UK crime

Michael Gallagher, 34, was jailed for 6 years and 9 months at Liverpool Crown Court after he admitted attacking Christine Bell, 70, with a wheel brace.

William Watkinson Mar 08, 2018

Leader Paul Golding and deputy leader Jayda Fransen were jailed for a total of 54 weeks after being convicted of hate crimes convicted at Folkestone Magistrates' Court.

William Watkinson Mar 07, 2018

The increase in knife crime has not gone unnoticed in the capital, with police facing new challenges everyday.

Jordan Bhatt Mar 07, 2018

A 17-year-old girl, of Cannock, Staffordshire, and the 45-year-old man that she vanished with have both been critically injured after an incident in the back of a police van.

William Watkinson Mar 06, 2018

The Old Bailey said Lucian Stinci was 'infatuated' with his flatmate Florina Pastina, who he repeatedly hit her over the head with a hammer at the home they shared in London.

William Watkinson Mar 06, 2018

Terence Riley, 38, from Liverpool, was a 13-year-old boy when he found murdered James Bulger's body abandoned on a railway line in Walton, Merseyside, in 1993.

William Watkinson Mar 02, 2018

Great-grandmother Anne James, 74, was pronounced dead in her cottage in Highgate, Walsall, on Thursday (1 March) after suffering a 'shocking, violent' attack.

William Watkinson Mar 01, 2018

Donald Pollard, 69, from Toxteth, Liverpool, appeared at Liverpool Magistrates' Court charged with preventing a lawful burial and fraud and fraudulently claiming benefits.

William Watkinson Mar 01, 2018

The Long Lane Preschool, in Heald Green, Stockport, closed after the governing committee resigned. Nursery manager Sarwat Uppal is married to paedophile Imtinan Aljoffrey-Uppal.

William Watkinson Feb 28, 2018

Leicestershire Police said the 3 men are aged all in their 30s and have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after the blast which happened at around on Sunday (25 February)

William Watkinson Feb 28, 2018

Christopher Cook, 58, from Hyde, Tameside, Greater Manchester, had a live semi-automatic AR-15 machine gun in his bedroom and 16 other deactivated weapons.

William Watkinson Feb 27, 2018

Teesside Magistrates' Court heard that Stephen Dixon, 56, left his Staffordshire Bull terrier, Meeka, 'emaciated' between October 29 and November 26 last year.

William Watkinson Feb 26, 2018

Robert Brown and Gwendoline Harrison have both been charged after the deaths of Corey and Casper Platt-May.

Dan Cancian Feb 24, 2018

Daisy Dymyd was found dead earlier in the week and someone is trying to make money from her death.

Jordan Bhatt Feb 24, 2018

Colin Young, 35, of Bucks Hill, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, threatened Ann Dodd, who was 22 weeks pregnant, in a hair salon whilst brandishing a knife and wearing a mask.

William Watkinson Feb 23, 2018

John Michie's daughter Louella Eve Fletcher-Michie, 25, from London, died at the Bestival music festival in September 2017.

William Watkinson Feb 23, 2018

Paul Akinnuoye, 20, was convicted of murder following the killing of 19-year-old Jordan Wright on 19 April 2017 on Hervey Road in Blackheath, south London.

William Watkinson Feb 22, 2018

Nathan Galvin, 29, has been jailed for 3 years after admitting two assaults on his girlfriend in Ramsgate, Kent, after spotting her ex-boyfriend at a school reunion.

William Watkinson Feb 22, 2018

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).

William Watkinson Feb 22, 2018

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.

William Watkinson Feb 21, 2018

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.

William Watkinson Feb 21, 2018

A 41-year-old man was jailed for 12 years for killing his elderly mum and leaving her body to 'rot' in her bedroom for weeks as he went about his life.

Nicole Rojas Feb 21, 2018

Christopher Nimbley and brothers Jeffrey and Bradley Dillon raped a woman while she was drunk and unresponsive and kept the images on mobile phones.

William Watkinson Feb 21, 2018

Peter Wrighton, 83, was knifed more than 30 times from behind in August last year, Nottingham Crown Court heard. Alexander Palmer, 24, has been charged with murder.

William Watkinson Feb 20, 2018

While returning home, the girl from Derby was attacked by a man who engaged in a violent struggle over her phone.

Jordan Bhatt Feb 20, 2018

Giovanni Abbondandolo, 45, from Rochdale, has been jailed for 6 years and 8 months after trying to meet a 12-year-old girl in Manchester. He was previously jailed in 2007.

William Watkinson Feb 20, 2018

Andrew Burke has been charged with murder but has not yet entered a plea. Burke's solicitor said he 'accepted the responsibility' of killing Cassie Hayes in Merseyside.

William Watkinson Feb 19, 2018

Two British soldiers Lance corporal Mikko Vehvilainen, 33, and Private Mark Barrett, 24, and an unnamed civilian face charges under the Terrorism Act.

William Watkinson Feb 19, 2018

Thames Valley Police have launched an investigation after the man was raped in Campbell Park, Milton Keynes, at around 11pm on Thursday 15 (February).

William Watkinson Feb 16, 2018

Madan Lal, 45, of Ponteland, Northumbria, was planning to meet a 15-year-old boy from gay dating app Grindr as he is spared jail and handed a community order.

William Watkinson Feb 15, 2018