Crime

 

Two men have been jailed for life for shooting the stepson of gangland celebrity and author Dave Courtney.

    



 

A passer by has given a shocking first hand account of her encounter with the two men who allegedly murdered a soldier in Woolwich yesterday.

    



 

Three former pupils at a residential school linked to the late Sir Cyril Smith have complained they were sexually and physically abused by adults.

    



 

The family of a woman murdered by a convicted killer has called for a public inquiry into the handling of domestic violence cases, following a second damning report into police failures over her death.

    



 

Three teeange boys have been arrested on suspicion of supplying drugs in connection with the death of a 16-year-old schoolgirl who is thought to have taken an illegal substance.

    



May 162013
 

Britain is being swamped by a “potentially dangerous” influx of so-called legal highs, the Government’s drugs tsar has warned.

    



 

It started with a “honeymoon period”. She met Mohammed Karrar and he was kind to her, showing her the affection she never felt she had and buying her gifts. Most of all, he made her feel like she had the control over her life that seemed to come so easily to her peers.

    



 

Stuart Hazell was jailed for life at the Old Bailey with a minimum term of 38 years today after finally admitting the murder of schoolgirl Tia Sharp.

    



 

Spanish police have swooped on a British armed robber who was among the UK’s most wanted.

    



May 112013
 

A 16-year-old boy is in a serious condition in hospital after being shot in the back.