Crime

Mayor of Altena Andreas Hollstein was allegedly targeted by a man wielding a 15-inch knife possibly because of his 'very liberal views on refugees', said German media.

Danny Pearce, 31, who had a five-year-old daughter, was knifed and shot at after he refused to hand over his watch, London's Metropolitan Police say.

Taron Robinson, 30, was charged in New York state with second-degree murder around 1pm, by 11pm he was dead.

An 86-year-old woman, who needed a stroller to walk, was arrested after she allegedly robbed a bank at gunpoint. She thought they had shortchanged her by $400 the day before.

The footage shows the boys clinging onto the train as it travelled along, which could have resulted in their deaths.

Winston George, 57, denied penetrative sexual activity with mentally disordered female, but was convicted and sentenced to 9 years in prison at Amersham Crown Court.

Fesal Aidarus was found guilty of rape at Birmingham Crown Court after an incident in October 2015. A girl, who was 14 at the time of the attack, was praised for her courage.

The Kremlin has stepped in to ensure that should the mother avoid jail, the son doesn't end up in care of the woman.

Police raided Terence Patrick Corcoran's Scarborough home after tracing his suspicious internet activity.

The seizure was one of the largest on Spanish soil, authorities said, adding that a marijuana plantation was also discovered.

Gun shots were fired and a weapon was held to one person's head, but no one is believed to be injured.

Jordan Marin-Doan had previously threatened to kill everyone in the family's house, according to the husband of the deceased.

The bomb exploded outside the Le Shabby Café, close to Dante Square, Naples, at around 3.25am on Friday (19 November).

A Metropolitan Police detective has said he fears the so-called Croydon Cat Killer could escalate his crimes and begin attacking women and girls.

Christopher Tucker, 34, was arrested in Illinois and has been extradited to Pennsylvania after allegedly killing Tara Serino, 19, from Upper Macungie, on 30 October.

Frank Altimari, 31, was arrested in Richmond after his father Nicholas Altimari's body was found in the driveway of Nicholas' home on Saturday (4 November).

A man and a woman from Sweden have been charged on suspicion of burying a woman's body in a cement block. Madelene, 29, from Järfälla, disappeared in November 2015.

Lee Torrance was attacked at the home of Aivaras Sepronas and Jurgita Makaroviene in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, in 2015. The gang has been given jail sentences totalling 50 years.

A robber accidentally shot himself in the groin after he raided a hot dog restaurant on Chicago's South Side.

Humberside Police arrested a man who allegedly had a 'bladed weapon' and was 'behaving aggressively' in a home in Bransholme, Hull.

Musa Miah, 23, and Syed Ibrahim, 21, were left with life-changing injuries after a corrosive substance was thrown in their faces outside a grocery store in east London.

Three men Craig Levy, 36, Ryan Smart, 37, and Jason Colton, 41 were charged with the murder of Ramis Jonuzi who paid $30 to stay at the East Brighton home.

Paul Hepplestall, 40, from Liverpool, has been jailed for 20 months for the 'aggressive and blunt' rant that was shared widely on social media in June 2017.

Lane Davis, 33, from Washington State, was a prolific pro-Donald Trump YouTuber and a former intern for Milo Yiannopolous, before being charged with murder.

A Hannaford supermarket in Portland, Maine, went into lock down after a man reported his baby was missing. The child was taken by mistake by a man who took the wrong trolley.

Damien Smith, 39, of Bolton is charged with attempted murder of a three-year-old girl who was dropped from a bridge into the River Tonge.

Business analyst Qingqing Rao, 30, was left in persistent vegetative state after a knife attack by by Barry Peacham, 26, on Valentine's Day eve this year.

Brazilian international goalkeeper Jefferson was driving to training in Rio de Janeiro when he was carjacked by three armed men on Sunday (22 October).

The country has long struggled with high crime rates. New statistics show improvement for many provinces while little has changed in others.

A man has been taken to hospital after he was stabbed close to the Christ Church Primary School in Tower Road, St Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex on Monday (23 October).