A murder investigation has been launched after a man in his 20s was fatally stabbed in Shoreditch, east London. The incident, which happened in the early hours on Saturday, is the latest in the wave of knife crime in the city. London is on course fo...
A rapist who jumped from a courtroom dock and fled moments after being found guilty has been handed an extra six months in custody. Bradley Tout, 20, caused chaos at Worcester crown court by escaping after a jury convicted him of attacking a 16-year...
A man with extreme racist and homophobic views has been jailed for more than three years for making bombs and stockpiling weapons including crossbows and knives at his home in a Devon village. One of the largest bombs created by Steven Bracher, 56,...
A spate of recent suspected murders in London has prompted concerns about rising levels of knife and gun crime in the capital. There have been attempts to place the figures into context, both historically and by comparison with other places, but how...
Victims of the serial sex attacker John Worboys have welcomed the overturning of the Parole Board’s decision to release him but said they still feel “let down” by the criminal justice system. The unprecedented legal challenge, brought by two unnamed...
In the first decades after the invention of photography, police forces began assembling “rogues galleries,” collections of images of suspected and convicted criminals. These galleries were rarely organized in any systematic way, much to the chagrin o...