UK crime

One-eyed killer Adrian Hynd, from Kirkcaldy, Fife, stabbed a man to death in his own home leaving an ornamental vampire skull sword embedded in his victim's chest.

Natasha Wild, 23, was stabbed to death by her boyfriend, Lloyd Brackenbury, 32, on 28 November 2016. She suffered a fatal knife wound to the neck in her own home in Rochdale.

Adam Parkin, 35, stabbed wife Julie to death at their home in Sunderland, with police later finding search terms on his computer such as 'Cambodia child abuse'.

Liverpool Crown Court heard how Benjamin Jones, 32, from Moreton, Merseyside, boasted online to other paedophiles about how he 'got lucky' filming the children.

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

Paul Hepplestall, 40, from Liverpool, has been jailed for 20 months for the 'aggressive and blunt' rant that was shared widely on social media in June 2017.

The three male suspects punched a 60-year-old woman before pushing her to the ground and kicking her.

An emergency call handler was told by a child that his 46-year-old father Barry Dermot 'had been sniffing white powder and drinking alcohol'. Dermot was later arrested.

Business analyst Qingqing Rao, 30, was left in persistent vegetative state after a knife attack by by Barry Peacham, 26, on Valentine's Day eve this year.

Richard Kray, accused of strangling his 19-year-old daughter, Olivia, appeared in court but was unable to enter a plea because he is still being assessed by psychiatrists

Wolverhampton mother and stepfather jailed after neglecting 12-year-old for three years until she was removed from their care.

Morgan Clarke, 18, Anton Thompson, 20, and Declan Andrews, 17, have been jailed for kidnap and blackmail after subjecting a 16-year-old to a horrific ordeal in Moston, Manchester.

A man has been taken to hospital after he was stabbed close to the Christ Church Primary School in Tower Road, St Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex on Monday (23 October).

A man, in his 20s, was shot close to the Jamia Abu Hanifa Mosque, in Undercliffe, at around 2pm on Friday (20 October) with worshippers shocked to hear gunshots.

Eric X, 31, from Ghana, threatened woman, 23, and boyfriend, 26, with a machete in the Siegaue Nature Reserve campsite, near Bonn, Germany, in April.

Husband and dying wife left devastated after conmen posing as water board officials made off with irreplaceable valuables.

Two teenage boys have been placed on bail until they are sentenced in November for the brutal attack.

Unprovoked attack left the man with serious facial injuries, as well as permanent damage to his retina.

The attacker was warned that if he is involved in similar behaviour in the future he will end up in jail.

One victim told local media that the moped gang robbed a couple before aiming their bikes at him and his friend.

Afolake Adeniji wailed when handed her sentence and later apologised for the crimes she had committed.

The boy was approached and then followed by the man, who disappeared by the time he reached his home.

Surrey man barred from over 1,400 supermarkets across the UK.

The man also severely attacked his wife, leaving her permanently disfigured, the court heard.

Attacks in London and Manchester have created additional strains for the security forces.

The suspect pushed a woman into the road and the path of a bus.

Police were stunned to discover the gang had been using military encrypted mobile phones to talk to contacts.

Suspect believed to be male, aged in his 40s and sometimes wears a headlamp.

Iqbal Miah, 38, jailed for 25 months after also being found with a knife.

David Diemer from Cheltenham went on the run and threatened to kill the police officers who eventually arrested him.