10 h. ago Church crimewave: Crooks hit places of worship on average eight times a DAY, stealing silver and setting fires

There were a whopping 9,148 records of theft, burglary, criminal damage, vandalism and assault in churches and other religious properties from January 2022 to December 2024.

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26 h. ago Fury as Britain's most dangerous criminals are recorded under FIFTY

The list of genders includes 'pangender', ' transgender person' and bizarre, largely unknown terms like 'androgyne' and 'neutrois'.

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5 d. ago Naked pensioner leaves £100k trail of destruction after tripping on monkey dust

Walter Harrison, who has a lengthy criminal record, was jailed for four and half years after going on a drug-fuelled rampage while naked which ended in him setting his own gaff on fire

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5 d. ago OAP in birthday suit leaves £100k trail of destruction after tripping on monkey dust

Walter Harrison, who has a lengthy criminal record, was jailed for four and half years after going on a drug-fuelled rampage while naked which ended in him setting his own gaff on fire

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6 d. ago Another 10 ICE deportees sent to El Salvador as Supreme Court orders wrongly deported Maryland father to be returned from prison

U.S. accused of sending hundreds to notorious Salvadoran prison, most of them without criminal records

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8 d. ago From Severance to Silo – the 24 best Apple TV+ shows to binge

From ’Hijack’ to ‘Criminal Record’, we’ve taken our pick of the top series that are worth your time

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1 week ago Attorney General leaves abruptly when asked to confirm whether 75% of deported migrants had no criminal record

Attorney General Pam Bondi left abruptly after being pressed by the media on a report that 75% of Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador did not have public criminal records.

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2 w. ago Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs faces new criminal counts alleging ‘forced labor’

Rap mogul has pleaded not guilty to charges of racketeering and sex trafficking as trial begins in Manhattan on 5 MaySean “Diddy” Combs was hit with a new federal indictment on Friday charging the hip-hop mogul with five criminal counts including racketeering and sex trafficking, court records showed.Combs had previously faced three criminal counts. He has pleaded not guilty. His trial in Manhattan federal court is scheduled to start on 5 May. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Jamaican rapist avoids deportation on human rights grounds as criminal record in UK means he is not eligible for witness protection in Caribbean

A convicted sex attacker cannot be deported to Jamaica because his crimes in the UK mean he might not be eligible for the witness protection scheme in his homeland, an immigration judge ruled.

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2 w. ago There is no such thing as an ‘illegal immigrant’ | Mehdi Hasan

It is a factually inaccurate and totally, utterly wrong to say that undocumented people are ‘illegal’ and are ‘criminals’On 29 January, the second Trump administration held its first White House press briefing. “Of the 3,500 arrests Ice has made so far since President Trump came back into office, can you just tell us the numbers?” asked a reporter in the front row. “How many have a criminal record versus those who are just in the country illegally?”“All of them,” responded the new White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, making her debut in the briefing room, “because they illegally broke our nation’s laws, and, therefore, they are criminals, as far as this administration goes.” She continued: “I know the last administration didn’t see it that way, so it’s a big culture shift in our nation to view someone who breaks our immigration laws as a criminal. But that’s exactly what they are.”Mehdi Hasan is a broadcaster and author, and a former host on MSNBC. He is also a Guardian US...

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2 w. ago Ghanaian cocaine dealer tried to avoid deportation by claiming she would be persecuted in her home country because they think she's a witch

The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, notched up a 'lengthy' criminal record under 15 identities before finally being snared on fraud charges and lined up for deportation in 2014.

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3 w. ago Shoplifter with 'extraordinary' criminal record swung at worker with vodka bottle

He has a criminal record stretching back 30 years.

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3 w. ago Criminal court backlog could hit 100,000 by end of 2029: Fears victims could pull out of trials as crisis reaches record high

The backlog in the Crown Courts stood at 74,651 at the end of December 2024, up from 73,172 at the end of September and 67,317 cases in December 2023.

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