Giovanni Abbondandolo, 45, from Rochdale, has been jailed for 6 years and 8 months after trying to meet a 12-year-old girl in Manchester. He was previously jailed in 2007.
Andrew Burke has been charged with murder but has not yet entered a plea. Burke's solicitor said he 'accepted the responsibility' of killing Cassie Hayes in Merseyside.
Six man have been arrested after police say they agreed to pay for sex with 13-year-olds. They were responding to an ad police had placed online.
Two British soldiers Lance corporal Mikko Vehvilainen, 33, and Private Mark Barrett, 24, and an unnamed civilian face charges under the Terrorism Act.
After a couple were allegedly attacked in their home with a hammer, authorities say their investigation suggested their son had hired a teen to kill them.
Metropolitan Police Constable Thomas Hooper denies two allegations of breaching standards of professional behaviour for stealing a colleague's biscuits.
A New Jersey rabbi and two others have been arrested and charged in connection with the trafficking and prostitution of a 17-year-old girl.
Police in Malaysia seized almost £700,000 of methamphetamine hidden in tea bags being smuggled over the Indonesian border.
Cambridge University graduate Matthew Falder prowled the internet anonymously, blackmailing scores of children and adults into committing obscene acts on camera.
The North Korean defector says she has grown tired of life in the South and demanded authorities allow her to return home.
20-year-old Graciela Paulino was charged with murder after an incident authorities said appeared to be gun violence from a random traffic encounter.
A baby boy who was just 41-days-old at the time has had both his legs amputated after suffering abuse from his parents.
Venables was recalled to prison for the second time after over 1,000 child abuse images were found on his laptop.
Steven McKenna has denied claims he raped a girl in Bridlington but was still found guilty of rape and sexual assault by Hull Crown Court.
Police in Atlanta are on the hunt for driver who shot and killed a customer following a brief argument.
A 75-year-old woman dubbed 'Kingpin Granny' was raided by police who seized over 1,000 prescription pills and more than $12,000 in cash.
Paedophile football coach Barry Bennell described as "sheer evil" as he is sentenced to 31 years for 50 counts of child sex abuse.
Syrian, Afghan and Iraqi refugees injured by pensioner in knife attack outside church in Heilbronn, Denmark.
Leo Miller allegedly tried to suffocate Charlotte Simmons with a plastic bag in their Oregon home, but the elderly woman was having none of it.
Linda Wenzel joined Isis aged 15 after being groomed online. Iraqi troops captured her hiding in the rubble of Mosul last summer as they liberated the city.
A 28-year-old man was arrested in the US state of Georgia after a video of him grabbing a goat's horns while force-feeding the animal cocaine and whiskey went viral.
A quick-thinking American Airlines employee saved two girls from possible sex trafficking after acting on some clear warning signs.
Days after charges are brought against 13 Russians for trying to skew the 2016 American presidential election vote, Trump returns to an alternative suspect.
Police have captured rapist and killer Keith Whitehouse, who had absconded from an open prison.
A charity linked with soon-to-be British royalty, Meghan Markle, has been tied to a scandal in Haiti which saw aid workers exchanging food and cash reserves for sex.
Police said the 16-year-old suspect turned himself in and was charged with murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime.
Thousands of people have attended an anti-gun rally in Florida, calling out politicians who have received funds from the NRA.
A 4-year-old girl was fatally shot as she sat in a car with her siblings and grandmother. Police have launched a manhunt for Darnell Bitting from Ohio, who is on the run.
Danielle Richardson, 24, was found stabbed in a flat in Manchester as a man fled the scene. Michael Marler, 37, appeared in court charged with her murder.
Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz had obsession with guns and held racist, homophobic views, his social media reveals.