Reading fire: Man arrested on suspicion of murder and arson as two confirmed missing
Mark Ainsworth, operations director at South Central ambulance service, speaking at the scene, said: “Sadly, we have confirmed one person has died and a number of others…
Star Hobson murder: Sentences over toddler’s death ‘don’t seem like justice’, minister says
The Attorney General’s office has already said it will review the sentence of Arthur’s stepmother, Emma Tustin, 32, who was jailed for life with a minimum term…
Sabina Nessa: man accepts responsibility for schoolteacher’s death but denies murder
An Albanian man has accepted responsibility for the death of schoolteacher Sabina Nessa but pleaded not guilty to murder. Miss Nessa, 28, was attacked metres from her…
Reading fire: Man arrested on suspicion of murder and arson as ‘number of people unaccounted for’
Mark Ainsworth, operations director at South Central ambulance service, speaking at the scene, said: “Sadly, we have confirmed one person has died and a number of others…
Star Hobson: Mother jailed for eight years as her ‘pure evil’ girlfriend gets life sentence for killing toddler
In each case, Brockhill, of Hawthorn Close, Keighley, and Smith, of Wesley Place, Halifax Road, Keighley, managed to convince social workers that marks on Star were accidental…
Bedsit killer David Fuller gets whole life term for 1987 murders and sexually assaulting 100 bodies in morgue
A double murderer who sexually abused more than 100 dead women and girls in hospital mortuaries will never be released from prison. David Fuller, 67, beat and…
NatWest fined £264m after accepting deposits of laundered money in bin bags
A Bradford based jewellery business suspected of money laundering deposited £700,000 in cash in black bin bags at a NatWest branch in a single day, a court…
Star Hobson: Apology over ‘missed opportunities’ as mother and her girlfriend convicted over death of 16-month-old
Mr Fawcett’s partner, Anita Smith, 70, was one of five people who reported concerns about Star to social services in the months leading up to her death…
Petra Srncova: Body found in Camberwell park in connection with disappearance of nursing assistant
A body has been found in a south London park by police investigating the disappearance of a children’s hospital worker, Scotland Yard said last night. Petra Srncova,…
Petra Srncova: Death of children’s nurse not treated as suspicious, police say
The force said Ms Srncova’s family have been informed although formal identification has yet to take place. A tweet sent from the Czech foreign minister suggested the…
Edward Colston’s history as a slave trader ‘irrelevant’, statue toppling trial hears
Graham, Ponsford and Willoughby are accused of pulling the statue down, while Skuse is accused of orchestrating it being rolled towards the harbour. Prosecutor William Hughes QC…
Kensington: Firearm recovered from scene where man was shot dead during police incident
Scotland Yard confirmed that in line with normal procedure the matter had been referred to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which has now started an…
Vienna Blood, series 2, review: more Freudian thrills with TV’s most handsome whodunit
“Saving your backside again. Just like old times.” Ah, how I enjoy a buddy cop caper. Two mismatched partners, solving crimes and trading wisecracks while their grudging partnership blossoms…
Ghislaine Maxwell trial: 11 key moments in the prosecution case
Later, she claimed that the British socialite “came in and felt my boobs and my hips and my buttocks and said I had a great body for…
‘Amazing father’ dies after being hit by ‘single punch’ in Welsh village
A family has paid tribute to an “amazing” father who allegedly died after being hit by a “single punch” from a stranger in a quiet rural village….
Jussie Smollett’s grand delusion proves celebrities live in another world
“Here’s what folks are concerned about – that what he did might undermine future victims, legitimate victims of hate crimes,” the actor’s former friend, television journalist Don…
‘Amazing father’ dies after assault in rural Welsh village as family pay tribute
The family of a man found dead in a Monmouthshire village following a serious assault have paid tribute to him as an “amazing father, uncle, brother and…
Empire actor Jussie Smollett convicted of staging hate crime against himself
They told the court they were instructed to put a noose around the actor’s neck, rough him up and hurl racist and homophobic insults in front of…
Two-thirds of rape victims drop out of prosecutions amid delays
Two-thirds of rape victims drop out of prosecutions amid increased delays and falling conviction rates, the Government’s first criminal justice “scorecards” have revealed. The official data show…
Lecturer ‘who couldn’t stop being loud’ wins unfair dismissal case
Celebrated physicist Dr Annette Plaut admits that she’s “inherently loud” and “naturally argumentative”. Despite being described as a “Marmite character”, she never thought that her voice would lead…
Wife who murdered ex-Army husband in row over bubble and squeak appeals after she ‘became a meme’
A wife who killed her ex-Army husband in a row over “bubble and squeak” is appealing against her conviction because she “became a meme” and didn’t get…
Landscapers, review: turning true crime into the most daring and dazzling drama of the year
From The Crown’s imperious monarch to a downtrodden murderer in a knitted beret. Never let it be said that Olivia Colman isn’t versatile, either in character or…
Mina Smallman: ‘The police suffer from a crisis of moral leadership – it’s a culture which attracts predators’
Smallman cannot even remember last Christmas, she was so traumatised; this year she, Chris and Monique will stay in a nearby hotel to avoid being at home…
Two thirds of rape victims drop out of prosecutions over phone searches
Two thirds of rape victims are dropping out of prosecutions amid claims that police are searching their phones in order to “discredit” them, an investigation by a…
Justice Secretary seeks to bring in video evidence for all rape victims
Video evidence for rape victims will be rolled out nationwide, Dominic Raab has pledged. The Justice Secretary said allowing victims to give their evidence in advance via…