Crime

The UK's new sentencing reforms aim to cut reoffending through rehabilitation, but police warn crime could rise by up to 6% without proper funding and oversight.

Singapore passes law imposing caning for scammers and syndicate recruiters — six to 24 strokes — as fraud cases surge to 60% of total crime.

Javed Inamdar jailed for 21 months for groping a 12-year-old girl on a BA flight to London. He claimed he mistook her for his wife, sparking outrage.

France probes Shein over childlike sex dolls sold online as the retailer vows transparency, handing over details of sellers and buyers to prosecutors.

LNER rail worker Samir Zitouni, 48, has been named as the hero who saved lives during the Huntingdon train stabbing. He is being praised nationwide for extraordinary bravery that many say defies hate and fear.

Thomas Waller, 18, has been convicted of raping and sexually abusing children as young as three at a Surrey nursery. A judge ruled his crimes were too serious for youth court, with sentencing at crown court expected later this month.

Goli Koohkan, forced into marriage at 12 and sentenced to death for killing her abusive husband, must pay £80,000 in blood money to avoid execution in Iran.

MPs warn that nearly half of all UK religious hate crimes now target Muslims as calls grow for a formal definition of Islamophobia to address the rising threat. Will a new law come?

A Birmingham man has been charged with the racially aggravated rape of a Punjabi woman in Walsall, prompting national debate on race, justice, and protection for minority communities in the UK.

A 49-year-old dog walker was killed in a triple stabbing in Uxbridge, west London. Police have arrested a 22-year-old Afghan national who entered the UK illegally in 2020

A passenger on a Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Frankfurt allegedly stabbed two teens in midair, causing havoc and requiring an emergency landing in Boston.

Arizona dad Christopher Scholtes faces 30 years after pleading guilty to second-degree murder for leaving his two-year-old daughter to die in a hot car.

Brazilian influencer Melissa Said has been arrested after weeks on the run, accused of leading a major cannabis trafficking operation across multiple states.

The perplexing disappearance of Kada Scott intensifies after her car, a crucial clue, was located in Philadelphia's East Falls following a public tip.

Ellen Greenberg's death in 2011 has been reaffirmed as a suicide, despite over 20 stab wounds, after a reassessment prompted by her family's legal challenge.

Stephanie Slater was kidnapped and buried alive by Michael Sams in 1992. Discover how she survived and what happened to her abductor.

At a UK right-wing rally, a woman was booed after revealing her rapists were white, exposing the hollowness of anti-migrant rhetoric and the lack of evidence behind the 'migrant rapist' myth.

The dismembered body discovered in the trunk of singer D4vd's abandoned Tesla has been identified as a teenage girl, Los Angeles police confirmed. The 20-year-old artist is cooperating with investigators as the case continues to overshadow his world tour.

A New York judge has dismissed terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione, accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, ruling the allegations did not meet the legal definition of terrorism.

A British gamer was left traumatised after hearing his Finnish online friend being brutally murdered during a late-night gaming session, in a chilling case that blurs the line between virtual worlds and real-life horror.

Ezekiel Kelly, the man accused of a deadly, hours-long shooting spree in Memphis in September 2022, has pleaded guilty to 28 charges, including three counts of first-degree murder.

iPhone 15 Pro Max tops Britain's most stolen phones list as mobile thefts surge 425% since 2021, with over 200 devices snatched daily across England and Wales.

Nigel Farage plans to send 10,000 UK criminals to El Salvador's jails, echoing Trump's tactics. Reform aims to halve crime with 'zero tolerance'.

A tourist violently slammed an 18-month-old boy head-first onto a Moscow airport floor, leaving him in a coma with severe injuries. The child and his mother had fled the bombing in Iran.

Prosecutors allege that Barry used his unique access to the animal tranquilliser BAM—found in Suzanne's remains—to kill her on the morning of May 9, 2020.

After her three daughters did not return from mandated visitation with their father, Travis Decker, Whitney contacted the authorities, but the children were never returned.

Jonathan Joss, the voice actor behind 'King of the Hill' John Redcorn, was shot dead. Was he a victim of a homophobic hate crime?

A British couple flying in from France was arrested by the Spanish Civil Guard after 33kg of cannabis was found in their luggage.

Joshlin Smith, 6, disappeared last February, never to be seen again. Her mother, her boyfriend and their friend have recently been convicted of kidnapping and trafficking the young girl, with investigators fearing they sold her to a traditional healer in exchange for drug money.

A young British woman, Charlotte May Lee, faces 25 years in a Sri Lankan jail after being arrested with £1.2 million worth of cannabis.