A 15-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in a north London street. The Met Police, which has launched a murder investigation, said officers were called to Westbourne Road, Islington, at about 13:00 GMT. The boy was treated by paramedics for a stab wound but died in hospital later in …
Read More »Attacker jailed for throttling woman until she passed out
PA Media Albert Massie was jailed at the High Court in Edinburgh A violent criminal who throttled a woman until she passed out in Aberdeen has been jailed for more than six years. Albert Massie, 35, admitted assaulting the woman to the danger of her life in November last year. …
Read More »Christmas lights up for South Shields Halloween blaze victim
Andy Watsonin South Shields Andy Watson/BBC Stan Yanetta is once again raising money for charity with his display A man left devastated when his charity Halloween display was torched says he has been inspired to switch on his annual Christmas illuminations as he did not want to disappoint children in …
Read More »‘Not nice’ for Marie Hobinger to be named in stalking case
Liverpool manager Gareth Taylor is unhappy midfielder Marie Hobinger was named as the victim in a stalking case but says she is doing “OK” following her ordeal. Mangal Dalal, 42, from Westminster, London, pleaded guily to stalking at Liverpool Magistrates Court on Thursday after “repeatedly sending messages” of an “inappropriate …
Read More »Ex-Liverpool councillor behind hate mail campaign sentenced
A former Liverpool councillor has been sentenced after being convicted of a two-year harassment campaign against a former party colleague. Gerard Woodhouse, 63, sent up to 100 anonymous cards and letters to 75-year-old Christine Banks, whom he had known for 50 years and served as a Labour councillor alongside for …
Read More »Woman found guilty of attempting to murder toddler
A woman has been found guilty of trying to murder a toddler by repeatedly giving her adult medication. Laura Docherty, 35, formerly of Glenrothes, gave the little girl antidepressant and painkilling drugs resulting in her needing to be resuscitated and placed on a ventilator. She had denied attempting to murder …
Read More »MetaMask wallet verification scam warning and how to stay safe from fraud
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Recently, you may have received alarming emails like the one below from “sharfharef” titled “Wallet Verification Required” that uses the MetaMask logo and branding. These messages warn you to verify your wallet by following a link, but scammers use emails like this …
Read More »Truck driver jailed for death of girl, 6, as she stepped off bus
A man who fatally injured a six-year-old girl after he hit her with his truck as she stepped off a bus has been jailed. Stephen Worden’s truck collided with the stationary double decker bus, before mounting a grass verge and striking three children on the A6 Garstang Road in Bilsborrow, …
Read More »Judge rules Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury records can be unsealed
A federal judge has ruled the US Department of Justice can publicly release grand jury materials from Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking investigation. US District Judge Paul Engelmayer said he was ordering the release of material because of a recent law passed by Congress, which requires the justice department to publish …
Read More »Pregnant woman among 22 killed as fire rips through drone sales office in Indonesia | World News
A pregnant woman is among at least 22 people killed after a fire tore through an office in Indonesia. The seven-storey building in the capital, Jakarta, was engulfed by flames earlier today. Authorities believe the fire, which broke out in the neighbourhood of Kemayoran and took three hours to extinguish, …
Read More »Gangster jailed for machete attack on Edinburgh businessman
BBC Forensic officers carried out inquiries in Pitcairn Grove in Edinburgh after the attack on 22 May A gangster who repeatedly hit a businessman with a machete on his head and body during an attack in a Scots gangland war has been jailed. Arran Reid was imprisoned for eight years …
Read More »Walcott man charged with neighbour’s murder after doorway fire
A man has appeared in court charged with murdering his neighbour after a fire was started in a doorway. Norfolk Police said emergency services were called to Coastline Village, Walcott, at about 17:00 GMT on Sunday. The victim, Robert Button, 73, was taken to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital with …
Read More »Four dead in Tenerife after wave drags swimmers out to sea | World News
Four people have died and another is missing after a powerful wave dragged a group of swimmers out to sea on the Spanish island of Tenerife. The bodies of a man, 35, a woman, 55, and another person, about whom no information was given, were recovered after a major rescue …
Read More »Serial sex attacker jailed for 12 years after decade of crimes
Police Scotland Yuen Lawson was jailed at the High Court in Edinburgh A man who carried out rapes and sex attacks on women and teenage girls for more than a decade has been jailed for 12 years. Yuen Lawson, 37, committed offences in Peterhead and Ellon, in Aberdeenshire, and also …
Read More »Jakarta office fire kills at least 22, police confirm
A fire at an office building in Jakarta has killed at least 22 people as authorities continue to search for casualties. The blaze at the seven-storey site in the Indonesian capital started on Tuesday afternoon, according to city police chief Susatyo Purnomo Condro, who said some workers were having lunch …
Read More »Man, 28, accused of raping two teenage girls in Bolton
A man has been charged with rape of two teenage girls in Bolton over the weekend. Sultani Bakatash, 28, is due before Manchester and Salford Magistrates’ Court accused of sexual offences against two 14-year-old girls. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) said the man is an Afghan National and was arrested in …
Read More »Man jailed for stabbing Essex police officer in head in Harlow
Stuart Woodward,at Chelmsford Crown Courtand Ellis Whitehouse Essex Police Declan Diedrick’s mental health issues had been exacerbated by the use of illegal drugs, the court heard A police officer said she was living “every day” with the after effects of being stabbed in the head by a man she was …
Read More »Tories set out plans for judge-led grooming gang inquiry
Sam FrancisPolitical reporter Getty Images The Conservatives have set out proposals for a judge-led inquiry to replace the government’s delayed investigation into grooming gangs. Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch said Labour lacked “the political courage” to deliver its promised national inquiry, which still lacks a chair more than six months …
Read More »Care home nurse raped colleague after threatening her with sack
Spindrift Naijil Paul was extradited back to Scotland from India to stand trial A nurse who raped a vulnerable colleague after threatening her with the sack if she did not perform sex acts has been jailed for almost eight years. Naijil Paul also sexually assaulted two other young women while …
Read More »Woman who blackmailed Tottenham star gets four years’ jail
A South Korean court has sentenced a woman who blackmailed football star Son Heung-min to four years in prison. The woman in her 20s and her accomplice, a man in his 40s, were found guilty of blackmailing the former Tottenham captain by saying she was pregnant with his child. The …
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