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Cult leader who married his 5-year-old daughter and assaulted another girl pleads guilty to child rape

Samuel Shaffer is leader of a fundamentalist Mormon sect called the Knights of the Crystal Blade, which promoted polygamy along with a range of other sexual practices.

Feb 22, 2018

By Divya Kishore

Kansas mother who wanted to take revenge on her ex allegedly poisoned her three children

Therese Roever who lost her children's custody after her divorce allegedly poisoned them when they were on a scheduled visit.

Feb 22, 2018

By Karen Noronha

Man arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after 'victim hit over head with guitar'

A man taken to hospital with injuries 'consistent of being stabbed,' police said after the incident which took place at Plymouth railway station on Wednesday (21 February).

Feb 22, 2018

By William Watkinson

UK crime

Handymen 'raped and burned mum alive due to depraved sexual lust and greed before taking selfie'

Stephen Unwin and William McFall are accused of holding Quyen Ngoc Nguyen captive and raping her before killing her and dumping her body inside a car on a dirt track in Sunderland.

Feb 21, 2018

By William Watkinson

UK crime

Fashion police: South Carolina lawmakers want to fine people for wearing 'sagging' trousers

South Carolina lawmakers have proposed a bill that would fine people for wearing saggy trousers. The fashion crime would lead to fines of up to $75 and six hours community service.

Feb 21, 2018

By James Tennent

Prominent lawyer is charged with sexually abusing his dog on several occasions

Prominent Pittsburgh attorney Ivan DeVoren has been charged with dozens of counts of sexually abusing his dog after a stranger heard strange noises coming from the lawyer's home.

Feb 21, 2018

By William Watkinson

Sex trafficked women coerced by voodoo rituals like eating raw chicken hearts are freed

Authorities said that trafficked women in Spain had been forced through voodoo rituals including eating raw chicken hearts and having nails pulled out.

Feb 21, 2018

By James Tennent

Nigeria

Gang of 6 'youths' rob Labour MP, 72, for his phone and wallet on way home from Parliament

Adrian Bailey, 72, MP for West Bromwich West was attacked by up to 6 hooded assailants at around 10pm on Tuesday (21 February) in Crampton Street, SE17.

Feb 21, 2018

By William Watkinson

UK crime London

Chemsex dealer who arranged drug-fuelled orgies on dating app Grindr is jailed for 10 years

Angelo Jardim organised chemsex parties in London and sold drugs from his Lambeth home. He used the dating app Grindr to connect with customers.

Feb 21, 2018

By Josh Robbins

London

Brits arrested in Gran Canaria after 'abusing gay couple on flight from East Midlands Airport'

Spanish police have arrested three British tourists who allegedly harassed a gay British couple continuously on a flight from the UK to Gran Canaria and then on a bus.

Feb 21, 2018

By Josh Robbins

A teen admitted blackmailing his former teacher into handing £10,000 after threatening to expose their ‘affair’, at Leicester Crown Court

Blackmailed teacher hands over £10,000 to teen to keep quiet over their 'affair'

A teenager has admitted to blackmailing his former teacher into handing £10,000 after threatening to expose their 'affair'.

Feb 21, 2018

By Roger Baird

Drone footage could potentially hold key to solving rape case in Wigan

Four men have stalked and raped a woman in Amberswood Nature Reserve. Police believe a drone piloted by a member of the public could have recorded footage of the crime.

Feb 21, 2018

By James Hetherington

Operation sceptre weapons metropolitan police

Shocking pictures of 300 weapons, guns and a grenade seized during London school holidays

The Metropolitan Police seized more than 300 deadly weapons and made nearly 300 arrests in just over a week during the latest phase of Operation Sceptre.

Feb 21, 2018

By Josh Robbins

London

Middle-aged Korean tourists caught smuggling gold bars inside their rectums

Japanese officials say seven middle-aged women stashed gold bars in their abdomen and were attempting to avoid paying import tax.

Feb 21, 2018

By Neil Murphy

Japan Gold

2-year-old hospitalised after alleged rape during rowdy party in Australian ghetto town

The child was flown to hospital from an address in Tennant Creek, a town in the Northern Territory with a murder rate 50 times the national average.

Feb 21, 2018

By Josh Robbins

Wanted woman threatens and argues with police on Facebook while they hunt for her

Wandsworth Police were accused of a witch hunt after their Facebook post appealing for help finding Kellie Beasley over fraud and theft offences received comments from the suspect.

Feb 21, 2018

By Charlotte Tobitt

Facebook

The capsized 37ft catamaran, Surf into Summer used by Bennett and his wife

Briton charged with murdering his American wife on a yacht in the Caribbean

A British man has been charged with the murder of his American wife, amid the sinking of the newlyweds' boat after leaving Cuba.

Feb 21, 2018

By Roger Baird

FBI

Missouri woman sues school for allowing convicted criminal to pick her up, leading to her rape at 14

The woman, now 21, has claimed in her lawsuit that Roy Andrews picked her up from school in May 2010 and later took her to a motel and raped her.

Feb 21, 2018

By Divya Kishore

CCTV of moped mugger armed with knife minutes before horror crash that nearly killed friend

Harry Wright was jailed for seven years after pleading guilty to possession of a knife, possession of drugs and causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

Feb 21, 2018

By Josh Robbins

Teacher threatens schoolgirl after she refuses his married colleague's proposal on Valentine's Day

The alleged incident took place in a government-aided school in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Feb 21, 2018

By Karen Noronha

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