UK Crime

Thief Sentenced For Urinating On Power Station Transformer, Knocking Out Electrity To 2,000 Homes

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 02.20.2012

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This guy was no whiz kid. A heroin user was sentenced to a year in prison after he tried to rob a UK power station last year, only to suffer sever...

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'Shattered' Family Mourn New Year's Day Shooting Victims (VIDEO)

Posted 01.04.2012

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Family members of three women brutally murdered by a suicidal shooter say they are "shattered" following the New Year's Day incident. On Sunday, Mi...

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Luke Stillman, 16, Injured By Bomb Bought Online

PA | Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.24.2012

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Police are investigating after a teenager suffered burns to his hands when a "deactivated" mortar shell he bought on the internet blew up in his hands...

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Vincent Tabak Denies Sex Thrill In Jo Yeates Killing

PA | Posted 12.21.2011

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Joanna Yeates's killer has been accused of strangling her for sexual thrills. Vincent Tabak denied claims he was aroused and gr...

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Family Googled 'Easiest Way To Kill An Old Person' Before Beating Grandpa With Bricks

Posted 12.03.2011

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Before attempting to murder an 89-year-old relative for inheritance money, a British family Googled "the easiest way to kill an old person," according...

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Boyfriend Turns Out To Be Woman's Mystery Stalker

Posted 11.20.2011

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A stalker who tormented a British girl for over three-and-a-half years using social media turned out to be the girl's boyfriend. Shane Webber, 22, ...

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Woman Arrested Over Suicide Bombing

PA | Posted 11.14.2011

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The wife of a man who carried out a suicide bombing in Sweden last year has been arrested by police. It is understood Mona Thwany, t...

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Stephen Griffiths, UK's 'Crossbow Cannibal,' Sentenced To Life

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — A British man who called himself the "Crossbow Cannibal" has been sentenced to life in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to killing ...

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Criminology Student in court in prostitute deaths

AP | SYLVIA HUI | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — A doctoral student researching murder was accused of being a killer himself Friday, appearing in court on charges of killing three pros...

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