48 m. ago Evil GP Thomas Kwan's 'stranger than fiction' murder of mother's partner using cunning disguise

Dr Thomas Kwan went to extraordinary lengths in his plot to murder his mother's long-term partner, pulling together a scheme that has been described as 'stranger than fiction'

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3 h. ago Gang carried out a £2.8m heist weeks before they shot the man behind Britain's biggest ever armed robbery in his luxury home, court hears

Convicted armed robber Paul Allen was paralysed for life after two bullets were fired through the kitchen window of his rented home in Woodford Green, East London, on July 11 2019.

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4 h. ago Three teenage girls, aged 14, 16 and 17, surrounded elderly man, 75, before he was pushed, shoved, kicked and punched to death, court hears

Fredi Rivero was attacked by three teenage girls, aged 14, 16 and 17, in the Islington area of north London (pictured) at around 11.35pm on Thursday - which one defendant filmed.

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5 h. ago ‘That’s not me’: Blatter and Platini restate innocence in Swiss fraud case

Pair cleared in 2022 but federal prosecutor appealedFormer Fifa president tells reporters: ‘I am very positive’Sepp Blatter, the former president of Fifa, and Michel Platini, the France great and former president of Uefa, have restated their innocence in relation to allegations of fraud when appearing on Monday in a Swiss court.The pair were cleared of fraud in July 2022 at a lower Swiss court following a seven-year investigation into a payment of 2.2m Swiss francs (£1.7m) from Fifa to Platini with Blatter’s approval in 2011, for consultancy work a decade earlier. The Swiss federal prosecutor has appealed against that decision, leading to a new hearing at the extraordinary appeals chamber of the Swiss criminal court in Muttenz, near Basel. The prosecutor asked for the judgment to be set aside in full. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Three men 'plotted to murder career criminal convicted of Britain's largest cash robbery' after 'snatching Ming dynasty antiques from Swiss museum'

Convicted armed robber Paul Allen was paralysed for life after two bullets were fired through the kitchen window of his rented home in Woodford Green, East London, on July 11 2019.

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5 h. ago First came the £3m museum heist, then the murder plot, court hears

They carried out a brazen museum heist before career criminal’s shooting, jurors told

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6 h. ago Supreme Court won't hear a challenge to college programs for reporting bias allegations

The Supreme Court is turning back a challenge from conservative college students who say their freedom of speech is violated by a university program for reporting allegations of bias

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7 h. ago Trio stole £3m Ming dynasty antiques from museum before plotting murder, court hears

They carried out a brazen museum heist before career criminal’s shooting, jurors told

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8 h. ago Murder plot accused stole Ming dynasty porcelain from Geneva museum, court told

Three men are accused of plotting to murder former cage fighter Paul Allen.

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17 h. ago Margaret Fleming murder plot price slashed after owners fail to sell land

Vulnerable Margaret, 19, was kept prisoner at Seacroft, a bungalow on the banks of the River Clyde.

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31 h. ago Prince Andrew facing further Jeffrey Epstein hangover with fresh legal case

The Duke of York faces the prospect of new revelations emerging about his relationship with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein when a legal battle involving a former Barclays Bank boss is heard in the High Court

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3 d. ago Lanarkshire man attacked on his doorstep took out his anger on girlfriend

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard Mark Tierney assaulted the woman over a sustained period by punching, kicking and choking her, and hitting her with a candle.

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3 d. ago White Island volcano eruption: criminal convictions for island owners thrown out

Twenty-two people died in the 2019 New Zealand disaster, mostly US and Australian cruise ship passengers on a walking tourThe owners of an island volcano in New Zealand where 22 tourists and local guides died in an eruption had their criminal conviction for failing to keep visitors safe thrown out by a judge on Friday.The release of the decision followed a three-day hearing last October for the owners’ company at the high court in the city of Auckland where they appealed against the charges laid by New Zealand’s workplace health and safety regulator after the 2019 eruption of Whakaari, also known as White Island. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Little girl 'raped by uncle just before sixth birthday while mum watched,' court hears

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT A 27-year-old woman has told a court how she endured 14 years of sexual abuse by her own family which she says began when she was little more than a toddler

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4 d. ago Extreme body modification ring members should have sentences reduced, court told

The Court of Appeal were hearing the cases of Janus Atkin, David Carruthers, Ashley Williams from Newport, as well as three other men, who were all jailed for their roles in male castration, penis removal and other procedures - Warning this article includes detail of genital and limb mutilation

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4 d. ago Noel Clarke loses latest challenge ahead of libel trial with Guardian

Appeal court says there is ‘no basis’ to delay start of hearings next weekThe court of appeal has refused Noel Clarke permission to challenge a trial judge’s decision not to throw out the Guardian’s defence in a libel claim.The 49-year-old actor is suing Guardian News and Media (GNM) over a series of articles in which more than 20 women accused him of sexual misconduct. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Burglary suspect 'made internet searches about Blenheim Palace's £4.75million golden toilet heist' in days after raid, court hears

Some of the headlines from these stories included '66-year-old man released on bail after toilet stolen from Blenheim' and 'police hunt for two stocky men after spate of burglaries'.

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4 d. ago MP Mike Amesbury breaks silence as he's pictured for first time following three nights in prison

He successfully appealed his sentence for common assault and walked free following a hearing at Chester Crown Court

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4 d. ago Man accused of stealing gold toilet checked web headlines about raid – court

Oxford Crown Court heard that Michael Jones had searched for details about the burglary in the days following the raid at Blenheim Palace in 2019.

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4 d. ago Britpop star fights drug driving charge after he was arrested over claims he was 'intoxicated' at M25 service station following Land Rover crash

The 1990s band frontman, 54, was injured in a collision and a member of the public called the police in Surrey because they believed he was 'intoxicated', a court heard.

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