Man charged with the 2001 robbery and murder of woman, 86

Man is charged with robbing and killing 86-year-old woman who died two weeks after being battered on her doorstep 19 YEARS ago 86-year-old Hilda Lockert died on her birthday, May 15, 2001 from a blood clot She was attacked outside her home on the Overton Road estate in Brixton Junior Young, 37, has been charged by … Read more

ALEX BRUMMER: Since the financial crisis, the bad guys are still getting away with daylight robbery

There is a terrific scene at the movie The Big Short, based on Michael Lewis’s brilliant book on the financial crisis, where the director Adam McKay imagines a different ending. Instead of the Wall Street bankers who caused the crash escaping to their luxury Florida villas and yachts, the FBI arrives on the trading floors … Read more

Betting shop staff recognised armed robbery twins thanks to ill-fitting balaclava

Dumb and dumber: Betting shop staff recognised armed robbery twins thanks to ill-fitting balaclava that revealed one as a regular who had placed a bet that day Ben and Luke Twyman carried out an armed robbery on a bookie in Ramsgate The pair, both 30, made off with hundreds of pounds before going down the … Read more

‘Horrible experience but we’re ok now’: Dele Alli speaks out after knifepoint robbery at £2m mansion

Premier League footballer Dele Alli has spoken out after armed robbers burst into his house, held him at knife point and punched him in the face – describing it as a ‘horrible experience’. The Tottenham and England star was targeted by masked raiders who broke into his £2million north London mansion and attacked him in … Read more