UK crime

James Bulger's mother Denise Fergus has hit out at her son's killer, Jon Venables, after he was caught with child abuse images for a second time last week.

William Watkinson Nov 23, 2017

John Kilpatrick has been jailed for 44 months after he posed as a talent scout for top London modelling agency BMA Models asking girls to send increasingly revealing photographs.

William Watkinson Nov 22, 2017

Anthony Thompson attacked Cameron Sharp after he found out he was dating his ex-girlfriend Nicola Crossley. Thompson screamed: ' I am going to kill you, you're a f****** dead man'

William Watkinson Nov 22, 2017

Manhunt under way for murderer Nicholas Redding, 45, drug dealer James Vaughan, 37, and burglar Barry Anderson, 41, have all disappeared from HMP Spring Hill.

William Watkinson Nov 21, 2017

Gary Mottershead, 52, had spent 35 years believing he had got away with the rape and sexual assault of a child, Manchester Crown Court heard.

William Watkinson Nov 21, 2017

The footage shows the boys clinging onto the train as it travelled along, which could have resulted in their deaths.

Jordan Bhatt Nov 21, 2017

London's Metropolitan Police found the body of Catherine Burke in her Muswell Hill home last Thursday. Police say she may have known her attacker.

William Watkinson Nov 20, 2017

The Old Bailey heard that Lee Hatley was stabbed 29 times by his friend, Bradley Wood, who also stabbed his girlfriend, Lauren Egan-Perkins, while she slept in her flat in London.

William Watkinson Nov 20, 2017

Imran 'Baldy' Shahid, who was jailed for life with a minimum of 25 years in 2006, demanded the penis pump returned because he has a 'bad reaction' to Viagra tablets.

William Watkinson Nov 20, 2017

Victims claimed they were advised not to report the crimes and that the religion protected perpetrators.

Jordan Bhatt Nov 20, 2017

Winston George, 57, denied penetrative sexual activity with mentally disordered female, but was convicted and sentenced to 9 years in prison at Amersham Crown Court.

William Watkinson Nov 18, 2017

Leeds Crown Court heard prosecutors claim that her husband, who is charged with murder, sent fake frantic messages to her phone to mask the killing.

William Watkinson Nov 17, 2017

Dean Pascal-Modeste, 21, known as Floss, was stabbed 14 times in the street in broad daylight in Mottingham, south east London.

William Watkinson Nov 17, 2017

The sick trio Jake Cairns, Brandon Sharples and Jack McInally, all from Coventry, even took pictures of the child and posted them on an adult website to attract clients.

William Watkinson Nov 17, 2017

Mohammed Abdallah, of Moss Side, Manchester, denies terrorism offences at the Old Bailey in London despite being listed as a specialist sniper in Isis documents, a court heard.

William Watkinson Nov 16, 2017

TV presenter Charley Boorman has called for more police protection after he posted the video on Twitter. The clip shows what appeared to be a bike owner pursuing a thief.

William Watkinson Nov 16, 2017

Mohammed Asab, 51, from Seven Kings, east London, was pictured showing off his fighting cockerels in a video seized from his mobile by the RSPCA.

William Watkinson Nov 16, 2017

After a relative reduction in use, the drug is making a worrying comeback, according to recent reports.

Ian Hamilton Nov 16, 2017

Anthony Clark, 35, and Catherine Davies, 25, are accused of not feeding or clothing their baby before murdering him and burying him naked in a shoe box in a shallow grave.

William Watkinson Nov 15, 2017

Ryan Graham, from Irvine, has been jailed for 10 years after being convicted of rape and sexual assault. His 34-year-old victim took her own life during the investigation.

William Watkinson Nov 15, 2017

Mother Katherine Cox and boyfriend Danny Shepherd have been jailed after her five-month-old baby died from violently abused at their Isle of Sheppey home.

Paul Wright Nov 15, 2017

David Jones, 32, and Daniel Woodbridge, 31, from Bridgend, Wales, abused their victims both together and alone whilst they were both under 16, a court heard.

William Watkinson Nov 15, 2017

David Dearlove, 71, is accused of killing his stepson Paul Booth, 19 months, at their home in Stockton-on-Tees in October 1968. He denies murder at Teesside Crown Court.

William Watkinson Nov 14, 2017

Police raided Terence Patrick Corcoran's Scarborough home after tracing his suspicious internet activity.

Jordan Bhatt Nov 14, 2017

Zana Yusif has been jailed for 15 years after he killed vulnerable Bangladeshi grandfather Tarek Chowdhury, 64, in a cell at the Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre in London.

William Watkinson Nov 13, 2017

Will Cornick, 19, stabbed to death school teacher Ann Maguire during a school Spanish lesson in 2014 at Corpus Christi Catholic College in Leeds, West Yorkshire.

William Watkinson Nov 13, 2017

Serial domestic abuser Adam McCarthy, 28, killed ex-girlfriend Sophie Ing's pet chihuahua 'outright' during a blazing row at his home in Sunderland, where he also attacked her.

William Watkinson Nov 10, 2017

When a conversation became heated, he threatened to post naked images of his then girlfriend onto Instagram.

Jordan Bhatt Nov 10, 2017

Endris Mohammed, 47, from Birmingham, denies murdering Saros Endris, 8, and sister Leanor, 6, and the attempted murder of mum, Penil Teklehaimanot, but admits manslaughter.

William Watkinson Nov 08, 2017

Robert Moore, 34, of Spar Crescent, Little Hulton, Salford, targeted a home and two off-licences, stealing a bottle of Smirnoff Vodka and 20 Sterling Superking cigarettes.

William Watkinson Nov 08, 2017