A police officer was mown down by a car Photo: ALAMY By Claire Carter 12:04AM BST 08 Jun 2013 The 44-year-old officer was left with a broken pelvis after he tried to stop the car. He now remains in hospital. Police were called to reports of an intruder in a shed in Erdington in Birmingham at [...]
Andrew Cushman was caught after taking a soak in the tub and having dinner at a house he broke into in Chatham, Kent, on October 20 last year. Photo: STIAN ALEXANDER By Melanie Hall, and agencies 11:22AM BST 19 May 2013 Andrew Cushman was caught after taking a soak in the tub and having dinner [...]
Left to right, top: Akhtar Dogar, Anjum Dogar, Kamar Jamil, Assad Hussain. Bottom: Mohammed Karrar, Bassam Karrar and Zeeshan Ahmed Photo: PA 4:45PM BST 14 May 2013 The gang of seven – convicted at the Old Bailey on Tuesday – used and abused their victims over long periods of time, subjecting them to “extreme depravity”, including [...]
Stuart Hazell murdered Tia Sharp and hid her body in the loft Photo: Getty Images By Victoria Ward 11:13AM BST 14 May 2013 Mr Justice Nicol told him he had betrayed the trust placed in him by Tia’s family in the “most grievous way possible”. There were shouts of “yes” from the public gallery as he [...]
Gurkiren Kaur Loyal’s parents Santokh Singh and Amrit Kaur Photo: Darren Quinton/BPM By Hayley Dixon and agencies 10:36AM BST 14 May 2013 Gurkiren Kaur Loyal’s family said she was being treated for a simple case of dehydration when staff at a clinic gave her a mystery injection which took her life. Her relatives said they [...]
Notorious: farmer Tony Martin, who shot and killed an intruder Photo: JOHN ROBERTSON By Claire Carter 12:08PM BST 10 May 2013 Tony Martin was originally jailed for murder in 2000 after he shot dead the burglar, but this was later reduced to manslaughter on appeal. Mr Martin, 69, said he decided not to try and attempt [...]
Police hope the new form of gun could be used to control rioters in the future Photo: EPA By Claire Carter 8:51AM BST 10 May 2013 Tests of the Discriminating Irritant Projectile (DIP) – a form of gun that will fire an irritant substance like CS gas or pepper spray – are believed to be in [...]
By Josie Ensor 5:15PM BST 09 May 2013 The 10 year-old told the court she was approached by Bridger in the exact spot April vanished outside her home in Machynlleth, mid-Wales. Bridger, a former abattoir worker, allegedly asked the girl if she wanted to stay over at his house with his young daughter, who was [...]
Mandy Cool, Charlotte Devaney and Rachel Goodchild leaving Gloucester Crown court Photo: SWNS 3:40PM BST 03 May 2013 Mandy Cool, 29, Charlotte Devaney, 34, and Rachel Goodchild, 24, and Stephanie Pye, 30, are alleged to have enlisted the help of two male friends to recoup money owed to them by Curtis Wood. Yesterday Cool, of Southampton, [...]
Julie Witham, left, forged Carole Waugh’s signature to hire a car Photo: PA By Telegraph Reporters 9:40PM BST 26 Apr 2013 Julie Witham, 47, used the passport and driving licence of Carole Waugh, 50, and forged the former oil executive’s signature to hire a car. The bill of more than £1,000 was charged to an American [...]