Crime

Lee Doran was sentenced to five years in prison after he was recognised while trying to rob his regular betting shop.

Arwyn Cellan Thomas, 49, from Morristown, Swansea, collapsed in the dock at Swansea Crown Court when he was found guilty of 15 charges relating to historic sexual abuse of children

Jiri Ulman, from Manchester, was known as 'stick man' because of his crutches but died after being subjected to a brutal beating and force fed bleach by Miroslav Kolman last year

Donald Towns, 41, has been charged with armed robbery after he allegedly wrote a demand for cash on a medical discharge letter with his name on it.

Christopher Stevens said that his victim had kicked his sister in the face. A court heard how he repeatedly went back to punch and kick the man, leaving him in a critical state.

Long prison sentence faces Middlesbrough paedophile Victor Jeffery after jury finds him guilty of three counts of rape.

31-year-old Michael Pickering was sentenced to life after being found guilty of stabbing a man to death and attempting to sell his stolen possessions.

Benjamin Lawrence Petty, 36, of Spencer, Oklahoma, has been sentenced to 15 years on probation after he accepted rape charges and a plea deal was arranged.

Amy Shepherd, 86, was found dead at her home in Wibsey in August 1994 and a post mortem revealed that she had been strangled, stabbed and sexually assaulted.

One man has been charged with the murders of five people in Toronto, but police believe there may be more victims.

London police have released images of a silver Lexus they believe in linked to a shooting in Stratford on Sunday, 21 January.

Stephen Allwine, 44, a deacon and church elder with the United Church of God allegedly had at least three affairs with women he met on the dating website, Ashley Madison.

Cristina Amaral, 44, from Camaçari, in the State of Bahia, was found decayed and buried in a shallow grave in her back garden alongside her husband.

Michael Mann, 34, who has a dollar sign tattooed over his eye, is wanted for aggravated burglary and domestic violence in South Fairmount, Cincinnati, Ohio.

He had already been sentenced to life in 2015 for the deaths of two patients at a German hospital.

Police in Elizabeth City, North Carolina have charged Bradley Hardison with three felony offences over a break-in at a local donut restaurant.

Police believe Amelia Blake, 24, who had been in Australia for 8 months, was killed by her 30-something boyfriend in a flat above a Persian restaurant.

Samuel Lincoln Woodward, 20, has been arrested on suspicion of murder after Blaze Bernstein, 19, was stabbed to death and buried in a shallow grave at a California park.

Police arrested David Allen Turpin and Louise Anna Turpin in California after they allegedly found 13 siblings aged from 2 to 29-years-old being held captive.

Victim has been identified as 30-year-old Shane Gilmer from Southburn, East Yorkshire

West Midlands Police has released shocking bodycam footage showing a horrifying assault on PC Emma Agyei where chunks of her hair were pulled out by an assailant.

Richard Kray killed Olivia Kray, 9, at the Westlands Caravan Park near Herne Bay, Kent, then attempted to murder ex-partner Damyantee Cowan in July last year.

Reports from France say up to 5 men stormed the 5-star Ritz-Carlton hotel at around 6.30pm, smashing windows before making off with jewellery worth up to £3.5m.

A woman in Massachusetts has been accused of stealing a safe from her deceased mother's home while other members of the family were attending the funeral.

Tory Gentry, from Snellville, near Atlanta, Georgia, faces charges of aggravated battery and first-degree cruelty to children after his child was found with large burn on his side.

#JusticeForZainab is trending on Twitter following the kidnap, rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl in Kasur, Pakistan. Her body was found dumped in rubbish on Tuesday.

A court in Wales heard how Barry Rodgers and Penelope John allegedly conspired to kill 84-year-old Betty Guy at her home in Pembrokeshire.

Men who robbed a house 22 miles north of Durban in South Africa have made off with cash and four mobile phones. Victims were tied up and locked in a bedroom while the thieves tore a safe from the wall.

The Attorney General has deemed the sentence handed to child killer Craig Smith, 28, too soft. Smith was jailed for life with a minimum term of 17 years in November 2017.

Judge rules mental health of former PC Darren Wright had significant impact on decision to break the law.