A schoolboy, 14, was approached by two men as he walked home from school last week in what could be the latest in a spate of attempted kidnappings, police revealed today. Seven chilling incidents have taken place in the Arboretum area of Worchester since September 10 – with victims describing being told to ‘come’ by … Read more
A schoolboy, 14, was approached by two men as he walked home from school last week in what could be the latest in a spate of attempted kidnappings, police revealed today. Seven chilling incidents have taken place in the Arboretum area of Worchester since September 10 – with victims describing being told to ‘come’ by … Read more
Jailed crime boss serving 20 years for machine gun plot wins state compensation when his £1,500 blue Christian Louboutin trainers get lost in post on their way to prison Miekel Dixon-Nash’s £1,500 blue Christian Louboutin were lost in post to prison Gangster had them posted to him while serving 20 year sentence in Kent prison … Read more
This may be the first newspaper column I have ever begun with a personal appeal to my readers. My defence is that we are living in such strange times. Unprecedented even. And for once I’m not referring to the Covid crisis. Some of you may disagree with what I write. In normal times that wouldn’t … Read more
Police release footage of fatal head-on crash caused by ‘despicable’ drug-driver, 25, as he is jailed for eight years for killing ‘doting and playful grandfather’ Aiden King-Eeson jailed for eight years over the death of Gurdip Singh Matharu Nottinghamshire Police released the video to warn the dangers of drug-driving King-Eeson, from Handsworth, Birmingham, hit taxi … Read more
Police have shut down 10 per cent of phone lines used by county lines drugs gangs in a crackdown which saw more than 1,000 arrests and £1.2million worth of narcotics seized. All 43 police forces in England and Wales, along with the National Crime Agency and British Transport Police, took part in operations last week … Read more
Just over a third of the total amount lost to scams where people were tricked into transferring money to a fraudster was returned to customers in the first half of 2020, according to figures from a trade association. A total of £207.8million was lost to authorised push payment (APP) scams between January and June 2020, … Read more
Moment bungling robber traps himself inside shop after trying to hold up staff with a snooker cue Jack Burrell, 19, was high on cocaine when he attempted to rob a Local 4U shop He failed to intimidate staff but had no escape as the sliding doors had broken CCTV footage shows Burrell fumbling with the … Read more
Westpac has agreed to pay a record $1.3billion fine for breaching anti-money laundering rules – and enabling the funding of child exploitation and potentially terror activities. Australia’s second biggest bank has told the Australian Securities Exchange it had reached an agreement with AUSTRAC, the federal government agency charged with tackling organised crime. Westpac has admitted … Read more
Moment driver who was texting at the wheel smashes his car into street signs and overturns in horror crash that saw him lose an arm Dash cam footage shows the accident on Roedean Road in Brighton, Sussex A people-carrier flipped into oncoming traffic after a driver texted at the wheel The driver had his arm … Read more