Crime

A prostitute who fell five stories to her death was allegedly midway through "extravagant sex" with a British man.

British stores including Tesco, Waitrose and B&Q have banned the sale of acids to customers under the age of 18 to crack down on crimes involving corrosive substances

A 49-year-old police officer has been found innocent of claims that he sexually assaulted a 22-year-old girl in her home.

Police officers investigating a distraction theft against a 96-year-old woman in Chorlton, Manchester, have released CCTV images of three people they want to speak to.

Bulgarian Lilia Botuseva and her unnamed German boyfriend were found dead at a guesthouse in Kefalonia, Greece, after both suffered knife wounds, it has been reported.

A man has been charged with sexual abuse and faces up to five years in prison for allegedly groping a women while she slept on a flight.

A 26-year-old man from New York City has been sentenced to a minimum of two years in prison after he forced his girlfriend to walk the streets naked a punishment.

A woman who failed to pick up her dog's poo in Carmarthen, Wales, handed herself in to local authorities as footage of the incident was posted online, the council said Wednesday.

Alan Hawe killed his wife Clodagh and their three sons, Liam, 13, Niall, 11 and Ryan, 6 at their home, before taking his own life in Co Cavan, Ireland.

Mary Konye was jailed for 12 years for the attack in Dagenham, east London, in 2012.

34-year-old Pudit Kittithradilok pleaded guilty to running the pyramid scheme, which saw 40,000 people invest £120m into his companies

A photo depicting three young Moroccan migrants getting some rest in washing machines at a Paris launderette has attracted attention online.

Natasha Claus, 36, of no fixed abode, has been jailed for 13 months and banned from Woking town centre after arriving at Guildford Crown Court four hours late.

Four people found dead on Boxing Day in a New York basement apartment have now been identified and thought to have been victims of what police are describing as a quadruple homicide,

The figures showed that of 4.2m crimes recorded in 2016/17 suspects were identified in 2m. The Sun found that there was also a disparity across England and Wales between forces.

Dean Cotter, 29, escaped from HMP Kirkham, where he was serving a sentence for tying up an elderly man and slashing him with a machete.

Marquise Byrd, 22, was the front passenger in a car when a construction sandbag crashed through the windshield and struck him.

Shameless star Tina Malone was playing the evil fairy godmother in a performance of Sleeping Beauty at the Cloud 9 theatre in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria.

Ten members of a violent moped smash-and-grab gang have been jailed for a total of 110 years after a £1.2m series of raids on mobile phone shops.

The objects include a 3,000-year-old Mycenaean sword, a golden crown with an inscription of the ancient Greek sun god Helios and a bust of Alexander the Great.

Passenger deliberately pushed into path of oncoming train at Bucharest station was pregnant, reports claim.

A man who claimed to be a nurse and was able to treat patients at four separate hospitals in Sweden has been jailed.

Essex police came under fire today for sharing what was seen as an 'offensive' and 'dangerous' campaign on domestic abuse where people stay in the relationships.

35-year-old Louis Meza from New Jersey was charged with kidnapping and robbery. If found guilty, he could face upto 25 years in prison.

Man in France standing trial on eight charges of sexual assault on young women he met through a ride-sharing app.

Following #MeToo and increasing awareness of sexual bullying, police may introduce tougher measures for misogynistic behaviour.

18-year-old Joseph Hayden Boston from California has confessed to molesting more than 50 children over several years and was only caught after confessing his crimes to his mother.

A US man has been sentenced to four and a half years prison after his girlfriend's son overdosed on cocaine and died.

'Tis the season to be safe- a police station are putting out wanted advent adverts in the run up to Christmas. Social media absolutely loved it.

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.