as her family.

Five of the victims were Argentinians who were part of a group in New York to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their high school graduation.

A West Virginia man who forced an 11-year-old girl to get an abortion avoided jail and was instead sentenced to five years' probation.

An alleged Russian mob boss accused of 60 murders managed to avoid extradition back to Russia over a newly developed fear of flying.

Ahmed Abu Khattala was convicted of terror charges but found not guilty of murder after the incident that resulted in the death of US ambassador Chris Stevens, and 3 others.

A man dubbed as the Italian Fritzl by Italian media is accused of raping and torturing a woman he kidnapped and held in a 'sex dungeon' for 10 years.

A man in his sixties was stabbed to death at Cherry Lane adventure playground, in Crawley, West Sussex, at around 10.30am on Tuesday (28 November).

The Orange County District Attorney has petitioned California Governor to reject the parole of Gina Han, dubbed the 'evil twin' after she plotted the killing of her sister.

A driver who killed a mother-of-two during an illegal drag race in South Wales left the scene of the crash to go to a birthday party.

A 56-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman were arrested and later released under investigation after the boy was found dead in Nechells, Birmingham early on Sunday (26 November).

Belgian Rudi Sels piloted a light aircraft that dropped cocaine in plastic barrels over Kent while accomplices Jonathan Hart, Michael Mealing and Andrew Barrett waited below.

A Florida man - James Medina - who plotted to blow up a synagogue during Passover will be hospitalised for psychiatric treatment and likely serve 25 years in prison.

Child first contacted Childline over their internet chat service before then reporting the crimes to police.

Police hunt house thieves who have stolen more than £600,000 in jewellery.