12 h. ago Cause of death revealed for US attorney who was found dead months after she quit as Trump was sworn in

Police previously said ‘detectives have found no evidence suggesting that her death was caused by anything other than natural causes’

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2 d. ago Man, 61, arrested in alpine hunt for suspected Porepunkah gunman Dezi Freeman

Asked whether man, 61, was associated with Freeman, a Victoria Police spokesperson said that line of inquiry would form part of interview by detectivesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA 61-year-old man has been arrested and interviewed by detectives investigating the whereabouts of a man accused of killing two police officers.The hunt for alleged gunman Dezi Freeman is in its fifth day with hundreds of police continuing to scour Victoria’s high country wilderness amid strong winds and chilly conditions. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago New Zealand fugitive and one of his children spotted on CCTV after four years on the run, police believe

Footage from a small North Island town store is the first confirmed sighting of Tom Phillips in a year, nearly four years after he disappeared with his three childrenNew CCTV footage believed to show New Zealand fugitive Tom Phillips and one of his children allegedly breaking into and stealing from a convenience store has been released by police.Detective senior sergeant Andy Saunders told media on Friday that investigators believe the pair in the video are Phillips and one of his three children, who vanished almost four years ago. It is the first confirmed sighting of Phillips in a year. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago London PhD student ‘drugged and raped two women within hours of each other’

Metropolitan Police detectives believe Zhenhao Zou, 28, may have attacked dozens more victims

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5 d. ago Porepunkah police shooting live updates: Victoria police ‘throwing everything’ at manhunt for suspect as search enters day three – latest news

Police officers allegedly shot dead on Tuesday identified as detective leading senior constable Neal Thompson and senior constable Vadim de Waart. Follow today’s news liveWho is Dezi Freeman? Porepunkah shooting suspect has association with ‘sovereign citizen’ ideas and called police ‘terrorist thugs’Slain police officers named as manhunt for alleged killer continuesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAlpine parts of Victoria saw a fresh blanket of snow overnight, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning one of the strongest and widespread cold outbreaks of the winter season will soon move across the state in the coming days.Helen Reid, a meteorologist at the Bureau of Meteorology, said snow is expected to be a big part of a cold weather system moving across south-eastern Australia. The system could dump large amounts of snow – up to half a metre – over Alpine mountains near the Victoria-NSW border. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Disgraced Metropolitan Police detective 'killed himself in prison' weeks after his wife was found dead in Barbados hotel room, inquest hears

Former Detective Inspector Warren Arter, 54, tried to kill himself in the Caribbean but was arrested and brought back to the UK on 'non homicide charges.'

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6 d. ago Worst ever Notting Hill Carnival for arrests as Met takes 528 people into custody over two days

Scotland Yard said there were 200 arrests on Sunday and 328 on Monday, up from 349 last year and the highest number of arrests on record.

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6 d. ago Five Met Police detectives arrested over 'plot to bury Christmas party sex assault’

Suspects’ homes and the stations where they worked were raided last week Tuesday, watchdog confirms

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7 d. ago Futuristic robot police dogs are coming to Britain's streets – and they detect weapons

Nottinghamshire Police has been testing a new remote-controlled robot dog which can climb stairs, see in the dark and has weapon recognition capabilities

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7 d. ago Five police detectives arrested in 'worst scandal' since Wayne Couzens case

The alleged plot to suppress a complaint of sexual assault by a policewoman against a senior officer is said to be the 'worst scandal' since the Wayne Couzens case

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7 d. ago Met detectives arrested for sex assault coverup 'worst scandal since Wayne Couzens'

One of those arrested is a detective inspector working on the Met's Directorate of Professional Standards. The news comes as a former Met Police officer was jailed for five and a half years for raping a woman.

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1 week ago UK's 'youngest detective inspector' weeps in court as he is accused of destroying evidence on mobile phone

Metropolitan Police Detective Inspector Taylor Flanagan-Clark, 32, attached to the North West local investigations team, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday.

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1 week ago Cops fighting feuding Scots crime gangs call for more resources

The head of Scotland's police inspectorate has called for more cash and resources to help detectives tackle the current violence between Scotland's crime gangs.

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2 w. ago How a paternity test found a young woman’s murderer 51 years later

Annette Tokarz, a 23-year-old with a ‘heart of gold’ died in 1974, but police never arrested a suspect. Now, a detective has solved the case 51 years later.

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2 w. ago German police are investigating a €0.15 water butt theft – and I fear they’re on the right side of history

I’ve often laughed at those who are voluntarily extremely frugal. But in a world of dwindling resources, aren’t the real weirdos the ones throwing yacht parties and sending Katy Perry into space? Here’s a silly season story for you: a 51-year-old woman in the German town of Spaichingen in Swabia is under criminal investigation on suspicion of filling watering cans from her neighbour’s water butt. The total estimated value of the purloined water: €0.15.It’s wonderfully daft. She allegedly hid behind a bin to evade detection and, according to reports, the police declared, with Solomonic gravity: “Once it is in the barrel, [the water] no longer belongs to the heavens.” Who knows what motivated this nano-crime: a moment of midlife madness? Some kind of grudge? But water is metered in Germany so there might a kind of extreme parsimony at work (Swabian housewives are legendarily thrifty, apparently). Continue reading...

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2 w. ago A 1974 murder rocked a small Pittsburgh suburb. Police just found the woman’s killer using a 23andMe

Annette Tokarz, a 23-year-old with a ‘heart of gold’ died in 1974, but police never arrested a suspect. Now, a detective has solved the case 51 years later, Katie Hawkinson reports

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2 w. ago EastEnders' George faces 'worst nightmare' as Kojo arrested following shock drug twist

Spoilers for next week's EastEnders reveal trouble for Kojo as his brother George finds him in a bad state after taking drugs - only for him to later be arrested by Jack Branning

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2 w. ago Vigilante commuter who stepped in when passenger dropped his trousers in front of children on packed London Tube is now questioned by police

The vigilante, who has been praised by some and criticised by others, has been questioned by detectives from British Transport Police (BTP) after coming forward to give his side of the story.

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3 w. ago Aberdeen crime: Man found injured on city street's death being treated as 'suspicious' following post

The investigation is being led by detectives from Police Scotland’s Major Investigation Team.

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3 w. ago Restaurant owner is forced to turn detective himself after police fail to attend scene of break

Ankit Vaghela was told by police to email them his evidence of the break-in because no officers were available to visit his Southampton restaurant after the early morning theft.

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