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In a statement released by Leicestershire Police, the Kohli family expressed their heartbreak and described Bhim Sen as a loving husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, and uncle

Wilson, 23, tormented his mother by brutally slapping, punching, and strangling her, and documented his actions on film.

The murderer was sent by his school to the government's Prevent de-radicalisation programme in October 2017.

Iraqi asylum seeker Ahmed Hassan, 18, injured 30 commuters when he allegedly detonated an explosive device concealed in a bucket on a packed London tube train.

Police in London are asking for information after a series of stabbings left two people dead and one hospitalised. Five have so far been arrested.

Paul Akinnuoye, 20, was convicted of murder following the killing of 19-year-old Jordan Wright on 19 April 2017 on Hervey Road in Blackheath, south London.

New analysis of two letters, supposedly written by the infamous serial killer Jack the Ripper, suggests that they may have been penned by journalists.

Three teenagers including a 14-year-old girl have been arrested after a firearm was pointed at an officer who stopped a youth in Lewisham, South East London.

Police have issued a fresh appeal for the killers of business student James Owusu-Agyekum, who was gunned down in a case of mistaken identity.

Harry Uzoka, a top British model, died of a knife wound to the chest on Old Oak Road in East Acton on 12 January.

Black cab driver John Worboys, 60, has spent 9 years and 9 months in prison for drugging and sexually assaulting 12 women, and raping another woman.

An 18-year-old man who was caught brandishing a large sword while wearing a ski mask in a residential area in South London has been jailed for more than three years.

Kasim Lewis, 31, has been charged with murder of 22-year-old Luliana Tudos he body was discovered in Finsbury Park, north London, on 27 December.

A 36-year-old woman has been left with life-changing burns to her leg and face after being victim to an acid attack in Canary Wharf, east London.

The 69-year-old victim had walked into Lloyds Bank in Ilford to withdraw £1,000 cash from her account before she got into a lift, where she was pick-pocketed.

Christmas celebrations in the UK have been marred by tragic deaths, road incidents and violent robberies.

Armand Krasniqi discharges gun passed to him by friend during late-night street fight in north London.

Kamil Snios, from Tottenham, North London, has been jailed after launching into a vicious homophobic attack that saw him stamp on his victim's leg until it snapped.

Tim Varchmin, a high-flying City lawyer, has spoken of his relief of being cleared of child porn and drug charges after he blamed guests attending his Grindr "chem sex" parties.

Police in Walthamstow have issued e-fit images after two homophobic attacks in the area including violent assaults.

Jordan Clarke, 20, and Eddie Mobele, 24, found guilty of attacks on three men using a 12-inch Zombie Killer knife at the 2016 Notting Hill Carnival.

Detectives investigating the double murder of sex offender Noel Brown and daughter Marie Brown in Deptford, east London are looking at whether they were killed by a vigilante.

Police have released images of two young male suspects accused of strangling a teenager and forcing him to apologise for being gay.

Violent criminal John Tomlin faces several years behind bars after throwing acid over an aspiring model and her cousin as she celebrated her 21st birthday.

An airport security worker is among four people arrested after police seized £700,000 worth of cocaine from a toilet at Heathrow.

Violent stalker Fatmir Stafasani has been jailed after abseiling into a mother's Fulham flat and bludgeoning her with a crowbar.

A woman in her 50s was found 'bound and gagged' in a suspected robbery gone wrong at her north London home.

The driver was attacked after carrying out a routine check of the tube train which had finished its service.

Two people were injured and taken to hospital during the shooting which happened in the early hours of 28 October.

The car rammed into the crowd outside a bar, injuring several people, before speeding away from the scene.