27 h. ago Thieves who stole £250,000 of cars from driveways while their owners were asleep are jailed

David Shaikh, 22, (pictured) and Tobias Williams, 20, stole 15 cars - including BMWs and Audis - from outside people's homes during a three-month crime spree.

Economics

62 h. ago Wannabe scammer, 26, who pretended to be Home Office fraud expert to con elderly couple out of £4,000 is jailed

Abdi Ali (pictured), of the town of Northolt, Ealing, called a woman in her eighties, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, in September 2023, pretending to be a Home Office employee called 'Jason'.

Society

63 h. ago Nursery finance manager who made up businesses and faked invoices to steal more than £200,000 from her work is jailed

Kerry McGavigan, 37, of Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, was arrested in July 2024 and subsequently charged with three counts of fraud by false representation.

Economics

66 h. ago Wannabe scammer, 26, who pretended to be Home Office fraud expert to con elderly couple out of £4,000 is jailed

Abdi Ali (pictured), of the town of Northolt, Ealing, called a woman in her eighties, of Maidenhead, Berkshire, in September 2023, pretending to be a Home Office employee called 'Jason'.

Society

5 d. ago Cowboy builder who left massive hole in woman's house despite charging her £17,000 when his firm was about to go bust avoids jail

Gary Roberts, 60, signed a contract promising to complete an extension to the rear of the female's property, Chester Magistrates' Court heard.

Economics

7 d. ago What is Marine Le Pen guilty of in National Rally embezzlement case?

The far-right leader has been banned from running for office for five years after an EU parliament fake jobs scamAfter a nine-week trial, the French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was this week found guilty of the embezzlement of European parliamentary funds through a fake jobs scam of an unprecedented scale and duration. She was banned from running for office for five years with immediate effect, which could prevent her making a fourth bid for the French presidency in 2027.She has said she will appeal against the verdict and sentence, which also included a four-year prison term – with two years suspended and two to be served outside jail with an electronic bracelet – and €100,000 (£84,000) fine. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Thieves and Wooster! Bad butler jailed for stealing more than £200,000 worth of jewellery and luxury goods from his employer

Andrew Stothard, 42, of Market Place, Hull, admitted theft, fraud by false representation and money laundering. He was jailed for three-and-a-half years at Swindon Crown Court this week.

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1 week ago The TRUTH behind the 'pettiest neighbours ever': How family's clash with elderly couple next door saw fir tree completely chopped in half... but has peace finally broke out?

MailOnline can reveal the full story of what really happened: how the tree came to be attacked so drastically - and how a fragile peace was finally achieved in Brier Close in Sheffield.

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1 week ago Harrods worker who stole £15,000 of designer handbags is spared jail...by judge who agrees 'London is too  expensive for him to make ends meet'

Marco Taffoni took at least six Bottega Veneta handbags while working at the iconic store between November 2023 and July 2024, and made up to £5,000 selling them on.

Economics

2 w. ago Police looking for drugs raid home of elderly couple who 'have the heating on all the time'

Mavis and Barry Lovelock were just finishing their breakfast when police swarmed their home looking for cannabis after a tip-off

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2 w. ago Bungling police raid 'terrified' elderly couple's home in search for cannabis farm after thermal camera mistook the heating in terraced home for drugs den

Pensioners Barry and Mavis Lovelock were finishing their breakfast when officers stormed in because a helicopter camera had mistakenly identified their home as a potential cannabis grow.

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2 w. ago Burglary gang that stole £447,000 by targeting GP surgeries, care homes and hospices for bank cards is jailed

Ringleaders Darren Wykes, 46, and George Quinn, 57, carried out 46 'sneak in' burglaries over a two-year period.

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2 w. ago Fears British pensioner held by the Taliban along with his wife could die before he is released as family issues health update

The daughter of an elderly British couple imprisoned in Afghanistan for unclear reasons says that she worried her parents could die in jail as their health deteriorates. 

Society

2 w. ago Tinder fraudster, 35, who was jailed after swindling women he met online out of £80,000 fleeced ANOTHER woman out of £50,000

Peter Gray, 35, was jailed for 56 months last year for defrauding four women out of about £80,000 by making loan applications in their names.

Economics

2 w. ago Husband and wife found dead in Oldham reservoir car wreck named as 'caring' pensioners

An elderly couple who were found dead in a car that was pulled from Crook Gate Reservoir in Oldham over the weekend have been named as police investigate how their vehicle entered the water

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2 w. ago Romance fraudster jailed after swindling woman he met on Tinder out of £50,000

A judge said Peter Gray had duped the victim into believing they were in a loving relationship before she was fleeced to the tune of £50,000.

Economics

3 w. ago Brit mum 'being fed rats' in Thai jail says £2,000 benefit scrounging claims are false

A British TikToker who says she is being 'fed rats' in a hell-hole Thai prison has revealed that claims she scrounged £2,000 a month in benefits to live abroad are false

Economics

3 w. ago Man City fan jailed for causing more than £10,000 of damage to police car amid wild celebrations after 2023 Champions League final

A Man City fan who caused more than £10,000 worth of damage to a police car while celebrating the club's historic Treble triumph has been jailed.

Sport

3 w. ago 'Shocking escalation' after UK elderly couple detained in Afghanistan for 'teaching'

Peter Reynolds, 79, and his wife Barbie, 75, had just finished a training session and were returning home in the central Afghan city of Bamiyan when they were detained on February 1

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3 w. ago Only around one in 200 criminals are sent to prison, new figures reveal

It is estimated that around 13 million crimes were committed in the year to September 2023 but only 71,000 jail sentences were given by judges or magistrates - the equivalent to 0.5 per cent.

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