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Browsing: UK crime
WTX News reports on the latest crimes around the United Kingdom.
In the UK the Home Office is responsible for the reduction and prevention of crime and oversees policing. The Ministry of Justice oversees prosecution and sentencing. For both victims and perpetrators, crime can mean lives are never the same again
The Chinese PhD student, identified as Shao Jiang, has been accused of raping a total of 23 women in the UK. The victims have come…
Quakers have strongly condemned the recent raid by the Metropolitan Police on a meeting house in Westminster, where six people were arrested. The Quaker community…
Police in Leicester Square stopped an e-bike rider who was acting suspiciously, only to make a surprising discovery. The rider was found to be carrying…
The FBI’s joint terrorism task force is currently investigating the latest arson attack on a Tesla facility. The attack, which occurred last night, resulted in…
The mother, who wishes to remain anonymous, is terrified for her safety after learning that her ex-partner, who brutally gouged out her eyes while their…
A father who accidentally reversed over his 3-year-old son with a telehandler has been sentenced to 12 months in jail. The tragic incident occurred when…
Met apology felt like a slap in the face by racist Met Police who showed no respect for the dead. Previously when they were tasked…
The distraught mother of a 15-year-old boy stabbed to death at school has appealed to other youngsters to beware the devastation they could cause by…
Harvey Willgoose’s family said they were “utterly heartbroken” after the loss of their “beautiful boy” Boy, 15, charged with Sheffield school murder of teenager Harvey…
Shocking report finds another patient being treated by the same trust was arrested for Stabbing five people in one weekend just months before Calocane’s attacks…
Calocane, who had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was sentenced to an indefinite hospital order after killing Barnaby Webber, Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates Triple…
Police say the car involved failed to stop at the scene of the crash in Walthams Place in Pitsea Two children killed in hit-and-run in…
This is the moment a gunman opened fire at a crowd of mourners attending the wake of a teenage knife crime victim. Moment drive-by gunman…
UK to be first country to make owning artificial intelligence tools designed to make images of child sexual abuse illegal Creators of AI child sex…
Watch store boss denies ‘criticising seller who killed himself after £1,400,000 raid’ The owner of a London jewellery shop has denied accusing a salesman of being in…
Moment BMW driver smashes into man who flips and lands in backseat of convertible. The victim’s shoe was sent flying into the air in Shropshire.…
Claire Freemantle said she had no memory of the fatal crash Driver bailed for second time after two schoolgirls killed in Wimbledon school crash The…
The BBC has apologised to staff who felt ‘unable to raise’ their concerns All the allegations made against Russell Brand More details have emerged into…
The Metropolitan Police announced the 60-year-old and 42-year-old would appear in court on 25 February Two Just Stop Oil protesters charged after Sigourney Weaver play…
Love Island winner Jack Fincham released on bail after dangerous dog attack. The reality TV star appeals against jail term after admitting twice being in…
Mohamed Samak would complain that he and his wife Joanne did not have a sexual relationship Hockey coach and wife were living ‘separate lives’ before…
PhD student ‘raped 10 women after plying them with alcohol or drugs’ A PhD student is accused of drugging and raping 10 women over a…
Police have revealed 848 dogs were surrendered by their owners and euthanised after the ban came into force – with no assessment of their dangerousness…
Claire Butler, a senior university lecturer on nursing, was found dying from injuries in the Plymouth street close to her new apartment. Ms Butler was…